An increasing number of Illinois high school football players who have suffered concussions on the field are not playing this year – at the advice of their doctors. We applaud the brave decision of these young athletes and their parents, who have opted to forgo the sport they love – and one that could pave the way for a college scholarship – to allow their injuries to heal.

Their decision comes in the wake of a new Illinois law requiring that any high school athlete who shows signs of a concussion be cleared by a medical professional before returning to the field. A recent Chicago ...

If you are in an accident and suffer a personal injury, the last thing you need to worry about is the credentials of the physician caring for you. That’s why we were pleased to learn that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed the Patients’ Right To Know Act into law.

Under the new law, Illinois consumers will soon have access to an in-depth history of doctors, including whether they have been fired, convicted of a crime or have made a medical malpractice payment in the last five years.

For more than a decade, doctors’ groups blocked that bill -- until ...

We at Romanucci & Blandin were shocked to read in the Chicago Sun-Times that two-thirds of the state’s same-day surgery centers inspected this past year were cited for violations that could expose patients to deadly bacteria and viruses.

Dangling masks, exposed hair and sinks with no hot water to clean medical instruments were among numerous situations recorded by inspectors at 14 of 21 centers that were inspected. All of the centers cited have subsequently corrected their problems, say state health officials. Thirty-six surgical centers still haven’t been inspected since ...

We agree with child safety advocates who have called for a stronger federal law to make agricultural jobs for youths safer. But sadly, strengthened laws are too late to protect the two Whiteside County 14-year-old girls who suffered a wrongful death in a Whiteside County, Illinois, cornfield last week when they were electrocuted while detasseling corn.

The Child Labor Coalition, based in Washington, D.C., announced in June 2011 that it supported a bill introduced in the House to amend the Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act). Currently, the law permits young teens ...