Governor Blagojevich is taking at least partial credit for what appears to be a major drop in medical malpractice insurance rates for Illinois Physicians. According to a press release on the State of Illinois website, Medpro is reducing medical malpractice insurance premiums by 32 percent across the state. Illinois reforms over the past year increased [...]
On October 12, 2006, a state appeals court threw out a jury award of $350,000. A Chicago man had attempted to recover claimed damages for being incorrectly diagnosed as HIV positive. The original jury award was for $350,000. In a possible precedent setting case in Illinois, the 1st District Appellate Court in Chicago decided in [...]
In almost all cases, a personal injury lawyer will work on a contingency basis. This means that the client only pays attorney fees if the client collects money from the case. In cases where the client loses (does not collect any money), then the lawyer would not collect any fees. In the infrequent situation where a case will go [...]