Receiving a medical diagnosis can change your life. Most of us listen to what our doctors order us to do in order to stay healthy. However, some doctors in Illinois and throughout the country have started to misdiagnose healthy patients as having noncompaction...
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What is the legal proof needed for a medical malpractice claim?
Medical malpractice cases tend to be among the most complex personal injury claims due to the many medical details involved. In Illinois and other states, there are four fundamental factors that must be proven in order to prevail in a medical malpractice case: Duty of...
Was your PCOS misdiagnosed?
Anyone who has lived through a medical misdiagnosis understands the frustration that comes with treating an illness that never seems to get better. Thousands of women in Illinois and around the country are misdiagnosed and struggle with polycystic ovarian syndrome...
Children are the rising victims of medical errors
You are not alone if your child’s health and safety are top priorities in life. In fact, you may be willing to drop everything to get your child to an Illinois doctor, urgent care facility or emergency room when he or she exhibits troubling symptoms or complaints....
Family settles medical malpractice claim for $5.5M
A 44-year-old man in another state lost his life in 2019 due to the alleged negligence of multiple doctors during a bone marrow procedure. The incident sparked a medical practice lawsuit filed by the man's surviving loved ones, but the family was recently able to...
Woman with breast cancer files medical malpractice suit
A woman in another state recently claimed that two doctors did not diagnose and treat her breast cancer. She has therefore filed a lawsuit against the two doctors and the clinic at which they operated. In the same manner, anyone who falls victim to...
Medical malpractice lawsuit settled for over $12 million
Thanks to modern technology and updated safety regulations, surgical procedures in Illinois these days are much safer than previous decades. However, no surgery is truly risk-free. When humans are involved, there will always be a chance for errors. Tragically,...
Patients suffer the consequences of medical malpractice
It goes without saying that no surgical procedure is truly free of risk. Patient safety the top priority of doctors and surgeons in the state of Illinois but, because of the fast-paced environment in most medical facilities these...
How does informed consent relate to medical malpractice?
It seems like common sense that a doctor or other medical professional in Illinois would have to ask for your permission before medically treating you. However, the issue of consent in the world of medicine is rarely that simple. Sometimes complications arise...
Legal resources and remedies for victims of medical malpractice
There are various different types of medical malpractice, however, regardless of what type an injured victim has been harmed by, it is important for them to familiar with options that may be available to help them with their damages. A medical malpractice claim for...
Protecting victims of medical errors and never events
Medical malpractice resources serve as an important protection for victims. Greater than 4,000 preventable medical errors occur in surgery every year. These are referred to as never events because they should not take place. Fortunately, medical malpractice legal...
Investigating the cause of a medical malpractice incident
Each year in the Chicago area and throughout Illinois hundreds of medical malpractice cases are filed. But, how many of those cases are actually successful? These types of cases can be extremely complicated and, therefore, it can be difficult for an injured victim to...
Jury verdict of $2 million in medical malpractice case
When a person suffers an injury and is rushed to a medical center for treatment, everyone hopes that the injury can be treated and healed in full. In Illinois and throughout the country, we all expect the very best of care when it comes to medical professionals....
What type of medical malpractice might happen to you?
There are millions of people who live in the Chicago and the surrounding metropolitan area, and many of them will require significant medical treatment at some point in their lives. Although we all almost universally expect that the medical care we receive from...
Knowing the critical issues in a medical malpractice case
Many of our readers in Chicago probably know that medical malpractice cases can be among the most difficult lawsuits to prove. After all, these types of cases can involve highly technical medical terms, which can be enough to make any given person's head spin trying...