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A legal blog that covers Illinois personal injury and accident topics including car accidents, medical malpractice, and nursing home abuse. Published by Injury Lawyers Levin & Perconti.

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U.S. issues product recall for another 170,000 baby cribs

Posted on May 09, 2010
According to a recent Chicago Breaking News Center article, federal regulators at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have issued a product recall for another 170,000 cribs. The cribs were recalled for being a potentially deadly hazard to children...

FDA slams factory conditions after Children?s Tylenol recall

Posted on May 07, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a scathing report slamming the conditions at the factory linked to producing the recalled children?s Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, and other over-the-counter drugs that were recalled last weekend. The seventeen page FDA inspection report conducted last month detailed lapses at the facility...

Lawmakers launch Tylenol recall investigation

Posted on May 06, 2010
The Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti have blogged frequently about the recent Tylenol and other over-the-counter drug recalls from Johnson & Johnson?s drug manufacturing division. Now, CNN.com is reporting that lawmakers have announced that began an investigation into the recent product recall of Children?s Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, and other over-the-counter drugs...

After product recalls, Johnson & Johnson intends to take ?corrective actions?

Posted on May 04, 2010
CNN.com recently reported that Johnson & Johnson, the maker of several over-the-counter drugs, is taking corrective actions at its American plant after almost forty children?s versions of drugs were recalled for quality concerns. Product recalls included Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl ? all popular over-the-counter options when one?s child is sick...

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Brain hemorrhages explained

Posted on May 01, 2010
With the hospitalization of Bret Michaels in the news, the Illinois brain injury attorneys at Levin & Perconti appreciated CNN.com piece about brain hemorrhages. Although we have blogged about several different brain injuries and their devastating effects, we thought our readers would also be interested in an in-depth explanation of brain hemorrhages...

FDA recalling defibrillators

Posted on April 29, 2010
The Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti want all of our readers to be on the lookout for dangerous recalled defibrillators. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently recalled two brands of automatic and semiautomatic defibrillators due to fault components...

The U.S. is now closer to stricter oversight of dietary supplements

Posted on April 27, 2010
Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti have blogged a lot about the lack of government regulation of dietary supplements. Now, thanks to an agreement among United States Senators to include guidelines in a food safety bill, stricter government oversight of dietary supplements is within touch...

Illinois product liability lawsuit claims defective exhaust system caused brain damage

Posted on April 25, 2010
A trucking company has filed an Illinois brain injury lawsuit against the Illinois manufacturer of a truck they used in their business. The Illinois product liability lawsuit alleges that multiple defects in the truck caused toxic fumes to enter the truck?s cabin part and cause brain damage to one of the truck company owners...

Crew deactivated warning system before deadly train crash

Posted on April 23, 2010
According to a preliminary federal and state of Illinois investigation disclosed earlier this week, a track crew inadvertently turned off the train gates and warning lights at a Chicago-area rail crossing last week, shortly before a deadly crash where a Chicago woman in her SUV was blindsided by a train...

Illinois nursing home reformers say: more staffing at Illinois nursing homes!

Posted on April 21, 2010
CBS2Chicago.com is reporting that reformers against Illinois nursing home neglect are pushing for higher minimum staffing levels at Illinois nursing homes. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has proposed reforms that would raise minimum staffing levels at Illinois nursing home and the notion is being quietly fought by the industry, despite evidence proving that more time spent on residents? care by nursing home nurses and nursing home aides improves the overall health of residents...

Recent product safety recalls include child products

Posted on April 19, 2010
The Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti frequently visit the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) website so that we may keep our Illinois consumer readers updated on product recalls. Please check your homes for the following unsafe products listed below: - Children?s hooded sweatshirts: about 3,200 children?s hooded sweatshirts distributed by Niko?s SPORTSLINE of Sunrise, Florida were recalled...

Uniform Arbitration Act

Posted on April 18, 2010
House Bill 5999 creates four rules to use in the substance of the dispute. (1) The arbitrators must decide the dispute following any rules of law that are chosen by the parties as applicable to the substance of the dispute. Requires that any designation of the law or legal system of a given jurisdiction to be construed, as directly referring to the substantive law of that jurisdiction and not to its conflict of law rules...

Case Law Update: Requests to Admit in Negligence

Posted on April 17, 2010
Oezle v. Score Sports Venutre, No. 1-0901476 (3-30-10) affirmed a case where the plaintiff was injured when she caught her foot on a rope exercise ladder hidden underneath curtain behind tennis court while playing at indoor tennis club where she was member...

Case Law Update: Forum Non Conveniens in Slip and Fall

Posted on April 16, 2010
Wagner v. Eagle Food Centers, Inc., No. 1-08-3213 (2-10-10) found that a plaintiff, a resident of Will County, slipped and fell at grocery store in Joliet, and filed in Will County a premises liability claim against store and, later, products liability claims against Clorox, the manufacturer of the Tilex product which was claimed to have leaked from package and spilled onto floor, and a related medical malpractice claim...

Chicago wrongful death lawsuit filed against Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

Posted on April 15, 2010
A family has filed a Cook County wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of their loved one, a man who was crushed and killed by industrial equipment while working on a construction project at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, according to the Chicago Breaking News Center...

Chicago motorist who crashed into school bus now charged for weapons

Posted on April 13, 2010
A 39 year-old man was ticketed for failure to stop at a stop sign after his vehicle struck a Chicago school bus in a Chicago bus accident at 3:26pm last Friday. Police began investigating the Chicago car accident and reported to find a weapon inside the vehicle that the 39 year-old man was reportedly driving...

