In a recent appearance on the Be That Lawyer podcast with Steve Fretzin, Smith LaCien LLP co-founder Brian LaCien shared insights on the trial profession and the philosophy behind his firm’s approach to catastrophic injury cases. The Jury as the “Great Equalizer” Brian emphasized that the civil jury system remains one of the few places…
A Cook County jury awarded a $51 million verdict to the estate of John Reinke, finding OSF Healthcare System and Dr. Fredrick Burke liable for failing to properly diagnose and treat a metabolic condition that led to a catastrophic cardiac arrest and anoxic brain injury after his 2022 emergency room discharge. Attorneys at Smith LaCien…
Many aspects of medical care require access to safe, well-screened blood products, uncontaminated blood cultures, and proper sterilization of the medical tools that penetrate the patient’s bloodstream or circulatory system. Suffering serious illness from a preventable bacterial or viral infection caused by blood contamination in a medical facility, or receiving inaccurate test results due to…
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