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• Illinois Hospital safety reports past due

  Tony Romanucci | January 08, 2008 9:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Four years after Illinois passed two groundbreaking laws designed to shed light on hospital safety and performance, patients are still in the dark.The Illinois Hospital Report Card -- at the time, the nation's first effort to document hospital-acquired infections -- has not been published."It's disappointing because Illinois was the leader, the model state that everyone was looking to," said...

• Multi Million Dollar Jury Verdict Affirmed

  Tony Romanucci | January 03, 2008 4:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A Cook County, Illinois Appellate Court decided that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied the City of Chicago's motion for new trial after a jury awarded $17.7 Million to a Romanucci & Blandin client who was severely injured when a police vehicle struck him from rear. There was sufficient evidence for jury to conclude that the officer, who testified that she entered...