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Sponges Can Be Left Inside Body Following Surgery; Doctors Look to Nurses to...
When we undergo surgery, we cannot think, breathe, make decisions and advocate for ourselves. We depend on the experts -- doctors and nurses -- who oversee the surgery to do what's best for us. Trouble...
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New Study Shows Elderly Who Live at Home are More Likely to Die in a Hospital
Most elderly people will tell you they'd rather remain in their homes as they age rather than going to live in a care facility. Now a new study shows that those who live at home are MORE likely to die...
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Obama Administration Sets Up Program for Patients to Report Medical Errors by...
The Obama administration wants consumers to be able to report medical mistakes and unsafe practices by doctors, hospitals, pharmacists and others who provide treatment. Some hospital spokesmen say they...
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Shoulder Dislocation in Older Patients Less Likely to be Diagnosed, Treated
A new study shows that shoulder dislocation in older patients is more likely to be overlooked or misdiagnosed than among younger patients. The study warned that older patients whose shoulder injuries...
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"Hospitalists" Allow Physicians in Offices to Spend More Quality Time with...
The American Medical Association reports that a growing number of physicians are choosing to be "hospitalists." These doctors work in the hospital full time, while their colleagues provide care in...
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Cook County Jury Verdict for Doctor in Claim of Delayed Care for Congestive...
Thirty-two-year-old Regina Ruff came to the emergency room at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in the morning on July 14, 2007 complaining of shortness of breath. Ruff had a history of congestive heart...
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National Institutes of Health Looks at Strokes; Studies How to Prevent Them...
Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death among Americans. Hospitalization and medical care immediately following a stroke are very costly, as is the rehabilitative care. So the question is how best...
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The Nursing Home Ownership Puzzle
It has become much more common to find that the known name for a nursing home is not related to its true nursing home ownership. Often, owners of nursing homes are carefully hiding the identity in a...
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Illinois Jury Finds for Doctor in Medical Malpractice Case in Death of a...
On June 12, 2006, 35-year-old Tracy Ariss underwent an echo-cardiogram stress test at LaGrange Memorial Hospital after a workup for carpal tunnel pain in her arms was found to be inconclusive. Less...
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Supreme Court Finds that Cap on Noneconomic Damages Violates Right to Trial...
The Missouri Supreme Court has found that the statute that limits noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases to $350,000 unlawfully infringes on a jury's constitutional right to determine the...
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Illinois Jury Finds for Doctor in Newborn Brain Injury Case; Eckstein v. Gallo
In June 1991, Amanda Eckstein was born at Good Samaritan Hospital and delivered by defendant and obstetrician, Martin Gallo, M.D. In the plaintiff's complaint, it was alleged that Dr. Gallo should have...
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Nursing Home Resident Deaths Increasingly Caused by Bedrails
Since the middle of this decade, there have been repeated inquiries into the untimely deaths of nursing home residents caused by being trapped or strangled in bedrails. Bedrails are installed in many...
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Illinois Jury Awards $4.5 Million in Wrongful Death/Medical Negligence Case
A recent Will County jury verdict found Provena St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill., and an internal medical doctor responsible for the death of a 43-year-old man. The children of J.E., the...
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$2.2 Million Cook County Verdict in Misdiagnosed Fungal Infection; D.G.K. v....
DGK saw her primary care physician, Dr. Raymond Di Pasquo, for recently developed skin lesions. After having seen Dr. Di Pasquo on Nov. 20, 2001, DGK consulted with a dermatologist, Dr. Robert Signore,...
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$428,000 Cook County Verdict for Misread X-ray; Drummond v. Dr. Brossard
In a lawsuit resulting in a Cook County jury verdict, it was alleged by plaintiff Ryan Drummond that in August 2004, the defendant, Dr. Robert Brossard, a radiologist, chose not to correctly interpret...
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Nursing Home Visits Key to the Mental Health of Residents
Especially during the holidays, it is so important to visit loved ones, family members and friends who are residents of nursing home facilities, assisted living facilities and hospice care facilities....
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$3.1 Million Jury Verdict for Death of Patient Following Heart Procedure;...
Lillie Teague, 74, underwent an angiogram, which is an x-ray exam that uses a dye and camera to look at the blood flow in an artery or vein. Many angiograms are used to examine the arteries near the...
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Illinois Appellate Court Rejects Emergency Room Doctor's Claim That He is...
The Illinois Good Samaritan Act (745 ILCS 49/25 (West 2010)) states that a medical professional who, in good faith, "provides emergency care without fee to a person" should be immune from civil damages...
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LASIK Surgery Mishap Leads to Jury Verdict of $362,274; Spevak v. Doctors for...
Tracy Spevak had undergone a LASIK surgery on her right eye once before. However, in January 2007, the defendant ophthalmologist did a LASIK surgery to attempt to enhance vision in Tracy's right eye....
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Illinois Supreme Court Decides Arbitration Rights in Nursing Home Death Case;...
Sue Carter brought Joyce Gott to the Odin Nursing Home in 2005. Carter signed an arbitration agreement as Gott's "legal representative." Gott also signed an arbitration agreement with Odin after she...
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