Latest Illinois Headlines
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From Med Mal Caps to RICO Violations, No Headline Shortage in 2007
Dec 23 2007 // Severe summer storms that ransacked the Midwest, a court ruling that could negatively impact the medical malpractice insurance market in Illinois and RICO allegations in Minnesota were just a few of the news stories that...
Illinois’ Madison County Dropped from Judicial Hellhole List
Dec 19 2007 // Ann Callis knows Madison County’s court system has taken mighty public knocks, from President Bush branding it an example of medical malpractice litigation run amok to a special-interest group calling the venue a...
Parents of Brain Damaged Boy Settle with Ill. Hospital for $11.5 Million
Dec 10 2007 // Parents who sued Northwestern Memorial Hospital and a doctor after their child suffered brain damage from what they said was a botched delivery have agreed to accept a $11.5 million settlement, their attorney said. The...
Proponents Ring Alarm After Court Ruling Strikes Down Ill. Tort Reform Law
Dec 2 2007 // A Cook County, Ill., Circuit Court ruling in late November struck down the state’s much touted 2005 medical liability reform law, calling the caps on non-economic damages for medical malpractice lawsuits...
Illinois Tort Reform Efforts Struck Down
Dec 2 2007 // If anyone is betting on what organization is running the show in Illinois, my money is on the Illinois Trial Bar Association. Put a check mark in the “win” column recently for the Trial Bar as the 2005 tort...
Court Rejection of Award Caps Creates Uneasiness Again For Ill. Physicians
Nov 19 2007 // Dr. Kostantinos Psihramis says he wanted to make a difference when he relocated from Virginia to the southern Illinois town of Belleville in late 2005, filling one of two holes created when specialists left the area. The...
Circuit Court Ruling Strikes Down Illinois’ Medical Liability Reform Law
Nov 14 2007 // A Cook County, Ill., Circuit Court ruling yesterday that strikes down the state’s 2005 medical liability reform law by calling the caps on non-economic damages for medical malpractice lawsuits unconstitutional is...
Ill. American Service Insurance Offers New Auto Product
Oct 12 2007 // Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based American Service Insurance (ASI) recently released its new public auto product in the states of Indiana and Missouri. The auto product provides coverage for non-emergency paratransit,...
Ill. Family of Dead Teen Sues Couple Where Drinking Was Allowed
Oct 11 2007 // The family of a teenager killed in a car crash last year has sued a suburban Chicago family, claiming it was negligent in allowing the victim to drink alcohol at a house party. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Oct. 8th in Lake...
From the Big Apple to the Corn State
Oct 8 2007 // From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s...
Safety Group Opposes Ill. Senate Bill that Increases Truck Speed Limits
Oct 4 2007 // A safety group is speaking out about the what they say are the dangers of the override of Illinois SB 540, which allows large tractor-trailer trucks to travel on rural, four-lane highways at the same speed limits as...
Feds Sues Ill. Saying New Law Hinders Illegal Immigration Crackdown
Sep 26 2007 // The Federal government is suing Illinois over a new state law it says complicates federal efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. The Illinois law would prevent employers from participating in a federal program that...
From the Big Apple to the Corn State
Sep 24 2007 // From the executive office of the Greater New York Mutual Insurance Companies on Madison Avenue in the heart of New York City, Warren Heck, chairman and chief executive officer, can see Illinois. “It’s...
Ill. Encompass Promotes Branch to Assistant Vice President
Sep 20 2007 // Encompass Insurance recently announced that Ken Branch, 48, has been promoted to assistant vice president, Sales and Distribution.. Part of the Allstate group of companies, Encompass sells automobile, homeowner and related...
Former Ill. State Representative Parke Joins Secure Services Corp.
Sep 19 2007 // Former GOP Illinois State Representative Terry Parke has joined Secure Services Corp. (SSC) as director of Business Relations, the company recently announced.. An insurance agent, Parke was the state representative for the...
Ill. Must Refile Lawsuit Alleging MRI Scam
Sep 14 2007 // Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan says the office must refile a lawsuit against more than 20 Chicago-area radiology centers it accuses of getting referrals by paying kickbacks to doctors. A state judge says he needs...
IDOT Says Information on Condition of Ill. Bridges a Security Matter
Sep 4 2007 // Illinois residents who want to know about the safety of local bridges can’t get the information easily. Deciphering what they do get is even harder. The Illinois Department of Transportation won’t release...
Severe Midwestern weather may have some evoking ‘higher power’
Sep 3 2007 // Years ago in the late ’60s after Chicago had received in excess of 27 inches of snow, bringing the city to a quiet halt, then NBC-TV Tonight talk show host Johnny Carson in his opening monologue said, “I...
Editor’s Note: Severe Midwestern weather may have some evoking ‘higher power’
Sep 3 2007 // Years ago in the late ’60s after Chicago had received in excess of 27 inches of snow, bringing the city to a quiet halt, then NBC-TV Tonight talk show host Johnny Carson in his opening monologue said, “I...
Census Report: Ill. Poverty Down, Number of Uninsured Up
Aug 30 2007 // Poverty dropped in Illinois last year, but the number of residents without health insurance increased, U.S. Census data released this week shows. About 1.39 million, or 11 percent, of state residents last year were poor,...
