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Medicare fraud is a crime that our Illinois Medicare fraud lawyers take seriously. And so does the U.S. government. A recent Reuters article reveals one of the largest government crackdowns in recent months, that led to Medicare fraud charges against more than 90 people. The latest raid involved about 91 physicians, nurses, and other medical experts who were accused of …

An article published in the New York Times highlights the recent efforts of government officials to allow consumers to report unsafe practices and errors by medical professionals. The Obama administration envisions a new reporting system in which patients and their relatives will be able to report narrow escapes and medical errors via telephone interviews or through a website. This …

Recent studies indicate that deadly preventable medical mistakes are both grossly underestimated and underreported. Approximately half of the respondents to related surveys thought that the total number of annual deaths from medical mistakes was just 5000, or even less than that. Actually, avoidable medical errors account for about 100,000 deaths. If the Centers for Disease Control were …

A recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a Chicago hotel may give travelers some chilly feet about upcoming adventures. The disease can cause serious illness or even death, as it did for two individuals who visited the JW Marriott in Chicago. Our sophisticated personal injury attorneys are concerned about this outbreak and we hope the victims will …

Is there a medical malpractice crisis in this country? Recent reports say no. According to the consumer group, Public Citizen, medical malpractice claims reached an all-time low in 2011 after consistently dropping for the last eight years. Although some policymakers and doctors groups try to blame malpractice payments for driving up healthcare costs, their allegations appear to …

Invasive and unnecessary heart procedures are being performed around the country, according to a recent article by the New York Times. Unfortunately, these procedures are motivated by profit rather than patient safety. Our Chicago medical malpractice lawyers recognize the dangers of this disturbing trend, and are dedicated to helping unnecessary surgery victims obtain the compensation they deserve. …

A recent study sheds some disturbing light on the occurrence of medical malpractice during surgery. The study focused on how young surgeons react to environmental distractions while performing a procedure. Study results were revealed in the Archives of Surgery online publications during mid-July of 2012. Researchers studied young surgeons in training who were working on surgical simulations …

Many states are battling extremely high health care costs as a result of massive damage awards given to victims of medical malpractice and negligence. Various efforts have been both proposed and taken by many different states, New Hampshire being the most recent of them. New Hampshire has taken a very bold approach, known as the …

Throughout the years, many have complained about the inadequacies of the current medical malpractice system. The most prevalent of these complaints is that damage awards have grown to be so immense that it is debilitating the health care industry. Some have even claimed this effect is disincentivizing students from becoming physicians. But while many have …

The parents of a child with severe developmental disorders were awarded a whopping $55 million by a Baltimore City jury. The Baltimore jury ultimately found that the doctors delayed the decision to perform the surgery constituted medical malpractice worthy of a damage award. Having a child born with medical problems, especially those that may not …

Yet another medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit was filed and litigated in a California court following oral surgery for dental implants that resulted in the patient’s death. While there is often a high cost for physical beauty, death is a cost that is always deemed excessive. The 57 year old victim’s daughter was recently …

A jury recently awarded a man’s family $3 million to be paid by his cardiologist, after the man died because of medical malpractice. The jury decided that the cardiologist’s failure to adequately warn the victim not to partake in physical activities amounted to medical malpractice. Our Illinois medical malpractice attorneys have years of experience obtaining the highest …

New Hampshire senators recently passed a new Bill designed to expedite the state’s medical malpractice claim process. Our experienced medical malpractice attorneys are worried that victims might not get fair compensation under a bill such as this one. The Bill poses a risk to parties who may unknowingly sign the agreement, binding them to a settlement without …

A Virginia family will finally get some relief after ten years of bearing the burden for their daughter’s birth defects. On Friday May 18, 2012 a jury granted nine million dollars to the family. Our Chicago medical malpractice attorneys fully support this verdict in light of the doctors’ misguided treatment because we understand just how …

A recent jury found in favor of a misdiagnosis victim’s surviving children,, to the surprise of the defendant physician. Medical malpractice allegedly occurred in treatment of the thirty-eight year old victim after an emergency sports injury. Likely in part to the fact that the victim was a single parent to five young children, the jury …

There is no excuse for causing the accidental death of a patient. Any experienced medical malpractice attorney will tell you that medical accidents warrant zero tolerance. A New York man who died as a result of medical malpractice in 2008 is a poster child for medical mistakes. The victim in the case at hand entered the hospital on June …

A doctor was recently sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 25 years for the sexual assault of 19 of his female patients, two of whom were only 15 years old at the time of the assault. He was a nurse anesthetist that worked for a dental practice in Cobb County, Georgia. He performed …

Many American tort reformers assert that medical malpractice damage awards are far too excessive. It can be argued that one recent award exemplifies this concern; however, this view only investigates the detrimental effects of large damage awards without accounting for the benefits they provide. Our Illinois medical malpractice attorneys are particularly experienced in dealing with wrongful death cases. …

Infections are among the most prevalent sources of medical malpractice claims. Recently, a new reporting system has been proposed, and implemented in many states, to address this type of medical malpractice. While this reporting system does not eliminate malpractice deriving from preventable infections, it does greatly abate it. Ultimately, the system will benefit not only …

A woman in Alabama is finally receiving compensation for a botched biopsy surgery. The patient, arrived at the hospital in 2007 expecting to undergo a biopsy procedure she was familiar with after having breast cancer removed from her right breast a few years prior to that time. Leading up to the procedure the patient was given …