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When dealing with the pain and aftermath of a serious Chicago personal injury claim, the last thing you want to do is take photos of the accident scene. Unfortunately, those photos could end up being the difference between winning and losing your case. Taking photos is just one part of the extremely important task of... Read More

Veterans and Medicare beneficiaries can now enjoy new access to their own medical information and other data. In August, President Obama announced the creation of the “Blue Button”—a web-based feature through which patients may easily download their health information and share it with health care providers, caregivers, and others they trust. Since then, the Department... Read More

The FDA has issued a "Warning Letter", dated January 10, 2013, to St. Jude Medical, a company that manufactures many medical devices used throughout the world, including implantable cardiac devices.  In the letter, St, Jude was advised that, during a 2012 inspection of St. Jude's Sylmar, California facility, FDA investigators determined that St. Jude manufactured... Read More

Winter can bring extremely treacherous conditions to Chicago and the surrounding area—and property owners do not have a strong legal obligation to keep their grounds reasonably safe in snowy and icy conditions for visitors in Illinois. How can you avoid a winter slip and fall accident? Here are four key tips: Check the weather forecast.... Read More

Unredacted Reports of Nursing Home Inspections Now Available! From good buddy-nurse-paralegal Janabeth Taylor....'Feds Release Nursing Home Inspections, Free of Censor's Marks' - the government has released unredacted write-ups of problems found during nursing home inspections around the country. ProPublica is making them available today for anyone who wants to download the complete versions. http://www.propublica.org/article/feds-release-nursing-home-inspectionsWATCH "The... Read More

Cars and trucks that are too quiet? In fact, it appears that some vehicles are so quiet that they may be dangerous! The National Highway Transportation Safety Agency has proposed a new safety standard, as required by the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act (PSEA) of 2010, which proposes to establish a Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS)... Read More