Do I Have A Case If I Get Hit By A Falling Tree?
If you or someone you know is struck by a falling tree or branch, the owner or possessor of property upon which the tree sits may be liable for injuries or other damages caused. The owner or [...]
IL Pasta Manufacturing Plant Fined Workplace Safety
A lack of written standard operating procedures for the ammonia refrigeration process No emergency action plan A failure to perform inspections and tests on process equipment A failure to address [...]
Worker Amputation Leads To Fed Fining Manufactuer
A Sullivan, Illinois, manufacturer has been fined by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for three repeated workplace safety violations. The federal [...]
Illinois Train Accident Results in NTSB
In our last post we discussed a South Bend plane crash that is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. In addition to investigating aviation crashes, the NTSB has also [...]
Illinois Woman Says Humira Gave Her Cancer
Courthouse News reports that Abbott Laboratories was recently sued in Cook County by a woman who claims that the drugmaker’s arthritis-treatment shots gave her cancer. The woman received [...]
Illinois worker wins $1.75 M settlement in third-party lawsuit
A Batavia, Illinois, worker recently won a $1.75 million settlement in a premises liability lawsuit. The worker was at a rock and tunnel structure in a construction site when a rock fell on him. [...]
Glass Found In Lean Cuisine Raviolo Prompts Recall
LEAN CUISINE Culinary Collection Mushroom Mezzaluna Ravioli, UPC 13800-58358 Best Before Date: DEC2013 Production codes impacted: 2311587812 and 2312587812 Remedy: Do not consume, but contact [...]
DePut Hip Patient Received $8.3 Million In Jury Decision
A 12-member jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $8.3 million to a man who was injured by a defective hip manufactured by the company’s DePuy orthopedics division. The hip implant is [...]
Woman Released From Hospital Following Injury By 300 Pound Sign
A Kansas City area woman has just been released from a hospital where she has been since a 300-pound sign fell on her at an Alabama airport. The woman was returning from a Florida spring break [...]
Petite Lake Water Tubing Accident Kills Libertyville Boy
Children are enjoying the last few weeks of summer in a variety of ways, including going to the many lakes near Chicago. The increased numbers of youngsters on local lakes means that the [...]