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There were once only two real options for those in need of professional medical support. People could make an appointment with their primary care physician or seek immediate support at a local emergency room. Unfortunately, this led to a lot of demand for emergency room services that often impacted the ability of hospitals to…

A DeKalb County jury entered a record verdict for almost $6,000,000 on Tuesday afternoon for a 33 year-old Winnebago man injured when the aerial lift he was working on failed causing him to fall 20-25 feet. In September 2015, 29 year-old Jeremy Heckelsmiller was hired to remove a chimney on a rental property in…

PGP is very glad to be a sponsor of one of the world’s great amateur golf tournaments this summer at Point O’ Woods Golf and Country Club in Benton Harbor, MI. This will be the 117th playing of The Western Amateur tournament and the forty-first time that Point O’ Woods has hosted the event.

A 35-year-old electrician learned he had a cancerous lesion in his right kidney in March 2016. He was referred to a urologist who told him and his wife that he required survival removal of the kidney, a nephrectomy. The urologist told them the cancer was Stage I, it would not require chemo or radiation…

On June 19, 2018, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) released the following public statement denouncing the separation of children from their families at the U.S. border:  Gill Ports Hoste LLC is honored to be an IATL Fellow and fully supports this resolution. He volunteers to represent clients through the Immigration Justice initiative to fight…

We’re happy to share that Gill Ports Hoste LLC and Matthew D. Ports were named to the 2018 Illinois Super Lawyers list in the Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff practice area. This is an exclusive list, recognizing no more than five percent of attorneys in Illinois. Congratulations to Mike and Matt on their selection…

The deaths of two downstate Illinois workers have resulted in a $6 million settlement to their estates. On June 24, 2014, Frank Rosebur, 37, and another employee attempted to clean a rail car containing agricultural product residue. Shortly after entering from the top of the rail car, Frank collapsed. As his co-worker yelled for…

Note from Gill Ports Hoste LLC:  This is a brilliant description of why so many people are being shot in Chicago and what to do about it by our outgoing U.S. Attorney, Zachary Fardon. I hope those in power see the call to action and follow it. Open Letter from former U.S. Attorney Zachary…

Michael Gill and Matthew Ports would like to extend a big thank you to Judge Lorna Propes, trial team counsel, the jury panel, and all the attendees that showed up to the ABOTA Masters In Trial® Program last Friday at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. We hope you had a good time and learned…

We recently settled a difficult liability case against a hospital, a medical corporation that employed a neurologist, and other parties. Our client suffered a spinal cord injury. Her future needs will be provided for and she is well pleased with the settlement. Matthew Ports and the firm’s staff worked very hard on the case…