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Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Accident that Landed Amputee in Wheelchair in Lake Michigan

Posted on April 26, 2011
A Chicago wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against James Lacy. He is the man who was pushing 61-year-old Sarah Goenne in a wheelchair outside the Columbia Yacht Club on the night of April 8 when they both fell into Lake Michigan. Goenne and Lacy, 59, were leaving a party at the club when the two accidentally fell into the water...

Man Files Skokie, Illinois Trip and Fall Accident Lawsuit Over Broken Hip Injury from Cemetery Accident

Posted on April 19, 2011
James Arthur has filed a Cook County trip and fall lawsuit for injuries he sustained while visiting Memorial Park Cemetery last year. Arthur says he was at a relative?s burial chamber when he tripped and broke hip. He says the Skokie fall accident happened because a cemetery worker turned off the lights ?well before closing time...

Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Seeks Damages Over Newborn?s Fatal Medication Overdose

Posted on April 12, 2011
Fritzie and Cameron Burkett have filed a Chicago wrongful death lawsuit against Lutheran General Hospital. In their Cook County medical malpractice complaint, the couple claims that the hospital?s negligence caused their six-week-old son Genesis to die from a medication overdose...

Cook County Injury Accident: 3-Year-Old Dolton Boy Dies in Norridge Roller Coaster Accident at Go Bananas

Posted on April 09, 2011
3-year-old Jayson Dansby died on Saturday after he fell off a child roller coaster at the Go Bananas entertainment center in Norridge and was then hit by one of the cars. Dansby and his twin brother were riding the Python Pit roller coaster when Jayson ended up out from under the safety bar and got stuck between two of the cars...

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Teen Says He Was Victim of Chicago Police Brutality Involving Rogue Cops from SOS Unit

Posted on March 31, 2011
According to the Chicago personal injury lawsuit filed by 19-year-old Jose Fematt, he and his sister were the terrorized by members of the city?s Special Operations Section (SOS), an elite group of cops in charge of investigating guns and drugs, in 2005...

Teen Says He Was Victim of Chicago Police Brutality Involving Rogue Cops from SOS Unit

Posted on March 30, 2011
According to the Chicago personal injury lawsuit filed by 19-year-old Jose Fematt, he and his sister were the terrorized by members of the city?s Special Operations Section (SOS), an elite group of cops in charge of investigating guns and drugs, in 2005...

Family Files Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Chinese Restaurant After 7th Grader Suffers Fatal Peanut Allergy

Posted on March 23, 2011
Three months after 13-year-old Katelyn Carlson passed away from an allergic reaction to peanuts, her family is suing the Chinese Inn Restaurant for Chicago wrongful death. The restaurant had provided the meal, which contained peanut products, at a party held at Edison Regional Gifted Center in Albany Park last December...

Family Files Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Chinese Restaurant After 7th Grader Suffers Fatal Peanut Allergy

Posted on March 22, 2011
Three months after 13-year-old Katelyn Carlson passed away from an allergic reaction to peanuts, her family is suing the Chinese Inn Restaurant for Chicago wrongful death. The restaurant had provided the meal, which contained peanut products, at a party held at Edison Regional Gifted Center in Albany Park last December...

Cook County Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Over Child?s 2009 Skokie Fall Accident at Circus Camp

Posted on March 15, 2011
The mother of Eliana Braun is suing the Skokie Park District and Acrofabulous Circus LLC for Cook County injuries to a minor. Linda Braun says her daughter got hurt when she fell from a cloud wing during circus camp at the Middleton School on July 7, 2009 and damaged her teeth...

Cook County Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Over Child?s 2009 Skokie Fall Accident at Circus Camp

Chicago to Pay $3M in Fatal 2003 Police Shooting on a South Side CTA Platform

Posted on March 08, 2011
Eight years after 23-year-old Michael Pleasance was fatally shot by police in a Red Line Station, the Delay Administration will settle the family?s Chicago wrongful death lawsuit for $3 million. A jury had originally awarded the plaintiffs $12.5 million in December 2007...

Chicago to Pay $3M in Fatal 2003 Police Shooting on a South Side CTA Platform

Recalled Bassinets, Video Baby Monitors, Jogging Strollers, and Cribs a Reminder that Manufacturers Still Not Doing Enough to Prevent Child and Infant Injuries

Posted on March 01, 2011
A number of high profile recalls this month are serving to remind parents and guardians that there may products and furniture items out there that are not safe for kids and babies to use. Our Chicago products liability lawyers want to remind you to explore your legal options right away if you believe that a dangerous or defective product caused Illinois injury to a child...

Recalled Bassinets, Video Baby Monitors, Jogging Strollers, and Cribs a Reminder that Manufacturers Still Not Doing Enough to Prevent Child and Infant Injuries

Illinois Slip and Fall Lawsuits Filed Over Personal Injuries from Snow and Ice Accumulation

Posted on February 21, 2011
The wintertime brings another Illinois slip and fall hazard to premises: the accumulation of snow and ice on the ground. Serious injuries can result from slipping and falling on ice or melted snow, which is why property owners must attempt to clear potentially hazardous patches as soon as possible...

