If your child was born with a deformity, disability, or long-term illness, can you sue a doctor for a birth injury? While some birth injuries result from natural causes, many are caused by a medical professional's negligent actions during pregnancy, delivery, or follow-up care. If you suspect that your doctor's careless actions caused your child's injury, you must prove medical
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When you have a serious medical condition that goes untreated, it can mean the difference between life and death due to various types of complications from infections, internal bleeding, organ damage, heart attack, and stroke. If you are suffering from a delayed medical diagnosis, you can file a delayed diagnosis lawsuit in Illinois with a medical malpractice lawyer to get
Signing a waiver or consent form before a medical treatment or surgical procedure may or may not impact your legal right to file a medical malpractice lawsuit if something goes wrong. Generally, an informed consent lawsuit relies on an assumption of risk defense, which does not hold medical defendants responsible. However, in Illinois, medical waivers are not automatically enforceable, even
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- If you are injured at work you may be able to recover compensation through a workers’ compensation claim as well as by filing a personal injury claim against responsible third parties.
- A signed liability waiver may not be enough to bar your personal injury claim if willful acts or negligence caused your injuries.
- Some SSDI claims qualify for expedited processing, allowing claimants to obtain approval in a matter of days or weeks.
When medical malpractice is suspected as the cause of an injury or illness, victims should seek a second opinion and legal advice through an experienced attorney. According to Illinois law, medical professionals must follow the accepted standard of care within the medical field to prevent patients from suffering serious injuries, permanent disabilities, and even death.
Craig Pierce, who has been paralyzed on one side of his body for eight years following a stroke, has been awarded $41 million in a medical malpractice case. This award, believed to be the largest in Illinois for a medical malpractice claim involving someone over 70, will fund his necessary round-the-clock care.
Medical malpractice can leave emergency room patients in Chicago, and throughout the state, with serious injuries. Each year in the U.S., there’s an estimated 130 million emergency department visits for urgent medical needs. When, due to acute injuries, the severe or sudden onset of symptoms, or life-threatening conditions, patients go to the ER, they can reasonably expect to receive prompt
Medical professionals have a legal duty to their patients to provide a standard of care during surgeries and medical treatments. When this duty of care is violated through negligent acts or omissions, common types of surgical errors can occur that may cause harm or death to the patient.
When you suffer an injury or illness caused by the negligent or wrongful actions of a medical professional, you have legal grounds to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against the guilty party. However, if you win your case, you must consider, "does Illinois have a cap on medical malpractice claims?” Damage caps may impact how much money you can recover
Under Illinois laws, injured victims and their families cannot recover punitive damages in a medical malpractice case. In August 2023, Governor Pritzker signed HB 219, allowing victims' families to recover punitive damages in wrongful death claims and survival actions. However, Illinois still does not allow punitive damages to be recovered in cases involving medical malpractice, legal malpractice, or cases against
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