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Illinois Personal Injury Lawsuit Plaintiff Says He Suffered Psychological Trauma After Head Injury Deaths of Fellow Two Passengers on Double Decker Bus
Posted on November 20, 2009An Eastern Illinois University student who was riding on the double-decker bus that was involved in the head injury deaths of two men is suing Graywood Foundation, Lincoln Springs Resort, and other parties for personal injury. Michael McKenna, an Eastern student, was riding on the bus when Cameron Chana and Justin Sleezer struck their heads on the Interstate 57 overpass bridge as the bus was driving under it...
Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Seeks Damages for Ilioinguinal Neuralgia
Posted on November 19, 2009A man who says he sustained ilioinguinal neuralgia and experienced blood clotting and swelling in his left testicle is suing St. Elizabeth's Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Lincoln Surgical Group, and Dr. Scott Crouch for Illinois medical malpractice...
Widow Settles Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Husband?s Fatal Railroad Crossing Accident
Posted on November 17, 2009In a confidential agreement, the estate of Phil Kuntz and his widow have settled a wrongful death lawsuit over Kuntz?s tragic railroad accident in Du Quoin with Canadian National/Illinois Central. Kuntz was in his pickup truck when he was struck by a freight train on April 3, 2006 at the Lazy W...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Sued for Chicago Wrongful Death of Patient Who Committed Suicide
Posted on November 13, 2009In Cook County Circuit Court, the family of Karen Graham is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospital for Chicago wrongful death. Graham committed suicide while under the hospital?s care. In their Chicago medical malpractice complaint, the family contends that since Graham had tried killing herself before being admitted into Northwestern Memorial Hospital?s care on August 5, 2004, the hospital should have known that Graham was at risk of committing suicide and self-injury...
Defendant of Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Was Acquitted of Victim?s Murder
Posted on November 12, 2009The family of a man who was stabbed to death in Hoffman Estates is suing the person acquitted of murdering him for Chicago wrongful death. The defendant, 30-year-old Joseph Biedermann, says that he stabbed Terrance Michael Hauser out of self-defense after the victim allegedly attempted to assault him with a dagger...
Chicago Products Liability?: Toys and Other Kids? Products Sold in Area Stores Violate Chemical Standards, Say Consumer Advocates
Posted on November 10, 2009According to the Illinois Public Interest Research Group, there are a number of kids products, including toys, available for sale in the Chicago area that either contain illegal chemicals or violate safety standards. Researchers from the group tested 87 kids? products for toxic chemicals...
Number of Plaintiffs Accusing Chicago Cop of Police Civil Rights Violations Reaches 42
Posted on November 05, 200942 people are now suing Chicago police Officer Richard Fiorito for making false DUI arrests. The plaintiffs are accusing the Chicago cop of targeting gay and disabled people and abusing and harassing them while falsely arresting them for drunk driving...
Chicago Train Drags 22-Month-Old Girl in Stroller
Posted on November 04, 2009On Monday, Ebere Ozonwu experienced a horrifying moment when the doors of a Red Line train shut on her 22-month-old daughter?s stroller, dragging the toddler and the carriage down the platform as it left the station. The little girl, Rachel, ended up some 10 feet past the platform on the gravel after she was thrown from the stroller as it hit a metal barrier at what may have been a speed of about 15 to 20 mph...
Chicago Police Misconduct Allegations Increase by Nearly 19%
Posted on November 02, 2009The Independent Police Review Authority is reporting a nearly 19% increase in the number of complaints alleging Chicago police misconduct. The rise began in March when the number of complaints went up from about 2,300 complaints every three months to 2,600 complaints and then approximately 2,800 complaints...
Clergy Sex Abuse: Catholic Diocese of Belleville Pays $1.2 Million to Settle Illinois Injury Lawsuit Against Parish Priest
Posted on October 30, 2009A $1.2 million civil settlement was paid to a man who sued Catholic Diocese of Belleville for clergy sex abuse. The plaintiff had accused Rev. Raymond Kownacki of molesting him when he was an altar boy at a parish in Salem, Illinois. This is the first time since the early 90?s that the Belleville Diocese has paid to settle a clergy sex abuse victim?s injury case...
Family Files Wrongful Lawsuit Claiming Man was Victim of Medical Neglect in McHenry County Jail
Posted on October 28, 2009The family of a former jail inmate is suing McHenry County, the county jail, two of its medical employees, and medical provider Correct Care Solutions for Illinois wrongful death and medical negligence. 35-year-old Steven Crook died from heart disease on May 29...
Chicago Police Brutality: Traffic Management Authority Supervisor Awarded Over $1.5 Million
Posted on October 26, 2009A jury has awarded a Chicago Traffic Management Authority supervisor over $1.5 million for police brutality. Jacqueline Fegan had accused four Chicago cops of causing her permanent injury on May 18, 2006 when she was handcuffed and thrown into a police motor vehicle because she wouldn?t toss out a parking ticket...
Chicago Motorcycle Accident on Dan Ryan Expressway Claims Life of Lombard, Illinois Rider
Posted on October 22, 2009A 26-year-old motorcyclist died last night for injuries he sustained during a Chicago motorcycle crash on the Dan Ryan Expessway. Illinois State Police say Stefan Stave encountered a minivan that was stopped in traffic. He was unable to avoid the vehicle and rear-ended another passenger auto...
With Sweat Lodge Deaths and Injuries, Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Lawsuits are Likely
Posted on October 21, 2009A sweat lodge ceremony that turned deadly has claimed the life of a third participant. Liz Neuman died of Saturday. The 49-year-old was in a coma and suffered multiple organ damage after she and more than 50 other people attended a two-hour ceremony in a 415-foot enclosure at a retreat hosted by author and self-help expert James Arthur Ray...
Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Fatal Double-Decker Bus Accident
Posted on October 20, 2009The family of one of the men who fatally struck his head on an overpass while standing on the top level of a double-decker bus has filed an Illinois wrongful death lawsuit. Cameron Chana was 22. The tragic Illinois bus accident happened on May 30 as a group traveled from Lake Shelbyville back to Eastern Illinois University...
2 Chicago Injury Lawsuits: Sears and Treasure Island Foods Sued for Premises Liability
Posted on October 17, 2009A woman has filed a Cook County injury lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck, and Co. for inadequate security. In her Chicago premises liability complaint, Christine Granberry is seeking over $100,000. Granberry says that after shopping at the Sears on 1334 E...
McHenry County Resident Files 30th McCullom Lake, Illinois Brain Cancer Lawsuit Against Ringwood Manufacturer
Posted on October 15, 2009Last week, McHenry resident Bret Wilkinson sued a Ringwood manufacturer for Illinois personal injury. In his Illinois brain cancer lawsuit, the 46-year-old accused Rohm and Haas of being responsible for the groundwater and air pollution that caused his inoperable grade 3 astrocytoma brain cancer...
Chicago Transit Authority Bus Accident Involving Van Leaves One Dead and Nine Injured
Posted on October 12, 2009A Chicago bus accident involving a van rear-ending a Chicago Transit Authority bus has left one woman dead and nine others injured. The catastrophic traffic accident happened on the afternoon of October 6 in the South Side Chatham neighborhood. According to police, a CTA bus was stopped at Cottage Grove and 83rd Street when a van struck it from behind...
Cook County Sheriff?s Office Sued for Chicago Wrongful Death of Woman Jailed for Stealing Diapers for her 4-Year-Old
Posted on October 10, 2009The family of a young mother who died in a jail cell is suing the Cook County Sheriff?s Office for Chicago wrongful death. Jeannetta McDowell was arrested for stealing diapers on June 6, 2008. According to family members, the 26-year-old took the diapers because she has a 4-year-old son and she couldn?t afford to pay for them...
Octogenarian Who Sustained Traumatic Brain Injury Settles Chicago Injury Lawsuit Against Target for $7 Million
Posted on October 08, 2009An 81-year-old woman who was injured in a Rosemont Target store has settled her Chicago personal injury lawsuit against the department store chain for $7 million. Claire Putnam sustained traumatic brain injuries on June 21, 2007 when she walked into the store and the swinging door struck her...
$4.5 million Chicago medical malpractice settlement will go to family in case against Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Posted on October 05, 2009In Illinois, the family of Bernardica Saric was awarded a $4.5 million Chicago medical malpractice settlement in a case against Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Her widower, Andjelko Saric, and her five adult children are the recipients of the settlement...
Woman Files Illinois Products Liability Complaint Over Bathrobe that Caught Fire
Posted on October 02, 2009Agnes Wise is suing Blair and Blair Corporation for Illinois products liability. Wise says she sustained serious burn injuries when the sleeve of the bathroom she was wearing caught on fire as she walked close to a burning candle. Wise says that Blair designed a robe was not made with flame retardant material...
Text Messaging and Cell Phone Use Take Center Stage At Distracted Driving Summit
Posted on October 01, 2009The second day of the US Department of Transportation?s Distracted Driving Summit is underway. Over 250 safety experts, lawmakers, industry representatives, and members of the public have come together to explore ways to end distracted driving. As US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood noted yesterday, every time a person takes their eyes off the road or talks on a cell phone, lives are placed at risk...
Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Blames Man and His Parents for Woman?s Fatal Drug Overdose
Posted on September 28, 2009In Cook County Circuit Court, the estate of Gina Dominick is suing Thomas Young and his parents for her Chicago wrongful death. Dominick, 20, died in June 2008 after Young, 21, invited her to his parents? house for some heroin. The Cook County wrongful death complaint accuses Young of violently hitting and beating her...
