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    Posted on September 30, 2013 To

    Amusement Ride Injuries

    As the summer winds down, the findings of a recent study on amusement park rides are interesting. A study published in Clinical Pediatrics concluded that of the nearly 93,000 children under 18 years of age who are injured on amusement park ridges and treated in U.S. emergency rooms between 1990-2010, 34 percent occurred at fixed sites. Dr. Gary Smith, senior author of the paper and director of the Center of Injury Research and Policy at…

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    Posted on September 26, 2013 To

    More Patient Information Exposed at Chicago-Area Hospitals

    In the wake of the massive data breach of four million patients at Advocate Medical comes word of other patient files being compromised at Chicago-area medical facilities. A front-page story of the Chicago Tribune (“Patient files left exposed,” Sept. 10, 2013) explain how records were found scattered at the now closed Edgewater hospital, which has been the site of many break-ins. Chicago Tribune reporters Ameet Sachdev and Nancy Loo reported that despite Edgewater Medical Center’s…

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    Posted on September 26, 2013 To

    Hundreds Call Clifford Law Offices Seeking Help on Advocate Data Breach

    Clifford Law Offices has received hundreds of calls from patients who said they received letters from Advocate Medical regarding the compromise of their privacy and medical information in July. Advocate Medical reported that four computers were allegedly stolen from their Park Ridge offices. The computers contained important information regarding four million patients’ dates of birth, Social Security numbers and medical diagnoses. Some people who called have experienced unauthorized credit cards being opened in their names,…

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    Posted on September 20, 2013 To

    Prince William of England May Not be Dad Who Struggles with Putting in the Baby’s Car Seat Correctly; Some Interesting Statistics

    7 in 10 Wrong: While 96 percent of parents and caregivers believe their child safety seats are installed correctly, research shows that seven out of 10 children are improperly restrained. Source: Child Passenger Safety Overview, Seatcheck.org  71 & 54 Percent: Correctly installed child safety seats reduce the risk of fatal injury by 71 percent for infants and 54 percent for toddlers riding in passenger cars. Source: Traffic Safety Facts 2011 Data, National Highway Traffic Safety…

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    Posted on September 20, 2013 To

    Five Common Mistakes to Avoid with Child Safety Seats

    Car seats are designed to save young lives. Unfortunately, most parents think they are installing the seats correctly, when inspections show seven in 10 are installed wrong! The consequences can be deadly given that motor vehicle accidents are the number one killer of kids in this country. And in fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than half of those deaths and serious injuries could be prevented by placing children in age- and…

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    Posted on September 13, 2013 To

    Clifford Law Offices Speaks Out With One of its Clients Whose Identity Was Stolen

    September 13, 2013 Leah Hope speaks to the Cooks for an ABC Channel 7 interview on Advocate Medical Clifford Law Offices has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of a couple from Chicago’s south suburbs who apparently have been the victims of identity theft in the past few weeks. Jason and Marquita Cook are plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit filed by Clifford Law Offices against Advocate Medical, a company whose offices reportedly were…

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    Posted on September 12, 2013 To

    Keith Hebeisen Invited as Panelist on Risk Management Society’s Law Day Program

    September 12, 2013 Keith Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to participate in the Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society’s Law Day Oct. 11. Hebeisen, a frequent speaker on medical malpractice and legal liability of health care providers, will be speaking on “The Ethics of Negotiation,” which will offer CLE ethics credit. The Society’s Annual Meeting is an all-day program addressing legal and regulatory issues that impact hospitals, long-term care facilities and others…

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    Posted on September 11, 2013 To

    Clifford Symposium at DePaul Law School to Feature Special Address by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer

    The 20th Annual Clifford Symposium will feature a special address by Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States at DePaul University College of Law. The two-day program, April 24-25, is entitled “Judge Jack Weinstein’s Impact on Civil Justice in America.” Judge Weinstein is a federal judge in the Eastern District of New York. He was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967 and has authored numerous significant opinions on…

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    Posted on September 11, 2013 To

    No Immunity for Negligence

    Clifford’s Notes, Chicago Lawyer September 11, 2013 By Robert A. Clifford Sylvia Lee Moore was exiting a Chicago Park District facility after her senior water aerobics class on Jan. 23, 2006. Three days earlier, 2 inches of snow fell and the district workers plowed the parking lot several times, including shoveling the sidewalks by pushing the snow to the curb. As Moore headed to her car in the lot, she found it was blocked by…

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