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Over 1 Million Infantino Baby Slings Recalled After Three Suffocation Deaths

Posted on March 26, 2010
Infantino is recalling over 1 million baby slings after three infants suffocated to death while using them. The infant slings involved in the recall are the ?Wendy Bellisimo" and the ?SlingRider.? The Consumer Product Safety Commission is telling consumers to stop using these slings immediately...

Chicago Police Brutality Lawsuit Claims Cops Beat Plaintiffs at North Side Taco Restaurant

Posted on March 24, 2010
Two men are suing the city of Chicago for police brutality that they claim occurred outside Arturo?s Tacos on the North Side in Bucktown. Matthew Clark, a University of Chicago Ph.D., and Gregory Malandrucco, a Ph.D. candidate, claim that uniformed and plainclothes officers beat them because they had unintentionally blocked the cops? way to the restaurant cash register...

About 1.7 Million US Traumatic Brain Injuries Occur Every Year, Reports CDC

Posted on March 22, 2010
According to a new report by the CDC, traumatic brain injuries are the cause of 52,000 fatalities and 1.7 million hospital visits every year. The report, called "Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Death," was released earlier this month...

Man Files Illinois Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Hampton Inn After Allegedly Contracting Legionnaire?s Disease in Hot Tub

Posted on March 19, 2010
An Illinois man is suing the Hampton Inn in East Peoria for personal injury. Dale Larson says he got Legionnaire?s disease while in a hotel hot tub and that this caused him to suffer permanent brain damage and catastrophic injuries, including partial paralysis, vision loss, and speech loss...

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Family?s Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Air Angels Over Fatal Medical Emergency Helicopter Crash is Still in Discovery

Posted on March 17, 2010
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Cook County wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of baby Kirstin Blockinger against Air Angels and Reach Medical Holdings Inc. is still in the discovery phase. The 14-month-old, who had been diagnosed with failure to thrive, died on October 15, 2008 when the Air Angels helicopter that was taking her to Children?s Memorial Hospital crashed in Aurora...

Family of Toddler Reaches $2 Million Lake County, Illinois Wrongful Death Settlement with Day-Care Center

Posted on March 14, 2010
The Deerfield family of 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan has reached a $2 million Lake County wrongful death agreement with day-care owner Minee-Subee in the Park Inc. Kingan sustained fatal injuries on January 14, 2009 while being cared for at the Lincolnshire facility...

Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Accuses Cardiac Surgeon of Putting Wrong Device in Patient?s Heart Valve

Posted on March 11, 2010
A woman who says that a well-known surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital placed the wrong device in her heart valve has filed a Chicago, Illinois medical malpractice complaint. Toni Vlahoulis says that before undergoing open-heart surgery for a leaky valve, she was never informed that the Myxo Etlogix Ring, which was inserted into her heart, was not FDA approved...

Illinois Personal Injury Lawsuits Filed Over Fall Accidents

Posted on March 09, 2010
Hazardous or dangerous conditions on a property that cause serious injury or death to a person can be grounds for an Chicago, Illinois premises liability lawsuit. It is a premise owner?s responsibility to make sure that any hazards are removed from a property or repaired so that visitors, patrons, tenants, guests, customers, passersby, and others don?t get hurt...

Chicago Medical Malpractice Involving Illinois Injuries to a Child: Father Sues Over Allegedly Dangerous Treatments Given to Son with Autism

Posted on March 05, 2010
James Coman, a Chicago dad, is suing Dr. Daniel Rossignol and Dr. Anjum Usman for Illinois medical malpractice. Coman contends that the doctors, who are involved in the Defeat Autism Now! Movement, caused more harm than good to his 7-year-old son because they gave him experimental treatments that were ?dangerous and unnecessary...

Chicago Medical Malpractice: Ophthalmologist Barred from Performing Lasik Eye Surgeries in Illinois

Posted on March 01, 2010
Ophthalmologist Nicholas Caro is no longer allowed to perform Lasik eye surgeries or any other procedures that would change a patient?s cornea in the state of Illinois. The decision was handed down by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation...