Chicago?s Scotland Yard Gospel Choir Members Sustain Injuries During Van Rollover Accident
Posted on September 25, 2009A possible tire failure may have caused the van rollover accident that injured all six members of the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir. Initial reports indicate that the 1999 Chevrolet van was driving in the left lane on I-65 in Indiana when tire failure caused the van to go off the road and roll over a number of times...
Chicago Slip and Fall Lawsuit Against Sears Claims Woman Slid on Vomit
Posted on September 24, 2009In Cook County Circuit Court, Glinda Bridgeman submitted her Chicago slip and fall lawsuit against Sears. Bridgeman says she was injured on July 11 when she slipped and fell on paper towels and vomit that were on the floor of the television department of a Chicago Sears store...
Illinois nurse files Chicago police brutality lawsuit alleging civil rights violations
Posted on September 21, 2009Lisa Hofstra, who is a charge nurse at the emergency room in Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital, is suing the city of Chicago and one of its police officers for police brutality. Hofstra says she was working in the emergency room at around 4am when the police officer asked her to perform blood work on a person who was apprehended for drunk driving...
Chicago Medical Malpractice?: Woman Dies from Injuries Sustained During Surgical Fire
Posted on September 20, 2009The family of Janice McCall is reeling following news that the 65-year-old woman died from thermal burn injuries. What is even more upsetting is that McCall sustained her burns during a surgical fire that broke out while she was undergoing surgery. The medical examiner?s office is calling her death an accident...
$5 Million Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict Awarded to Woman for Unnecessary Hysterectomy
Posted on September 17, 2009A jury has awarded Sharon Virginelli $5 million for Chicago medical malpractice because of an unnecessary hysterectomy she underwent 10 years ago. Virginelli had planned on having a large family, but that dream was lost in 1999 when she went to Northwestern Memorial Hospital to give birth to her daughter...
Palatine Woman Files Lake County, Illinois Boating Accident Lawsuit for Her Personal Injuries
Posted on September 15, 2009A Palatine, Illinois woman who sustained serious injuries when the boat she was a passenger in capsized on August 15 is suing two boat operators for her Illinois personal injuries. Brenda Schmid was thrown into the water and pinned underwater and trapped in the mud after two boats collided with one another...
Two Separate Illinois Premises Liability Lawsuits Involving Fall Accidents Get Ready to Go to Trial
Posted on September 11, 2009Two separate Illinois personal injury lawsuits involving fall accidents caused by hazards on premises are scheduled to go to trial next week. In one case, Mattie Walker-Bennett had sued the City of Alton, its public works department, American Waterworks Service Company, Illinois Water Company, the owner of Central Rivers Construction, and several individuals for injuries she sustained during a 2006 slip and fall accident on a broken sidewalk...
Chicago Motorcycle Accident Settlement Could Give $3.4 Million to Rider Who Struck Sinkhole
Posted on September 09, 2009A City Council committee has advanced a $3.4 million Chicago motorcycle accident settlement for rider Juan Munoz. The 33-year-old motorcyclist was on his motorcycle on September 4, 2000 when he hit a sinkhole. The sinkhole, according to one neighbor, had expanded to 36-inches in diameter, and residents in the area had complained about the road defect...
Plaintiffs of Chicago Plane Accident Awarded $15 Million Settlement for Restaurateur?s Illinois Wrongful Death
Posted on September 07, 2009In Cook County, Illinois, a judge has awarded the family of Michael Waugh $15 million for his airplane accident death. Waugh, a 37-year-old Algonquin resident, was one of four people killed when the Cessna 421B they were riding in crashed in a storage yard in January 2006...
Chicago Slip and Fall: Woman Sues Brookfield Zoo Because Splashing Dolphins Wet the Floor
Posted on September 02, 2009In Cook County Circuit Court, Allecyn Edwards is suing the Chicago Zoological Society and the Brookfield Zoo for her slip and fall injuries. Edwards contends that she was injured because the defendants had trained the dolphins to splash water at the spectators in the stands, which wet the surrounding floors and made them slippery...
Michael Jackson?s Wrongful Death?: Coroner Says King of Pop?s Fatal Cardiac Arrest was Homicide
Posted on August 31, 2009During a televised interview with NBC that aired on the TODAY show this morning, Joe Jackson, the 80-year-old father of singer Michael Jackson, announced that not just someone but ?all of ?em? who may have contributed to his son?s untimely death at age 50 should pay...
Chicago Injury Lawsuit Accuses Private School of Ignoring Alleged Sexual Abuse Incidents Involving Math Teacher
Posted on August 27, 2009A former Chicago Hope Academy student is suing the school for personal injury. The boy, an unnamed minor and an athlete, started attending the school, located on the West Side, in 2005. Per his Chicago child sex abuse lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, the boy is accusing Kathryn Vail-Wesley, his former math teacher, of showering him with affection and attention in private and in public beginning in 2008...
Chicago Cubs Sued for Illinois Wrongful Death Over Fatal 2007 Wall Collapse Accident
Posted on August 26, 2009The family of 21-year-old Alex Drews is suing the Chicago Cubs for wrongful death and negligence. Drews died from injuries he sustained on August 31, 2007 when a cinder-block and steel wall fell on him. Drews had run into the lee of an outbuilding on Cubs property because a storm had broken while he was walking and that is where the wall crushed him...
Parents of Paralyzed Teenager Sue Chicago Prep School for Injuries to Minor
Posted on August 20, 2009The family of Christopher Connolly is suing St. Ignatius College Prep student for his personal injury. In 2007, Connolly, then 15, sustained catastrophic injuries when he hit is head on the bottom of the school during water polo practice. According to the Chicago injury lawsuit, an assistant coach told the other kids to throw snowballs at Connolly and called him ?Flounder,? which is considered a derogatory nickname...
Woman Files Cook County Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claiming Doctor Sterilized Her
Posted on August 17, 2009A Naperville woman is accusing an obstetrician-gynecologist at Rush-Copley Medical Center of sterilizing her without her consent. Nada Dollah is suing the Aurora hospital, Women?s Health Physicians S.C. of Aurora, and Dr. Nizar F. Olabi for Illinois medical malpractice...
Family Members File Cook County Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Chicago-Based McDonnell Douglas and 10 Other Companies in 2008 Spainair Crash
Posted on August 15, 2009The family members of the 18 people who died in a 2008 Spainair plane crash in Madrid have filed a Cook County, Illinois wrongful death lawsuit against 11 companies. The defendants are McDonnell Douglas Co (based in Chicago), SAS Group, Boeing, Leach International, Korean Air, Rohr, Hawker Siddley, Esterline Technologies, Alenia Aeronautica, and Pratt & Whitney...
Woman to Receive $800,000 Chicago Injury Settlement for Slip and Fall at O?Hare Airport
Posted on August 14, 2009The city of Chicago and Diana Sarker have agreed to settle her Illinois slip and fall lawsuit for $800,000. The 59-year-old woman fractured her kneecap and tore cartilage on January 21, 2005 when she slipped and fell while walking through Terminal 3 at O?Hare Airport...
Chicago Injury Prompts Diabetic to File Police Brutality Lawsuit
Posted on August 12, 2009Chicago resident Rolan D. Johnson says he sustained personal injuries and other damages when he was unjustly arrested by a Glenwood police officer in 2007. Jones says the incident happened when he was driving home from Hodgkins where he works at a UPS facility...
Illinois Trip and Fall Lawsuit Sues Couple for Personal Injuries Caused by Uneven Steps
Posted on August 07, 2009A sewer repairman is suing a couple for Illinois premises liability. Taylor Schultz, a sewer repairman, says the trip and fall accident happened on August 11, 2007. Schultz says he was hired by Scott Whitehead to fix a sewer clog in Whitehead?s home...
Chicago Police Brutality: Should Law Enforcement Officers Be Allowed to Fire Guns At Felony Suspects Driving Off in Motor Vehicles
Posted on August 06, 2009City Hall has not approved a new police that would allow Chicago police officers to shoot weapons at felony suspects during police pursuits. The new rule allowing the use of deadly force was supposed to go into effect on August 3, but now Mayor Daley says that the rule has yet to be implemented and a review process of policy is currently taking place...
Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Accuses Berwyn Hospital of Conducting Wrong Site Surgery
Posted on August 04, 2009A man who says he suffered a permanent injury because doctors at a Berwyn hospital operated on the wrong knee has filed a Chicago orthopedic surgery lawsuit. The plaintiff is Krzysztof Kordes. His Illinois medical malpractice complaint, filed in Cook County Circuit Court against Dr...
Chicago White Sox and City of Champions Bar Sued for Wrongful Death
Posted on July 31, 2009The mother of a University of Illinois college student who died in a Joliet hit-and-run accident in 2008 is suing the Chicago White Sox and City of Champions bar for wrongful death. Maria Lech?s Cook County wrongful death lawsuit is also suing At Your Service, ChiSox Corp, Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, SDI Security, Illinois Sportservice, and Marsha Ortega and Leopoldo Robles, Jr...
Man Sues Estate of Daughter?s Ex-Boyfriend for Illinois Wrongful Death
Posted on July 29, 2009The father of Amber Cremeens, 34, is suing the estate of her ex-boyfriend for her wrongful death. Tyler James Martin, a former Wonder Lake resident, is now deceased. The 36-year-old shot himself to death last February in Chicago after a standoff with police who were seeking him in connection with Creemens?s alleged murder...
Son of Retired Cook County Judge Sues Him for Chicago Personal Injury
Posted on July 26, 2009The adopted son of retired Cook County Judge Lambros Kutrubis is suing him for personal injury. John Kutrubis, 19, claims his father physically, sexually and psychologically abused him. He is seeking monetary damages of over $50,0000 against the former judge, 66, who denies the allegations...
