Chicago Personal Injury Attorneys

September 5, 2010

A 78 year-old woman was allegedly injured yesterday when she was stabbed with a dinner knife by a 39 year-old man visiting his mother in the hospital. Darrell Franklin was visiting his mother yesterday at Provena-Mercy Hospital Tuesday evening according to the Chicago Sun Times, when he allegedly attacked a 79 year old patient of [...]

September 2, 2010

A proposed settlement was reached in a Class action lawsuit, Marzano v. Village of Crestwood et al. This settlement relates only to contract claims and water bills, and not the personal injury and wrongful death claims for which our firm represents you. The settlement authorizes residents of Crestwood to receive up to 20% of the [...]

September 2, 2010

Wrongful adoption, also referred to as negligent adoption or adoption negligence is a legal term used to describe cases where information was deliberately misrepresented or withheld by an adoption agency. The first case to recognize a cause of action in the United States is Burr vs Board of County Commissioners of Stark County in Ohio. [...]

August 26, 2010

On August 20, 2010, according to the Chicago Tribune, at least twenty people protested conditions at the Terrace Nursing Home located in Crestwood, Illinois. The group, Progress Center for Independent Living protested claiming that patients of the home were being denied proper treatment under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act. The Chicago Tribune article reported [...]

August 25, 2010

The victims and survivors of Minnesota’s tragic 2007 bridge collapse will get $52.5 million in a settlement with the engineering firm URS Corp. The state of Minnesota and contractors have now paid out approximately $100 million to the families of 13 people that died and 145 people that were injured when the Mississippi River bridge [...]

August 24, 2010

Plastic surgeon for many celebrities, Frank Ryan was discovered to be text messaging just before his deadly car crash this past Monday. Frank Ryan died after he drove his Jeep Wrangler off Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. Ryan was reported to be tweeting a message about his dog at the time of the crash. [...]

August 22, 2010

Sarah Halperin has no memory of being struck by a car last September, or the six months that followed. Halperin was out for an early morning run, with no ID when she was hit near the intersection of Clairmont and North Decatur Roads. For two days, Halperin was in a coma and no one knew [...]

August 21, 2010

A Watsonville man permanently injured after he was shocked with a Taser nearly four years ago will receive a $2.85 million settlement from the stun-gun maker, the first time Taser International has settled a product-liability case, according to court documents. However, the company did not admit to any liability for the anoxic brain injury Steven [...]

August 20, 2010

It is well known that Illinois Dram Shop statute, 235 ILCS 5/6-21, provides that any person who is injured by an intoxicated person (for example in a car accident) can sue a vendor or business who facilitates a person becoming intoxicated. Usually this has meant that Plaintiffs could recover from bars and restaurants when someone [...]

August 18, 2010

It was reported in the Chicago Tribune recently that the CTA is involved in a bus accident nearly every day. Illinois law requires that a personal injury lawsuit be filed within two years from the date of an accident. However, when making a claim against a governmental entity, like the CTA, the Statute of Limitations [...]