Unfortunately, diagnostic error, or the failure to establish an accurate explanation of a patient’s health problem, is all too common in the United States. In fact, diagnostic errors made up the largest share of medical malpractice claims and caused the most serious harm to patients, according to a study by…
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CHICAGO (April 24, 2019) – With prom season in full swing in Chicago, police are on heightened alert for underage drinking. Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. attorney Brian L. Salvi is sharing some important reminders to keep teens safe, and parents and guardians out of legal trouble this prom and…
Continue ReadingAbout 4.7 million Rock ’n Play Sleepers have been recalled by Fisher-Price after a Consumer Reports investigation warned that at least 32 infants had died in the sleepers over the past 10 years. The company issued the recall on April 12, saying that babies who were placed unrestrained in the…
Continue ReadingFREEPORT, Ill. (April 2, 2019) – Two on-duty Illinois State Police troopers were killed in car accidents last week. On Thursday, 34-year-old Trooper Brooke Jones-Story pulled a truck over around 12:20 p.m. and was conducting an inspection on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 20 in Freeport when another semi-truck plowed into…
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