Council approves shorter hours for rookie doctors
Posted on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) – Sleep-deprived rookie doctors will be getting shorter work shifts, along with stricter supervision.
The Chicago-based Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education announced late Tuesday that its board has approved the rules first outlined [...]
Wrongful death suit filed in Ill. golf-cart accident at casino
Posted on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) — The executors of the estate of an 88-year-old woman killed in a golf-car accident at a western Illinois casino are suing the company.
The elderly women died after a Jumer’s Casino [...]
IL Police Chief Dies in Fatal Car Wreck
Posted on Sunday, August 8th, 2010
At approximately 11:27 a.m. Marshall county received a transfer 911 call from the Bureau County 911 Center of a traffic crash at County roads 1050 N and 250 E in Marshall [...]
continue readingLawsuit over deputy’s use of stun gun settled
Posted on Thursday, August 5th, 2010
A federal lawsuit that accused a southern Illinois sheriff’s deputy of wrongly zapping three children with a stun gun at an emergency youth shelter has been settled.
Documents show that the plaintiffs will get $750,000 from [...]
Lawsuits Filed in Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Incidents
Posted on Monday, April 19th, 2010
Another lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home, MyWebTimes.com just wrote. This is the third such lawsuit following a variety of heartbreaking abuse reports made last year at Illinois’ La Salle County Nursing Home, [...]
continue readingGurnee family wins $29.1 million in medical malpractice lawsuit
Posted on Monday, April 5th, 2010
A Gurnee family has won a $29.1 million verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit brought against the federal government, attorneys said Monday.
The verdict benefits Christian Arroyo, a 6-year-old boy who suffered brain damage at birth [...]
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in CTA Accident
Posted on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
The family of a man fatally pinned under a bus earlier this month on the Near West Side filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the CTA.
Sandra Minter claims that on March 18 James Minter [...]
Illinois Court Overturns Malpractice Statute
Posted on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
In a case that could resonate in Washington, the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the state’s five-year-old medical malpractice law because it limited compensation to injured patients for pain, suffering and other non-economic harms.
The [...]
Parents File Wrongful Death Suit Over Crash That Killed Son
Posted on Monday, February 8th, 2010
The parents of a thirteen month old boy killed in a crash last week today filed a wrongful death suit against the other driver today. The crash happened last Monday near the intersection of Parker [...]
continue reading1 seriously hurt in 3-car crash in Chicago
Posted on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Three lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway extension near Interstate 355 were open again after a three-vehicle crash injured one driver seriously this afternoon.
The crash happened on the inbound expressway around 1 p.m., state police said. [...]