Garman SPRINGFIELD – Drug makers don't deceive the public about risks in their pills by the simple act of selling them, the Supreme Court of Illinois ruled on Dec. 17.
The Illinois Supreme Court is delaying its announcement on the constitutionality of a state law that limits medical malpractice damages, according to a report in Crain's.
Sherman Joyce, president of the American Tort Reform Foundation WASHINGTON -- South Florida is again among the country's most plaintiffs-friendly jurisdiction, according to the American Tort Reform Foundation's annual "Judicial Hellholes" report, released Tuesday.
Blagojevich signs bill into law in 2005. More than four years since medical malpractice reform was enacted in Illinois, stakeholders anxiously await a state Supreme Court decision on its constitutionality.
The Illinois Supreme Court is expected to release its opinion on the constitutionality of medical malpractice damage caps on Thursday morning, according to a notice posted by the court earlier this evening.
Zarov CHICAGO - Allowing medical monitoring claims in Illinois would be a risky move if the state Supreme Court ever decides to, a paper recently published in the DePaul University Journal of Health Care Law says.
Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla sat with attorneys in a long-running legal malpractice suit Tuesday morning to hammer out details of a Dec. 7 trial that is expected to last two weeks.
CHICAGO – Madison County Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn accidentally turned a state class action against tax preparer H&R Block into a federal case.
Stack Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack has ordered telephone company AT&T to pay $21,671,857 for mistakes Illinois Bell made eight years ago in distributing $90 million in refunds to business customers.
Maas WASHINGTON - The majority of Americans say federal lawmakers ought to make it more difficult for allegedly aggrieved patients to sue for medical malpractice, a poll Thursday indicates.
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier will preside and administer the attorney's oath when 94 new lawyers are admitted to practice in ceremonies in Carbondale on Nov. 5.
Burke MILWAUKEE – U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman has halted national class action litigation over lawn mower engines while lawyers in his court try to head off a copycat class action at St. Clair County courthouse in Belleville.
Eckert St. Clair County Circuit Judge Annette Eckert's retirement announcement this week could potentially usher in a Republican interim judge in a county dominated by Democratic judges.
Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge David Herndon has dismissed Amiel Cueto's claim that the Illinois Supreme Court violated his constitutional rights by refusing to reinstate his law license.