Wrongful Birth Lawsuit: What Is It Exactly? In a wrongful birth lawsuit, a parent alleges that medical providers who facilitated testing, exams, or assessments during pregnancy or during fertility treatments failed to provide proper information and/or counseling to the parents...
Read MorePersonal Injury Lawyer: When Do I Need One? Personal injury is defined as harm caused by one or more responsible parties to another person or persons. The injury can be physical or emotional, and it can result from a wide...
Read MoreSexual Abuse Statistics: The Surprising Truth Sexual abuse is a deeply troubling circumstance for victims and their families. Often, the effects of abuse for a victim are life-long. Furthermore, powerful organizations like churches, medical institutions, and athletic groups frequently choose...
Read MoreInstitutional Negligence: What it Means, Who’s to Blame, and How You Can Achieve Justice Victims of institutional negligence are entitled to hold the organization that overlooks or covers-up medical misconduct liable in a court of law. Institutional negligence is when...
Read MoreDid you know that approximately seven out of 1,000 infants suffer a birth injury? And those are only the numbers we know of immediately following birth, considering some children are diagnosed later in life. Birth injuries can lead to long-term...
Read MoreThe beloved Chicago Blackhawks franchise has skeletons in its closet. While it has a loyal following of fans, the thought of this organization for sexual assault victims is gut-wrenching. In the developing story of the Chicago Blackhawks, three victims have...
Read MoreThe Official Tort Claimants Committee (TCC) in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) now urges all BSA Abuse Survivors to vote to ACCEPT the BSA’s Revised Plan. Following weeks of mediation after the voting deadline...
Read MoreChristopher Hurley and Evan Smola of Chicago’s Hurley McKenna & Mertz, working in conjunction with the Tort Claimants’ Committee (“TCC”) in the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy proceeding, has negotiated important modifications to the BSA’s plan of reorganization that will...
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