Analysis of Illinois appellate court decision reversing longstanding precedent on pattern jury instructions on proximate cause/loss of chance doctrine
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Analyzes benefits and drawbacks to implementing exceptions to NPDB reporting requirements for individual health care practitioners
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While overall trends show that more and more litigants are appearing in court without an attorney, in the medical malpractice context, defending a case against a pro se plaintiff is not as common. This is particularly true in courts where the amount in controversy must be in the tens of thousands before a court can […]
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