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Plaintiff Files Chicago Police Brutality Lawsuit Claiming He Was ?Body Slammed? on Christmas Day

Posted on January 13, 2010
A man who says that he broke his kneecap when he was ?body slammed? by police on Christmas Eve has filed a Chicago police brutality lawsuit against the city. John Preston Jr. says he is a victim of illegal seizure and excessive force. In his Chicago police brutality complaint , he says that an unidentified police officer who arrived at the scene of an altercation he was not involved in grabbed him as he and his cousins walked back to his car after attending a holiday party...

Family Files Lake County, Illinois Injuries to Children Lawsuit After 2-Year-Old Touches Snake at Serpent Safari and Contracts Salmonella

Posted on January 09, 2010
The family of the toddler who became ill with salmonella after touching a snake at a Gurnee reptile zoo on December 14, 2007 has filed a Lake County, Ilinois injuries to children complaint. They are seeking over $50,000 in damages from Serpent Safari...

$100 Million Chicago Injury Lawsuit Accuses Police of Mishandling Mentally Ill Suspect

Posted on January 06, 2010
Nearly four years after 21-year-old Christina Eilman sustained a permanent traumatic brain injury after falling from the seventh floor of a public housing building, her family?s $100 million Chicago personal injury lawsuit against the city is scheduled to go to trial in March...

$1.5 Million DuPage County Personal Injury Settlement In Aurora Sex Abuse Case Involving 13 Former Students

Posted on January 05, 2010
A $1.5 million Illinois injury settlement has been reached in the DuPage County sex abuse lawsuits filed by the families of 13 former gymnastics students against former coach Michael Cardamone, his mother Linda Lynch, and American Institute of Gymnastics...

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Former Bellwood Cop and His Wife File Illinois Police Brutality Lawsuit Against City of Chicago and Chicago Police

Posted on December 31, 2009
Jonathan and Ashley Cooper are suing the city of Chicago and Chicago police for Illinois police brutality. The ex-Bellwood cop and his spouse were arrested on January 29 while they were doing maintenance on a foreclosed home. A neighbor who thought they were burglars contacted 911...

L Rider Who Says She Was Beaten on the Green Line Sues Chicago Transit Authority for Illinois Personal Injury

Posted on December 30, 2009
A woman who says she was the victim of an assault crime while riding a Green Line train on January 12 is suing the Chicago Transit Authority for Illinois personal injury. Katherine Willeke says that the ?panic button? was inaccessible when she tried to call for help as two youths stole another passenger?s wallet...

Oak Brook Toymaker Agrees to Pay $1.25 Million Penalty for Lead Paint Toys

Posted on December 29, 2009
An Illinois-based toymaker has consented to pay a civil penalty of $1.25 million for importing and selling toys containing excessive levels of lead. The Consumer Product Safety Commission had accused RC2 Corp. and its Learning Curve Brand Inc. unit of knowingly bringing into the country and selling a number of Thomas and Friends railway products that had too much lead in their paints or other surface coatings...

Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleges Medical Malpractice and Pharmacy Mistakes

Posted on December 23, 2009
The executor of Lori Elizabeth Plumb?s estate is suing Dr. Tibor Kopjas, physician?s assistant Natalie Redmond Menossi, pharmacist Richard Sprehe. and Medicine Express for her Illinois wrongful death. Ronald Plumb says Lori Plumb died from polypharmacy overdose on December 19, 2007...

Illinois Supreme Court Delays Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Ruling

Posted on December 22, 2009
The Illinois Supreme Court has delayed issue a decision over whether medical malpractice caps for hospitals and doctors are constitutional. The Supreme Court had indicated that it might issue a ruling this week. The Illinois medical malpractice caps for noneconomic damages, $1 million against hospitals and $500,000 against doctors, was signed into law in 2005...

