Workers’ comp reform only helps insurance companies
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has said that he wants further “reform” of the state’s workers’ compensation system, with the stated goal of reducing the cost of doing business in the state. This...
View ArticleThough Illinois benefits are among the best, worker protections are facing a...
Workers’ compensation benefits vary greatly from state to state, with benefits in Illinois among the strongest, according to a new report by ProPublica. The report, entitled Insult to Injury, shows...
View ArticleThe attack on workers’ compensation
Over the past decade, workers’ compensation benefits have deteriorated across the country as states initiate cost-cutting measures. A comprehensive new investigation by ProPublica and NPR reveals that...
View ArticleNew judge assigned in wrongful death lawsuit
A new judge has been assigned in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the father of an Illinois woman against her former boyfriend. According to court records, the case has been reassigned to Judge...
View ArticleFamily files wrongful death lawsuit against medical scope manufacturer over...
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a woman who died, allegedly from a drug-resistant superbug infection after being examined with a medical scope. The lawsuit was filed by the...
View ArticleJudge dismisses Illinois wrongful death lawsuit
An Illinois judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit over the death of a 21-year-old woman whose body was found in the apartment of a man she had dated. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed by Molly...
View ArticleWrongful death lawsuit filed against Illinois nursing home
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against a Crestwood, Illinois, nursing home. Robert Hudson, a Chicago resident, filed the lawsuit against Symphony of Crestwood, alleging that the nursing home was...
View ArticleIllinois wrongful death lawsuit filed over blood thinning medication
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed in federal court over a blood thinning medication. The lawsuit was filed against a number of corporations that are part of Bayer Corporation and Johnson &...
View Article14.3 Million dollar judgment against medical malpractice insurer
A judgment in the amount of $14.3 million was rendered in a medical malpractice lawsuit arising out of a case in which a baby suffered severe brain damage at birth. A jury in Cook County, Chicago,...
View ArticleChicago police sued after man killed in car accident
In this month’s Chicago Injury Alert, we talk about a case regarding a woman that has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Chicago, Chicago police and a police officer after her son was...
View ArticleAlleged misdiagnosis results in woman’s liver failure and death
A woman from Chicago, Illinois, claims physicians at Illinois Cancer Specialists committed medical malpractice when they performed a misdiagnosis of her sister’s hepatitis B, and as a result caused her...
View ArticleWrong injection leads to wrongful death lawsuit
Two Chicago nursing care families and their staff members are facing a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit. Sandra Semmes filed the complaint in Cook County Circuit Court on March 4 in the capacity...
View ArticleConcert organizers sued for attendee’s fatal fall
A mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against concert organizers in the aftermath of her son’s death from a fall during a concert at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois. Denise Kirchhoff filed...
View ArticleWhat Molly’s Law means for wrongful death lawsuits
The first part of Molly’s Law received unanimous support in the Illinois House committee on April 5. It has been passed to the House floor for consideration. The measure aims to extend the Illinois...
View ArticleMultimillion dollar awards approved in Chicago police wrongful death cases
The Chicago City Council Finance Committee approved a total settlement of over $6 million for two wrongful death lawsuits in which Chicago police allegedly used excessive force on men in their custody....
View Article250K dollar wrongful death award to family of woman walking her dog
A 22-year-old woman from Naperville, Illinois, was hit and killed by a motorist as she was walking with her dog across the street. The driver had insufficient insurance. The family of Emily Driscoll...
View Article6.5 million dollar settlement in lawsuit over aortic tear
The wife of a patient who was treated at Northwest Community Hospital alleged that the hospital and many of its doctors committed medical malpractice when they failed to identify the signs and symptoms...
View ArticleThe occurrence of pharmacy errors after hospital discharge
As reported in the Chicago Tribune, two weeks after a patient named Joyce Oyler was discharged from the hospital, she had sores in her mouth and throat, and blood was flowing from her nose and bowels....
View ArticleOSHA fines four Illinois companies after construction worker’s death
An employee sustained fatal blunt force injuries while working at a wastewater treatment plant in Springfield, Illinois, in October 2015. The 42-year-old man was testing joints for leaks inside a...
View ArticleOSHA investigates garbage hauler’s death in landfill accident
A man died after being crushed under the weight of an overturned garbage truck and its concrete debris at Winnebago Landfill in Rockford, Illinois. Gonzalo Trevino Sr., 54, worked as a hauler for a...
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