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• Medical Malpractice Endangers Doctor's License

  Staff Writer | December 28, 2005 1:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The Illinois State Medical Board has recommended that Dr. Joshua Salvador's license to practice be suspended immediately due to a long list of medical malpractice cases against the Chicago physician.The board cited Salvador for three instances of gross negligence, including sending a woman home with a perforated bladder after performing surgery to remove a uterine fibroid tumor and failing to...

• Men File Defective Defribillator Lawsuits

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2005 8:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  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...

• DUI Car Accident Kills Two, Injures Another

  Staff Writer | December 26, 2005 8:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A woman and her best friend were killed just a couple of days before Christmas when the pickup they were riding in veered off the road and hit a tree. The driver of the pickup was treated for injuries, and it was discovered she was impaired at the time of the crash. The three were out Christmas shopping at the time.According to authorities, it was the second DUI for Yolanda Rivera, the driver...

• Son's Brain Injury Doesn't Stop Christmas

  Staff Writer | December 24, 2005 8:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Jeremy Legrand is one of our nation's dedicated servicemen, having done tours in Cuba and Iraq. He suffered a traumatic brain injury in a June car accident while on leave in Texas. He spent six weeks in a coma and was transferred to the Minneapolis VA in September. The Beacon News Online offers a touching story of Jeremy's family (from Aurora, now residing in Shabbona) and their plans to...

• Two Chicago Construction Workers Killed On Job

  Staff Writer | December 16, 2005 9:13 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Two construction workers were killed earlier this week when they were crushed under tons of rubble caused by a 25x50 foot falling slab of concrete.Jaime Jones and James Beemsterboer were killed when the concrete slab, which was supposed to be part of a new senior home's 5th floor, fell, crashed through the fourth floor and crushed the two men who had been working on the third floor. OSHA and...