McDonald?s Sued for Illinois Personal Injury After Teenager Gets Hepatitis A
Posted on July 23, 2009In Illinois, a Sherrard couple is suing McDonald?s for their son?s personal injury. Lisa and Dennis Mrasak say that their 16-year-old son, Dillon, had to be hospitalized for a few days and tested positive for hepatitis A after eating at the McDonald?s in Milan, Illinois...
Chicago Medical Malpractice: Obstetrician Accused of Yelling at Woman in Labor is Put on Probation
Posted on July 22, 2009The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has placed obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Scott Pierce on probation for one year and fined him $500. Pierce is accused of mistreating a pregnant woman while she was in labor with her fifth child...
Chicago Premises Liability?: City Slows Down Porch Inspection Efforts
Posted on July 20, 2009According to the Chicago Tribune, the city of Chicago has slowed down its efforts to make sure that the thousands of porches in the city are safe for use. While the city did initiate an inspections crackdown six years ago when 13 people died in a Lincoln Park porch collapse accident?500 bad porches were identified?the special inspection task force was disbanded in 2006 after the majority of repairs were fixed...
Syndicated Columnist Sues Two Chicago Dentists for Dental Malpractice
Posted on July 16, 2009In Illinois, nationally syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer filed her Chicago dental malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Daniel I. Chin, Jr. and Dr. Jeffrey Taugner. In her Cook County Circuit Court complaint, Geyer claims that the two Chicago dentists failed to diagnose that she had cancer of the tongue and mouth Geyer claims that in 2006, she went to Dr...
LaSalle County Train-Car Collision Kills Two Grandparents and Their Grandchild
Posted on July 15, 2009A tragic Illinois train-car accident has claimed the lives of two grandparents and their grandchild. The people that died are Benjamin Rasmusen, 82, Marilyn Rasmusen, 81, and Elizabeth Rasmusen, 9. The deadly LaSalle County train accident happened on Monday afternoon...
Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuits Filed Over Cemetery Desecrations
Posted on July 13, 2009This weekend, thousands of family members arrived at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois to find out what happened to the bodies of their deceased loved ones. Their visits come in the wake of Cook County officials discovering at least 300 corpses that had been dug up and tossed in piles...
Despite Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Over Botched Lasik Surgeries, Doctor Continues to Practice in Illinois
Posted on July 08, 2009According to the Chicago Tribune, Dr. Nicholas Caro, a Chicago eye doctor, has been sued for Illinois medical malpractice in Cook County nearly 50 times since the early 90's?29 of the Chicago personal injury complaints were filed within the last 10 years...
Chicago Medical Malpractice: Woman Files Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Mother?s Delayed Cancer Diagnosis
Posted on July 07, 2009In Illinois, Noel Mabe named Dr. Vidya Deshpande, Dr. Yogendra Shah, Dr. Stephen C. Arny, and the Medical Diagnostic Laboratory in her civil complaint over her mother?s wrongful death. Eutha Ochoa died of invasive cervical cancer on January 23, 2008...
Chicago Personal Injury: Man Sues Former High School Teammates for 1999 Hazing
Posted on July 02, 200910 years after an infamous hazing incident that occurred at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, the hazing victim, Stamatios Shinas, is suing the school, a number of high school football coaches, and four former teammates for Chicago personal injury...
Two People Drown in Two Chicago Boating Accidents
Posted on June 29, 2009In Illinois, two people are dead following two Chicago boating accidents that occurred within one hour of each other on Sunday. A third person was injured. The first Chicago boating accident occurred on Lake Michigan close to DuSable Harbor when two people fell overboard...
Mother Files Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Dunkin? Donuts
Posted on June 25, 2009The mother of a Lake County man who died in a Dunkin? Donuts bathroom has filed a Chicago, Illinois wrongful death lawsuit against Dunkin Donuts, Dunkin? Brands, Inc., Rahim N. Merchant, Rahim A. Merchant, and Anupam R. Patel. According to Halina Zalewski?s complaint, her son Simon Chruszcz went into the bathroom at the Dunkin? Donuts located at 6336 W...
Deadly Train Wrecks: DC Train Crash Toll Reaches 9 and 1 Woman is Killed in Illinois Train Derailment
Posted on June 24, 2009Two major train accidents have recently been profiled in the US headlines. One is an Illinois train derailment accident that left one woman dead and lead to the evacuation of hundreds of homes. The other is the DC train collision involving two trains that injured more than 70 people and killed 9 others...
Chicago Police Brutality: Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Police Shoot Man During Foot Chase
Posted on June 22, 2009In Illinois, the family of Marcellus Perry has filed a police brutality lawsuit against the Chicago police for his wrongful death. Perry was shot in the head by a police officer on June 11 during a foot chase. Perry was riding in a car when two Chicago cops stopped the driver, Perry?s friend, for a traffic violation...
Dogsbites.Org Says 319 Pit Bulls Shot in 2008 for Public Safety Reasons
Posted on June 18, 2009According to a report released by DogsBite.org, there were 373 incidents in the US last year involving citizens and police shooting a pit bull in order to stop or prevent a dog attack. 23 of these shooting incidents occurred in Illinois, with 7 of them taking place in Chicago...
Illinois Injuries to Minors: Mother Files Personal Injury Lawsuit Over Son?s Bicycle Injuries
Posted on June 15, 2009An Illinois mother is suing a woman for her son?s bicycle accident injuries. Becky Eaves is seeking a judgment of over $50,000 plus costs from Tina Marie Slemer. In her Illinois injuries to minors lawsuit, Eaves says that her son, Samuel D. Eaves, sustained injuries to his cervical and lumbar area and lower extremities when he was hit by a car driven by Slemer on May 17, 2007 while he was in a crosswalk in Collinsville...
Chicago Police Brutality: Cop Gets 40 Months in Prison for Beating Man He had Shackled to Wheelchair
Posted on June 11, 2009Chicago Police Officer William Cozzi has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for the 2005 beating of a man that he had shackled to a wheelchair. The assault was caught on videotape. In January, Cozzi pleaded guilty to the federal charge of excessive use of force against Randy Miles, a 60-year-old Norwegian American Hospital patient...
Cook County Products Liability: Family Blames Tainted Syringes for Daughter?s Death
Posted on June 09, 2009The Chicago Tribune recently published an article about a toddler who, after undergoing a double-lung transplant, died in 2008 from complications. There is evidence, however, to indicate that young Natalie Fullerton didn?t have to die. It turns out that after the surgery her father had used fluid-filled syringes to clean a tube that had been implanted in her chest so that her medication could be administered intravenously...
Chicago Products Liability: President Obama Says Federal Laws Shouldn?t Preempt State Laws When Determining Civil Cases
Posted on June 07, 2009Good news for products liability plaintiffs. In a memo issued on May 20, President Barack Obama told federal agencies to stop issuing rules that protect companies from products liability lawsuits in state courts. While he did not point to specific industries, this mandate could impact the outcome of many products liability lawsuits involving numerous consumer goods, including pharmaceuticals, car safety equipment, and food sweeteners...
Chicago Premises Liability During Swimming Season: CPSC Offers Advice on Preventing Pool and Spa Drownings
Posted on June 05, 2009Every year, about 300 kids under age 5 drown in pools and spas, while nearly 3,000 others sustain injuries that require emergency room care. Many victims that survive drowning accidents end up sustaining permanent injuries, such as traumatic brain injuries...
Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Inadequate Care Led to Leg Amputation
Posted on June 04, 2009The wife of a man whose leg had to be amputated because a fracture wasn?t treated for over two months has filed an Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit against Mobilex USA, Covenant Care, and two doctors. Myrna Ambuehl is the attorney-in-fact for her husband Roland Ambuehl...
Chicago Personal Injury Law Firm: Two men die in Mattoon, Illinois bus accident after their heads strike an Interstate Highway 57 overpass
Posted on June 02, 2009Two Illinois men died in a tragic Mattoon, Illinois bus accident on Saturday. They were standing with several people on top of a double-decker bus on Illinois Highway 16 when they hit their heads on the Interstate Highway 57 overpass. The two men, Clarendon Hills resident Cameron Chana and Yorkville resident Justin Sleezer, were reportedly a few inches taller than the other bus passengers that were with them...
Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Christopher Coleman for Murders of His Wife and Her Two Sons
Posted on May 30, 2009The family of 31-year-old Sheri Coleman has filed an Illinois wrongful death lawsuit against her husband, Christopher Coleman. Coleman is charged with three counts of first-degree murder for her death, as well as the deaths of her two young sons, Garett, 11, and Gavin, 9...
Chicago Slip and Fall: Two Illinois Personal Injury Lawsuits Seek Judgments Over $50,000
Posted on May 28, 2009Slip/trip and fall accidents are much more dangerous than they sound. A person who slips and falls or trips and falls can sustain serious personal injuries and permanent disabilities. Last week, two people filed Illinois premises liability lawsuits over injuries they sustained in separate fall accidents...
Chicago Motorcycle Accidents: At Least Six Motorcyclists Killed in Area Crashes Over the Memorial Day Weekend
Posted on May 26, 2009As Motorcycle Awareness month begins to wrap up, our Chicago motorcycle accident law firm is sad to report that there were at least six Illinois motorcyclists killed in three Chicago-area traffic accidents over the holiday weekend. While the number of Illinois motorcycle deaths have recently declined?135 motorcyclist fatalities in 2008 compared to 157 rider deaths in 2007, the motorcycle death tolls from this weekend in the Chicago area alone is a harsh reminder to motorcyclists and other vehicle drivers that it is up to both parties to share the roads safely by driving safely...
Chicago Personal Injury Law Firm: Cyclists Killed in Illinois Bicycle Accidents Remembered During ?Ride of Silence?
