Dr. Wilks, Champion Supreme Court Case Passes Away.

Dr. Wilks, The Chiropractor That Took On The AMA and Won Passes Away.

Dr. Wilks was an integral part of the case against the American Medical Association originally filed in 1976. It concluded in 1993.

The case was started when an AMA insider leaked documents showing an aggressive, organized attack designed to eliminate the Chiropractic profession.

The case ultimately was settled in the US Supreme Court finding the AMA criminally sought to conspire and eliminate the perceived competition, Chiropractic, through massive campaigns to shape MDs and public perception of Chiropractic.

Chiropractic Won In The Courts, But Suffered Major Losses From The Illegal Activity Of The AMA

The decades of aggressive, organized attack on Chiropractic had it’s intended results. It severely damaged Chiropractic’s reputation with Medical Doctor’s and the public.

Unfortunately for many, the biases created here still exist today and the result harms the public by swaying people away from the incredibly safe and effective treatment of musculoskeletal pain and associated problems.

Read more here about how the US Supreme Court Case, Wilks versus the AMA turned out.

The announcement of Dr. Wilks death at 91…

“Dr. Wilk, a Chicago chiropractor who took on the American Medical Association in the mid 1970s and whose perseverance helped expose that organization’s attempts to destroy his profession, died Thursday at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge.”