Illinois Slip and Fall Lawsuits Filed Over Personal Injuries from Snow and Ice Accumulation

Chicago Products Liability Lawsuit Seeks More than $600,000 from McDonald?s Over Glass Found in McChicken Sandwich

Posted on February 14, 2011
Vjollca Lecaj is suing McDonald?s for Chicago personal injury. She claims that she got hurt on August 5, 2010 after biting into a McChicken sandwich and chewing on a large shard of class that was in it. She is seeking over $600,000 from the McDonald?s in Oak Lawn, McDonald?s USA, LLC, McDonald?s Corporation, and JDD Investment Company...

Chicago Products Liability Lawsuit Seeks More than $600,000 from McDonald?s Over Glass Found in McChicken Sandwich

Chicago Injury Lawsuit Involving Boy with Brain Damage After He was Struck by Tree Branch is Settled for $1.55M

Posted on February 07, 2011
The family of Jaylen Raggs has settled their Chicago injuries to a minor case with the city for $1.55 million. Raggs, then 4, sustained a depressed skull fracture and other injuries when a fallen tree branch struck him on March 31, 2006. City workers had trimmed the parkway tree...

Chicago Injury Lawsuit Involving Boy with Brain Damage After He was Struck by Tree Branch is Settled for $1.55M

Teen Rape Victim?s Mom Seeks Chicago Injury Damages from the Cook County Adult Probation Department

Posted on January 31, 2011
The mom of a 13-year-old Hyde Park girl who was allegedly raped by 34-year-old Acurie Collier when broke into their home last year is suing both him and the Cook County Adult Probation Department for Chicago injuries to a minor. The woman contends that Collier should have been in jail at the time of the alleged attack...

Teen Rape Victim?s Mom Seeks Chicago Injury Damages from the Cook County Adult Probation Department

Toddler Injured in Joliet, Illinois Elevator Fall at the Plaza Hotel has Severe Head Trauma

Posted on January 24, 2011
Head trauma from a fall accident can be catastrophic for the victim?especially if the fall is from a high elevation and the victim is a young child. Yesterday, a 2-year-old by sustained severe head trauma when he fell 30 feet down an elevator shaft at the Plaza Hotel in Joliet...

Toddler Injured in Joliet, Illinois Elevator Fall at the Plaza Hotel has Severe Head Trauma

Cook County Wrongful Death Lawsuit Accuses Des Plaines Police of Excessive Use of Force

Posted on January 18, 2011
The Cook County police brutality filed against the city of Des Plaines and 11 of its police force members filed by the mother of Krzysztof Kaczor has been moved to federal court. The 24-year-old?s mother, Elmwood Park resident Danuta Kaczor, is seeking damages for his Des Plaines wrongful death...

Cook County Wrongful Death Lawsuit Accuses Des Plaines Police of Excessive Use of Force

Posted on January 17, 2011
The Cook County police brutality filed against the city of Des Plaines and 11 of its police force members filed by the mother of Krzysztof Kaczor has been moved to federal court. The 24-year-old?s mother, Elmwood Park resident Danuta Kaczor, is seeking damages for his Des Plaines wrongful death...

DePuy Hip Implant Recall May Be Grounds for Chicago Products Liability Lawsuits

Posted on January 10, 2011
If you were implanted with a DePuy ASR hip device a while ago and have been experiencing pain, swelling, and walking difficulties, you may have grounds for filing a Chicago products liability lawsuit. In August, Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Orthopaedics Inc...

$2.7 Million Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Reached in 2007 Porch Accident

Posted on December 21, 2010
The family of Michael A. Doyle has settled its Chicago wrongful death lawsuit with Kenard Management Corporation. Doyle, 25, died after falling from the third floor porch of a Lakeview apartment building early on January 1, 2007. Per the Chicago premises liability complaint, Doyle was walking from the stairs to a table when he tripped and fell head first through the metal railings...

Lake County, Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Names Coroner As Defendant in Man?s Methadone Overdose

Posted on December 16, 2010
The mother of Steven Vaughn is suing Lake County Coroner Richard Keller for Illinois wrongful death. Steven, 30, died on December 3, 2008 of a drug overdose just hours after he was prescribed methadone to treat his addiction. Keller used to serve as the methadone clinic director at the now-defunct Green Dragonfly...

Parents File Chicago Products Liability Lawsuit Against Baseball Bat Maker Easton-Bell Sports Inc.

Posted on December 08, 2010
Seven months after 11-year-old Jake Schutter suffered a brain injury when he was hit on the head by a baseball, his parents are suing Easton-Bell Sports Inc. for Chicago personal injury to a minor. The company is the manufacturer and designer of the Easton BT265 bat...

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