How to Find Out if My Illinois Doctor Has Been Sued for Malpractice Before

When you’re trying to determine whether a doctor is right for you, often many people want to know if they have been sued before and what their track record is like. There are a bunch of different resources you could utilize to determine this. One is just Google. If a doctor has been sued and if the lawsuit is noteworthy, there may be articles about it. The other resource is the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Those government agencies keep a database, and they’ll tell you if the doctor has been disciplined before. Sometimes a doctor can be disciplined as a result of a lawsuit. The last resource, which would give you access right into the court records, is to just search the doctor’s name in the Circuit Court in which you are living or where that doctor is practicing. You can search a doctor’s name and see how many times it comes up, and often that will be reflective of how many lawsuits.