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Illinois Police Brutality Alleging Stun Gun Use on Children at Youth Center Leads to $750,000 Personal Injury Settlement

Posted on September 04, 2010
A $750,000 Illinois police brutality settlement has been reached in a federal case accusing Jefferson County sheriff?s deputies of using a stun gun on three children at an emergency youth center. The federal lawsuit, filed in 2009, stemmed from an alleged July 4, 2008 incident at the Southern Thirty Adolescent Center...

Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuits Filed Against McDonald?s and Chipotle Over Food Injuries

Posted on September 02, 2010
A Northlake mother is suing McDonald?s for Chicago personal injury on her daughter?s behalf. Vicki LaRocco claims that her daughter sustained serious burn injuries on April 28, 2009 because the hot chocolate she ordered was placed in a cup with an improperly secured lid...

Illinois Wrongful Death Complaint Blames Fentanyl Overdose, Medical Malpractice, and Slip and Fall for Husband?s Passing

Posted on August 30, 2010
Kara S. Manley has filed an Illinois wrongful death lawsuit for the estate of her husband, Gary Manley. Gary died in June 2008 from a Fentanyl overdose. In her wrongful death complaint, Kara is suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Dr. Oscar Florendo, and his medical practice Osbec Medical of Southern Illinois...

Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed by Mothers of Two Kids Burned in Acid Attack

Posted on August 28, 2010
Loretta Corbett and Gwen Davis are suing the managers and owners of a South Side apartment for Chicago premises liability for the injuries their two children sustained during an acid attack that occurred on Tuesday. The moms are seeking unspecified damages...

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$5.3 Million DuPage County Medical Malpractice Settlement Reached in Carol Stream Woman?s Wrongful Death

Posted on August 26, 2010
A $5.3 million DuPage County, Illinois wrongful death settlement has been reached between the husband of Samantha Medina and Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield Radiology Consultants, Dr. Mark Kelly, Dr. Henry Echiverri, and Neuromed Clinic, LLC. Medina died on December 27, 2006 a little over two weeks after she was admitted to the Winfield, Illinois hospital...

Dog Bite Cases Made Up $412 Million in Homeowners' Insurance Liability Claims Paid in 2009, Says Insurance Information Institute

Posted on August 24, 2010
According to a recent Insurance Information Institute study, dog-bite insurance claims cost $412 million last year?a definite jump from the $387.2 million in homeowners' insurance liability claims that were paid in 2008. The average dog bite claim cost $24,840...

$10M Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against LeRoy Police Over Delay in Issuing Amber Alert Goes to Federal Court

Posted on August 20, 2010
Amy Leichtenberg?s $10 million Illinois wrongful death lawsuit against LeRoy police and several of its officers has gone to federal court in Peoria. The attorneys for the defendants had requested the change because some of the allegations of wrongdoing are federal issues...

Man Files Cook County Police Brutality Lawsuit Accusing Riverdale Police of Tasering Him Because He was Too Big to Fit into Police Car

Posted on August 17, 2010
Derrick Smith is suing the Village of Riverdale and four of is cops for Cook County personal injury. He contends that he was Tasered by police on August 6, 2009 because he was too big to fit into the back of a police vehicle. According to Smith's Riverdale, Illinois police brutality complaint, police arrived at his home in response to a call...

Man Files Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuit Over Segway Injuries

Posted on August 13, 2010
William Sullivan is suing Steve?s Segway Tours LLC for Chicago personal injury. He is seeking over $50,000 plus costs. According to his Cook County injury lawsuit, the Sullivan says that he was on a lakefront tour when he thrown from his rented Segway...

Bernie Mac?s Wife Files Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against His Dermatologist

Posted on August 11, 2010
Rhonda McCullough, the widow of the late comedian Bernie Mac, is suing his Southside dermatologist for Chicago wrongful death. She is seeking at least $50,000. McCullough contends that Dr. Rene M. Earles kept Mac at the clinic for hours on July 17, 2008 when he should have called an ambulance instead...

