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,
Ilinois State Police are investingating five deaths at a Woodstock nursing home.A former employee at the Woodstock Residence, 309 McHenry Ave., has spoken to state police about the investigation, according to the source.No arrests have been made and none is expected soon, because the investigation c
On November 9, 2006, the FDA recalled acetominophen 500 mg tablets produced by Perrigo Company. It is believed that some of these tablets contain metal fragments. The recall includes approximately 11 million bottles. This is an over the counter medication and not a prescription drug.
The Illinois Department of Public Health recently reported two nursing homes that were fined for not properly monitoring patients. The violations were both Type A violations under the Nursing Home Care Act.At Sterling Pavilion a woman died from a head injury she sustained after a fall at the nursing
The family of a former New York City police officer who died three years ago has filed a nursing home neglect lawsuit against Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center.Abraham Ticknor lived at the nursing home from the time he suffered a stroke in the mid 1990s until his death in 2003.His daug
Judges in several statets are attending a new kind of Medical School, not to become doctors, but to become better judges in complex litigation. A non-profit school in Washington uses doctors and scientists to educate judges so that they can become more familiar with the underlying issues involved in
Seemingly, the medical profession has lost all sense of reason and ethics in their obsession to blame victims for unreasonably high malpractice premiums. A new website encourages doctors to blacklist patients and plaintiff attorneys who have filed medical malpractice suits. Ironically, plaintiffs wh
Scientific Fraud by industry is not limited to the motive of increased sales; it is also designed to defend lawsuits. I am currently prosecuting a Sanctions Motion against a Product Liability Defendant for secretly creating a “peer reviewed study” to promote its litigation strategy. The Scientific F