Corboy & Demetrio partner, Daniel S. Kirschner, was quoted today by Reuters in a national story weighing the pending legal fallout of the recent crash at Daytona Speedway.
While the world lost a great man and our firm lost a founder, partner, mentor and dear friend with Phil Corboy’s passing on June 12, 2012, his spirit and legacy live on at the firm.
Corboy & Demetrio announces with profound sadness that its founding partner, Philip H. Corboy, died this morning in his home in Chicago, Illinois, with his wife, Mary Dempsey, at his side. Phil was 87 years old.
When meeting potential clients to explore whether a medical malpractice case should be investigated, common issues arise which confront families in providing necessary health care to their loved ones.
When my children were little, one of my pet peeves was that they would not turn off the lights when they left a room. If it was dark and they were going upstairs to get something from their rooms, they would turn on the upstairs hall light; stop in and use the bathroom leaving the lights on; go to their room; grab what they needed and come back downstairs leaving their room, bathroom and hallway lights on. I always saw it as an unnecessary waste of energy and money lighting an area that did not need it. A compromise was achieved: I installed presence detectors. They had light when needed; I had lights turned off when not needed.
Italian cruise ship will be removed whole from the water, according to news reports.
The family of a woman who went into the hospital for a one-day surgery has settled a wrongful death claim filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County on behalf of her estate for $2,500,000. An order approving the settlement was entered by the Honorable Kathy M. Flanagan.
Chicago Lawsuit Claims Charter Bus Company Negligent in Hiring Driver
On the first Monday of every October, the United States Supreme Court begins a new term and schedules arguments on new cases. This new term, which begins next week on October 4th, will be no different.
Medical malpractice cases are among the most expensive to bring and difficult to win. Nationwide, including Illinois and Cook County, the defense prevails in medical malpractice trials almost 80% of the time. For this reason alone, the screening process that determines what cases should be pursued through a lawsuit is critical to the likelihood of ultimate success through either settlement or a favorable plaintiff’s verdict.