Lake Barrington Widow Ordered to Pay $6 Million Lake County Wrongful Death Award to Family of Murdered Arlington Heights Man

Posted on February 27, 2010
A jury has awarded a $6 million Lake County, Illinois wrongful death verdict to the half-brother and mother of Justin Newman, who was murdered by Ari Squire, who is accused of trying to collect on his own life insurance. According to authorities, in 2008 Squire, 40, got the 20-year-old victim to come to his house by pretending to offer him a construction job...

$14.7 Million Chicago Personal Injury Settlement Reached in Trampoline Accident that Left 8th Grader a Quadriplegic

Posted on February 26, 2010
The Chicago Board of Education and the Chicago Youth Centers have reached a nearly $14.7 million Chicago, Illinois personal injury settlement with Ryan Murray. The 30-year-old Chicago resident was just 13 when he got hurt during a tumbling class at a South Side elementary school in December 1992...

Man Files Chicago, Illinois Personal Injury Lawsuit Blaming Salami as the Cause of His Salmonella

Posted on February 23, 2010
In Cook County Circuit Court, Raymond Cirimele is suing Mincing Overseas Spice Company, Wholesome Spice, and meat company Daniele International Inc. for Chicago personal injury. The 55-year-old Chicago resident says he contracted salmonella after eating salami, which is his favorite snack...

Dangerous Drug?: Avandia a Heart Attack Risk and GlaxoSmithKline Knew, Says Senate Report

Posted on February 21, 2010
According to a senate report released today, pharmaceutical drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline knew that that Avandia was causing about 500 heart attacks a month yet failed to pull the drug off the market despite the US Food and Drug Administration?s recommendation that the company do so 2008...

Woman Files Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Ex-Boyfriend For Recording Sex Tape

Posted on February 19, 2010
A woman who says she never gave her ex-boyfriend permission to shoot video footage of the two of them having sex is suing him for Chicago personal injury. In her Cook County injury lawsuit, ?Jane Doe? is seeking at least $50,000 in damages. She claims that she was emotionally devastated and very embarrassed to discover that a sex video existed...

DuPage County Judge Wants Jury To Rule on West Chicago Injury Lawsuit Involving Errant Golf Ball

Posted on February 15, 2010
A judge in DuPage County wants a jury to decide whether a golfer should be held liable for his ball that accidentally struck a woman on the head. Raymond Kinney, a Naperville businessman, was playing golf on August 25 at the DuPage County Republican Day, sponsored by St...

Chicago Family Files Cook County Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Evanston Hospital Over Baby Mix-Up

Posted on February 13, 2010
A Chicago couple is suing Evanston Hospital and NorthShore University HealthSystem for Cook County medical malpractice. Jennifer Spiegel is seeking at least $30,000 in Illinois personal injury damages after she was given the wrong newborn to breastfeed...

Illinois Slip and Fall Accidents Can Happen When There is Water, Ice, or Mud on a Premise

Posted on February 11, 2010
Premise owners are responsible for making sure that there are no slippery, icy, or wet substances or patches on a property that can cause a patron, a tenant, or a visitor to get hurt in an Illinois slip and fall accident. Otherwise, an injured parties may have grounds for filing a premises liability claim...

Woman Claims Will County, Illinois Wrongful Death of Unborn Fetus Occurred Because Security Guard Was Racially Biased

Posted on February 10, 2010
Candice Williams is seeking $50 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages for the death of her unborn fetus. Williams was a pregnant high school senior in 2008 when police allegedly used excessive force to drag her from Crete-Monee High School, push her to the ground, and knee her back...

Woman's Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Accuses Northwestern Memorial Hospital of Inadequate Malaria Treatment

Posted on February 06, 2010
A woman who says that doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital failed to aggressively treat her malaria is suing the Illinois hospital for Chicago medical malpractice. Dawn Dubsky is now an amputee. She says that doctors at another hospital saved her life but they were forced to amputate her legs and arms...

Illinois Supreme Court Says Medical Malpractice Caps are Unconstitutional

Posted on February 06, 2010
In a split decision, the Illinois Supreme Court last week ruled that placing caps on medical malpractice awards in certain cases is unconstitutional. This is the third time the state?s highest court has rejected the caps. The court struck down a medical malpractice reform law, enacted in 2005, that limited awards to $1 million when the Illinois injury case is against a hospital and $500,000 when the defendants in the lawsuit are doctors...

