Hey folks,
It’s been a while since I felt the need to blog about something on here. A big Illinois Supreme Court case came down recently that may have changed how auto accident photos are used at trial. Let’s talk
The old rules were easily understood. Certain workers comp claims required a Medicare set-aside – and the rules for those claims were straightforward. For other claims – liability and no-fault cases – the parties were still required to satisfy Medicare’s
Is this big? Time will tell. Either way, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in a surprisingly progressive way, joining the majority of states (including Illinois – over 30 years ago) in recognizing a cause of action for wrongful birth. The
We’re proud to announce some significant accolades for both of our attorneys!
Mike Warner was nominated by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in the areas of:
ADR Law: Personal Injury;
Personal Injury: Professional Malpractice Personal Injury Law; and
General
As soon as I sat down to write this, I realized that I should have called the post “How to Get Out of Jury Duty” and gotten a lot more hits. Oh well – the current title will find the
The Illinois Supreme Court issued an opinion on McVey v. MLK Enterprises this week. Plaintiffs lawyers who accept small and/or difficult cases are frustrated.
The Health Care Services Lien Act, 770 ILCS 23/10(c), provides a framework to reduce the
I’ve been doing this long enough that articles like this one from Consumer Reports don’t surprise me anymore.
The number of deaths from preventable medical errors is astonishing. That’s why we do what we do. Quite frankly, we all want
Illinois recently enacted a new settlement statute, with the goal of alleviating some of the hassles of the personal injury practice.
We’ve all had cases that have settled but still sat on the shelf for weeks or months due
This is one of the most common war stories you hear in the medical malpractice world – someone in the courtroom collapses during a medical malpractice trial, and the defendant doctor runs in to render aid and save the day.
For years I’ve used Trial Director for big cases, and simple things like blowups on posterboard for small cases. (Why posterboard? There are never any “technical” glitches, never a difficulty finding an outlet in a 100 year old courtroom, etc
