Personal Injury Law

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

$17.7M Chicago Medical Malpractice Settlement Reached in Melrose Park Man?s Brain Injury Case

Posted on December 03, 2010
The University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, a nursing agency, and Melrose Park resident George Nissen have settled his Cook County medical malpractice case for $17.7 million. Nissen, a former Stone Park police officer, suffered a brain injury while receiving treatment at the hospital...

$2.133 Million Cook County Wrongful Death Verdict Holds City of Chicago Liable for Alleged Botched Handling of Domestic Violence Incident

Posted on November 22, 2010
After approximately 10 hours, a Cook County jury awarded the estate of Henry Fenton $2.133 million for his Chicago wrongful death. Fenton was beaten with a claw hammer and stabbed by the Rovale Brim, the son of his girlfriend Valerie Brim, on March 4, 2002...

Hooters Restaurant Sued for Chicago Personal Injury Over Alleged Excessive Use of Force by Security Guard

Posted on November 18, 2010
A woman who was convicted of battery over a fight at a Hooters restaurant in Oak Lawn, Illinois is now suing the restaurant for Chicago personal injury. Livier Torres is claiming that she was the one who was assaulted. Torres, who is serving a 200-day sentence for her conviction, says that on January 10, claims that she was the victim of excessive use of force by an off-duty Cicero police officer that was working as a security guard...

$11.5 M DuPage County Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Awarded to Bolingbrook Woman for Her Injuries and Death of Her Unborn Baby

Posted on November 09, 2010
Sabine Miller, has been awarded $11.5 million for DuPage County medical malpractice. The 30-year-old woman lost her unborn baby and her small intestine after she was treated at Edward Hospital on November 30, 2004. Miller, who was 14 weeks pregnant at the time, was admitted to the Naperville hospital for abdominal pains...

Chicago Slip and Fall: Woman Settles Cook County Injury Lawsuit with Brookfield Zoo

Posted on November 03, 2010
Allecyn Edwards, the woman who fell in 2008 while attending a dolphin show at the Brookfield Zoo, has settled her Chicago injury case. Per court documents, she spent more than $25,000 on medical bills after she hurt herself during the Cook County fall accident...

Chicago Medical Malpractice Case Involving Fentanyl Patch Leads to $3.75 Million Cook County Wrongful Death Settlement

Posted on October 27, 2010
The family of Kerry Rupright has settled their Cook County wrongful death lawsuit against the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago for $3.75 million. The 28-year-old mother of two died a few days after she was given a fentanyl patch to treat the pain she was experiencing from the inflammation of her spinal cord...

Chicago Personal Injury: Mother of Toddler that Train Dragged Off Platform in Stroller Sues CTA

Posted on October 18, 2010
Ebere Ozonwu-Shokunbi is suing the Chicago Transit Authority for injuries that she and her young daughter sustained when the then-22-month-old?s stroller got stuck in a train doorway last November. She is seeking over $100,000 for their Chicago personal injuries...

Cook County Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Man?s Fatal Dive into Shallow Pool

Posted on October 12, 2010
The mother of Pierre Walker is suing Darnell Abron for her son?s Cook County, Illinois wrongful death. Walker died on July 1 several days after diving into a pool at Abron?s home in Crete, Illinois. The medical examiner?s result says that according to autopsy findings, the 23-year-old victim died of cervical injuries and ischemic bowel from a diving accident...

Cook County Traumatic Brain Injury Lawsuit Filed in ?Transformers 3? Accident Involving Movie Extra Seeks Damages Against Paramount and DreamWorks

Posted on October 07, 2010
The family of Gabriela Cedillo is suing Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks for her traumatic brain injury that she sustained while working as a movie extra on ?Transformers 3? during a catastrophic injury accident. Cedillo, a Little Village woman, got hurt last month when her head was struck by a piece of flying metal...

Metra to Pay $1.45 Million to Joliet Woman Injured in 2005 Chicago Train Derailment

Posted on September 30, 2010
Metra has agreed to pay Catherine Kozi-O'Donnell $1.45 million for injuries she sustained during the September 17, 2005 Illinois train derailment accident that killed 2 people and injured 117 others. Kozi-O?Donnell, who broke her leg and already has undergone surgery, will have to undergo knee replacement surgery...

Chicago Dog Bite Lawsuit Seeks Over $100,000 for Breast and Arm Injuries

Posted on September 28, 2010
In Cook County Circuit Court, Lyudmila Toporovskaya has filed a Chicago dog attack lawsuit against Kathy Stanko, the owner of a Shepherd/Border Collie mixed breed dog that she claims bit her on the breast and right forearm. Toporovskaya is seeking more than $100,000 in damages...

Chicago Police Brutality and Civil Rights Violations Alleged in Recent Illinois Excessive Use of Force Lawsuits

Posted on September 22, 2010
The mother of 19-year-old George Lash is suing the city of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department for excessive use of force and wrongful death. The teenager was shot and killed early Saturday by a cop on a CTA Red Line train. The plaintiff, Carmela-Lash Cross, says that her son was shot several times at close range even though he didn?t pose a threat...

Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Over Lakeview Porch Collapse

Posted on September 14, 2010
A woman who was injured on Sunday in a Lakeview porch collapse is seeking Chicago injury damages from Jean Lee, the owner of the building where the Cook County premises liability accident occurred. Alana Huber, 23, was one of several people standing on the second-story deck when it collapsed and fell to the ground...

US Medical Malpractice Costs Averaging About $55.6 Billion Yearly

Posted on September 10, 2010
According to a recent Harvard School of Public Health study, medical malpractice in this country is costing about $55.6 billion annually?less than 3% of the total amount that goes to US healthcare expenses each year. $45.6 billion of this is spent by doctors on defensive medicine in an attempt to avoid possible medical malpractice lawsuits...

$21 Million Dangerous Drug Verdict Awarded to Woman Scarred and Blinded by Sulindac

Posted on September 09, 2010
A federal jury has awarded Karen Bartlett $21 million for serious injuries she sustained from taking Sulindac, an anti-inflammatory medication. The defendant of this dangerous drug lawsuit is Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. Bartlett began taking the drug in January 2005 for shoulder pain...

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