Posted on May 21, 2009In Chicago, Evanston, Peoria, and other cities throughout Illinois and the US, bicyclists cycled during a ?Ride of Silence? on Wednesday night to remember fellow riders that were killed while riding their bicycles. The occasion is a global event, with bicycle riders participating in rides of silence that took place in 279 locations around the world...
Illinois Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit: Family to Receive $12 Million Birthing Malpractice Settlement
Posted on May 20, 2009In Winnebago County, Illinois, the family of 4-year-old Jeremy Law has agreed to settle its birthing malpractice lawsuit with a Rockford hospital for $12 million. This is the largest personal injury settlement to ever be issued in this county. Jeremy now has Cerebral palsy...
Chicago Dog Bites and Dog Maulings: Highland Park Waits to Decide on Proposal to Ban Pit Bulls
Posted on May 18, 2009In Chicago?s Highland Park, officials have agreed to hold off on making a decision about a proposal to ban pit bulls from the city until they do further research. The proposal had met with resistance from pit bull advocates. Highland Park Mayor Michael Belsky put forth the prohibition proposal after a teenage girl had to have hundreds of stitches sewn into her face and shoulder after a pit bull attacked her...
Cook County Wrongful Death Lawsuit filed by Widow Claims Contaminated Water in Crestwood Village Caused Husband?s Cancer Death
Posted on May 15, 2009The widow of a man who died of lymphoma in 2003 is suing the Illinois village of Crestwood for his wrongful death. Michele Maan De Kok?s Cook County, Illinois wrongful death lawsuit contends that he became ill after drinking contaminated water while living there from 1969 to 1990...
Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit To Be Filed After Garage Door Crushes 6-Year-Old South Side Boy
Posted on May 13, 2009In Illinois, the family of 6-year-old Dijion Sanders is filing a Chicago wrongful death lawsuit. The garage door crushed the boy in his Calumet Heights home on Saturday night. Sanders was transported to the University of Chicago?s Corner Children?s Hospital where he was soon pronounced dead...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago Sued by Two Women Alleging Clergy Sex Abuse in the 1960?s
Posted on May 11, 2009Two women who say they were the victims of clergy sex abuse in the 1960?s are suing the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The priest named in the federal lawsuit as their perpetrator is Anthony Vader, who church officials removed from public ministry in 2003 because of his misconduct...
Chicago Slip and Fall: Illinois Premises Liability Lawsuit Claims Melted Ice on Store Floor Led to Personal Injuries
Posted on May 07, 2009An Illinois woman is suing Metro Ice Inc. and Schnucks Markets for personal injury. Patricia Pope says that on June 6, 2007, she sustained injuries to her neck, spine, back, right shoulder, arms, torso, legs, elbows, right foot, right ankle, right interior cruciate ligament, and right posterior cruciate ligament when she slipped and fell while walking down one of the aisles at a Schnucks market in East St...
Mother to Receive Illinois Wrongful Death Settlement For Son?s Police Brutality Death From Excessive Taser Use
Posted on May 06, 2009The mother of a teenager who was Tasered by police has settled her Illinois police brutality lawsuit over his wrongful death. Roger Holyfield, 17, died in October 2006 following an altercation with police. The Illinois wrongful death lawsuit filed by Rita Cummings names the Jerseyville Police Department and the city of Jerseyville as defendants...
Driver Charged with Causing Fatal Lake County, Illinois Motorcycle Accident Says She Was Painting Her Nails
Posted on May 04, 2009The Lake County State?s Attorney?s office is considering filing criminal charges against a female driver who may have caused a fatal Illinois motorcycle accident because she was busy painting her nails. Police say that Morris resident Lora Hunt told them that she did not see Anita Zaffke, who was stopped at an intersection on route 12, until her Chevrolet Impala struck the Honda motorcycle because she was applying nail polish...
Will County Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Drew Peterson by Family of Third Wife
Posted on April 28, 2009In Will County, Illinois, the family of Drew Peterson?s third wife is suing former Bolingbrook cop Drew Peterson for wrongful death. Their civil lawsuit contends that Peterson killed Kathleen Savio. Peterson first came under public and media scrutiny after he became a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy...
Widow Files Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against City Colleges of Chicago, Cook County, and Ex-Con for Her Husband?s Murder
Posted on April 27, 2009In Illinois, Desiree Hendricks has filed a Chicago wrongful death lawsuit against Cook County, City Colleges of Chicago, and ex-con Bennie Teague. Teague has been charged with killing Desiree?s husband Marcus on April 18, 2008. Marcus owned Hendricks Plumbing & Sewer, a plumbing business on the South Side, and he had hired Teague to work for him as part of a program that assigned ex-offenders to businesses...
Chicago Police Officers Accused of Beating Autistic Teen
Posted on April 25, 2009In Chicago, the family of an autistic teenager is accusing a local police officer of hitting their son. They say that 16-year-old Oscar Guzman was standing on the sidewalk outside his family?s fast-food restaurant in the Pilsen area on Wednesday night when he was questioned by two Chicago cops...
Illinois Senate Rejects Motorcycle Helmet Requirement
Posted on April 24, 2009In a 14-42 vote, the Illinois Senate rejected a plan mandating all motorcyclists to use a helmet. Illinois, New Hampshire, and Iowa are the only three US states that don?t have a motorcycle helmet law. This is not the first attempt to get a motorcycle helmet law passed in the state...
Chicago to Implement New Pedestrian Safety Initiatives Targeting Illinois Drivers Who Fail to Yield at Crosswalks
Posted on April 20, 2009This week, Chicago police officers will take more aggressive steps to promote Illinois pedestrian safety. They will pose as pedestrians crossing the street at intersections without stop signs and traffic signals and issue tickets to driver who fail to yield the right-of-way to them...
McDonald?s Restaurant Makes National Headlines As Golden Arches Crush Suburban Chicago Couple Seated in Car in Parking Lot
Posted on April 17, 2009A senior suburban Chicago couple sustained multiple injuries on Wednesday when the SUV they were sitting in while parked at a McDonald?s was struck by a giant set of Golden Arches. Strong Arizona winds reportedly blew the trademark ?M? sign from the top of a pole located across the street from the popular fast food restaurant...
Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed by Family of Boy Killed in Pool Drowning Accident
Posted on April 16, 2009In Cook County Circuit Court, the family of a boy who drowned in a pool at a condominium is suing Lincolnway Management Co. and Stonebridge Condominium Association for his Illinois wrongful death. Jamar Garrett died on July 18, 2007. Garrett and a few friends had hopped a fence to enter the condo property and swim in the pool...
Chicago Slip and Fall Attorney: Two Illinois Premises Liability Lawsuits Accuse Owners of Failure to Warn of Hazards
Posted on April 13, 2009Two plaintiffs recently filed their Illinois slip and fall lawsuits in state court for their personal injuries. They are each seeking over $50,000 plus costs. In one Illinois premises liability complaint, Dorothy Baker says she fractured her right shoulder while walking on a sidewalk outside a Ponderosa Steakhouse owned by ABI Enterprises...
Mother Sues City of Chicago for Illinois Wrongful Death After Pedestrian Son Dies in Train Accident
Posted on April 08, 2009In Cook County Circuit Court, Christine Sanders filed her Illinois wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Chicago, its fire department, and its police department. She is seeking over $100,000 in damages. Her Chicago complaint contends that her son Mario, who had mental issues, wouldn?t have died if the city and its departments hadn?t failed in their duty to him when they carelessly responded to a 911 call about him, neglected to rescue him in a timely manner, and failed to warn him that there was a train approaching...
Chicago Personal Injury: Illinois Man Sues Police for Brain Injury Sustained During Alleged Police Brutality Incident
Posted on April 08, 2009In Illinois, a man who says that two Alton police officers beat him so severely that he sustained brain damage is suing the two cops, the city of Alton, and the Alton Police Department for personal injury. Russell K. Cox is seeking over $300,000 plus additional relief...
Woman Files Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit After Daughter is Born with Hypothyroidism
Posted on April 04, 2009In Illinois, a woman is suing a number medical care providers for medical malpractice. Anastasia Parker claims that because she was injected with radioactive iodine while she was pregnant, her daughter Taelor Hannah was born with hypothyroidism and will have to undergo medical treatment for the condition for the duration of her life...
Student Sues University of Chicago for Illinois Personal Injury After School Nurses Fails to Administer Rape Kit
Posted on April 02, 2009In Illinois, a 25-year-old University of Chicago student is suing the school for personal injury. The woman, who was raped when she went on a date four years ago, says she sought help at the Student Care Center following the incident but that the nurses there failed to use a rape kit to collect medical evidence to show she had been sexually assaulted...
East Chicago Car Accident Kills Senior Pedestrian
Posted on March 30, 2009A 78-year-old pedestrian is dead following an East Chicago car crash on Saturday morning. The driver of the vehicle, 25-year-old Kevin Rodriguez, was charged with DUI, leaving an accident, reckless homicide, and driving without insurance. The senior pedestrian, Zivojin Mitrovich, was struck just before 6am while crossing the street...
Study of Suburban Chicago Area Reveals Pedestrian Accident Rates
Posted on March 27, 2009A study released this week of the suburban Chicago area lists the towns with the highest pedestrian accident rates. Among the findings (the rate is equivalent to the number of pedestrian accidents/1000 crash residents): Hopkins Park: 4.22 Oakbrook Terrace: 1...
Natasha Richardon?s Traumatic Brain Injury Death A Reminder of Why Even the Seemingly Mildest Head Injury Deserves Close Attention
Posted on March 26, 2009Movie Star Natasha Richardson was buried this weekend by her husband film actor Liam Neeson, her mother Vanessa Redgrave, her sister, Joely Richardson, her two sons, and other close friends and family. Richardson died last week following a ski accident in Canada...
