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Diagnosis Errors in Over One-Third of Severe Harm Medical Malpractice Claims

A recent study found that diagnosis errors account for more than one-third of severe harm medical malpractice claims in the United States. 34...

GWC Obtains $1.3 Million for Infant’s Fatal Bowel Obstruction

GWC's Jason M. Kroot and Geoffrey E. Jacobs have obtained a $1.3 million settlement for the family of an infant who died as...

$4.25 Million Settlement for Child’s Death at Palos Community Hospital

The mother of a child who died of respiratory failure at Palos Community Hospital has settled her lawsuit against the hospital and...

Maternal Mortality Rate in the United States Highest in Developed World

A study conducted by USA Today found that the maternal mortality rate in the United States is the highest in the developed world....

Recent Study Finds Home Health Care Fraud Rampant in Illinois

Thanks to significant advances in medicine in the past decades, Americans are living longer, with nearly 15 percent of the population age...

Recent $15 Million Settlement Highlights American Birth Injury Problem

In the United States and other industrialized nations, advances in medicine have made childbirth much safer than it has ever been before....

Over $1M Award for Colonoscopy Injury Due to Lack of Informed Consent

An elderly man recently received an award from a Cook County jury in the amount of $1,011,949.00 for severe injuries he sustained...

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit for Late Joan Rivers Settled

On May 11, 2017, Melissa Rivers settled a medical malpractice lawsuit that she had filed against the clinic that had performed a...