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Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog

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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Injury lawsuit filed against Costco

Posted on July 29, 2009
A product demonstrator at Costco suffered personal injuries when a store employee rolled a flatbed over her ankle. The injury victim has filed a personal injury lawsuit against Costco. The personal injury plaintiff alleges that the incident caused personal injuries to her right shoulder and left ankle that required surgery...

Doctor tells House panel about rising medical bankruptcies

Posted on July 28, 2009
A doctor who co-authored the first nationwide study on the medical causes of bankruptcy will testify today at 11am before a House subcommittee. The doctor will testify on the alarming rise in the share of all bankruptcies caused by medical illness and medical bills...

Pfizer goes to trial on first suicide claim

Posted on July 28, 2009
The world?s biggest drugmaker will enter the courtroom this week on product liability claims that its epilepsy medication Neurontin raises the risk of suicide. The plaintiff attorneys claim that they are about 1200 other product liability lawsuits. To read more about the Pfizer product liability lawsuit...

Jury returns $1.25 million verdict to sulfuric acid spill victims

Posted on July 27, 2009
A personal injury defendant was ordered by a jury to pay damages of more than $1.25 million to six people personally injured from a sulfuric acid spill. The defendant has been found liable for personal injuries such as skin burns, eye irritations, and respiratory and eye problems sustained...

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Family awarded $3.4 million for mesothelioma wrongful death

Posted on July 27, 2009
Relatives of a California man who wrongfully died from mesothelioma lung cancer after exposure to asbestos has been awarded $3.4 million in wrongful death damages. The wrongful death lawsuit accused the defendant mining company of negligence, products liability design defect, and products liability failure to warn...

Should software companies be subject to product liability lawsuits?

Posted on July 27, 2009
A recent Newsweek online article looked into the possibility that software companies may soon be subject to product liability lawsuits for flaws in their programs that allow hackers in. A likely defendant in a lawsuit like this would be Microsoft, simply because its software is everywhere...

BioSensory mosquito monitor recall

Posted on July 26, 2009
A product recall has been issued for approximately 70 units of Mosquito Trans and 1500 units of Bed Bug monitors. The voluntary product recall was issued after the company discovered the two products are cut and burn hazards. The CPSC announced the product recall on July 7...

Company recalls cilantro because of salmonella discovery

Posted on July 25, 2009
A company is recalling 104 crates of cilantro over product liability concerns. Recent FDA testing found the presence of salmonella in cilantro, but no personal injuries have been reported. To read more about the cilantro recall.

Fan distributor pays $587,000 penalty

Posted on July 25, 2009
A distributor of fans has agreed to pay more than $500,000 to settle a complaint that it was slow in reporting a product defect and fire hazard. The settlement is part of a settlement reached with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and resolves allegations that the company knowingly failed to report to the CPSC that the fan posed a risk of fire...

FDA issues recall of weight loss drugs

Posted on July 24, 2009
The FDA along with a weight-loss and skin-care company have recalled hundreds of weight-loss pills after they were found to contain ingredients not listed on the products? labels. No illnesses or personal injuries have been reported to date. To read more about the weight loss drug recall...

Teva recalls thousands of vials of anesthetic propofol

Posted on July 24, 2009
Teva Pharmaceutical has issued a product recall for certain lots of its powerful anesthetic propofol because elevated levels of toxins were found in the lots. More than forty patients experienced personal injuries such as post-operation fever, chills, and flu-like symptoms which stopped when the patients stopped taking the propofol...

Settlement reached over 2004 mercury spill

Posted on July 23, 2009
Residents who filed a personal injury lawsuits alleging that they were exposed to mercury and sickened when a building was vandalized in 2004 have reached a settlement. The settlement finalized last week involves an undisclosed sum of money and resolves a 2006 personal injury lawsuit...

$675,000 verdict reached in Cook County trip and fall case

Posted on July 23, 2009
A Chicago personal injury law firm obtained a substantial verdict last week in a trip and fall lawsuit that occurred near a coin operated merry-go-round at a mall. The rubber edging of the platform caused the personal injury plaintiff to fall due to negligent design, maintenance, or construction...

Consumers in desperate need of arbitration fairness

Posted on July 22, 2009
The American Association for Justice recently highlighted why the NAF settlement underscores the need for Congress to pass Arbitration Fairness Act. The NAF was a large victory for consumers; however, NAF is not the only company that limits product liability victims? rights and forces them into arbitration...

Lawsuits target Zicam maker

Posted on July 22, 2009
Some personal injury law firms have begun filing product liability lawsuits against the maker of Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel. Last month, the maker of Zicam recalled the product after the FDA issued a Zicam warning that some users were experiencing a severe side effect ? they were losing their sense of smell...

