The Illinois Legislature is considering a Workers’ Compensation reform bill that, if passed, would severely limit injured workers’ rights to fair compensation. Our Chicago injury firm has written to all State Senators and Representatives, urging them to make any changes through the “agreed bill process,” a historically successful approach that has allowed business and labor to sit down together and negotiate, with detailed analysis and review of all proposals.

Workers’ Compensation is far too complex to make quick, sweeping changes in just a few weeks. Even the ...

It’s a frightening statistic: as medical malpractice attorneys, we were surprised when we read about a new study by the Archives of Surgery that found one in 16 surgeons has considered killing themselves within the past year because of burnout and stress over past medical errors.

The study also shows that surgeons, ages 55-64, had stress levels triple the national average.

Researchers reported that it wasn’t the thought of suicide that endangered patient health, but that burnout did appear to affect the quality of care. The survey also showed that only a fourth of the surgeons ...

Chicago City Council is considering an ordinance that would force public schools to prohibit youths who sustain a head injury or who show signs of a concussion from field play.

As Chicago injury attorneys, we applaud the ordinance, which is supported by Finance Chairman Ed Burke and Education Committee Chairman Latasha Thomas. At a public hearing on the matter, the chairman of Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Department of Neurological Surgery, Dr. Hunt Batjer, called the proposed crackdown “an important ordinance.”

Dr. Batjer said that girls’ hockey and soccer posed ...