When a negligent surgeon makes a serious mistake while conducting a surgical procedure, it can be genuinely frightening. There’s always the possibility that a surgeon could amputate the wrong limb, remove the wrong kidney, or even operate on the wrong patient. This kind of mistake isn’t common, but it could still happen to anyone. The […]

Commercial trucks carry essential goods and products to every city and town in the United States. While these big trucks are integral and essential to the U.S. economy, they also pose substantial risks to innocent drivers and their passengers. A total of 3,852 people died in large truck crashes in the U.S. in 2015. Thousands […]

According to figures published by the Insurance Information Institute, almost 200 million automobiles and other vehicles are insured in the United States. More than ten million of those vehicles are registered in the state of Illinois alone. If you are injured in a collision with one of those ten million-plus vehicles, seek medical attention immediately, […]

Thousands of us love bicycling in Chicago. It’s great exercise and recreation, the views are spectacular, and it’s an economical way to travel in the city. Unfortunately, there’s also another side to bicycling in Chicago. Only a week after Bicycling magazine named Chicago the “Best Bike City in the United States” in September, the sixth […]

Under the Illinois Survival Act, a deceased person’s estate may sue to recover damages that would have been available to the deceased if he or she had lived. This is somewhat different from a wrongful death claim that surviving family members may bring after a loved one dies suddenly and accidentally because of negligence. In […]

“What if a light pole told you to watch out for an icy patch of sidewalk ahead? What if an app told you the most populated route for a late-night walk to the El station by yourself? What if you could get weather and air quality information block-by-block, instead of city-by-city?” Those are the questions […]

How serious is the U.S. medical malpractice crisis? In 1999, the Institute of Medicine reported that up to 98,000 people a year die in the U.S. because of medical malpractice. Almost a decade ago, the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics found the number of malpractice-related deaths surpasses 195,000 annually. In 2010, the […]

Patients must be fully informed by their doctors regarding the risks involved with any medical procedure or treatment. In both law and medicine, when a patient agrees to a procedure or treatment after receiving this information, that agreement is called “informed consent.” If this information is not provided, or if a patient does not give […]