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As the State of Illinois grapples with the tort reform movement, some of the arguments for and against legislated “caps” on damages in medical malpractice cases are receiving a new airing . ... Read More

Let’s face it. American health care has a long way to go toward improving its quality and its availability. But things could be worse. According to today’s BBC NEWS ,... Read More

Did you know that as of the first week of October, 2008, Medicare no longer reimburses American hospitals when certain “reasonably preventable” events, known as “never events” (because they are... Read More

If you were as repulsed as I was by the whitewash treatment received by former governor Elliot Spitzer by U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia, you will be pleased to learn that... Read More

I don’t usually stray far from my area of law. However, because I was a prosecutor in a former life, and because the Elliot Spitzer story just incenses me, I... Read More

Today, many of us are at work in the physical sense, but our minds are elsewhere. They are on the election for the next President of the United States. As... Read More

The Center for Justice and Democracy has issued a report that will resonate with American women, according to Kia Franklin , who discusses it today in Tort Deform . It... Read More

Lest we forget that in modern medical care, nurses play larger roles in the delivery of babies, an Illinois nurse who ignored signs of fetal distress broadcast by a fetal... Read More