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2. OSF, other medical professionals found liable in $41 million ...

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   A Cook County jury has awarded $41 million to lawyer Craig Pierce, who suffered a stroke in 2016. ... this is the largest award in Illinois history for a medical malpractice case with a plaintiff ...

3. Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act - Wikipedia

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   Malpractice victim advocates, plaintiffs in malpractice lawsuits and trial attorneys, particularly the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), [13] have continuously fought against MICRA since its inception. Due to the $250,000 cap on non-economic damages, lawyers' fees are also restricted due to the attorney fee percentage cap.

4. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   However, according to the Supreme Court of California, the state's non-economic damages caps are "not a legislative attempt to estimate the true damages suffered by plaintiffs, but rather an attempt to control and reduce medical malpractice insurance costs by placing a predictable, uniform limit on the defendant's liability for noneconomic ...

5. Illinois State Bar Association - Wikipedia

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   The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) is among the largest voluntary state bar associations in the United States. Approximately 28,000 lawyers are members of the ISBA. . Unlike some state bar associations, in which membership is mandatory, ISBA membership is not required of lawyers licensed to practice in Illinois and ISBA membership is completely volun

6. Professional liability insurance - Wikipedia

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   The negligent act is called legal malpractice and the insuring contract is called lawyers professional liability insurance. or LPL [3] Malpractice coverage is very important to attorneys because a bad case can produce a lot of bad publicity that can significantly harm a law firm's reputation. Nearly all LPL policies are claims made.

7. Legal malpractice - Wikipedia

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   Legal malpractice is the term for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, or breach of contract by a lawyer during the provision of legal services that causes harm to a client. [ 1 ] Examples

8. MedPro Group - Wikipedia

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   MedPro Group traces its roots back to a predecessor company, the Physicians’ Guarantee Company. Alpheus P. Buchman, MD and Miles F. Porter, MD, both of Fort Wayne, Indiana, formed the Physicians' Guarantee Company in 1899 to provide pre-paid legal service for medical malpractice lawsuits. [1]

9. Hinshaw & Culbertson - Wikipedia

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   By the mid-1980s, the firm had established groups specializing in appeals, corporate law, health care law, insurance coverage, labour and employment law, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, products liability, and real estate. During this time, the firm began its expansion beyond the Midwest, opening an office in Miami, Florida. Between ...