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

Illinois trial attorneys Steven M. Levin and Michael F. Bonamarte IV comment on punitive damages case

Posted on January 25, 2011
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin recently asked experienced Illinois nursing home abuse attorneys Steven M. Levin and Michael F. Bonamarte IV of Levin & Perconti to weigh in on a punitive damages case before the Illinois Supreme Court. The issue before the Illinois Supreme Court involves whether punitive damages are available under Illinois?s Nursing Home Care Act and follows the filing of a complaint in Winnebago County against Alden Park Strathmoore, Inc...

Illinois law firm announces record medical malpractice lawsuit settlement

Posted on January 24, 2011
RedOrbit.com recently announced a record-breaking Illinois county medical malpractice lawsuit settlement. The largest medical malpractice settlement ever reached in Iroquois County, Illinois was reached when the Illinois plaintiff was awarded $1 million...

ITLA President explains that courts are a deterrent to corporate misconduct

Posted on January 22, 2011
A recent Letter to the Editor by Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) President appeared in the The State-Journal Register. In the letter, ITLA President Todd A. Smith responded to recent letters to the editor that Travis Akin and Ed Murnane, spokespeople for anti-consumer groups/big insurance front groups, bombarded papers with...

Broken hip related to heightened risk of stroke

Posted on January 22, 2011
Recent news about hips have addressed DePuy Hip Implant recalls, but this article and research study is about a different issue regarding broken hips. So, medical studies have demonstrated that suffering a stroke is already known to increase the risk of breaking one?s hip...

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Dosing errors prompt updated morphine label

Posted on January 20, 2011
MedPage Today recently reported a change in labeling on a newer morphine product due to serious medication dosing errors. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the maker of a highly potent oral morphine sulfate solution have warned healthcare professionals of potential accidental overdosing issues and have updated drug labeling in order to minimize potential patient risk...

Action Alert: contact your reps to oppose repeal of Health Care Reform

Posted on January 19, 2011
The momentous health care reform act passed last year is in jeopardy. Contact your representative now to oppose repeal of the Affordable Care Act (health care reform). The House of Representatives is expected to vote TODAY to repeal the Affordable Care Act...

Cruise passengers sickened

Posted on January 17, 2011
Travel woes recently were increased after a report of illness on a popular cruise ship. A ?Radiance of the Seas? cruise ship returned after six days at sea on a bad note when a number of guests became ill with what the company is calling a ?gastrointestinal illness...

$2.2 million penalty issued against football team physician

Posted on January 16, 2011
Recently, an arbitration panel found that a football team doctor was negligent when he performed hip surgery on the plaintiff in May 2007 and awarded the former patient a $2.2 million dollar medical malpractice lawsuit settlement. The plaintiff alleged that the physician lacerated the plaintiff?s femoral artery, vein and nerve, resulting in chronic pain and a limp...

Darvocet recall proves that FDA needs better drug safeguards

Posted on January 14, 2011
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a massive request last month when it requested that the manufacturers of propoxyphene, known as PXP, a pain reliever, to stop selling drugs that contain PXP. PXP was introduced in 1957 under the trade name of Darvon...

Illinois attorney general urges no more sales of crib bumpers

Posted on January 13, 2011
The State of Illinois?s attorney general Lisa Madigan recognizes the suffocation risk that crib bumpers pose to infants and is urging the trade group that represents makers of baby products to tell its members to stop manufacturing and selling crib bumpers...

Photographer loses part of ear to dog bite

Posted on January 11, 2011
Lawyers and Settlements recently reported that a photographer lost part of her right ear due to a dog bite injury last year. The dog bite injury required her to completely amputate her right ear and she has required reconstructive surgery. A dog bite injury lawsuit was filed at the end of November states that the victim was working a dog show at a county fairgrounds in January 2010, which was hosted by the county dog fanciers association...

Alden Village North Cited By State After Young Girl's Death

Posted on January 11, 2011
The Chicago Tribune reports that a 14-month-old girl died in July 2010 as a result of negligence at Alden Village North, a facility in Chicago that cares for young adults and children with developmental disabilities. According to the article, the Illinois Department of Public Health cited the facility for a number of violations surrounding her death and the care of other children living in the facility...

Illinois train vs. vehicle crash deaths rose in 2010

Posted on January 10, 2011
ChicagoBreakingNews.com reported that Illinois train-vehicle deaths and pedestrian accidents at public railroad crossings increased in 2010 according to safety officials. Seventeen fatalities were reported between January 2010 and November 2010 at Illinois rail crossings and 10 deaths of pedestrians hit by trains...

Radiation therapy renders Illinois medical malpractice victim nearly comatose

Posted on January 08, 2011
While the initial accident report merely described that a hospital had administered radiation overdoses to three patients, a more complete and detailed report has since surfaced in the months following. Urgent nationwide warnings advised physicians to be extremely vigilant when treating with a device delivering high-intensity pinpoint radiation to vulnerable parts of the body...

Product liability victim files shareholder proxy for drug company?s meeting

Posted on January 07, 2011
One man is trying to get to the heart of the problem of Floxin, a drug that caused him serious side effects. The product liability victim suffered permanent tendon and nerve damage from Floxin and has since acted as an advocate for a complete Levaquin withdrawal...