Comptroller freezes trust funds of Burr Oak owner

Posted on July 21, 2009
The Illinois comptroller has frozen the trust funds of the owner of Burr Oak cemetery, the Illinois cemetery where workers are accused of digging hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell burial plots. As Levin & Perconti recently blogged about, this ongoing horrific cemetery scandal has been the subject of numerous lawsuits already...

Exposure to Hepatitis C could ignite personal injury lawsuits

Posted on July 21, 2009
A hospital recently exposed 6,000 patients to Hepatitis C may be facing personal injury lawsuits. The patients were injected with what they thought was the painkiller Fentanyl. However, a surgical technician had substituted the drug with saline after injected herself because of a drug dependency...

Walmart snakebite victim ponders lawsuit

Posted on July 20, 2009
A man who was bitten by a rattlesnake in a Walmart store has recently been released from the hospital. Now, the personal injury victim is weighing whether to file a personal injury lawsuit against the Walmart company. He was sent home with pain medications and instructions on how to care for his snakebite wound...

Chicago car crash results in one wrongful death

Posted on July 20, 2009
One thirty-five year old man is dead after a Chicago car crash Sunday morning. Three other people were transported with serious personal injuries to Chicago-area hospitals. The car crash involved five vehicles, but one of the vehicles left the scene of the Chicago car accident...

Safety concerns over diabetes drug rejected

Posted on July 19, 2009
International medical experts publicly rejected product safety concerns over a pharmaceutical group?s diabetes drug Lantus. The researchers called for more detailed analysis sparked by product safety issues raised in four studies published last month...

Acetaminophen drops recalled

Posted on July 19, 2009
The FDA announced that Brookstone Pharmaceuticals has issued a product recall for its Concentrated Acetaminophen Drops to avoid patients from accidentally overdosing on the products. Currently, as Levin & Perconti recently blogged about, acetaminophen is under scrutiny by the FDA because high doses of the medicine are the leading cause of liver damage...

Amazon sued over cracked Kindles

Posted on July 18, 2009
Civil lawsuits have been filed against Amazon by a user of its Kindle 2 electronic book reader. The product liability lawsuit claims that the device has cracked and its screen froze only a few short months after purchase. To read more about the Kindle cracks lawsuit...

Final vehicular homicide lawsuit reaches settlement

Posted on July 18, 2009
The final outstanding car accident lawsuit against a man who caused the wrongful death of a teen and the personal injuries of three others in 2006 has reached a settlement and dismissal. The car accident resulted in the wrongful death of a 17 year-old and the personal injuries of two others...

Defendant challenges gas leak award

Posted on July 18, 2009
Defendant Exxon is challenging a multi-million dollar jury product liability award. The jury awarded $500,000 per adult and $50,000 per child in non-economic damages in most product liability cases. The lead counsel for Exxon argues that the awards were not based on the facts in the case...

Bicycle accident wrongful death lawsuit settles for $2.3 million

Posted on July 17, 2009
The family of a bicyclist killed is receiving a $2.3 million wrongful death lawsuit settlement. The bicyclist suffered fatal injuries in March 2008 when a city police car crossed the centerline of the road and struck the bicyclist. The driver of the vehicle was sentenced to four months in jail and 800 hours of community service in exchange for his plea of guilty to vehicular manslaughter...

Chicago law firms sue over Burr Oak cemetery scandal

Posted on July 17, 2009
At least six Chicago law firms are filing lawsuits against Burr Oak Cemetery in Illinois, demanding compensatory damages. The Chicago injury lawsuits also seek a temporary restraining order to allow the families into the graveyard suite. To read more about the Chicago lawsuits...

End of the road for many GM and Chrysler lawsuits

Posted on July 17, 2009
In a move that is tragic for product liability clients, product liability plaintiffs with pending injury claims now have little chance of collecting now that GM and Chrysler have completed bankruptcy proceedings. The new General Motors and Chrysler will both be liable for damages caused by cars manufactured after bankruptcy...

Company admits drywall problem and faces lawsuits

Posted on July 16, 2009
The Associated Press has reported that Lennar Corp., a homebuilder company, has identified defective drywall in hundreds of homes. It is named in at least 41 product safety lawsuits and has filed suit against the entire supply chain. The CPSC has also been allocated additional funds to investigate the drywall problems...

Instant oatmeal linked to tainted milk products recall

Posted on July 16, 2009
Instant oatmeal has been recalled ? the latest product in the latest in a string of nationwide product recalls. The product recalls are linked to salmonella-tainted ingredients distributed by Milk Products Cooperative of Minnesota. Other recalls include hot chocolate mix and some popcorn toppings...

Pharmaceutical company sued over birth control pills

Posted on July 16, 2009
A pharmaceutical company that manufacturers birth control pills has been hit with four individual product safety lawsuits. The product safety lawsuits come after the manufacturer reached an agreement with the FDA in 2008 to run a multi-million corrective ad campaign for overstating the benefits of Yaz and downplaying its risks...

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