NTSB Continues to Investigate Cause of Montana Plane Crash that Killed Three Families
Posted on March 25, 2009Federal investigators are still trying to determine the cause of a deadly plane crash that claimed the lives of three families. An autopsy is being conducted on the body of pilot Ellison Summerfield to determine whether a medical emergency could have cause him to crash the private plane into a cemetery where it burst into flames...
Illinois Mother's Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claims Police Brutality Led to Son?s Fatal Shooting
Posted on March 19, 2009In Cook County Circuit Court, six months after 17-year-old Marvin Williams was shot to death after being apprehended by Chicago police, his mother is suing the city for her son?s wrongful death. The tragic shooting incident happened on September 16, 2008 while he was being arrested...
Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuit Accuses South Holland School District Workers of Unfairly Punishing Middle School Student
Posted on March 18, 2009In Illinois, a mother is suing South Holland School District 151 for her son?s personal injuries. Leslie Connie?s Chicago personal injury lawsuit involving injuries to minors alleges that her son Isaac, a Coolidge Middle School student, was made to hold two large books in his arms for almost half an hour while staying in a crouched position until he eventually urinated on himself...
South Side Rapper Dies in Chicago Motorcycle Accident After Van Driver Allegedly Fails to Yield Right of Way
Posted on March 16, 2009A local Chicago rapper is dead following a deadly Illinois motorcycle accident on East 95th street. The fatal traffic crash occurred when the motorcycle he Reginald ?St. Nick? Coleman riding was struck by a van on East 95th Street on Saturday evening...
Chicago Food Manufacturer Stops Making Tortillas Linked to School Kids? Gastrointestinal Illnesses
Posted on March 12, 2009In Illinois, Del Rey Tortilleria, Inc. has stopped making tortillas until it passes sanitary inspections by federal regulators. The Chicago food maker, which also makes corn flour and tostadas, is being sued by the federal government for allegedly maintaining unsanitary conditions while making the floor tortillas...
Mother Sues Chicago Board of Education for Illinois Wrongful Death
Posted on March 11, 2009In Illinois, the mother or 18-year-old Ruben Ivy is suing the Chicago Board of Education for wrongful death. Ivy, a high school Jr., was killed on March 2008 during a shooting outside Crane High School. In her Chicago wrongful death lawsuit, Emily Green says the city?s board of education ?voluntarily undertook? a system to keep guns off the school premises and that that system did not work...
Number of Chicago Pedestrian Deaths on the Rise
Posted on March 10, 2009According to the Chicago Department of Transportation, there were 56 pedestrian deaths that took place in the city in 2007?an increase from the 49 deaths the year before and the 48 fatalities in 2006. Reasons cited include a growth in the number of pedestrians in the US's fourth most walkable large city (according to Walk Score, for 2008), faulty signage, pavement marking problems, and construction projects...
Jury Awards Chicago Woman $29.6 Million in September 2005 Metra Train Accident Case
Posted on March 03, 2009Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Checker Taxi Company and Cab Driver by Daughter of Elderly Pedestrian
Posted on February 26, 2009Family of 18-Wheeler Truck Driver Who Crashed Through CTA Station in Chicago?s Chinatown Sues Chicago Police for Wrongful Death
Posted on February 25, 2009In Illinois, the family of the driver who crashed his semi-truck into a Red Line station in Chicago?s Chinatown last year, injuring 21 people and killing 2 others, is suing the Chicago police for failing to give Donald Wells the medical treatment he required...
Chicago Police Superintendent Refuses to Release Names of Cops with Most Excessive Force Complaints
Posted on February 24, 2009In Chicago, Illinois, Police Superintendent Jody Weis has until 4pm on Friday to turn over a list of names of Chicago officers who have received at least five citizen complaints since 2000. So far, he has refused to obey US Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez?s orders...
Illinois Pedalcyclist Dies After Being Struck by Van
Posted on February 20, 2009In Peoria, Illinois, a 41-year-old bicyclist died on February 2 after he was hit from behind by a van. Lyle E. Clark was pronounced dead at the crash scene. Clark had been riding his bike on Illinois Route 9. The driver of the van, Ronald C. Swonger, says he hit an object on the road right after exiting the bridge onto the road...
Mother Files Second Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Accusing Park Ridge Paramedics of Medical Malpractice
Posted on February 18, 2009In Cook County Circuit Court, the mother of Joey Furio, a 15-year-old boy who died from a drug overdose in 2004, has filed another Illinois wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Park Ridge. Abruzzo had sued the Chicago suburb in 2005 but the circuit court ruled that because of Illinois?s Local Government and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, the city was immune from the civil lawsuit and the paramedics involved in Joey?s care could not be held liable for failing to diagnose or evaluate his condition...
Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Improper Care Led to Patient?s Attempted Suicide
Posted on February 16, 2009In Illinois, the family of a woman who sustained catastrophic injuries after she tried to kill herself is suing Adventist Hinsdale Hospital for medical malpractice. The Chicago area hospital treated the woman prior to the attempted suicide incident, and her family is accusing the facility of failing to provide her with the proper treatment and dismissing her from the hospital too soon...
Chicago Woman Murdered by Ex-Boyfriend Parolee Files Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against State Corrections Department
Posted on February 14, 2009The father of Mersaides McCauley, a Chicago woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, is suing the Illinois Corrections Department for her wrongful death. McCauley was fatally shot by Glenford Martinez in April 2008 before he committed suicide. In November, Martinez, who was a convicted murderer choked McCauley to the point that she lost consciousness...
Man Paralyzed in Illinois Motor Vehicle Accident Settles Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Defendant Whose Kids Held Drinking Party at Her Home
Posted on February 12, 2009A man who became paralyzed in an Illinois motor vehicle accident after he attended an underage drinking party will receive a $2.5 million personal injury settlement for his catastrophic injuries. George Baldwin, now 22, was just 19 when the deadly accident happened...
Burn Injuries Sustained by Chicago Baby Living in Public Housing Raises Issue of Maintenance Lapses
Posted on February 10, 2009A few months ago, the Chicago Housing Authority settled a personal injury lawsuit involving a female infant who sustained serious burn injuries while living in the city?s public housing. In 2004, Jasmine Watson had rolled off a bed and landed on a hot radiator coil that had a broken cover...
Woman Files Illinois Slip and Fall Lawsuit Against Hospital
Posted on February 06, 2009An Illinois woman is suing Memorial Hospital for injuries she sustained during a slip and fall accident. Sonja Harris says she hurt herself when she slid on melted snow in the entryway of the hospital and fell. The alleged Illinois slip and fall accident occurred on February 14, 2007 as the plaintiff entered the door located between medical office center number 1 and the emergency room...
Federal Prosecutors Expand Probe Into Whether Chicago Police Tortured Murder Suspects
Posted on February 04, 2009A federal investigation into whether Chicago police officers tortured murder suspects has expanded its focus to include six more detectives who have been linked to former Cmdr. John Burge and the police precincts where he worked on the South Side during the 1980?s...
6 Chicago Area Residents Die in Plane Crash
Posted on February 02, 2009A twin-engine plane crash in the West Virginia mountains has left 6 Chicago-area residents dead. The deadly aviation accident happened on Friday. The Piper Seneca II twin-engine six-seater that crashed was carrying members of the American Polish Aero Club, a Chicago aviation club...
Illinois Orders Chicago Daycare Center Shut Down After Worker is Charged in 16-Month-Old?s Death
Posted on January 30, 2009The state of Illinois is ordering the Minee Subee daycare center in Lincolnshire to shut down after one of its workers was charged with the first-degree murder of a 16-month-old child who was being taken care of at the facility. The daycare employee, Melissa M Calusinski, is accused of allegedly throwing Benjamin Kingan onto the floor on January 14 because she was frustrated that the children were making so much noise...
Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit and Personal Injury Lawsuits Filed in Semi-Tractor Trailer Accident
Posted on January 29, 2009The family of Tabitha Carroll, a 32-year-old East Dubuque woman who died last October 31 after the family?s truck was pinned by a semi-tractor trailer against an Illinois Department of Transportation vehicle has filed their wrongful death lawsuit. The family?s Illinois personal injury lawyer also filed two personal injury claims related to the motor vehicle crash...
Risk of Birth Complications May Increase with Early Repeat Caesarean Deliveries
Posted on January 27, 2009A new study sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development shows that scheduling a Caesarean birth for convenience, rather than necessity, can increase the chances the baby will be born with what could be serious birth complications...
Mother Files Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Son?s Death in Fire at South Side Day Care Center
Posted on January 24, 2009In Cook County Circuit Court, Deborah Green filed her Illinois wrongful death lawsuit over the death of her son Darjon Taylor. The 22-month-old boy died in January 2008 after he became trapped in a fire at Porter?s Playhouse, a day care center in Chicago...
Woman Files Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Father is Struck by Metra Train Headed to Chicago
Posted on January 22, 2009In Cook County Circuit Court, the daughter of James O?Neill, the man who was hit by a Metra train while crossing the tracks is suing Metra, the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, and the Union Pacific Railroad Company for his wrongful death...
Second Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Fox River Drowning Accident Involving Chicago High School Students
Posted on January 20, 2009Another Illinois wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the drowning deaths of three North Lawndale College Prep Students who were attending a leadership retreat on the Fox River at Camp Algonquin last November 14. Jimmy Avant died after running into the river to try rescuing fellow students in a sinking paddleboat...
