As experienced medical malpractice attorneys practicing predominately in Illinois, we breathed a collective sigh of relief when the Illinois Supreme Court recently struck down as unconstitutional, once again, legislation that capped the amount of damages recoverable in medical malpractice cases. Unfortunately, one of the judges responsible for that opinion, Thomas L.
The Chicago Tribune's recent editorial ("A disaster delayed," Editorial, July 8) correctly sounds the alarm about the coming higher medical-malpractice premiums in Illinois as a result of the Illinois Supreme Court's decision to strike down the state's medical-malpractice reform law.
For a lesson in how business ought to work, keep your eye on the insurance industry as it grapples with the Illinois Supreme Court's terrible decision on tort reform in medical-malpractice cases.
Back in February, the court threw out a solid law that capped non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering. Acting responsibly, the General Assembly had imposed limits of $500,000 in claims against doctors and $1 million in claims against hospitals.
Local doctors and a statewide watchdog group on Tuesday decried a decision this year by the Illinois Supreme Court that threw out caps on damages in medical malpractice cases.
Because of the decision, they say, doctors will leave Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD — While Thomas Kilbride has made a host of decisions while serving as a justice on the Illinois Supreme Court for the past 10 years, just one will likely be the focus of his retention bid in November.
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