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- $10 Mil. Malpractice Award To Paralyzed Man Reduced To $300K Because Of Cap: Fair?
- $18.2 Million Awarded in Wisconsin Birth Injury Case
- $3.9 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis
- $4.6 Million Dollar Medical Malpractice Award to Minnesota Family
- $7.8M Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict To Brain Damage Boy
- $8.1 Million Personal Injury Settlement with Kraft in Chemical Contamination Class Action Suit
- 1 Month In One City, 3 School Bus Drivers Arrested For DUI After Crashing Their Bus
- 100 Year-Old-Man Backs Car Into Group Of Children: Is 100 Too Old To Drive?
- 2 Fatal Motorcycle Accidents in Chicago Area
- 6 Year Old Chicago Girl Dies When Hit By Car In Crosswalk
- 7 Million Settlement To Women Injured By Door At Target
- A New Way to Reduce the Number of Medical Mistakes?
- A Third Of Doctors Say They Shouldn’t Disclose Medical Errors To Patients
- About Birth Injury
- About Brachial Plexus / Erbs Palsy Injuries
- About Brain Damage
- About Brain Injury In Illinois
- About Broken Bone Injuries
- About Cancer
- About Cerebral Palsy
- About Erbs Palsy / Brachial Plexus Injuries
- About Fetal Distress
- About Fractures
- About Herniated Disc or Ruptured Disc Injuries
- About Spinal Cord Injury In Illinois
- About Torn Rotator Cuffs
- About Traumatic Brain Injury
- Acceleration In Medical Technology Can Increase Medical Risks & Costs
- Actor Quaid and Wife Sue Baxter Healthcare after Twins’ Overdose
- Alaskan Cruise Ship Passenger Dies In Kayaking Accident
- Amtrak Train Bound for Chicago Hits and Kills A Student
- Amtrak Train Going Too Fast, Say NTSB Officials
- Another Fatal Car Accident In Illinois Linked to Alcohol
- Another State Overturns Caps On Medical Malpractice Damages
- Another State Supreme Court Decides Caps On Damages
- Are Parents At Fault For Bad Teen Drivers?
- Avoiding Patient Deaths From Alarm Fatigue: Technology & Training
- Birth Injuries From Medical Malpractice Challenge Everyone
- Birth Injury And Neonatal Death Higher At Night: New Study
- Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlements Set Record Highs
- Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict $78.5 Million
- Broken Escalator Handrail Blamed For Death of Elderly Women
- Bus Driver Found Not Guilty Of Manslaughter For Allegedly Dozing Off At Wheel
- CDC Says Medical Offices Must Do More to Prevent Infections
- CEO Of Medical Malpractice Insurer Makes Deceitful Remark
- CTA Bus Colllides With School Bus In Chicago
- CVS Pharmacies At Fault In Medication Errors
- Car Accident Kills Driver Who Ran Red Light
- Car Accidents Leading Cause of Teen Deaths
- Car Seat Recalls
- Cell Phone Related Auto Accidents A Growing Epidemic
- Chicago Area Teen Dies From Possible Dental Malpractice
- Chicago Cab Jumps Curb and Injures Pedestrians near Union Station
- Chicago Dentist Blames Brain Disease For Causing Fatal Car Accident
- Chicago Eye Doctor Reprimanded After 50 Malpractice Allegations Filed
- Chicago Lawyer Killed In Tragic Train Accident
- Chicago Medical School Hosts World MRSA Day
- Chicago Product Liability Suit Filed: Infant Suffocates In Baby Sling
- Chicago Woman Dies in Motorcycle Accident
- Child Wins Medical Malpractice Suit For Brain Damage After Sleep Study
- Choking Hazards From Toys And Household Items A Serious Matter
- Common Outpatient Disorder Costing ERs Millions Yearly
- Congressional Bill Sponsor Previously Sued for Malpractice
- Cook County Approves $20 Mil. Medical Malpractice Settlement For Brain Damage Boy
- Cosmetic Surgery On Patients By Non-Doctors – Yes It Happens
- Could Home Births Could Be Safer Than Hospitals Births: New Research
- Counterfeit Botox Used During Surgical Procedures In The U.S.
