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Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuits Filed Over Cemetery Desecrations

Posted on July 13, 2009
This 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, 2009
According 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
10 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...

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Two People Drown in Two Chicago Boating Accidents

Posted on June 29, 2009
In 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
Two 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
According 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, 2009
An 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, 2009
Chicago 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
Good 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, 2009
Every 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
Two 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
Slip/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, 2009
As 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
Two 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, 2009
An 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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...

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