Illinois Birthing Malpractice Lawsuit Settled for $6.5 Million
Posted on January 16, 2009A $6.5 million Illinois medical malpractice settlement has been reached in a birthing injury case involving a now 7-year-old boy. The child, Roberto Morales Jr, allegedly suffers from cerebral palsy because the obstetrician and labor and delivery nurse at the Provena Mercy Medical Center failed to properly monitor his heart rate and deliver him hours before an emergency C-section finally took place...
NSC Wants All US States to Ban Drivers from Using Cell Phones
Posted on January 15, 2009With so many motorists using cell phones on US roads, the National Safety Council is calling on lawmakers in the District of Columbia and all 50 US states to ban the use of cell phones and messaging devices while people are driving. The Harvard Center of Risk Analysis reports that about 636,000 auto accidents a year occur because a driver was talking on the phone or text messaging...
4-Year-Old Killed in Chicago Dog Mauling Accident
Posted on January 13, 2009In Southwest Chicago, 4-year-old Alex Angulo died on Sunday after a Rottweiler in his foster family?s backyard attacked him. His dog mauling death is raising concerns over whether child welfare officials did enough to make sure that he would be safe at a home that also housed a poodle and two Rottweilers...
City of Chicago Sued for Civil Rights Violations After School Security Guard Strip Searches Teen Girls
Posted on January 10, 2009In Illinois, the parents of two teenagers are suing the city of Chicago, the Chicago Board of Education, an unidentified police officer, ASPIRA Inc., and the school?s principal for allegedly violating their daughters' civil rights. The Chicago Sun Times reports that another student was also summoned for the strip search, but her family are not plaintiffs in this case...
Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed By Parents of Toddler Killed in Medevac Crash Over Suburban Chicago
Posted on January 08, 2009The parents of 1-year-old Kirstin Blocker are suing Air Angels Inc., Reach Medical Holdings Inc., and the estate of pilot Del Waugh for their daughter?s wrongful death in a Medevac accident that occurred over suburban Chicago last October. Blockinger was being transported to Children?s Memorial Hospital when the helicopter struck a radio tower wire and crashed in Aurora, killing Kirstin and all three crew members...
Chicago Firefighter Charged With Sexually Assaulting Three Young Children
Posted on January 06, 2009A Chicago firefighter has been charged with sexually molesting three young children over a one-year period at his apartment in Little Village. According to prosecutors, Jose Moreno, 48, hung the girl, 3, and two boys, 6 and 5, from wooden pegs while the assault incidents happened...
Chicago Area Ranks #27 out of 50 Major Metro Areas for Safest Teen Drivers on New Year?s, Says Allstate
Posted on December 31, 2008A recent Allstate study ranks the Chicago area the 27th metro area (out of 50) with the safest teen drivers in the United States on New Year?s. The data was compiled over an 8-year period by Allstate and research firm Sperling?s BestPlaces. Among the findings was evidence that more deadly accidents involving teen drivers occurred in less densely populated rural areas where there was more room to engage in high speed driving...
Two Women File Illinois Truck Accident Lawsuit Against Trucker and His Employer
Posted on December 29, 2008In St. Clair County Circuit Court, two Monroe County women filed an Illinois truck crash lawsuit against Collins Industries and semi-truck driver Rusty Arnold White. Elizabeth M Lewis and Henrietta J Langbein say they suffered serious injuries from the January 9, 2007 truck crash...
DuPage County Strip Club Cannot Be Excluded from Chicago DUI/Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on December 23, 2008In Illinois, the state appellate court has ruled that the owners of Diamonds Gentlemen?s Club, a DuPage County strip club located near West Chicago, must remain a co-defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a man who drank alcohol at the club before causing a deadly drunk driving accident...
Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Blames Car Dealer Agents for Mans Drinking Death
Posted on December 21, 2008In Illinois, the mother of a Joe Rizza Ford employee is suing two of the company?s car dealer agents for her son?s wrongful death. Kevin Devuono died after he was found unconscious in a Rizza-owned motor vehicle in downtown Chicago. Her Chicago wrongful death lawsuit names Anthony Rizza and John Rizza as two of the defendants...
Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Names Heparin Manufacturer As Defendant
Posted on December 20, 2008In Cook County, Illinois, the estate of Franke Leon Isom is suing Scientific Protein Laboratories and distributor Baxter International Inc. for wrongful death. Leon, 59, died on December 14, 2007 one day after he was administered Heparin at the Woodland Dialysis Clinic in Elizabethtown where he was undergoing kidney dialysis...
Archdiocese of Chicago Settles Two Illinois Child Sex Abuse Cases for Over $1 Million Each
Posted on December 19, 2008The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to settle two separate lawsuits accusing Catholic priests of child sex abuse. Over the last 30 years, the archdiocese has paid over $65 million to settle approximately 250 such claims filed. The first settlement of $1...
Lake County Family Wins More than $9 Million in Illinois Medical Malpractice Case Involving Son?s Wrongful Death
Posted on December 18, 2008The family of a 12-year-old boy who died after he was given an antibiotic he was allergic to has won the second appeal in the Illinois medical malpractice case over his wrongful death. In 2006, a Lake County jury ordered Lake County Anesthesiologists, anesthesiologist Dale Gordon, and surgeon Andrew Kontrick to pay the family of Andrew Muno $7...
High School Rugby Star Involved in Illinois Hit-and Run Accident that Killed Classmate Admits He Drank Alcohol Before Getting in Minivan
Posted on December 12, 2008The Mt. Prospect Heights teen who has been charged in the Illinois hit-and-run collision that killed Hersey High School classmate Monika Skrzypkowski has admitted that he drank vodka and seven beers at a party before getting behind the wheel of his motor vehicle...
Former Loyola University Chicago Professor is Sued Again for Sexual Abuse
Posted on December 11, 2008Another person is accusing Reverend John Powell, a Jesuit priest who taught at Loyola University Chicago, of child sexual abuse. The woman, who filed her Illinois personal injury lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court, is seeking at least $50,000 in damages...
Waukegan Mother Says 6-Year-Old Daughter Continues to Have Nightmares After School Directed Her to Walk Home
Posted on December 09, 2008The Illinois mother of a Waukegan elementary school student is incensed because she says that Hyde Park Elementary School workers directed her daughter to walk home. Kandi Stone says her daughter Arejohnnae Powers, now 7, became so traumatized when she wandered on her own that she continues to have nightmares...
Illinois Motor Vehicle Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer and Bus Carrying Chicago Students Injures at Least 36 People
Posted on December 05, 2008At least 36 people sought medical attention at local hospitals for injuries they sustained in an Illinois bus-truck accident on Interstate 39 on Wednesday night. Peoria Charter Coach President Bill Winkler says the motor vehicle crash occurred when the tractor-trailer jackknifed in front of the bus, causing the vehicles to collide...
Widow to Receive $975,000 for Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleging Negligence and Medical Malpractice at Marion, Illinois VA Hospital
Posted on December 03, 2008The widow of Robert Shank III, a hospital patient who died after undergoing gallbladder surgery at the Marion VA Medical Center, has reached a wrongful death agreement with the US government for $975,000. Shank?s surgeon was Dr. Jose Veizaga-Mendez, who has come under investigation for at least 9 patient deaths and 34 patient injuries at the Illinois hospital...
Injured Woman Files Illinois Motor Vehicle Accident Lawsuit in St. Clair County
Posted on November 26, 2008A woman who sustained serious back, neck, wrist, shoulder, hip, chest, and body injuries in a February motor vehicle crash is suing the truck driver and the company he was working for at the time of the crash for personal injury. Onnie Randolph filed her Illinois motor vehicle crash lawsuit in St...
Mother of Chicago Prep Student Who Drowned in Fox River Boating Accident Files Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on November 25, 2008In Cook County Circuit Court, the mother of Melvin Choice, one of the three North Lawndale College Prep students who drowned in a boating accident while attending Camp Algonquin earlier this month, has filed her Illinois wrongful death lawsuit. Virginia Choice is accusing Visionquest International, North Lawndale College Prep, and the YMCA of McHenry County of negligence...
Third Lawsuit Accuses Chicago City Police of Harassing Black Residents on Election Night
Posted on November 24, 2008Another police brutality lawsuit has been filed against the Chicago police for allegedly harassing black residents who were celebrating President-elect Barack Obama?s victory on Election Night. There are 22 black plaintiffs named in this latest lawsuit, which was filed in federal court...
Another Illinois Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Against State Trooper Involved in Deadly Crash on I-64 that Claimed the Lives of Two Teenage Sisters
Posted on November 21, 2008One year after a deadly car crash involving State Trooper Matt Mitchell left two sisters dead and a man and his pregnant wife injured, a second Illinois personal injury lawsuit has been filed against him in St. Clair County Circuit Court. The motor vehicle crash occurred on November 23 when Mitchell, who was responding to a minor incident close to Mascoutah, lost control of his police-issued 2006 Chevrolet Impala while traveling at a speed of 126 mph...
Chicago Jury Orders Johnson and Johnson to Pay Illinois Family $16.6 Million for Wrongful Death of Mother Who Used Defective Pain Killing Patch
Posted on November 19, 2008In Illinois, a Chicago jury is ordering two Johnson and Johnson units to pay $16.6 million to the family of a woman who died after using a defective Duragesic pain-killing patch. A doctor had prescribed the patch to her to combat the pain she was experiencing from reflex sympathetic dystrophy, which is a neurological disorder...
Illinois Transplant Patient Sues University of Chicago Medical Center for Medical Malpractice After She is Diagnosed with HIV and Hepatitis C
Posted on November 17, 2008In Chicago, a 33-year-old transplant patient is suing University of Chicago Medical Center and one of its surgeons for medical malpractice. The woman, identified in her Illinois personal injury lawsuit as Jane Doe, tested positive for Hepatitis C and HIV after she received an infected kidney while undergoing an organ transplant at the hospital...
