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• Fight Over Medical Malpractice Caps in Illinois Heats Up

  Jamie G. Goldstein | January 24, 2007 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  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 in a lawsuit for non-economic damages. The law was passed in 2005. There have been no cases to...

• Tobacco Class De-Certification Opens Floodgates

  Staff Writer | July 13, 2006 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Although the Tobacco makers celebrated the Florida Supreme Court ruling which de-certified the Class on which a billion dollar plus punitive damages award was vacated, the underlying jury verdict remains. That means that between 300,000 and 700,000 Plaintiffs who are eligiible to file individual lawsuits against the Tobacco makers can rely on the prior guilty verdict of Deceptive Practices. ...

• Who Let the Docs Out?

  Staff Writer | July 11, 2006 3:25 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Contrary to the general belief that doctors are leaving the profession, in the past 20 years, the number of doctors per capita increased 50 percent. Unfortunately for patients, most of the new ones settle in areas where the supply is already above average - places like Florida and New York - rather than places which lack doctors, like the rural South. Studies show that more doctors doesn't...

• Federal Physician Whistleblower Protection

  Staff Writer | May 08, 2006 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Good News. The U.S. Merit Protection Board has overturned a 2004 ruling by an Administrative Law Judge so that federal doctors can be guaranteed the same protection as other Federal Whistleblowers. This protects thousands of federal doctors and medical researchers, so called Title 42 workers who work on government research, medical work and safety reviews, who allege federal corruption. Title...

• Butter Flavoring Health Risks Continue

  Staff Writer | April 27, 2006 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Even after more than $100 Million in damages awarded to popcorn factory workers, the industry continues to ignore the health risks to its workers. The popcorn flavoring contains a chemical called Diacetyl which causes a potentially fatal lung disease requiring lung transplants. Epidemiologists have called OSHA's nonchalance to the problem "criminal". Over 150 workers have filed suits, 30 of...

• Vinyl Chloride Danger in Du Page

  Staff Writer | April 24, 2006 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A lawsuit was just filed on Friday, April 21st, on behalf of residents of an unicorporated suburb in Du Page County, Illinois, alleging that vinyl chloride had seeped into ground water. The suit, against the Forest Preserve and BFI Waste Management Systems of North America, Inc., seeks Class Action status on behalf of 80 residents and 150 households threatened by the 543 acres of landfill...

• More Proof There Is No Medical Malpractice Crisis

  Staff Writer | April 19, 2006 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  According to amednews.com (The Newspaper For America's Physicians), liability issues are becoming a lesser factor in specialty choices by medical student's. The 2006 National Resident Matching Program held March 16 provided proof that medical students are more concerned with lifestyle concerns. The results established matches for 85.1% in Family Medicine; 97.9% in Internal Medicine; 97.9% in...

• Another Merck Muck - Fosamax Drug Danger(2)

  Staff Writer | April 18, 2006 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  As if Vioxx wasn't problematic enough for drug manufacturer Merck, now another health risk has surfaced, directly linked to its Fosamax drug. As the LA Times has reported, since 2001, more than 2,400 patients taking Fosamax and other bone-building medications have reported bone death in their jaws. Yet, 90% of the drug side effects aren't reported to the FDA. Biophosphonate drugs have been...

• Supremes Rule For Black "Boys" Against Tyson Chicken

  Staff Writer | February 22, 2006 3:23 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Congratulations to the Supreme Court for overturning an Appellate Court's decision which took away a 1.4 Million Dollar verdict for two black employees against Tyson Chicken in an employment discrimination case. The Appellate Court had held that a white chicken plant manager could not be sued for calling black employees "boys". The Supreme Court disagreed with the resoning of the Appeals...

• Men File Defective Defribillator Lawsuits

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2005 8:10 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Two men from the Chicago area have filed lawsuits against Medtronics, the Minnesota-based manufacturer of defribillator implants.Randie Green and Anton Muller claim their defribillators had defective batteries, and they had them removed in 2005.According to the complaints, the models' defective batteries cause the defibrillator to short, resulting in an unpredictable loss of power without...