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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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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 11:59:47

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Pesticide Kills Two Children

Posted on March 11, 2011
The St. Louis Tribune shared a heart-wrenching story this morning of the death of two young girls killed by a pest exterminator?s professional negligence. According to the wrongful death lawsuit recently filed, the disaster for the family of six began when an employee of Bugman Pest and Lawn owner arrived at the family home for what was intended to be standard pest extermination...

Illinois attorney general targets Chicago nursing home

Posted on March 10, 2011
The Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan has asked state regulators to crack down on the nursing home neglect at Alden Village North nursing home in Chicago. The Illinois attorney general is asking the state regulators to more seriously look at doctors, nurses, and other licensed health care professions who are neglecting their patients at the Chicago nursing home...

Illinois wrongful death lawsuit settlement approved

Posted on March 09, 2011
An Illinois wrongful death lawsuit settlement was recently reported in The Madison St. Clair Record. The Illinois wrongful death lawsuit was approved recently in Madison County Circuit Court and now the woman?s Illinois wrongful death lawsuit filed over the deaths of her husband and infant son in a tow-truck accident is now over...

Elgin Illinois traffic accident lawsuit alleges that driver was texting while driving

Posted on March 08, 2011
The Illinois newspaper Daily Herald has reported that an Illinois trucking company is now the subject of an Illinois car accident lawsuit. The Illinois newspaper indicated that the truck driver, who works for a Rock Island, Illinois based truck company and injured four people in a downtown Elgin car crash in March of last year may have been texting on his cell phone was driving...

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New DePuy hip replacement lawsuit filed after faulty hip recall

Posted on March 06, 2011
WHEC.com recently announced a DePuy hip replacement recall lawsuit was filed by a man who required a second hip replacement surgery only a year and a half after the man received his hip replacement made by DePuy Orthopaedics. The man received a hip implant made of cobalt and chromium, but the metal rubbed together and the metal shavings made their way into his blood stream...

Dangerous doctors avoiding regulation and scrutiny

Posted on March 05, 2011
The Chicago Tribune recently exposed that dangerous doctors have been slipping through the cracks. The Chicago Tribune reported about a recent incident in Crestwood, Illinois. Crestwood is a southwest Illinois suburb of Chicago. One night, a Crestwood police officer was performing routine building checks when he noticed an open door to the office of a psychiatrist...

Chicago medical malpractice lawyer argues against the health care reform bill

Posted on March 03, 2011
Steve Levin of Levin & Perconti, a Chicago medical malpractice lawyer, recently spoke out against H.R. 5, the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely, Health Care (HEALTH) Act of 2011. The HEALTH Care Act was recently introduced in the United States House of Representatives and approved by the House Judiciary Committee...

Chicago motorist was on cell phone when he hit two children

Posted on March 02, 2011
Chicago police are currently questioning a Chicago motorist who struck two boys on Saturday afternoon in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side of Chicago. The motorist was reportedly on a cell phone when the car he was driving struck two boys Saturday afternoon...

Toyota issues product recall for over two million US vehicles to avoid injuries

Posted on March 01, 2011
The Chicago injury lawyers at Levin & Perconti want to make our readers aware of a huge recall that popular car dealer Toyota issued to address pedal and floor mat defects. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has closed its investigation of Toyota after the company issued the product recall of over two million vehicles in the United States last week to address accelerator pedals that may get jammed in carpeting or entrapped in floor mats...

Eleven people treated for injuries in Chicago car accidents

Posted on February 27, 2011
After two separate Chicago car accidents, including one involving nine cars on the southbound Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side of Chicago, eleven Chicagoans have been hospitalized with personal injuries. Chicago police are currently trying to figure out what caused the Chicago crashes because the road at the time was dry and the sun was shining...

Ford announces recall of 150,000 pickup trucks

Posted on February 25, 2011
An auto recall was announced recently that may affect our readers. Ford Motor Company stated that it will recall nearly 150,000 F-150 pickup trucks to fix air bags that could deploy without any warning. The government had raised concerns about the product safety problem...

Protect your household against salmonella poisoning

Posted on February 24, 2011
While we frequently address the product liability and Chicago wrongful death that our readers need to be aware of when they leave their home, we do not always discuss the dangers within your home that can be caused by simple oversight. You childproof your home to avoid dangerous injuries to your children caused by product liability...

Child product recall: 500,000 bassinets recalled

Posted on February 22, 2011
Nearly 500,000 bassinets have been recalled due to a risk of the bassinets collapsing. The recalled products are manufactured by the Burlington Basket Company of Burlington, Iowa. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the child product recall last Wednesday...

Illinois trial lawyer responds: there are no doctor shortages in Illinois

Posted on February 21, 2011
The president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) responded recently to an article in the Madison County Record warning of approaching doctor shortages in Illinois. However, as the ITLA President Todd Smith points out, the story contains false conclusions from incomplete representations of the true picture of Illinois? medical field...

Parents file medical malpractice lawsuit after daughter lost limbs

Posted on February 19, 2011
A couple has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a hospital and some employees after their daughter lost part of all four of her limbs due to a bacterial infection. The child?s parents brought her to the hospital in November of last year after she had experienced a persistent fever, skin discoloration, and weakness...