Chicago Medical Malpractice: American Medical Association Reports that for Every 100 US Doctors, 95 Medical Liability Claims Filed

Posted on August 06, 2010
According to the American Medical Association, for every 100 physicians, about 95 medical liability claims are filed. Nearly 61% of doctors who belong to the 55 and over age group have been sued for medical malpractice. These findings are based on a 2008 survey of 5,825 ?non-federal patient care physicians...

Chicago Wrongful Death in Fatal Police Taser Incident Results in $500,000 Settlement

Posted on August 05, 2010
A $500,000 Chicago wrongful death settlement has been reached between the City Council and the family of Ronald Hasse. The 45-year-old died in 2005 after a Chicago police sergeant Tasered him for 62 seconds when he resisted arrest. At the time, Hasse had crystal methamphetamine in his system...

Illinois Surgery Malpractice Lawsuit: Woman Says She is Now a Quadriplegic

Posted on August 02, 2010
E. Marlene Summers is suing Good Samaritan Hospital, Kevin Claffey, and Waqqas Kahn for Illinois medical malpractice. She claims she became a quadriplegic after undergoing surgery at the Mt. Vernon hospital. She is seeking $150,000 plus costs for the medical error that caused her to sustain a spinal cord injury...

Chicago Police Brutality: Michael Tillman Suing for Alleged Torture by Jon Burge

Posted on July 31, 2010
After spending 23 years in jail for a murder and rape he did not commit, Michael Tillman wants his day in civil court. Tillman has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Chicago and several police officers for Chicago police brutality. He is accusing former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and Sergeant John Byrne ?sadistically tortured? him and his girlfriend Princess Williams after they voluntarily went to police for questioning about the murder of Betty Howard...

Injuries and Deaths Caused by Violent Crimes Can Be Grounds for Chicago, Illinois Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Lawsuits

Posted on July 30, 2010
A Logan Square woman is seeking Chicago personal injury compensation for her Illinois burn injuries and the permanent disfigurement that she suffered during a 2008 acid attack. Esperanza Medina is seeking at least $50,000. According to Medina, the violent attack happened while she was going to her social worker job at approximately 6:45 am on July 28, 2008...

Two Cook County Personal Injury Lawsuits Seek Damages from Airlines

Posted on July 27, 2010
In Cook County Circuit Court, two Illinois personal injury lawsuits have been filed seeking financial recovery from US Airways and Southwest Airlines, respectively. The alleged injuries took place while the planes were in flight. On Friday, Diana Burgess filed her Cook County injury complaint against U...

Parents' Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Accuses Son?s Widow of Cook County Medical Malpractice

Posted on July 23, 2010
The parents of David C. Sorin are suing his widow for Chicago medical malpractice contributing to his Cook County wrongful death. Sorin had been married to anesthesiologist Dava Grundhoefer for six weeks when the tragic fall happened. Sorin died on August 11, 2008 when he fell from the roof of his residence while sleeping...

Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuit Seeks Damages for Golf Ball Injury

Posted on July 21, 2010
Theresa Kramer is suing the Chicago Park District for Cook County personal injury. The Chicago woman says she got hurt last year when an errant golf ball struck her above her left eye. At the time, she was registering golfers for a 2009 charity benefit at Sydney R...

Over 20 Ex-Cook County Inmates Have Filed Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuits Claiming They Were Restrained While Giving Birth

Posted on July 20, 2010
According to the Chicago Tribune, since 2008 over 20 former Cook County inmates have filed Chicago police brutality lawsuits against the sheriff?s office claiming that they were shackled or handcuffed by the leg while giving birth. It is illegal in this state to shackle women during labor...

Cook County Train Accident Lawsuit: Chicago Ballet Teacher?s Family Sues Two Railroad Companies for Illinois Wrongful Death

Posted on July 16, 2010
Three months after 26-year-old Katie Ann Lunn?s SUV was fatally struck by an Amtrak train in University Park, her family is suing Illinois Central Railroad Company and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (both are owned by Canadian National Railway Co.) for Cook County wrongful death...

