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Report: Indiana County Pleads Out Most Drunk Driving Cases

Less than 40 percent of the drunken driving cases filed in Lake County courts in the past five years have resulted in drunken driving convictions, according to a newspaper analysis published Sunday. The Times of Munster found that more than …

Study: Only 1 in 5 Medical Malpractice Cases Pay

Only 1 in 5 malpractice claims against doctors leads to a settlement or other payout, according to the most comprehensive study of these claims in two decades. But while doctors and their insurers may be winning most of these challenges, …

Illinois Correctional Center Workers’ Comp Cases Pile Up

New workers’ compensation claims have continued to pile up this year at Menard Correctional Center despite ongoing probes by federal authorities, a newspaper reported Sunday. According to the Belleville News-Democrat, which has published a series of reports based on its …

Vatican to Issue Letter on Abuse Guidelines

The Vatican on Monday will issue a new document designed to help bishops around the world craft guidelines to deal with clerical sex abuse cases, the latest effort by the Holy See to show it is trying to get tough …