Posts tagged illinois

• State Farm under Fire for Voting Buying

  Mark Bello | September 20, 2011 12:26 PM | 4 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Did State Farm Insurance buy Llyod Karmeier a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court to escape a billion dollar judgment? Yes, according to lawyers who want the billion back. An Illinois case dating...

• Patients in Illinois to Gain Access to Doctors' Medical Malpractice Histories

  David Mittleman | August 14, 2011 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The power will be placed back into the hands of patients in Illinois. Recently, Illinois lawmakers approved a bill that would allow patients to see their doctors' medical histories, including times...

• Georgia Supreme Court Strikes Down Damage Caps as Unconstitutional

  David Mittleman | March 23, 2010 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled yesterday that medical malpractice damage caps violate the State Constitution. In doing so, the state's highest court has overturned the...

• Michigan's Supreme Court Should Take Notice of What's Happening Across the Lake

  David Mittleman | February 10, 2010 11:17 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Last Thursday, February 4, 2010, the Illinois Supreme Court declared the Illinois medical malpractice law unconstitutional because it unfairly and unjustly took away an injured person's right to...

• NY Governor Patterson Proposes Legislation Restricting Pharmaceutical Company Gift-Giving to Docs

  David Mittleman | February 02, 2010 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  New York’s Governor Patterson recently proposed tougher laws that would prevent pharmaceutical companies from giving gifts to doctors to entice them to promote the use of specific prescription...

• Illinois Pharmacist Admits Purposefully Mislabeling Drugs Sent to Nursing Homes

  David Mittleman | January 20, 2010 9:30 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Illinois--a Southwestern Illinois pharmacist recently pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of purposefully mislabeling drugs sent to nursing homes. The pharmacist, 47-year-old Ted Thalmann of...

• Former Illinois Gym Coach Accused of Molesting Underage Students Settles With Families

  David Mittleman | January 06, 2010 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to a Dupage County, Illinois judge, a $1.5 million settlement has been reached with the families of 13 minor girls who allege that they were molested at an Aurora, Illinois gym by their...

• Marion, Illinois VA Hospital Continues to Have Safety Issues

  David Mittleman | November 08, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Federal Veterans Affairs Officials had assumed that the VA medical center in Marion, Illinois would clean up its act after being under such intense scrutiny for 2 years. However, serious safety...

• Illinois County Board Awards $15.5 Million to Family After Tragic Car Crash

  David Mittleman | September 19, 2009 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Rockford, Illinois—Winnebago County was recently ordered to pay the Bachman family $15.5 million in a settlement against a sheriff’s deputy who drove his squad car into the...

• Cold-Related Deaths a Chilling Reminder of Winter’s Danger

  David Mittleman | February 12, 2009 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  In many parts of the country, this winter has been brutally cold and snowy. This icy weather is more than a mere annoyance or inconvenience, it can be a fatal force of nature that destroys property...