An article in the August 2016 American Bar Association Journal discusses whether regulatory fines and nursing home litigation improves nursing home care. Essentially, the article concludes that both fines and lawsuits against nursing homes do not significantly improve...
For years, trial lawyers in Illinois and across the country have tried to educate the public to show the fallacy of those who advocate tort reform. Unfortunately, large business organizations who seek to benefit from limiting injury victims’ rights have spent massive...
On November 2, 2014, my daughter, Alyssa, and I climbed 2,109 steps over 103 floors in the Willis Tower to raise money for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. We were on the team hosted by the Northwest Community Hospital Wellness Center. Our team devoted our...
If you’re a parent, you are likely well aware of the popularity of inflatable amusement devices, such as inflatable slides and bouncy houses. Those usually colorful attractions show up at all different types of events, from shopping mall openings and county fairs, to...
Law Offices of Jeffrey E. Martin, LLC filed lawsuits on April 23, 2014 for two students injured at the Algonquin Lakes Elementary School when an inflatable slide tipped over at a May 23, 2013 year-end celebration for fifth-graders. The school had rented the slide from...
What better present on this lover’s holiday than new technology to protect the lives of the women in our lives. Although regular mammograms are crucial in helping to prevent deaths as a result of breast cancer, new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at...
Effective January 1, 2014, Supreme Court Rules 15 (Social Security Numbers in Pleadings and Related Matters) and 138 (Personal Identity Information) are amended. By amending its Rules, the Court recognized the all too pervasive risk of identity theft and has...
As reported today by the Associated Press, in London an experimental “smart” knife was able to detect cancer in tumors from 91 patients. A member of the team which developed the knife utiilzed it on a piece of animal muscle during a demonstration at St Mary’s...
According to an article in USA TODAY on June 21, 2013, which was based on a review of government records and medial databases, tens of thousands of times each year, patients are wheeled into the nation’s operating rooms for surgery that isn’t necessary. Some patients...
Former New York Times reporter Anthony Lewis died on March 25t at the age of 85, just one week after the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court case he chronicled in the book Gideon’s Trumpet. According to the New York Times, Mr. Lewis died on Monday as a result of...