Year: 2012

In order to seek compensation through the legal system, injured people must investigate their potential claims diligently. In Illinois, as in other states, procedural rules place time limits on how quickly people must bring claims after discovering their injuries and...

Generally speaking, monetary fines are issued to businesses or people to penalize them for violating the law and to encourage compliance with the law. But when fines are ridiculously low, they serve neither as a penalty nor a deterrent.In many states, fines for...

Nursing home abuse or neglect takes many forms and can have many causes. But one of the main underlying causes is unquestionably the failure by many care facilities to put enough financial resources into resident care.In the Chicago area and throughout Illinois, the...

Patients in Illinois who were injured due to the negligence of a medical professional could soon be exposed to a new approach being tested on the East Coast.Several hospitals in Massachusetts have agreed to adopt an apology program with the goal of decreasing the...

The problem of doctors' poor handwriting leading to indecipherable prescriptions has been around for years. If anything, the problem is getting worse, as penmanship declines everywhere in society in this digital age.Prescription errors associated with sloppy writing...

Concerns about the quality of care in hospitals are common among Chicago residents. For instance, it is often difficult to teach doctors to follow basic procedures when treating patients, such as using checklists or washing their hands. Failure to follow such...

Clear communication between doctors and patients is crucial for making good decisions about medical care. The consequences of miscommunication can carry catastrophic consequences.Chicago medical malpractice attorneys are therefore concerned about medical mistakes that...

Problems with assault within nursing facilities are more common than most people prefer to believe.Nursing home abuse or neglect can take many forms, of course. One is failing to properly monitor residents so that they fall - and break bones or suffer even worse...

People should learn from their mistakes. Institutions should too.So why do hospitals still have almost complete discretion on whether or not to repot infections that result from surgery? After all, such infections cost more than 8,000 people their lives in the U.S....

We live in a very distractible society. So many portable electronic gadgets are available, and the temptation to text or go online while behind the wheel is strong.To cut through the information overload, it's good to set aside a certain period of time to focus on the...