Medical malpractice lawsuits enable patients, and their families, who have been suffered significant, permanent injuries or death as a result of preventable medical errors, to receive compensation. In 2008, more than 80 percent of malpractice payments went to victims who sustained quadriplegia, brain damage or death. Passen & Powell’s top-rated Chicago medical malpractice lawyers are… Read More
侵權法改革:失敗的實驗
Tort reform proposals are the spectre that haunts the legal industry: like a horror-movie monster, if we relax our guard it is certain to rise again. Whether the context is debate on newly-enacted healthcare legislation, concerns about the trial bar’s influence in politics, or even lectures on the moral decay of society, it seems that… Read More
醫療改革是患者權利的勝利
This month, our Chicago brain injury lawyers have been discussing various aspects of nontraumatic and traumatic brain injury in honor of national Brain Injury Awareness month. It is fitting that Congress has enacted its landmark health care reform law this month. Many individuals and families inflicted with catastrophic injuries, including traumatic brain injury or other… Read More
侵權改革條款仍未列入醫療保健法案
As President Obama and fellow democrats went back to the drawing board once again concerning health care reform, conservatives representing the insurance lobby raised calls for tort reform. Fortunately for the hundreds of thousands of Americans seriously injured or killed each year by preventable medical errors, our Chicago medical malpractice attorneys are pleased to report… Read More
伊利諾伊州最高法院以違憲為由取消了醫療事故案件的損害賠償上限
Today, the Illinois Supreme Court held that legislative caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases violate the separation of powers clause of the Illinois Constitution. This landmark decision, Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, No. 105741 (Ill. Feb. 4, 2010), comes as a huge relief to Chicago medical malpractice lawyers who represent the interests of… Read More
伊利諾伊州最高法院將就損害上限的合憲性作出裁決
Tomorrow, the Illinois Supreme Court is expected to issue its opinion in Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, a case challenging the constitutionality of damage caps in medical malpractice lawsuits pursuant to the Illinois Medical Malpractice Act of 2005. Chicago medical malpractice attorneys and both sides of the bar are highly anticipating this opinion. As noted… Read More
侵權改革是醫療保健辯論中的“分心”
As Congress continues to grapple with health care reform, many conservatives and lobbyists for the insurance industry have called for tort reform as a way to reduce the costs of healthcare. However, nearly every independent health economist and legal expert who has studied the issue have found that tort reform would have virtually no impact… Read More
伊利諾伊州最高法院將就醫療事故損害賠償上限作出裁決
This Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court will release its highly-anticipated opinion in Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, a case arising out of the constitutionality of caps on “non-economic” or “non-liquidated” damages in medical malpractice actions. Top Illinois medical malpractice lawyers, who represent individuals and families of those who were permanently injured or killed by preventable… Read More
醫療事故誤區:侵權法改革將降低保險費率(第五部分)
Today is our Chicago injury and malpractice attorneys final installment of our commentary on “Five Myths of Medical Malpractice,” based on a report recently published by the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Medical Negligence Myth #5: Tort Reform Will Lower Insurance Rates Yesterday’s post, Myth #4 – Medical Malpractice Claims Drive-Up Doctors’ Insurance Premiums, discussed… Read More
醫療事故誤區:提高醫生保險費(第四部分)
Day four of our personal injury lawyers‘ discussion of “Five Myths of Medical Malpractice.” Here’s Myth #4: Medical Malpractice Myth #4: Medical Malpractice Claims Drive Up Doctors’ Premiums This myth continues to be spread by the health insurance lobby, despite being continuously debunked by empirical evidence. The argument works as follows: to protect against large… Read More