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Chicago Police Officers Accused of Beating Autistic Teen

Posted on April 25, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
This 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, 2009
A 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...

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Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed by Family of Boy Killed in Pool Drowning Accident

Posted on April 16, 2009
In 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, 2009
Two 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
Movie 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, 2009
Federal 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
According 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...

Two Chicago Hospital Patients Die from Bacteria Infections

Posted on March 04, 2009

Jury Awards Chicago Woman $29.6 Million in September 2005 Metra Train Accident Case

Posted on March 03, 2009

Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Checker Taxi Company and Cab Driver by Daughter of Elderly Pedestrian

Posted on February 26, 2009

Family of 18-Wheeler Truck Driver Who Crashed Through CTA Station in Chicago?s Chinatown Sues Chicago Police for Wrongful Death

Posted on February 25, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
A 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...

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