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Burn Injuries Sustained by Chicago Baby Living in Public Housing Raises Issue of Maintenance Lapses

Posted on February 10, 2009
A 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, 2009
An 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
A 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...

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Illinois Orders Chicago Daycare Center Shut Down After Worker is Charged in 16-Month-Old?s Death

Posted on January 30, 2009
The 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
Another 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, 2009
A $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, 2009
With 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
In 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
A 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, 2008
A 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, 2008
In 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, 2008
In 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, 2008
In 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, 2008
In 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
Another 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
At 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
A 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, 2008
In 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...

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