Posts tagged negligence

• Heart Surgery Patients Left in the Dark Due to Patented Conflicts of Interest

  Jordan Margolis | May 28, 2011 8:31 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Patients with leaky heart values and other life-threatening medical conditions put their lives and trust in their doctors' hands when they are wheeled into the surgery room. They already know the...

• R U 4 Real? Possible Texting Ban Recognizes Danger of Technological Trances

  Nick Avgerinos | August 08, 2008 10:47 AM | 3 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  We love to multi-task. And companies are responding with gadgets that allow us to do more things with less time. The biggest culprit for blurring the home-work divide: the Blackberry. But it’s...

• Bad Medicine: Illinois Insurer Refuses to Pay for ‘Never Events’

  Nick Avgerinos | August 07, 2008 2:52 PM | 7 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  What’s a ‘never event’? That was my first question, too, when I heard about this new development. ‘Never event’ is the term used to describe medical errors that should never happen. Despite the...

• Citizens Wonder if “The Price is Right” for Proposed Spay and Neuter Ordinance

  Nick Avgerinos | July 31, 2008 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It’s not every day Bob Barker comes to Chicago. His long-running stint as host of “The Price is Right” was punctuated by his signature sign-off: “Help control the pet population. Have your pets...

• Caution on the Course: Golf Safety Under Par

  Nick Avgerinos | July 25, 2008 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  We’re well into summer, and that means we’re accustomed to its rituals of relaxation: backyard barbeques, poolside lounging, and—for many—the game of golf. Whether you’re the next Tiger Woods or...

• Lawsuit filed against Blue Man Group

  Tony Romanucci | February 04, 2008 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Although wildly popular across the country, BMG carried one of its stunts too far. Romanucci & Blandin, LLC filed a lawsuit against BMG for its esphogeal camera stunt gone wrong. The Chicago Tribune reported yesterday as follows: If you haven't seen the act that's mentioned in the suit, it goes something like this: A rhythmic thump of rock music serves as the soundtrack to the commotion near...

• Illinois Hospital safety reports past due

  Tony Romanucci | January 08, 2008 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Four years after Illinois passed two groundbreaking laws designed to shed light on hospital safety and performance, patients are still in the dark.The Illinois Hospital Report Card -- at the time, the nation's first effort to document hospital-acquired infections -- has not been published."It's disappointing because Illinois was the leader, the model state that everyone was looking to," said...

• $12 Million Police Shooting Verdict Against Chicago Police department

  Tony Romanucci | December 17, 2007 9:09 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In one of the largest awards ever in a Chicago Police shooting, a Cook County jury Thursday said the city must pay $12 million to the family of a 23-year-old unarmed man whose death was caught on a CTA station security video now heavily viewed on YouTube. That tops the 2003 award of $9.6 million in the police shooting of Northwestern University student Robert Russ, but is less than the 2001...

• Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed in Chicago

  Tony Romanucci | November 29, 2007 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A lawsuit was filed today in the Circuit Court of Cook County against the Chicago Police Department by the eldest son of the late rapper Freddie Wilson, who was shot and killed by police on November 13, 2007 (case no. 2007 P 008169).Wilson's eldest child, a 13-year-old son who resides with his mother in Madison, Wis., is represented by the Chicago law firm of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC. Antonio...

• Traumatic Brain Injury; High school sports and concussions

  Tony Romanucci | November 08, 2007 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  During a single game or practice in the 2005-06 school year, here's how many concussions occurred for every 100,000 high school athletes in the following nine sports: Football (boys) 47 Soccer (girls) 36 Soccer (boys) 22 Basketball (girls) 21 Wrestling (boys) 18 Basketball (boys) 7 Softball (girls) 7 Baseball (boys) 5 Volleyball (girls) 5* It is our sincere hope, that, you as parents, take every...