Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Patient Advocates Suffer Blow as General Assembly Shoots Down Insurance Requirement

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As many of our discussions have tackled, issues of insurance are very essential to protecting the rights of injury victims, and while insurance companies seldom willingly pay all of what they should, Illinois’ mandatory insurance laws at least make sure there’s a system in place to make sure that injury victims have a possibility of…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Illinois Nursing Home Advocates Renew Demands for Medicaid Reimbursement Reform

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The US Supreme Court announced its long-anticipated verdict on healthcare reform and nursing home advocates are using the spotlight as a chance to renew their demands upon Illinois lawmakers to reform the state’s Medicaid reimbursement procedures. Relying heavily on statistics that suggest the state is underfunding Medicaid reimbursements by an estimated $4.7 billion, or approximately $24.34…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Bedsore Case Yields $900,000 Settlement for Seattle-Area Family

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A story out of Seattle details the tragic death of an 87 year-old Alzheimer’s patient — who also happened to be a retired nursing educator — after a number of untreated pressure ulcers, some of which had “burrowed to the bone,” led to her death. Much of this article focused on the reported shortcomings of…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — An Interesting Model for How to Report Abuse and Neglect

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Many of our discussions can, understandably, have the tendency to leave many concerned with the wellbeing and safety of their loved ones in nursing homes a bit disheartened, to say the least. Even if you do notice a situation that disadvantages your loved one, what can you do about it proactively? The standard advice is…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: School Bus Accident in Wadsworth, Illinois – Flip Over with School Children

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On Friday, April 5, 2013, a terrible school bus accident carrying numerous school children flipped over and per the latest news reports, many children were injured and perhaps one adult is dead. Apparently, school buses are not required to have seat belts and this is yet another situation where innocent children are exposed to the…