HELPFUL LINKS

  * American Bar Association

  *  Illinois State Bar Association

  *  Illinois Secretary of State

  *  Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

  * American Association for Justice

  * Official Site of the Illinois Courts

  * Internal Revenue Service

  * Illinois Department of Revenue

  * Planned Giving Design Center

  * United States Courts

  * Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission


Learn more about Medical Malpractice & Tort Reform

On February 10, 2010, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association issued a White Paper addressing various misinformation and misunderstood issues relating to medical malpractice cases. The paper is entitled The Whole Truth About Medical Malpractice and Insurance. (Click on the link for a copy of the paper.) The paper examines and refutes the propaganda being spread by those seeking to destroy the tort system in Illinois.

For a doctors' view on why capping damages in medical malpractice cases is a bad idea, click here

Malpractice payments hit record lows! Show me the crisis!

To find the truth about insurance companies and the medical malpractice insurance crisis, click here

NEW: get educated: BOSTON, May 11 — Frivolous lawsuits are not a major contributor to rising malpractice insurance costs nor does frivolous litigation clog the court system, according to investigators here