- Court Lowers $60 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict to $600,000
- Curbside Buses Have Much Higher Rate Of Deadly Accidents
- Dallas Cowboy Charged With Intoxication Manslaughter After Deadly Crash
- Dangerous Complications Associated With Robosurgery
- Deadly Car Accident Near Chicago Airport
- Deadly Hospital-Related Infections Drop Under One State’s Plan
- Debate Over Malpractice Suits For “Wrongful Birth” Heats Up
- Dentist Faces Potential Medical Malpractice And Criminal Charges
- Doc Admits To Purposely Misdiagnosing Patients & Ordering Unnecessary Tests
- Doctor Burnout Increasingly Problematic
- Doctor Convicted Of Falsifying Medical Records And Unneeded Surgeries
- Does Medicare’s Hospital Penalty System Have Real Teeth?
- Dr. Murray Covered Up His Role In Jackson’s Death: Week 1 Testimony
- Drunk Driving Around The Holidays: Don’t Become A Statistic
- Economic Study Shows Minimal Impact of Malpractice Suits On Health Costs
- Effects Of Medical Board’s Failure To Discipline Its Doctors
- Estate of Prospect Heights Man Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
- Expert Tips to Protect Yourself from a Medical Error
- FDA Warns Of Dangers Of Codeine Medication Used In Children After Surgery
- False Positive HIV Tests Results Spur Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
- Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Chicago Construction Accident
- Family Of Former Sun Times Owner Reaches Medical Malpractice Settlement
- Family Undeterred in Wrongful Death Lawsuit by Toyota Study Findings
- Fatal Chicago Area Car Accident By Drunk Driver Traveling Wrong Way
- Fingering Pointing Escalates Over Deadly Indiana Stage Collapse
- Five Percent Of Prescriptions By Doctors Contain An Error: New Study
- Florida Judge Upholds Medical Malpractice Non-Economic Caps
- Goodyear Recalls Wrangler SA Tires That May Cause Auto Accidents
- Gov’t Aims To Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections By 40%
- Gov’t Fines Toyota $32.4 Million For Failing To Report Safety Defects
- Gov’t Study Blames Mechanical Problem For Toyota Crashes
- Gov’t Wants Patients To Report Medical Mistakes
- Gynecologist Sued For Malpractice After Allegedly Secretly Recording Exams
- H.R. 5 Approved by House Judiciary Committee
- Harvard Study Finds Emergency Rooms Wait Times Dangerously Increasing
- High Levels Of Arsenic Found In Baby Formula And Energy Bars
- Hospital Medical Mistakes More Dangerous Than Ebola
- Hospitals Efforts To Avoid Gov’t Penalties May Reduce Medical Mistakes
- Hospitals Fail To Chart Most Adverse Events Of Hospitalized Kids
- How Electronic Health Records Impact Medical Malpractice Liability
- How Is Big Tobacco Doing Decade After Major Settlement?
- IL Hospital Settles Birth Injury Lawsuit for $6.5 Million
- If Our Worst Hospitals Don’t Improve, Should We Let Them Fail?
- Illinois Doctor Disciplinary Flaws Increase Medical Malpractice Possibility
- Illinois Hospital Injected Experimental Drugs In Patients Without Their Permission
- Illinois House Passes Patients’ Right to Know Act
- Illinois May Soon Ban Texting While Driving
- Illinois Medical Malpractice Caps Declared Unconstitutional
- Illinois Officials Failed To Investigate Most Hospital Complaints
- Illinois Politicians Debate Using Mediation for Medical Malpractice
- Illinois To Ban Texting While Driving
- Increasing Emergency Room Delays Pose Serious Danger, Study Finds
- Is It Suicidal For A Motorcycle Rider To Not Wear A Helmet?
- Is Texting While Driving More Dangerous Than Drunk Driving?
