Personal Injury Law

1 dead and 6 hurt in Illinois train derailment
One person has died and six people received personal injuries when a cargo train derailed in Illinois, causing an explosion and a fire. The train in Illinois was carrying chemicals that burned for hours, forcing evacuations of about 600 Chicago-area homes...

85-year-old Chicago Seriously Injured in Train Derailment
On Tuesday July 11, 2006, a subway train derailed in downtown Chicago. The accident took place during evening rush hour traffic. The material under the train caught fire and the last coach was derailed...

Class action train accident lawsuit proceeds
The class-action train accident lawsuit over a 2005 derailment that resulted in 11 wrongful deaths is moving ahead despite a defense motion. The defense motion argued that certifying the lawsuit as a class action would set bad precedent...

Train Derails in Illinois
About 20 cars on a northbound freight train derailed in Grant Park, Illinois. Emergency crews evacuated about 50 homes east and west of the scene because two of the derailed cars were believed to be carrying denatured alcohol...

CTA President Ron Huberman Admits that Driver Error Caused the CTA Green Line Derailment
CTA President Ron Huberman was quoted in the Chicago Tribune stating that driver error caused today?s CTA Green Line derailment accident near Washington Park. This CTA accident follows a long series of CTA troubles...

CTA Green Line derailment
Earlier today, a CTA Green Line train derailed, resulting in several being hospitalized.  The early reports are that the derailment of the train occurred at a switch track.  The operator went through a red signal and then overrode a safety which would have otherwise stopped the train...

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Copyright Lawsuits: Critical Issues Before Filing Copyright
Federa Rule 11(b) Considerations

Vioxx Lawsuits
Vioxx personal injury suits are a seroius concern for Merck and patietns

Construction Site Accidents
Lawsuits related to accidents

Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

Bausch Lomb Renu Moistureloc Linked to Eye Infection Fusarium Keratiti
Contact Lens Solution Product Recall

Train Crash
25 Dead, 135 Injured in LA Rail Disaster

Illinois Ground Beef Recalled
due to Possible E. coli Contamination

Illinois Residents
Exposed to Potentially Carcinogenic Drinking Water

University of Illinois Medical Center
Potential $14 Million in Malpractice Settlements

Train Crashes
alleging death, injury, exposure to deadly chemicals and forced evacuations.

$3 Million Settlement
in Bullitt Train Class Action