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February 9, 2006

$4.5 Million Settlement Reached For Brain Damaged 12 Year Old

CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN The law firm of Hurley, McKenna & Mertz P.C. has won a $4.5 million settlement on behalf of a 12-year-old boy allegedly born developmentally challenged because doctors failed to perform an immediate cesarean section. The suit...

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September 28, 2005

Little Company to Pay Alsip Woman $3.2 Million for Kidney Damage

DAILY SOUTHTOWN An 81-year-old Alsip woman whose kidneys were damaged by an antibiotic prescribed for too long of a time was awarded $3.2 million by a Cook County jury. The jury found Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park...

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September 1, 2005

$3.2 Million Awarded to 81 year old Alsip Resident

CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN A Cook County jury has awarded $3.2 million to an 81-year-old Alsip resident who claimed to have suffered permanent kidney damage because of a medication error made by a nurse at Little Company of Mary Hospital...

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August 4, 2005

Ferris Wheel Victim Will Take Issue to Court

BATAVIA REPUBLICAN After falling about 20 feet from a Ferris wheel car and landing on the amusement ride’s platform at the annual Batavia Windmill City Festival July 9, Brian Byrne, 48 , of Batavia, suffered a broken leg, a spearated...

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September 20, 2004

Christopher Hurley Responds to Criticism of Jury System in the Wake of $7.7 Million Verdict

ROCKFORD REGISTER I am the lawyer that obtained the $7.7 million dollar jury verdict for the critical care nurse that lost her foot due to malpractice. I would like to respond to Mark Keller’s recent letter to the editor criticizing...

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October 12, 2002

Former BSA Youth Protection Director Tells Congress That Children Still Unsafe In Scouts BSA Programs.

Detective Michael Johnson, the former Youth Protection Director of the Boy Scouts of America, has come forward to urge Congress to open an investigation and hold hearings which will lead to greater oversight of the Scouts BSA Congressional Charter.  In...

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October 8, 2002

$4.2 Million Awarded in Newborn’s Foot Amputation

CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN A Cook County jury has awarded $4.2 million in a case in which a newborn boy’s foot was amputated after a doctor allegedly failed to diagnose and treat a blood clot. Dr. Maria T. Gomez, a...

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