The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission issued a ruling denying benefits to an operator who sustained an injury while moving between workstations, because the injury was the result of a risk that was personal to the individual and not incidental to employment. In the case, Wade v. General Dynamics, an operator was required to examine parts …
A new lawsuit has been filed in the names of 36 children whose mothers took the anti-epileptic drug Depakote while they were pregnant. The lawsuits allege that the plaintiffs suffered birth injuries as a result of their mothers’ use of the drug, including spina bifida, neural tube defects, heart defects and other congenital malformations. The …
A workplace safety fair will be held June 18 at the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel in Northbrook, Illinois. Safety and health professionals will learn about work safety products and educational resources to maintain a safer workplace. There is a great need for improvements in workplace safety, as millions are injured at work each year …
A recent study has found that the most common cause of medical malpractice claims is diagnostic errors. Researchers used the National Practitioner Data Bank, a record of actions against health care professionals by state licensing bodies, to determine the percentage of claims accounted for by different types of medical errors. Diagnostic errors were the most …
Some proponents of self-driving cars have predicted that they would be available to consumers this decade. After all, Google already has a fleet of functional vehicles that can move through traffic without a human driver, and big automakers have developed autonomous vehicles as well. However, other experts now say that such vehicles may not be …
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating a rise in problems with a robotic surgery device, including errors that may constitute medical malpractice. The robot, called da Vinci, is manufactured by Intuitive Surgical Inc. and was used in close to 400,000 surgeries in 2012, three times as many as in 2008. Now the FDA …
An analysis of car crash data by the National Safety Council shows that traffic fatalities where drivers were on the phone are seriously underreported. According to the NSC, a nonprofit advocacy organization, the underreporting makes distracted driving seem like less of a problem than it really is, making it more difficult to pass laws that …
Cerebral palsy, which can be caused by complications during the labor and delivery process as well as by medical malpractice, is one of the most common birth injuries in the United States. Cerebral palsy includes several disorders of the brain and nervous system that can include symptoms such as problems with walking, muscle coordination, speech …
A bill to create a state fund for workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois has passed the House Committee on State Government Administration. House Bill 2919 would create a state insurance fund that would compete with private insurers. Advocates of the change say that the fund would provide private insurers with competition, which would bring workers’ …
Despite the advances of modern medicine, an alarming number of people are harmed by medical malpractice. In one study of Medicare patients, researchers found that one in seven experienced some kind of harm as a result of their medical care. According to a comprehensive study, up to 100,000 Americans die each year as a result …
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