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Pleading Covid-19 Wrongful Death Suits against Nursing Homes in Illinois

There are many challenges in successfully pleading and prosecuting wrongful death lawsuits as a result of Covid-19 in Illinois.  The Nursing Home Care Act, 210 ILCS 45/3-602 et seq.,  does not permit a wrongful death action, for the benefit of the decedent’s next of kin to be commenced pursuant to…

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Higher Cancer Risks Due to Ethyl Oxide Emissions-Willowbrook

Sterigenics in west suburban Willowbrook, Illinois uses Ethyl Oxide to sterilize medical equipment and other products.  Residents of Du Page and Cook counties near Willowbrook are at a higher risk of cancers as a result of decades long exposure to Ethyl Oxide.  Sterigenics has been emitting Ethyl Oxide into the…

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Laser Guided Vehicle Accidents

Laser Guided Vehicles (LGV), sometimes referred to as Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV) are being used increasingly in manufacturing facilities as a replacement for human operated forklifts. While there are benefits in terms of efficiency there have been tragic accidents that are becoming more widespread due to increased usage of the…

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Physicians and Administrators Conspire at Sacred Heart Hospital

As an Illinois medical malpractice lawyer it is difficult to fathom a scenario where hospital administrators and physicians conspire to unnecessarily intubate patients and while intubated to overmedicate them so as to require a tracheotomy. This is precisely what transpired at Sacred Heart Hospital on Chicago’s west side according to…

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Illinois De Puy Hip Replacement Statute of Limitations

No Illinois court decisions currently interpret when the statute of limitations expires on De Puy Hip Replacements lawsuits, but there are decisions by both the Illinois Supreme and Appellate courts that provide guidance. Illinois products liability statute of limitations is found at 735 ILCS 5/13-213(d) which provides that: ” ...the…

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