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… Continue Reading
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Damages
Posted in Litigation‘Damages’ refer to losses sustained do to physical or psychological injury for which you can be compensated. In cases involving injury or death, damages are assessed in terms of money compensation. In order to recover damages, you first must establish that an employee of a nursing home or the facility itself did something wrong or… Continue Reading