{"id":48,"date":"2008-10-20T12:04:50","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T18:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagobirthinjurylawyersblog.com\/2008\/10\/20\/medical_records_falsified_in_b\/"},"modified":"2016-09-05T11:34:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:34:53","slug":"medical_records_falsified_in_b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/medical_records_falsified_in_b\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Records Falsified In Birth Injury Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the many years that I have practiced medical malpractice in Cook County and Illinois<\/a>, my clients have warned me that the pertinant medical records in their case had been falsified, changed, deleted or simply removed from the hospital and medical charts.
\nIn Illinois, the \u201cintentional destruction, mutilation, alteration or concealment of evidence\u201d is called spoliation of evidence. If medical records were to be destroyed or altered, the Illinois Supreme Court can impose a sanction upon any party who unreasonably refuses to comply with any discovery rule or order entered pursuant to the Illinois Supreme Court Rules. The court has the power to stay the proceedings pending compliance; default the case, barring further pleading related to the issue; dismiss a claim or counterclaim related to that issue; exclude testimony related to the issue; to strike any relevant portion of the offending party\u2019s pleadings and enter judgment on the issue; and to enter a default judgment or dismissal against the offending party.
\nIn 1995, the Illinois Supreme Court recognized a separate cause of action for negligent spoliation of evidence. So if your medical records in a medical malpractice case were altered by the medical staff, then you could file a separate lawsuit regarding the altered evidence. And because adequate remedies for the destruction of evidence already exists under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 219, a new tort wasn’t created. Instead, the Supreme Court held that an action for negligent spoliation could be brought under existing negligence law.<\/p>\n

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In the many years that I have practiced medical malpractice in Cook County and Illinois, my clients have warned me that the pertinant medical records in their case had been falsified, changed, deleted or simply removed from the hospital and medical charts. 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