The FDA posted a warning on February 14, 2007 that specific jars of Peter Pan peanut butter and jars of Great Value peanut butter may be contaminated with Salmonella. The jars with a product code beginning with 2111 should be discarded. The peanut butter would have been purchased on or after May 200
The Senate Committee approved a bill requiring a medical expert certify a medical malpractice case as having merit before the lawsuit is filed. A previous provision in the law was foung unconstitutional this past December. The hopes of the bill is to keep frivilous medical malpractice lawsuits to a
A verdict was returned on Wednesday in favor of a Massachusetts patient who was the victim of medical malpractice. The patient’s doctor failed to treat him for a burn to his foot. The doctor knew about the burn and even made a note regarding the burn in the patient’s chart, but at the end of the day
Insurance companies have always tried to hold onto their money for as long as they can and often reluctantly pay out claims. Even when they do pay out a claim it is often less than the amount necessary to cover the victim’s outstanding bills. But why pay more if they can get away with paying less?An
A part of a second floor stairway collapsed while a man and his child were walking up the stairs of their home on Monday afternoon. The man was holding his child when he stepped on a concrete landing that collapsed.The concrete landing collapse caused the two to fall approximately ten to twelve feet
One of the top infections patients in hospitals die from each year is MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Stayphylococcus Aureus). Even though the infection is becoming more deadly because the bacteria is becoming more resistant to antibiotics, hospitals are not doing enough to combat the infection.MRSA has
The fight over whether medical malpractice caps in Illinois are legal has recently heated up as Illinois doctors have brought Theodore Olson aboard. Olson was the solicitor general of the United States from 2001 – 2004. The medical malpractice caps in Illinois limit the amount a person can recover i
A man walking across the street in Forest Park was the victim of a hit and run. The man was crossing the street Sunday evening and was hit by a car that fled the scene. The man was brought to the hospital but did not survive.Another tragedy in the Chicagoland area where a car hit a pedestrian walkin
It was originally reported that the only fatality to this Chicago car accident was that of a young child. It is now being reported that not only did a child tragically die after being struck by a car as she was entering a crosswalk, but her grandmother has also died. Police are also now reporting th
A car struck three people and another car on January 17, 2007 in the South Side’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. The three people that were struck appeared to be entering a crosswalk when they were hit by the offending car.The car hit two children and one elderly woman and then struck another car.
Neglect possibly plays a role in a recent nursing home death in Oak Law, Illinois. This is not the first incident that has arisen at the Regal Health and Rehabilitation Center.In 2004 Regal Health was fined $10,000 for its failure to report that a resident was sexually abused by a nurse’s aide. That
Illinois lawyers have filed a suit that will likely challenge the medical malpractice caps on recovery.The lawsuit – filed Monday against a doctor and the Cook County hospital where the girl was delivered in October 2005 – claims the state’s caps on non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering,