According to recent news reports, a settlement was recently approved in two railroad accident wrongful death lawsuits arising from a 2005 Metra train derailment in Chicago that killed two women and injured 117 other passengers. Two passengers were killed on Sept. 17, 2005, when the Metra engineer sped a double-decker, five-car, morning rush-hour Rock Island Line… Read More
Medical Malpractice Jury Instruction Called Into Question
Illinois appellate court, in Matrese v. Buka, No. 1-06-2276 (1st Dist. Oct. 31, 2008), recently held that the trial court did not commit error in instructing the jury using a 2005 Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction (“IPI”) defining “professional negligence”, rather than the revised 2006 IPI. The plaintiff filed an Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit action against the… Read More
Supreme Court Considers Caps on Non-Economic Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases
The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Abigaile Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital et al., the case challenging the medical malpractice law passed by the legislature in 2005, which included caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits. The caps limited non-economic damages against individual physicians to $500,000, and damages against hospitals to $1,000,000…. Read More
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