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Nearly every Illinois resident who has been to a hospital emergency room knows the wait can be long and tedious. The cases that are the most life threatening are, naturally, taken first. However, there are cases in which hospital negligence prevents a patient with an urgent medical condition from receiving much-needed care in a…

Matthew D. Ports was among the 35 awardees honored at the 6th Annual JVR Awards for Trial Lawyer Excellence, hosted by the Jury Verdict Reporter, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company, on October 21st at the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago. Matt was recognized for the successful representation of his clients in…

$12mill award upheld for family of man who died waiting 6hrs for emergency blood treatment | https://t.co/7ZGsRlGw9u pic.twitter.com/8repPPzCwX — Cook County Record (@CookRecord) October 23, 2015

Surgeries and other invasive procedures require the use of anesthesia. Certain Illinois doctors spend time being educated on how these medications work, how much to use and other considerations. However, despite their education and experience, anesthesiologists are still human and can make mistakes. Hospital negligence claims can be made against the party or parties…

The First District Appellate Court in Chicago, Illinois affirmed a verdict for $12.2 million obtained for a southwest suburban family two years ago. The verdict was against AES, a corporate subsidiary of Fresenius, and a plasmapheresis nurse who was called on an emergency basis to provide care to the firm’s client who was in…

Flu season is coming up as 2015 enters the fall and winter seasons. Like many Illinois residents, people around the country are lining up to get flu shots in the hopes of avoiding the illness. Unfortunately, it appears that nearly 70 employees of an out-of-state company were put at risk of much deadlier diseases…

Many Illinois residents have suffered from post-operative complications, such as infections and bleeding. In most of those cases, the problems have been dealt with quickly and efficiently in order to ensure the patients’ safety and recoveries. In the remainder of cases involving post-surgical complications, a negligent surgeon may have caused the patients’ health to…

Technology has made several surgical procedures safer than at any other time in history. Even so, no amount of technological advances can save an Illinois patient from surgical mistakes made by doctors, nurses and other medical staff. No surgical procedure is 100 percent risk free, but the risk should not come from the people…

Many Illinois residents rely on medications to keep them healthy. The right dosage and/or medication is paramount in ensuring that patients receive the maximum benefit from a medication without suffering any adverse side effects. Medication errors caused by hospital negligence could literally put a patient’s life in jeopardy. Medications can become dangerous when errors…

Peter Rogan is finally doing the jail time he owes for crimes committed. He headed Edgewater Hospital during the time a massive cardiology scheme was carried out by Dr. Andrew Cubria. With the assent of the administration, Dr. Cubria performed hundreds of unnecessary catheterizations, one of which caused the death of our firm’s client,…