Chicago Wrongful Death Lawsuit Accuses Police of Excessive Force in Fatal Shooting

Posted on February 02, 2010
The family of Juan Robles is suing the Chicago police for his Illinois wrongful death. Robles, 28, was shot last September 27 during a police pursuit in Ashburn. The deadly incident occurred at around 11:55 pm. Police say they spotted a vehicle on South Kedzie Avenue that they believed was involved in a weapons violation...

Cook County Wrongful Death Lawsuit Sues Evanston School District Over Fifth-Grader?s Hanging

Posted on January 30, 2010
The family of 10-year-old Aquan Lewis is suing Evanston Skokie School District 65 for his Cook County wrongful death. Lewis was discovered hanging from a bathroom stall hook at Oakton Elementary School on February 3, 2009. Paramedics were able to revive him but he died at a Chicago hospital the following day...

$1 Million Cook County Wrongful Death Lawsuit Accuses Urologist of Illinois Medical Malpractice for Delayed Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer

Posted on January 28, 2010
One week after the Cook County wrongful death trial against Northwest Suburban Urologists, Ltd. and urologist Jeffery Norris, M.D. began, a $1 million Chicago medical malpractice settlement was reached between the defendants and the family of Daniel Russell...

Woman Seeks Illinois Medical Malpractice Damages from Doctor For False Positive HIV Test Results and Wrong Diagnosis

Posted on January 25, 2010
A woman is suing Quest Diagnostics and Dr. Michael E. Herrmann for Illinois medical malpractice. Ashley McCoy claims she suffered serious emotional distress after the blood testing agency and doctor confirmed that her test results for HIV were positive...

Park Ridge Police and Teenager Settle Cook County Police Brutality Lawsuit with Teen for $186,000

Posted on January 23, 2010
More than three years after police allegedly assaulted then-15-year-old Gavin Farley while arresting him in October 2006, the city of Park Ridge and the plaintiff have agreed on a $185,000 Cook County police brutality settlement. According to the Cook County, Illinois injury complaint, a Park Ridge cop slammed Farley?s head to the ground while another officer punched the teenager?s head and face while arresting him after he and another teenager ran from police...

Illinois Taser Lawsuits Seeking Millions for Students Shocked During School Demo

Posted on January 21, 2010
The families of two 12-year-olds are each suing the Kankakee School District 111, the city of Kankakee, two teachers, and a Kankakee police officer for $10 million after the boys were Tasered during an unauthorized school demonstration at Kankakee Junior High School, which is located about 60 miles from Chicago...

Estate of Woman Killed in Illinois Pedestrian Accident on Highway 31 Sues for Wrongful Death

Posted on January 18, 2010
The estate of a Kane County woman who died in an Illinois pedestrian accident on Highway 31 on August 25 is suing an Elgin pickup driver for her wrongful death. Diane Bonitzer, a nurse from West Dundee, was 66. According to the wrongful death lawsuit, Bonitzer was crossing the road at around 10 am when she struck by a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 31-year-old Francisco Rodriguez...

$7.5 Cook County Medical Malpractice Settlement Reached in Illinois Wrongful Death of Woman Who Was Overradiated 17 Times

Posted on January 16, 2010
Patricia Quirk was just 60 when she died in 2004 from a perforated bowel following treatment for stage three endometrial cancer. Now, her family has agreed to a $7.5 million Cook County medical malpractice settlement for her Illinois wrongful death. Quirk began undergoing radiation therapy at Little Company of Mary in Evergreen Park on March 26, 2003...

La Grange High School Athlete Files Cook County Personal Injury Lawsuit After He Loses Finger During Weight Lifting Accident

Posted on January 15, 2010
A La Grange high school student is suing Lyons Township High School, a football coach, one of his teammates, School District 204, Principal David Franson, and Superintendent Timothy Kilrea for Cook County personal injury. Daniel Mattucci lost his finger after he was hurt during an off-season weight lifting accident on March 19, 2009...

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