Family Files Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Logan Square Night Club Where Teen Was Shot

Posted on July 13, 2010
The family of Ramiro Guevara is suing nightclub V-Live, Firm Real Estate Group LLC, and Valiente Security Consultants LLC for Chicago wrongful death. Guevara was shot in the back on October 15 during a brawl that broke out at the Logan Square establishment...

Calumet Township Trustee?s Family Files Cook County Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Blue Island Drowning

Posted on July 11, 2010
Carlos Salgado?s family is suing the Illinois city of Blue Island for Cook County wrongful death. Salgado, a Calumet Township trustee, drowned following a late-night swimming pool party organized by park district officials after the Blue Island Fest. Also a defendant in the Blue Island, Illinois wrongful death case is park district president Fred Bilotto...

Target is Sued for Illinois Slip and Fall

Posted on July 06, 2010
Loretta Boston is suing Target Corporation for Illinois slip and fall. Boston says that she was injured on May 7, 2009 at the Target store on Troy Road in Edwardsville. According to her Illinois slip and fall lawsuit, the plaintiff contends that her foot slid on the store carpeting as she was moving to the non-carpeted surface and that this caused her to fall to the floor...

Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Seeks Damages from Old Navy for Woman?s Domestic Violence Shooting

Posted on July 06, 2010
The family of Tranesha R. Palms is accusing the Old Navy store in the Loop of inadequate security contributing to the 22-year-old?s Chicago wrongful death. Palms was shot to death at the store on May 7 during a domestic violence dispute with her partner Eugene Robertson...

Does Fertility Treatment Increase Risk of Cerebral Palsy?

Posted on July 04, 2010
According to a new study found in the journal Human Reproduction, children conceived with assisted reproduction techniques have a higher-than-average risk of developing cerebral palsy. The study, which involved 590,000 children born between 1995 and 2003 in Demark, found that babies made with the help of fertility treatments were two times more likely to be diagnosed as suffering from cerebral palsy than those who were conceived naturally...

Woman Files Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuit Over Exploding Toilet

Posted on July 02, 2010
Rosie Neal is suing the owner of a South Side apartment building for Chicago premises liability. Neal claims she was injured when her toilet exploded. In her Cook County personal injury complaint, Neal says that the building?s faulty water pressure system caused ?extreme high water pressure,? which resulted in the toilet explosion on October 4, 2008...

Jaycee Dugard Expected to Receive $20 Million Personal Injury Settlement

Posted on July 02, 2010
State lawmakers have approved legislation to pay a $20 million personal injury settlement to Jaycee Dugard, the 30-year-old woman who was kidnapped from her school bus stop at age 11 and held captive for 18 years until she was discovered last year. She was repeatedly raped by and bore two children with her abductor Phillip Garrido...

Over 2 Million Cribs Recalled Over Suffocation, Fall, and Entrapment Hazards

Posted on June 30, 2010
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling over 2 million cribs from seven manufacturers because they may pose a danger to children. While most of the affected products are drop-side, tens of thousands of stationary-side cribs are included in the mix...

Woman?s Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Doctor Failed to Diagnose Her Renal Cancer

Posted on June 24, 2010
Linda K. Cordes is accusing Dr. R. Brad Ringhofer of Illinois medical malpractice. Ringhofer was her primary care physician from June 9, 2006 through August 31, 2009. According to her Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit, Ringhofer failed to inform her that a CT scan she underwent revealed a right renal cystic lesion...

Chicago Train Accident: Fire on CTA Red Line Injures 19

Posted on June 22, 2010
A fire that broke out on the CTA Red Line on Sunday sent at least 19 people to the hospital. Investigators are trying to determine what started the extra-alarm blaze that broke out before 5p on the underground northbound track between the Chicago Avenue and Clark/Division stops...

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