Illinois Lawyer Blog

In the Sunday Chicago Tribune, Deborah Shelton has a great article about how the Illinois agency responsible for disciplining doctors is not aggressive enough. The agency in question, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation[IDFPR] oversees a number of professions, including the practice of medicine. The article focused on one doctor in… Read More

Saw another story in the July, 2009 American Bar Association Journal worth noting. Solo and small firm lawyers are getting creative in how they seek business. Many are now turning to craigslist as a practice-building tool. Craigslist is an enormous classified advertising website, featuring ads from throughout the United States, as well as some outposts in Euro… Read More

The July, 2009 ABA Journal recently had a blurb about an interesting ruling from a federal court judge in Philadelphia. Donna Donovan went to Idant Laboratories in New York to purchase sperm in order to have a child. [Didn’t know you could purchase that item]. In any event, after the purchase, Donna gave birth to daughter who is mentally disabled. Donna… Read More

According to an article by Abdon M. Pallasch in todays Chicago Sun-Times, Bob Rohrmann, the owner of 26 Honda, Toyota and Lexus automobile dealerships in Illinois and Indiana, is suing a plastic surgeon who carried on an affair with his wife for “alienation of affection.” Rohrmann[famous for his signature roar at the end of commercials] and his thi… Read More

Interesting opinion, Forsberg v. Edward Hospital, just came down from the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District. The plaintiff alleged that she underwent a lumpectomy on June 4, 2004 at Edward Hospital. The surgeon was Dr. Piazza. Two incisions were made – one near the armpit and one near the left breast. During surgery, sponges were used, and one wa… Read More

Finally, the Illinois legislature has done away with the ridiculous Chicago Transit Authority [CTA] notice provisions!!! Prior to June 1, 2009, anyone wishing to sue the CTA was obligated, pursuant to 70 ILCS 3605/41, to file a very specific Notice[often referred to as the “Section 41 Notice”]. The Notice was to be provided to the Secretary of the… Read More

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The Illinois Appellate Court[First District] recently released the Clark v. Children’s Memorial Hospital decision, which clarifies what parents may recover in a “wrongful birth” case. “Wrongful birth” refers to the claim of parents who allege they would have avoided conception, or terminated a pregnancy but for the negligence of t… Read More