Three Chicago Teens Drown in Illinois Boating Accident on the Fox River
Posted on November 14, 2008The paddleboat that two of the three Chicago teens who drowned were riding in on the Fox River early this morning was missing its bottom plug. According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the plugs on all of the paddleboats used by students who were attempting to get on the river last night were removed because the vessels were taken out of service for the winter...
Metra to Pay Families of Two Chicago Train Accident Victims $11 Million for Wrongful Deaths
Posted on November 13, 2008The Metra commuter rail agency and two families have reached an $11 million settlement agreement in the wrongful deaths of two Chicago train accident victims. An Illinois judge approved the settlement on Wednesday. The deadly Illinois train crash occurred in September 2005 when a train headed to Chicago from Joliet derailed when changing tracks...
Chicago Family Says They Were Victims of Police Brutality on Election Night
Posted on November 10, 2008An African-American Chicago family has filed an Illinois police brutality lawsuit accusing four unnamed cops of hate crimes, excessive use of force, and battery. The incident allegedly occurred on Election Night, while the rest of the United States was celebrating the election of Barack Obama as the country?s first black president...
Illinois Family Files Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against White Castle
Posted on November 07, 2008The parents of Ronald L. Heard Jr., a man who died in 2007 after being shot outside a restaurant in Chicago?s South Side, is suing White Castle System for his wrongful death. Their Illinois civil lawsuit accuses the restaurant of creating an environment that allowed drug dealers and violence on the premise...
Male Chicago Pedestrian Dies in Illinois Motor Vehicle Accident in the South Loop
Posted on November 07, 2008In Chicago on Wednesday night, a male pedestrian died after he was hit by a motor vehicle as he crossed the street close to South Wabash Avenue and East Roosevelt Road. According to Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford, the victim was in ?extremely critical? condition when he was admitted John H...
Aurora Man Files Illinois Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Landlord After Kids Eat Lead-Based Paint Chips in Their Apartment
Posted on November 04, 2008In Kane County, Aurora resident Tyre Davis is suing landlord Ismael Quintana II for personal injury. Davis, a father of three young children, ages 1, 3, and 4, says that his children got sick because they ate paint chips that had high levels of lead while in their apartment...
Two Illinois Construction Workers Seriously Injured During Chicago Scaffolding Collapse
Posted on October 28, 2008In Chicago?s River North, two construction workers sustained serious injuries on Monday when the scaffolding they were on collapsed off the Adlake Building located on West Ohio Street while they were doing masonry. The building was undergoing renovations...
Prosecutors Expand Chicago Police Torture Investigation in Illinois
Posted on October 28, 2008In Illinois, prosecutors are expanding their probe into claims that Chicago police officers used "torture" tactics, including beatings, Russian roulette, and electric shock, on criminal suspects in order to obtain confessions. On Monday, ex-Chicago police commander Jon Burge pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he lied about torture while he was in charge of the Chicago police department?s Area 2 violent crimes division on the South Side...
Husband of Murdered Burger King Manager Files Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Security Company
Posted on October 23, 2008In Cook County Circuit Court, the husband of a Burger King manager that was murdered in 2006 during a robbery at the fast-food restaurant she was supervising is suing Stand Guard, Inc. for her wrongful death. The company was in charge of providing security services to the Lindenhurst restaurant...
Chicago Park District Sued Over Rape of Teenage Girl
Posted on October 22, 2008The family of a teenage girl is suing the Chicago Park District for personal injury because she was sexually assaulted by three of the Park District?s teen employees last year. The teen was 13 and a volunteer junior counselor at Hayes Park when the assault happened...
Parents of Chicago Woman Killed in VHI Truck Accident File Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on October 20, 2008In Cook County Circuit Court, the Chicago parents of Kevetta Davis, a 19-year-old Southern Illinois University student who died on September after being struck by a truck on Interstate 57, are suing VHI, Viacom, 51 Minds Entertainment, and truck driver Dennis Hernandez for wrongful death...
Illinois Patient Sues Chicago Surgeon for Medical Malpractice Over Injuries and Failure to Obtain Informed Consent
Posted on October 15, 2008A woman who may have to go a heart transplant after a new heart device was implanted inside her during surgery is suing prominent Chicago Dr. Patrick McCarthy for medical malpractice. McCarthy implanted the device, a Myxo ETlogix ring, in the body of Toni Vlahoulis during a surgery to repair a leaky heart valve in 2006...
2 Chicago Car Accidents Leave 1 Person Dead and 11 Others Injured
Posted on October 14, 2008In Chicago on Friday night, 1 woman died and 11 were injured in two separate auto accidents. Eight of the injury victims were children. The first accident involved a single vehicle, in which, according to the Illinois State Police, the motor vehicle rolled over a number of times before stopping near South Doty Avenue and 120th Street...
Family of Murdered McHenry County Woman Awarded $10 Million Judgment for Her Wrongful Death
Posted on October 08, 2008An Illinois judge has awarded the family of Verna Corcoran $10 million for her wrongful death. Corcoran, an 83-year-old McHenry County resident, was murdered in her house on Mother?s Day in 2006. McHenry County Judge Michael Feetterer awarded the amount to Corcoran?s family after representatives for the estate of Jose Manuel Albada-Grijaldo failed to appear in court on a number of occasions to challenge the wrongful death case against him...
Chicago Settles Wrongful Death of Elderly Pedestrian Hit by City Fire Department SUV For $700,000
Posted on October 06, 2008The city of Chicago says it will pay the family of Carrie Boston $700,000 following her 2006 pedestrian death. The 69-year-old woman died on October 16, 2006 at around 6:30pm when she was struck by a Ford Expedition while crossing South Chicago Avenue...
Chicago Mother Agrees to $5.5 Birthing Malpractice Settlement With Westlake Hospital and Two Doctors
Posted on September 29, 2008Eva Liberato, the Northlake, Illinois mother whose son Angel suffered serious brain damage at birth, has accepted a $5.5 million medical malpractice settlement offer from Westlake Hospital and two doctors. The malpractice incident occurred in 2002, after hospital staffers gave Liberato a drug to induce contractions...
More Mesothelioma Lawsuits Filed in Illinois
Posted on September 25, 2008More mesothelioma lawsuits have been filled in Madison County, Illinois. These Illinois personal injury lawsuits are just a few of the many suits that have been filed throughout the United States by workers and families seeking to obtain compensation for illnesses and deaths due to exposure to asbestos at work...
ABC News Investigation Exposes Dangerous Pool Drains In Public Pools and Hotels Across the United States
Posted on September 16, 2008A recent ABC News undercover investigation found that despite the known danger that pool drains can pose?especially to children?there are still public pools in the US that have yet to install safety drain covers and shut-off valves that are supposed to prevent kids from getting stuck or sucked into a drain?s powerful suction...
Illinois Jury Awards Former Altar Boy that Was Sexually Abused by a Belleville Priest $5 Million
Posted on September 15, 2008A 47-year-old Champaign man who says a Belleville priest sexually abused him when he was a 13-year-old altar boy at St. Teresa?s Parish has been awarded $5 million by an Illinois jury. James Wisniewski says that Rev. Raymond Kownacki sexually abused him multiple times over five years beginning in 1973 and the Belleville Diocese covered up the abuse incidents...
Illinois Medical Malpractice Damage Caps Will Be Scrutinized by State Supreme Court
Posted on September 09, 2008A medical malpractice lawsuit that will soon go before the Illinois Supreme Court could test the constitutionality of a state law limiting how much a plaintiff can receive for non-economic damages. The personal injury lawsuit, first filed in Cook County, involves a young girl who sustained a serious birth injury in October 2005...
Decrease in Illinois Traffic Accidents Attributed to Police Enforcement of Seat Belt Use
Posted on September 08, 2008The Illinois Department of Transportation?s Division of Traffic Safety is reporting that there were 484 motor vehicle fatalities on state roads between January through June 2008. This figure is 19% lower than the 598 deaths that occurred in Illinois during the same time period last year...
Eight People Sent to Hospitals After They Are Exposed to Toxic Chemical at Ro-Corp Plant in Illinois
Posted on September 03, 2008Eight people were taken to the hospital on Saturday after they got sick when nitroaniline was released into a Ro-Corp plant in Illinois. The exposure happened when a barrel filled with the chemical was dropped. Contrary to earlier media reports, no one was killed from being exposed to the chemical during the work accident...
Palatine Motorcyclist and Car Driver Injured in Collision in Schaumburg, Illinois
Posted on September 01, 2008One man died and a woman was hurt in Schaumburg, Illinois on Sunday in a motor vehicle collision that occurred at Higgins Road and Mall Drive. The accident occurred around 4:30 in the afternoon. Preliminary reports indicate that a car was going west on Higgins made a U-turn in front of a motorcycle headed east...
Illinois Man Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against 92 Companies Alleging that His Father Died of Lung Cancer Because of Exposure to Asbestos
Posted on August 28, 2008In Madison County Circuit Court, Illinois resident Mark McDonald is suing 92 corporations for his father?s wrongful death. Mark's father, Robert, worked for nearly 50 years as an auto body repairman, mechanic, and boiler worker at various places throughout the state, including Shell Oil Company...
Chicago Man Says He Was Paralyzed After Being Struck by Falling Masonry
Posted on August 27, 2008In Chicago, a 32-year-old man is in intensive care and paralyzed from the neck down after getting hit by what he says was falling masonry. Rogelio Rodriguez says he pushed a woman out of the way so that a slab of falling concrete wouldn?t strike her. He was hit instead...