- Jackson’s Doctor And World Await Autopsy Results
- Jackson’s Doctor Declines To Testify: Closing Arguments Next
- Jackson’s Doctor Found Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter
- Judge Awards Gurnee Family $29 Million for Medical Negligence
- Judge Rules Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Suit Can Go To Jury
- Jurors Deliberating In Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Civil Case
- Jury Awards $21 Million in Birth Injury Lawsuit
- Jury Awards $510,000 for Birth Injury at University Hospital
- Jury Awards Couple $58.6 Million in Birth injury Lawsuit
- Jury Awards Widow $6.7 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
- Jury Finds Doctor’s Medical Malpractice Lead To Patient’s Suicide
- Jury Found No Malpractice After Young Women Died In NY Hospital
- Jury To Decide Malpractice Suit Involving Blindness From Preeclampsia
- Lake County Coroner Named in Wrongful Death Suit
- Lawyer Sanctioned For Intimidating Medical Malpractice Expert Witness
- Legal Challenges Facing NFL Players Lawsuit Over Head Injuries
- Legislative Information Found on the NCSL Site Organized By State
- MRSA Routinely Found On Medical Staff Clothing & Swipe Cards
- Magnet Hospitals Linked To Higher Nursing Standards & Patient Safety
- Malpractice Case Involving Fatal Medication Error Settles For $8.25 Million
- Malpractice Lawsuit: Boy Loses Eyesight After Doctor Allegedly Failed To Diagnose Meningitis
- Man With Breast Cancer Denied Medical Insurance Because Not A Women
- Many Doctors Who Draft Practice Guidelines Have Conflicts Of Interests
- Meconium Aspiration
- Medical Dangers Of Cheap Cosmetic Surgery By Unqualified Doctors
- Medical Group And Others Face Possible Lawsuit For Destroyed Sperm
- Medical Lobby Blocks Illinois Patients From Accessing Doctor Histories
- Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Case Settles After Alleged C-Section Delay
- Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Verdict Of $4.1 Million Affirmed On Appeal
- Medical Malpractice Claim Payments Down
- Medical Malpractice Comprise Less Than 2% of Healthcare Costs
- Medical Malpractice Deaths From High Risk Surgery Likely Down
- Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed After Baby Burned By A Light In Hospital
- Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Alleging Birth Injury After Oxytocin Given
- Medical Malpractice Suit Against Gov’t Alleges Birth Injury From Delayed Delivery
- Medical Malpractice Suit Filed After Asthmatic Boy Sent To 3 Hospitals In 11 Hrs
- Medical Malpractice Suit Filed By Family of Springsteen’s Saxophonist
- Medical Malpractice Suit Filed When Teen Died After Simple Tooth Extraction
- Medical Malpractice Suits to Follow Criminal Trial of Nursing Director
- Medical Malpractice Verdict of $1Million After Women Dies From Dye Reaction
- Medical Mistake Causes Wrong Patient To Receive Kidney Transplant
- Medical Mistakes Amplified By New Electronic Medical Records Systems
- Medical Mistakes In Emergency Rooms A Troubling Problem
- Medical Mistakes by Residents Often Due to Inadequate Supervision
- Medication for Blood Clots Can Prevent Dangerous Pulmonary Embolism
- Medication for Blood Clots Can Prevent Dangerous Pulmonary Embolism
- Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator Leads | Recall 10-15-07
- Men At Higher Risk of Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis
- Merck Recalls Children’ Vaccine | 12-12-07
- Military’ Medical Malpractice Shield Disputed
- Misc. Links
- Misdiagnosis Is Most Common Type of Medical Malpractice, New Study Finds
- Most Anesthesiologists Experience Multiple Patient Tragedies In Their Career
- Multiple Malpractice Lawsuits Filed Against Indiana Surgeon
- Murray Defense Abandons Claim Jackson “Swallowed” Propofol Himself
- Murray’s Defense Continues To Shift Blame For Jackson’s Death
- NFL Team Doctor Found Guilty Of Medical Malpractice
- NHTSA Advice If Unintended Acceleration In A Toyota
- NTSB Wants Full Cell Phone Ban On Drivers To Reduce Car Accidents
- Naperville Doctor Sued Over Controversial Autism Treatments
- Nearly 10% Of Patients Deaths In ICU From Misdiagnosis: New Study
- New Approach To Medical Malpractice: Disclose, Apologize and Offer
- New Dental Anesthesia Law in Illinois
- New Legislation Aimed A Predatory Doctors With Criminal History
- New Research Suggest Breast Cancer “Different” In Younger Women
- New Study Suggests Many Knee Surgeries Are Unnecessary
- New York Times Article Alleges Medication-Related Injuries on the Rise
- No Direct Evidence Jackson Took Propofol Himself: Week 2 Dr. Murray Trial
- North Side Woman Files Personal Injury Suit after Horse Bites Finger Off