New management for troubled Chicago nursing home

Posted on January 05, 2011
Last fall, there was an investigation into Illinois nursing home abuse at the Chicago Alden nursing home known as Alden Village North. Last month, the Chicago Tribune reported that Alden is continuing to make changes to address the concerns. In the fall, the Chicago Tribune investigated Alden North and found alleged nursing home abuse incidents where explicit instructions for the care and safety of Chicago nursing home patients were not followed or undertaken poorly...

More DePuy faulty hip lawsuits filed

Posted on January 04, 2011
Another DePuy hip lawsuit has been filed and more are likely to join it as DePuy patients experience failure of their faulty DePuy hip implant device. Most recently, the DePuy product liability lawsuit was filed on behalf of a man who received one of the DePuy Orthopaedics hip devices that was eventually subject to the product recall...

DePuy hip devices? failure rate may be higher in women

Posted on January 02, 2011
Recently released data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales shows that women are more likely than men to require a second hip replacement surgery after receiving one of the recalled DePuy hip device. As our readers are well-aware, DePuy recalled its ASR Hip Resurfacing System and ASR XL Acetabular System total hip replacements in August 2010 after the devices were linked to higher than normal failure rates...

Illinois Secretary of State urges people to designate sober drivers for NYE

Posted on December 31, 2010
During this New Years and holiday season, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is urging Illinois citizens to be safe and designate a sober driver. Jesse White stated: ?Let?s ring in the New Year responsibly. Please don?t drink and drive and remember to buckle your safety belt ? it?s your best defense against a drunk driver...

Safety alert: adult sleepwear flammability

Posted on December 29, 2010
One of the popular Christmas presents for you this year, especially with Chicago winters, may be a pair of warm pajamas. But, be careful ? one of the biggest issues with product liability is adult sleepwear flammability. And it has been for a while ? so much so that in 1953, Congress created the Flammable Fabrics Act as a means of setting standards for the flammability of clothing textiles...

Early warnings on Januvia drug

Posted on December 27, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urged a change to the product labeling for Januvia, an oral Type 2 diabetes drug, over a year ago regarding various Januvia side effects. Many are arguing that the FDA was slow to urge this change regarding the drug side effects, given reports of adverse reactions that had been coming in since Januvia had been approved...

Owners of the building where 2 Chicago firefighters died were sued over roof violations

Posted on December 25, 2010
Our city mourned when two Chicago firefighters were killed on Wednesday when the roof of an abandoned Chicago building collapsed on them. Documents uncovered now show that the deadly fire in the abandoned building was a wrongful death accident waiting to happen...

Group and mother file product liability lawsuit over McDonald?s Happy Meals

Posted on December 23, 2010
The Los Angeles Times recently reported that a Sacramento mother and the Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a product liability lawsuit against McDonald?s Corporation. In the product liability lawsuit, the plaintiffs allege that McDonald?s practice of giving toys with children?s meals is deceptive to children...

So-called ?judicial hellhole? report widely criticized

Posted on December 21, 2010
The National Law Journal recently addressed the widespread critical response to the American Tort Reform Association?s annual survey of so-called ?judicial hellholes.? This year, Philadelphia ranked number 1 in the corporate-sponsored group?s annual survey set to be released soon...

Pharmaceutical company agrees to $203 million settlement

Posted on December 19, 2010
A foreign pharmaceutical company has recently agreed to pay $203.5 million to resolve criminal and civil product liability complaints that it improperly marketed the antiseizure medicine Zonegran for weight loss and mood stabilization, according to the Ne w York Times...

FDA targets tainted supplements manufacturers

Posted on December 17, 2010
The Associated Press is reporting that the Food and Drug Administration (?FDA?) is cracking down on manufacturers of certain weight loss, body building, and sexual supplements that contain potentially dangerous ingredients. The FDA said last week that some manufacturers are deceptively labeling products to hide that they contain ingredients known to cause adverse health effects...

Safety warning issued on foreign toys

Posted on December 15, 2010
A report by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) reported that 95% of the toys in the United States now come from abroad and many of them would not receive a thumbs up for safety from Santa! For example, once Chinese manufacturers were taken to task on the lead issue, they replaced lead with cadmium! Cadmium is number SEVEN on the top 10 list of cancer-causing materials...

DePuy hip replacement lawsuits coming

Posted on December 13, 2010
A voluntary product recall that was all over the news from DePuy Orthopedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, involved two of its DePuy hip replacement implants. Its website states that data received by the company shows that more people than expected who received the ASR Hip System experienced pain or other problems...

Haunted house faces wrongful death lawsuit

Posted on December 11, 2010
The parents of an asthmatic girl have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against haunted house operator Halloween Productions, Inc. According to the wrongful death lawsuit filed by father Durand Tyler, artificial fog and sickly scents were to blame for his daughter?s breathing problems and eventual wrongful death...

Invisalign maker gets FDA warning on side effects

Posted on December 09, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a product warning to a company that manufactures a popular teeth straightener about its failure to report information about patient side effects. The popular teeth straightener, the Invisalign system, is made by Align Technology Inc...

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