Jury Punishes Hospital With Verdict In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Where Patient Developed Bed Sores During Admission
Have you seen a bed sore? If you haven't, advanced bed sores are truly horrific conditions that are perhaps the most gruesome example of institutional neglect. However, particularly when there are photographs of a gaping wound on a patient's buttocks or heels, many of these cases seem to miraculously get get resolved prior to when they get presented to a jury. Perhaps some of the risk managers and lawyers defending these nursing homes and hospitals are providing useful advice to their clients to: settle, settle, settle? Maybe the 'settle, settle, settle' message got confused in a recent case involving the...
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Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Patients' Rights In Medical Malpractice Cases
For the third time in recent years, the Illinois Supreme Court has rejected the State legislatures attempt to limit the rights of those who have been harmed by negligent doctors and hospitals. This most recent decision held section 2-1706.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure was unconstitutional because it violated the separation of powers between the judiciary and legislative branches of government. Under section 2-1706.5, an injured person was limited in their recovery of non-economic damages of $500,000 against doctors and $1,000,000 against hospitals. The Illinois Supreme Court addressed these issues when it took on the case of...
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