http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/ en-us 2012-02-02T12:17:38-06:00 http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2012/02/packaging_flaws_lead_to_birthc.html Drug maker Pfizer has recalled around a million packs of birth-control pills due to a packaging error. The pills recalled are Lo/Ovral-28 pills and their Norgestrel generic versions. According to the Wall Street Journal, doctors have prescribed these types of... Drugs and Medical Devices hmm 2012-02-02T12:17:38-06:00 http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2011/11/from_roughly_the_1950s_to.html From roughly the 1950’s to the 1980’s, child sexual abuse by clergy occurred across the country virtually unchecked. Churches, including but not limited to the Catholic Church, hid allegations of sexual abuse and fellow parishioners. The Church clearly put its... hmm 2011-11-16T17:45:11-06:00 http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2011/11/state_of_illinois_ignores_vast.html As trial lawyers one of our duties is to investigate hospitals when patients are neglected or abused, since our government has neither the resources nor the political will to do so. As described in a Chicago Tribunue investigation: The Illinois... hmm 2011-11-15T14:07:48-06:00 http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2011/11/the_penn_state_sexual_abuse_2.html The Penn State sexual abuse scandal reminds us that state and federal laws may mandate that a teacher or coach, such as Coach Paterno and the assitant coaches and administrators at Penn State, has a duty to report suspected sexual... hmm 2011-11-14T09:22:40-06:00 http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2011/11/the_penn_state_sexual_abuse_1.html The Penn State sexual abuse scandal reminds us as trial lawyers that large institutions that deal with children do a terrible job of policing themselves when it comes to child sexual abuse. Institutions like the Catholic Church, and its Archdioceses... hmm 2011-11-14T08:53:59-06:00 http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2011/11/the_penn_state_sexual_abuse.html The Penn State sexual abuse scandal reveals a pattern of conduct that the trial lawyers at Hurley McKenna & Mertz are well-acquainted with—a man in a position of power at a loved and respected institution uses his position to abuse... hmm 2011-11-11T16:35:13-06:00 http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2011/08/new_england_medical_journal_re.html Many wrongly assume that medical malpractice cases are “frivolous;” or, that medical malpractice lawyers are merely trying to make money by suing doctors for petty mistakes. The opposite is true. Mike Stobbe writes on a study by the New England... Medical Malpractice Claims hmm 2011-08-19T16:26:56-06:00 http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2011/08/negligence_in_nursing_homes_an.html Two recent malpractice lawsuits are bringing issues of care to the forefront. From Bloomberg News, Laurence Viele Davidson reports on a $2.1 million settlement in Kentucky. An Army soldier, Staff Sgt. Adam Cloer, of Missouri, filed a claim over the... Medical Malpractice Claims hmm 2011-08-16T16:49:24-06:00 http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2011/07/glenview_nursing_home_homicide.html Mercedes Iverson, 86, was recently attacked by a fellow nursing home patient, leading to her subsequent death. The long-time Glenview resident was residing at Maryhaven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1700 E. Lake Ave, when she was brutally attacked behind closed... Nursing Home Cases hmm 2011-07-29T16:09:11-06:00 http://www.chicagomedicalmalpracticelawyerblog.com/2011/07/clearing_the_air_on_jackpot_ju.html In a June 28th letter to the editor in the Chicago Tribune, ITLA President Jerry A. Latherow responds to Lisa A. Rickard of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce who claimed in a June 17th opinion piece that Illinois citizens are... hmm 2011-07-12T16:01:54-06:00