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• 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...

• Mistakes Were Made: 5 Tips for Avoiding Medical Malpractice

  Nick Avgerinos | July 29, 2008 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Early this July, the CEO of large hospital in Boston posted a blog entitled: “The message you hope never to send.” Talk about a jarring headline for anyone with loved ones at the hospital. What...

• It’s Never Too Late To Say You’re Sorry (But Earlier Is Better for Business)

  Nick Avgerinos | June 26, 2008 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  To apply the law to a given situation, specific facts are needed. Legal battles then center upon a game of “he said, she said,” leading to a messy fight and often less-than-ideal resolution. But...

• Slice of Humble Pie: Doctors may get Cash Bonus for an Apology

  Nick Avgerinos | May 27, 2008 2:52 PM | 3 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Medical malpractice claims cause doctors far and wide to head for the hills. After all, nothing can put a dent in many years of hard work quite like a hard-wrought fight about who messed up what...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Nissan for Fatal Crash

  Chrissie Cole | March 17, 2008 12:42 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Nissan North America Inc., by the parents of a woman who was killed in a sport utility vehicle (SUV) rollover accident in May 2006.The woman was driving a 1993 Nissan Pathfinder, in McLean County when the accident occurred. The complaint alleges the vehicle's restraint system failed after the SUV entered the median and rolled over.The suit seeks...

• Drunk Driver Kills 17 Man In Chicago

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 01, 2008 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Tracy Bolden was drunk and speeding in his van in the Garfield Park neighborhood when he rear ended the car Marlon Tate was driving. Tate was pronounced dead shortly after the accident. The passenger of Tate's car, 17 year old Laura Kubiak survived the crash despite the van resting on top of the car after the incident.Bolden was charged with DUI but the charges may be upgraded to felony...

• Commuter Train Kills Man

  Jamie G. Goldstein | December 11, 2007 8:38 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Charles Jones was killed the morning of December 5, 2007 after his truck became stuck on a patch of ice on a train crossing in Gary, Indiana. Jones vehicle was struck by a South Shore Line train. It is being reported that the gates were down at the time of the accident, but Jones decided to drive around the gates causing his truck to become stuck on the tracks when the train was passing.Train...

• I-290 Chicago Rollover, Possible Death Others in Critical Care

  Jamie G. Goldstein | November 14, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A rollover accident on Monday left at least one person in serious condition and possibly caused the death of another person. The accident happened on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago near Ashland Avenue. Three lanes had to be shut down after the crash. At the time of the report the Cook County Medical Examiner had not made an official notice of any fatalities.The people injured in the...

• Rollover on Chicago's Bishop Ford Kills 1, Injures 4

  Jamie G. Goldstein | November 13, 2007 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A rollover on the Bishop Ford Freeway in Chicago left four people critically injured and one man dead. Robin Stokes of Chicago lost his life Sunday after a car cut off the vehicle he was traveling in and caused his vehicle to rollover.There have been no reports of who was driving the vehicle that cut off the vehicle that rolled over. It is believed the rain was a factor in the accident. There...

• Chicago Man Dies In Car Crash(2)

  Jamie G. Goldstein | October 26, 2007 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Carlos R. Daniels of Chicago, Illinois died Wednesday after he lost control of his car and it crashed into a tree. It is believed that Daniels, who was driving a Ford Escape SUV, was side swiped by another car that was traveling on Chicago Avenue. At this time there are no suspects in the hit and run.Daniels was the only person in the car at the time of the accident. His family may be able to...