Amby Motion Beds and Hammocks & Roman Shades and Roll-Up Blinds Recalls a Reminder that Dangerous Toys are Not the Only Defective Products Causing Injuries to Young Children

Posted on December 21, 2009
With the holiday season now underway, the media and consumer safety groups are cautioning consumers to watch out for toys and other products that can cause injuries to children. It is just as important, however, to remember, that there may be unforeseen dangers to infants and toddlers disguised as furniture in the home...

Autistic Teenager?s Family Alleges Chicago Police Brutality in Federal Lawsuit

Posted on December 18, 2009
Nearly eight months after a Chicago police officer allegedly struck teenager Oscar Guzman in the head with a baton, 17-year-old?s family has filed a civil lawsuit in court alleging Chicago police brutality. The defendants in the case are the City of Chicago, the two officers involved in the alleged assault, and the Independent Police Review Authority...

Chicago, Illinois High-Rise Building Where Fire Killed 1 Person and Injured 12 Lacked Sprinklers in Units

Posted on December 17, 2009
Thursday?s fire at the high-rise Plaza on DeWitt claimed the life of 1 person and injured 12. Killed in the fire was 84-year-old Beeta Bihl, whose severely burned body was found close to the front of her residence. Among the 12 who were injured, seven were residents and five were firefighters...

Chicago Man Awarded $135,000 CTA Train Derailment Verdict

Posted on December 15, 2009
A Chicago jury has awarded $135,000 to a man who says he sustained psychological injuries when a Chicago Transit Authority train derailed and a fire broke out on the Blue Line commuter line on July 11, 2006. The plaintiff, Eduardo Martinez, was riding in the train car that went off the tracks...

Teenager?s Sister Files Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleging Police Brutality

Posted on December 14, 2009
The sister of 15-year-old Kiwane Carrington is suing the Illinois city of Champaign and police officer Daniel Norbits for his wrongful death. Kenesha Williams is the representative of her brother?s estate. In her Illinois wrongful death she is alleging police brutality...

$8.1 Million Cook County Swimming Pool Verdict Awarded to Man Who is Now an Incomplete Paraplegic

Posted on December 13, 2009
In Cook County, Illinois, a jury has awarded Don Duffy, an Irish immigrant, $8.1 million for the catastrophic injuries he sustained in a swimming pool accident. Because of the plaintiff?s assumption of risk, the award amount was reduced to $4 million...

Lansing Woman Sues for Illinois Personal Injury After Husband Sustains TBI from Falling Off Golf Cart

Posted on December 11, 2009
The wife of a Lansing man who sustained a traumatic brain injury when he fell off a golf court is suing Indian Lakes Resort for Illinois personal injury. Sherri Bergfors is seeking damages for her husband?s TBI and her loss of consortium. Todd R. Bergfors was participating in a golf outing when one of the resort?s employees gave him a ride in a club golf cart...

Preventing Illinois Products Liability: Massive Stroller and Crib Recalls a Reminder that Manufacturers Must Make Safer Products

Posted on November 29, 2009
Two large recalls in the past month by the Consumer Product Safety Commission are serving as important reminders to product manufacturers of how necessary it is that they make defect-free products that do not cause injuries to minors. Earlier this week, the CPSC announced the voluntary recall of 2...

Family of 10-Year-Old Patient Who Lost Left Leg Awarded $22.3 Million for Chicago Medical Malpractice involving Injuries to a Child

Posted on November 25, 2009
Yesterday, a Cook County jury awarded the parents of Jake Tinman $22.3 million for Chicago medical malpractice involving injuries to a minor. Doctors amputated Jake's leg a couple of weeks after his birth because it wasn't properly dressed following a surgical procedure...

In Illinois Federal Judge Upholds $8.2 Million Wrongful Death Award Over Medical Malpractice

Posted on November 24, 2009
In Illinois, a federal judge has upheld an $8.2 million wrongful death award. The defendants in the case are St. Louis University and the United States. The plaintiffs are Ronald Arpin?s family members. Arpin was a patient who died from abscess complications while under the care of a program run by the United States and St...

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, 2009
An 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
According 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, 2009
42 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, 2009
On 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
A $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, 2009
The 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...

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