- Obama Voices Support for Medical Malpractice Reform
- Parents Not Warned of Increased Risk to Babies in University Study
- Parents Settle for $8.5 Million in Minnesota Birth Injury Lawsuit
- Patients Advocacy Groups Explain How Medical Malpractice Prescription Drug Mix-Ups Occur
- Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Involving Deadly Oregon Bus Accident
- Personal Injury Lawsuit Nets $3.6 Million Settlement for Chicago Man
- Personal Injury Lawsuits Filed Against Two Chicago Area Trampoline Centers
- Personal Injury Suit Against Abbate And Police Nears Closing Arguments
- Plane Crashes On Takeoff Killing Olympian Pat Porter And Two Others
- Prescribing ADD Medication To Healthy Patients Poses Serious Dangers
- Promising Research On Preeclampsia
- Publicly Measuring Physician Care Improves Medical Care: Study
- Quaid Launches New Programed To Prevent Medication Errors
- Quaid Sues Baxter Over Babies’ Heparin Overdose
- Questions Remain After Toddler Survives Being Dragged By Train
- Recalled AMO Moisture Plus Lens Solution Linked To Dangerous Eye Infection
- Recent Study Highlights Dangers Of Drowsy Driving
- Reducing Deadly Cell Phone Related Auto Accidents: A Three-Pronged Approach
- Reducing Medical Malpractice From Communication Errors Involving Tests
- Report Finds High Risk of Catastrophic Runway Collisions
- Report Gives Failing Grade To Seven Chicago Area Hospitals
- Report Indicates Fewer Illinois Medical Malpractice Suits for Now
- Ritter Lawsuit Shows Malpractice Caps Affect Wealthy Less Than Poor
- Ruptured Disc or Herniated Disc Injuries
- Safety Tips On Holiday Toys
- Selecting A Nursing Home For A Loved One
- Selective Reporting Skews Surgical Trial Results
- Settlement Reached In Train Crossing Accident That Killed Chicago Dancer
- Shocking Malpractice Suit Planned After Baby Found Alive In Coffin
- Should Boeheim Be Fired For Asst’s Alleged Sexual Abuse Like Paterno
- Should Coach Paterno Resign Amid Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal?
- Sierra Syringe Recall Affects Illinois And Nation
- Simplicity Baby Crib Recall | 09.21.2007
- Six Injured In Chicago Car Accident
- Study Finds Malpractice Lawsuits Aren’t Improving Nursing Home Care
- Study Finds No Link Between Cell Phones And Cancer
- Study Shows Alarming Rate Of Preventable Medication Errors
- Study Shows Electronic Health Records May Contribute To Medication Errors
- Study Shows Hospitals Rarely Report Medical Errors, Despite Gov’t Mandate
- Study Shows Toys Not Recalled May Still Be Dangerous
- Subpoena For Medical & Pharmacy Records After Houston’s Death No Surprise
- Suit Alleges Doctors Mistakenly Declared Boy Dead To Parents
- Suit Filed Against Surgeon For Posting Patient Names Next To Images Of Their Breasts
- Supreme Court Allows Medical Malpractice Suit Against Gov’t Doctor
- Supreme Court Helps Disabled Girl Keep Medical Malpractice Recovery
- Surgical Checklists Prevent Deadly Medical Mistakes
- Surprising Medical Malpractice Demographics By Wealth, State, And Gender
- Teen Nearly Dies In Texting & Driving Crash While Texting He Might Crash
- Tests Show Kids’ Car Seats Have Potentially Dangerous Chemicals
- The Complicated Topic Of Breast Cancer Risks And Screening
- The Safest 2012 Vehicles You Can Buy And Why You Should Consider Them
- Tobacco Companies Ordered To Admit They Lied About Cigarettes
- Toyota Announces Plan To Fix Sticky Gas Pedals
- Toyota Lawsuits May Tentatively Proceed
- Toyota Settles Unintended Acceleration Non-Injury Lawsuits For Over $1 Billion
- Trial Against Dr. Murray Underway For Death Of Michael Jackson
- Tribune Article Calls for Hospital Reform to Lessen Likeliness of Medical Malpractice
- Trooper Serioiusly Injured in Chicago Car Accident
- Troubling Rate Of Foreign Objects Left In Patients After Surgery And Preventive Measures
- Two Chicago Hospitals Rated Low In Preventing Catheter Infections
- Understanding Damages in Illinois Medical Malpractice Cases
- Unintended Consequences of Illinois Patients’ Right To Know Act
- Was Rep. Murtha’ Death After Surgery From Medical Malpractice?
- When Considering An Anterior Cervical Discectomy | 07.01.2007
- Where Do The Best & Worst Drivers In America Live?
- Will Defense Claim Jackson Gave Himself Propofol Work?
- Will Safety Improve After Racecar Driver Dan Weldon’s Death?
- Will Shorter Shifts in Residency Reduce Medical Mistakes?
- Winning Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Is Very Difficult: Recent Study Confirms
- Woman Loses Legs Following Weight Loss Surgery: Malpractice Suite Filed
- Women Less Likely To Get Immediate Treatment For Heart Attack
- Yaz Birth Control Dangers And Lawsuits
- Zimmer Hip Replacement: From Denial To Class Action