The President’s Thoughts
Sometimes it is hard to know what ITLA is doing for you. Most of it goes on in Springfield and out of our view. But it involves knowing who is doing what to take away the rights of injured people...
Read More June 7, 2017
May 4, 2017
Dealing With The Stress of Past Medical Errors
Experiencing a medical error can be frightening. It might delay your recovery and take a toll on your body. A lesser-known consequence is the trust you may lose in your doctor. Experiencing a medical error is bound to make a...
Read More March 17, 2017
How Arbitration Clauses Protect Abusers And Keep Victims Quiet
Sexual Harassment in the workplace is unequivocally common. So when it happens, the victim should seek justice in court. That is every citizen’s right according to the Seventh Amendment. However, countless employers include an “Arbitration Clause” in employee contracts. It’s...
Read More February 9, 2017
Judicial Independence: Defending the Rule of Law
The following is a statement released by Richard Burbidge, President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. The International Academy of Trial Lawyers expressly and unequivocally condemns attacks on the independence of our judiciary and the Rule of Law, two...
Read More December 19, 2016
Eroding workers’ rights
The following letter to the editor by ITLA President Christopher T. Hurley appeared in Crain’s Chicago Business on December 5, 2016. Leave it to the Illinois Policy Institute to promote the fiction that the loss of manufacturing jobs has been...
Read More December 8, 2016
Beyond Court: Lawyer Helps Train ER Docs
By Emily Spectre, Daily North Shore When trial attorney Christopher Hurley successfully tried a case on a behalf of a family whose wife and mother had died from sustained hypoxia in a hospital emergency room, he could have stored the...
Read More November 28, 2016
Driver fatigue contributes to hundreds of thousands motor vehicle accidents per year
Driver fatigue is a universal problem that contributes to hundreds of thousands of motor vehicle accidents per year. In fact, according to a recent AAA survey, nearly half of all drivers admitted to falling asleep or nodding off while driving...
Read More November 21, 2016
Cancer Misdiagnosis and Failure to Diagnose Often Ends in Tragedy
There are many types of medical errors that end badly, but often the most tragic are those involving a misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose cancer. Many either lose their lives or a portion of their body that never should have...
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