Nearly 30 children hurt by cribs daily

Posted on February 18, 2011
Our Chicago wrongful death lawyers were astounded to learn that an average of 26 children are hurt by cribs every daily. Illinois has had its fair share of public crib recalls, thanks to our diligent Illinois attorney general. Now, a recent CNN article addresses that the problems with cribs are widespread...

Chicago personal injury lawyer says look to insurance companies for reform

Posted on February 16, 2011
A recent Letter to the Editor from Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) president Todd A. Smith published in the Moline Dispatch this week addressed the so-called need for workers compensation reform in Illinois. Mr. Smith, a Chicago trial lawyer, responds to a recently published editorial called ?Priority 1: Workers? comp...

Medical Negligence: A primer for the nation?s health care debate

Posted on February 15, 2011
The American Association for Justice has published a useful primer for understanding our nation?s health care debate. As reforming our country?s health care system will be a major agenda item for the new Congress and administration, we need to be tuned in to the cost of health care and the driving forces behind the debate...

Illinois jury awards railroad accident victim $30 million verdict

Posted on February 13, 2011
A record Illinois jury verdict was announced in an Illinois railroad injury lawsuit. The plaintiff, a railroad conductor, lost both of his legs after being struck by a train. The jury awarded the Illinois personal injury victim $10 million for loss of normal life, $6...

DePuy hip replacement patients state that they waited too long for product recall

Posted on February 12, 2011
Nationwide, many product liability lawsuits have been filed alleging defects and flaws with the prosthetic hip devices. The multi-million dollar product liability lawsuits filed show that too many patients - upwards of 13,000 patients ? have either reported problems with their prosthetic hip device or risk experiencing pain and failure far sooner than the normal lifespan of hip replacements would ordinarily suggest...

Chicago personal injury lawyer responds: ?malpractice caps are not the right move?

Posted on February 10, 2011
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association President Todd A. Smith recently responded to a Daily Herald editorial that repeated falsehoods and misconceptions surrounding doctor supply in Illinois and perpetuated the myth that Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit caps will lower health care costs...

Carbon monoxide sickens dozens at hockey game

Posted on February 09, 2011
Every so often, a serious carbon monoxide poisoning makes the national news. This week, fifty four individuals received personal injuries after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning during a youth hockey tournament. Several teens, children, and adults were treated for varying degrees of severity of carbon monoxide poisoning...

Product liability worries over breast implants continue

Posted on February 07, 2011
Although modern breast implants have been around for many years, product safety questions continue to plague the surgery. The latest development last week occurred when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that it was investigating a possible link between breast implants and an increased risk of a rare cancer: anaplastic large-cell lymphoma...

Oppose bill that would give President unlimited power to shut down the Internet

Posted on February 06, 2011
We have recently blogged about opposing the bill limiting medical malpractice lawsuits and now we have heard about a new bill that is concerning. Recent news have shown how the Egyptian government has shut down their Internet, shutting down free speech and the right to peacefully organize inside their country...

ITLA President responds to Letter to the Editor about workers? comp

Posted on February 04, 2011
A recent editorial about the Illinois workers? compensation system prompted Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) President Todd A. Smith to respond and set the record straight. Mr. Smith told the Chicago Tribune that the recent editorials have again sided with insurance interests and against the rights of injured Illinois workers...

Federal Law limiting medical malpractice lawsuits would hurt victims

Posted on February 03, 2011
While President Obama?s State of the Union address was inspiring and thought-provoking, one statement brought concern. President Obama indicated his support for some type of federal law limiting medical malpractice lawsuits. Shortly thereafter, the House Republicans introduced H...

Documentary on lawsuits called a ?provocative brew?

Posted on February 01, 2011
A recent documentary called Hot Coffee is making some steam as it documents ?tort reform.? Its showing at the Sundance festival rendered a very favorable verdict. The subject matter of Hot Coffee is our country?s tort system and will likely be deplored by corporations and special interest groups, such as the United States Chamber of Commerce...

Republicans? selective constitutionalism as applied to the civil justice system exposed in recent article

Posted on January 31, 2011
A recent article by Ken Connor for the Center for a Just Society addresses the selective constitutionalism that Republicans apply to the civil justice system. Mr. Connor described how the civil justice system has been the victim of a vicious public relations battle, demonizing lawyers and ridiculing jurors...

DePuy hip implant recall leads to millions set aside for potential settlements

Posted on January 28, 2011
When Johnson & Johnson recently announced its earnings for this quarter earlier this week, an important point highlighted was that it included a charge of $922 million to cover DePuy hip recall litigation costs and potential product liability lawsuit settlements...

Jury awards $1 million dollar nursing home wrongful death jury verdict

Posted on January 27, 2011
A jury recently awarded the family of a Midwestern woman more than $1 million dollars in a nursing home wrongful death lawsuit against a nursing home. The retirement village nursing home was found liable for the death of a 69 year-old Midwest woman who died after a fall at the nursing home...

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