US Government Wants Widow?s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against the Marion Veterans Hospital in Illinois Thrown Out
Posted on August 21, 2008The federal government wants a judge to toss out a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges that her husband died as a result of medical malpractice at the Marion VA Hospital in Illinois. The reason the government is citing for its request, filed in East St...
Chicago Traffic Accident in Garfield Park Area Leaves One Pedestrian Dead and Two Others Injured
Posted on August 19, 2008In Chicago last Tuesday, 55-year-old pedestrian Johnny Bell was pronounced dead at the accident scene and two others were injured when a man allegedly lost control of his vehicle on Chicago?s West side, striking the pedestrian, another vehicle, and a bicyclist...
Illinois Department of Transportation Says Cell Phone Use While Driving Caused 1,357 Auto Accidents in 2007
Posted on August 15, 2008According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, cell phone use while driving was a main cause of at least 1,357 motor vehicle accidents in the state in 2007 resulting in 351 injuries and eight deaths. Other behaviors exhibited by distracted drivers that can result in injury accidents include: ? Putting on make-up ? Knotting a necktie ? Reading a book Now, Illinois officials and safety advocates are targeting drivers that neglect to focus when they are on the road...
Chicago Archdiocese Settles Clergy Sex Abuse Lawsuits for $12.7 Million
Posted on August 13, 2008The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has reached a $12.7 Million settlement agreement with 16 victims of clergy sex abuse. Cardinal Francis George says he hopes the settlement would provide closure to the victims. During a news conference on Tuesday, he apologized to the victims and their families for their injuries and suffering...
Parents of Assistant Prop Master Sue ?Hancock? Director Peter Berg for Wrongful Death
Posted on August 12, 2008Film director Peter Berg is being sued for wrongful death. The director of ?Hancock? and the ?The Kingdom? was riding in a sport utility vehicle in Mesa, Arizona in August 2006, when the SUV crashed into another vehicle. Assistant prop master Nick Papac, who was working on the film ?The Kingdom? at the time of the crash, was killed in the accident...
Arlington Heights Motorcyclist Dies in Traffic Accident
Posted on August 07, 2008In Illinois, 49-year-old Joseph Ketza died on Monday in a motorcycle accident that occurred close to Willow Springs. The Arlington Heights motorcyclist became involved in a traffic accident with a van that made a U-turn in front of him. Ketza, a father of four, struck the van with his motorcycle, lost control of it, and skidded along the pavement...
Illinois Mother Settles Birthing Malpractice Case for $9.7 Million
Posted on August 05, 2008The mother of a 10-year-old girl who sustained a serious brain injury during her birthing delivery has reached a $9.7 million settlement with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Rosa Lopez says she will use the money from the birthing malpractice lawsuit to provide her daughter Madeline Maturino with more therapy, as well as find ways to help her cope with her brain injury...
Family of Woman Killed in Illinois Truck Accident Settles Wrongful Death Case for $2.8 Million in Kendall County
Posted on July 30, 2008The family of a 22-year-old college student that died in an accident with a semi-trailer truck in Kendall County in April 2004 has reached what may be a record wrongful death settlement in the Illinois county. The $2.8 million wrongful death settlement will be paid to the family members of Shannon M...
Quadriplegic Man Files a Lawsuit Accusing Chicago Police of Beating Him
Posted on July 29, 2008A paralyzed man convicted of resisting arrest and hitting a Chicago police officer in a 2006 incident is suing the city and several of its police officers for violating his civil rights. Daniel Casares, who is a quadriplegic, says that police pulled him from his vehicle and beat him even after he told them that he was paralyzed and could not get out of the car...
RTA Says Chicago Transit Authority Should Do More to Prevent Train Accidents
Posted on July 23, 2008The Regional Transportation Authority is reporting that Chicago Transit Authority trains are safe to ride but that the CTA is not doing enough to identify and take immediate action to fix hazardous conditions that could lead to railroad accidents. The RTA had commissioned an on-site safety inspection of the Chicago train system...
Cook County Jury Orders Illinois City of Cicero to Pay $7.5 Million for Laborer's Wrongful Death
Posted on July 22, 2008In Cook County, a jury awarded $7.5 million to the family of a man that died after being pinned to the back of a police car. 39-year-old Eduardo Godinez died in 2003 after he was pinned against the back of a Cicero police car in a motor vehicle crash involving a drunk driver...
Chicago Nursing Home Sued for Wrongful Death in Patient's Brutal Beating Murder
Posted on July 17, 2008The estate of a 77-year-old Chicago nursing home patient who died after being beaten to death by his roommate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility. Ivory Jackson's estate is seeking $50,000 in damages from the All Faith Pavilion nursing home because Jackson, who had Alzheimer?s, was housed with a roommate who was mentally ill...
Parents of Toddler Crushed By Iron Gate in Chicago File Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on July 15, 2008In Illinois, the parents of a 3-year-old that died after being crushed by an iron gate have filed a Chicago wrongful death lawsuit against Urban Property Advisors, a private management company that oversees rowhouses for the Chicago Housing Authority...
Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against City of Danville Alleges Police Brutality
Posted on July 10, 2008The family of a man that died in an accidental shooting incident involving the Danville police is suing the city and the police officer involved. Aaron Moss, 27, was killed in 2006 after Officer Troy Wasson shot him twice during a foot pursuit. The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Urbana, alleges excessive force and wrongful death...
Illinois Nursing Home Will Be Sued for Negligence, Says Family of Berkeley Woman Whose Body Was Found in Chicago Hotel Room Closet
Posted on July 09, 2008The family of an Illinois woman whose naked body was found stuffed in a closet at the Chicago Lodge Motel says they plan to sue the Somerset Nursing Home for negligence. Maratta Walker, 46, was a patient at the home. Her family says she lived there because she had a brain tumor that caused her to have seizures...
Family of Chicago?s Pigeon Man Sues Van Driver for Wrongful Death
Posted on July 07, 2008The family of a Lincoln Square icon that died in Chicago last year after being struck by a van is suing the driver for his wrongful death. Joseph Zeman, known as the ?Pigeon Man of Lincoln Square? died on December 18 in a pedestrian accident at Devon Avenue and McCormick Road...
Doctors And Hospitals Rarely Admit Medical Malpractice
Posted on June 29, 2007We all make mistakes, even doctors from time to time and it's good to admit it when we make a mistake. In fact, a recent report on medical mistakes from the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, concludes that 44,000 to 98,000 Americans die each year not from the medical conditions they checked in with, but from preventable medical errors...
Chicago Family Wins Lawsuit For Accidental Shooting Wrongful Death Claim
Posted on June 11, 2007Every day, five children under the age of 19 die as the result of an accidental shooting or suicide by gun. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, firearms (accidental, suicide and homicide) claim the lives of some 4,000 children under age 20 each year...
Medical Malpractice Occurs More at Nighttime
Posted on June 05, 2007In the last three years there were 248,000 preventable hospital deaths in the United States. Interestingly, the most wrongful deaths due to hospital mistakes occur during the night shift. In fact, a study found that babies born late at night were 16 percent more likely to die than those born in the daytime...
Top Law Firms Utilize Mediation and Arbitration to Aggressively Resolve Personal Injury Cases
Posted on June 01, 2007In 2006, Chicago based A.D.R. Systems of America, LLC., resolved over 1,100 cases through the use of mediation and arbitration. Malman Law resolves 98% of all cases before trial with the help of this process. Many of the top personal injury lawyers in Chicago utilize mediation and arbitration to resolve cases...
Aurora OSHA Inspector Witnesses Unsafe Construction Site In Chicago That Could Have Led to a Serious Injury or Death
Posted on May 31, 2007On Aug. 22, an OSHA officer, while driving by a Chicago-area residential construction site, observed employees working at approximately 30 feet above grade performing roofing work. He stopped at the worksite and saw an employee trip on a slide guard and nearly fell off the roof...
Chicago Ironworker With Herniated Disc Receives Settlement
Posted on May 25, 2007One out of every 10 construction workers is injured every year. The most common accident at construction sites is falls causing more fatalities than any other construction activity. Ironworkers have the greatest likelihood of being injured on a construction site, more than any other trade...
Illinois Dog Bite Law and Information
Posted on May 23, 2007In the United States there are over 4,7000,000 dig bites per year with over 800,000 resulting in injuries requiring medical attention. The Illinois Animal Control Act creates liability for dog and animal attacks. In Illinois, anyone who owns or harbors a dog, or other animal, is responsible to pay money damages to a person injured by the animal...
Finding The Right Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer For You
Posted on May 19, 2007In Illinois there are over 63,000 lawyers who can represent you. How do you choose the right lawyer for you? As a Chicago personal injury lawyer, I believe that with a little research you can find quality representation that will leave you feeling good about our legal system...
Chicago Nursing Home Resident Wins Big Settlement After Falling Out Of Bed
Posted on May 18, 2007We recently forced a Chicago nursing home to settle a case for severely neglecting an elderly resident. The case involved a nursing home resident who was placed in a bed with out siderails. Our client fell out of the bed and came to rest on an iron block heater...
Experienced Chicago Attorney Gives Automobile Accident Advice
Posted on May 16, 2007Many people have the unfortunate experience of being involved in an automobile accident. In fact, in 2005 there were over 6,420,000 car accidents in the United States resulting in over 2,900,000 injuries. It is the leading cause of injury and death for people ages 3 to 33...
Defective Product Bursts Into Flames Severely Injuring Chicago Woman
Posted on May 15, 2007We recently represented a woman in Chicago, Illinois, for a severe burn and injuries she sustained after her oven mitt burst into flames. This case highlights the disregard for safety that some manufacturers have for consumers. My client was removing a pan from an electric oven when the oven mitt came into contact with the heating element causing the oven mitt to explode into flames...
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