Case Law Update: Wrongful Death Due to Over-Prescription of Medicines

Posted on April 11, 2010
Dobyns v. Chung, M.D., No. 5-07-0568 (3-19-10) affirmed a wrongful death case filed by a widower alleging over-prescribing of narcotics over long term and failure to adequately warn about risk of harm from taking several kinds together. Decedent was age 31 and spouse and two minor sons survived...

Gurnee family awarded nearly $30 million in Illinois birth injury lawsuit

Posted on April 11, 2010
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that a Gurnee family was recently awarded $30 million after a judge ruled in favor of the Illinois family?s claims that medical negligence during a childbirth caused the child to be a quadriplegic. The Illinois birth injury lawsuit alleged that medical negligence was committed by federally employed physicians who were at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago when their son was born in 2003...

Legislative Update: Electronic Notice by Clerks

Posted on April 10, 2010
House Bill 5381 will allow the circuit court clerk to give ?notice? to a party by ?hard copy? or by ?electronic notice? under a uniform and standard policy adopted by the clerk. Electronic notice has the same effect as notice by hard copy if this statute and clerk?s policies are complied with...

Case Law Update: Distraction Exception in Premises Liability

Posted on April 09, 2010
Hope v. Hope, No. 4-09-0707 (3-4-10) affirmed that after a young daughter sued her parents for injuries sustained when she fell on muddy front steps of parents' house, claiming distraction exception as she had forgotten about mud being on steps. Daughter's activities which occurred between her arrival at house and her fall were everyday activities of eating, sleeping, studying, and watching TV, and did not occur during fall; thus, distraction exception does not apply...

Illinois nursing home neglect lawsuit filed against Aurora facility

Posted on April 09, 2010
The Chicago Tribune reported last week that the Illinois family of a disabled woman has filed an Illinois nursing home neglect lawsuit against an Aurora nursing home. The family also filed an injury lawsuit against the nursing home resident who is alleged to have sexually assaulted her...

Case Law Update: Verdict in Wrongful Death

Posted on April 07, 2010
Dobyns v. Chung, M.D. No. 5-07-0568 (3-19-10) affirmed a wrongful death case filed by widower alleging over-prescribing of narcotics over long term and failure to adequately warn about risk of harm from taking several kinds of medications together. Decedent was age 31 and spouse and two minor sons survived...

Record $16 million fine proposed against Toyota over slow product recalls

Posted on April 07, 2010
The Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti have blogged often about the Toyota vehicle recalls. In the latest happening reported by the Chicago Tribune, the federal government has accused Toyota of hiding a dangerous product defect and proposed a record $16...

Chicago wrongful death lawsuit filed in hit and run death

Posted on April 05, 2010
The family of a South Side Chicago wrongful death victim has filed an Illinois wrongful death lawsuit against the man who has been charged in connection with the death. The Cook County wrongful death lawsuit was filed last week in Cook County Circuit Court and accuses the charged driver with negligence in the February death of the wrongful death victim, a 59 year-old Chicago woman...

Case Law Update: Assumption of Risk at a Sporting Event

Posted on April 05, 2010
Pickel v. Springfield Stallions, No. 4-09-0490 (3-23-10) reversed a decision where the trial court found the plaintiff, a spectator during arena football game, was injured when football player ran out of bounds, fell over a wall separating spectators from field, and collided with Plaintiff...

Illinois slip-and-fall lawsuit filed against nursing home

Posted on April 03, 2010
The St. Clair Record is reporting that an Illinois plaintiff has filed an Illinois personal injury lawsuit against a St. Clair County nursing home. The premises liability lawsuit alleges that the female victim sustained injuries to multiple body parts ? her shoulder, neck, back, and coccyx- after falling at the St...

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reports: legal groups bash Chamber?s study

Posted on March 31, 2010
The Chicago injury attorneys recently blogged about the disgraceful and self-serving study produced by the Chamber of Commerce?s Institute for Legal Reform. Last week, president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association characterized the Chamber?s report as a shallow attempt to weaken the civil justice system to help its Wall Street and big business financers...

AAJ and Illinois trial attorneys confident that healthcare legislation passage will allow progress on other bills

Posted on March 30, 2010
The Illinois injury attorneys at Levin & Perconti have been watching the status of several bills that will affect our clients and have noticed that they have been stalling pending the passage of the historic health care bill. While the Chicago medical malpractice attorneys are relieved that our lawmakers are finally addressing comprehensive health care reform, we are anxious about the status of several other bills...

Madigan Proposes A 10 Year Experience Requirement for Illinois Judges

Posted on March 28, 2010
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is concerned judicial qualifications. He is proposing House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 57, which would add an experience requirement for a person to meet in order to become a judge. Specifically, a judicial candidate would have to have been a licensed attorney for at least 10 years before becoming a circuit judge, 12 years before becoming an appellate justice and 15 years before joining the state?s Supreme Court...

Hypocrisy highlighted as ?tort-reform? advocates rush to file suit against health care law

Posted on March 28, 2010
Progress was finally made last week when the historic health care bill was signed into law. During the arduous debates involving the health care law for nearly a year, the only points that opponents of health care reform would discuss were ?tort reform? and ?frivolous lawsuits...

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