A Chicago family is grieving after a fatal Logan Square car accident which happened on Christmas morning. Authorities say that the accident occurred around 4:45 a.m. when a wrong-way driver slammed into the passenger side of a Volkswagen Golf on North Pulaski Road. The backseat passenger in the Golf was a 67-year-old woman who was>> Read More

A medical emergency may be behind a serious CTA bus accident that happened this morning in Logan Square. The Chicago Transit Authority is attributing this bus accident to a driver who lost consciousness while operating a CTA bus near Diversey and Kedzie avenues. The CTA bus accident happened around 8:40 a.m. and the Chicago Tribune>> Read More

Drugmaker Amgen Inc. is set to pay the federal government $762 million for marketing an anemia drug for off-label uses. Authorities say that the company marketed the drug Aranesp for off-label uses that the Food and Drug Administration specifically banned. Off-label marketing is a problem throughout the prescription drug industry and spawns many pharmaceutical liability cases>> Read More

Chicago aldermen recently approved a $6.25 million payment to a pedestrian who suffered a severe brain injury after a drunk city worker hit a group of people on a Gold Coast sidewalk. The Chicago Tribune reports that the case is far from being completely settled however three other pedestrians have filed lawsuits related to this>> Read More

The family of a fatal car accident victim recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the 25-year-old driver’s mother. The crash happened earlier this year on the Dan Ryan Expressway. The deceased man was a passenger in a car driven by a man who did not have a valid driver’s license. The passenger’s family filed>> Read More

A federal investigation into a deadly multistate fungal meningitis outbreak has widened to the entire compounding pharmaceutical industry. Modern Health Care Magazine reports that the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently sent a letter to the compounding pharmacy trade group requesting more information and accusing the group of stonewalling federal investigations into potentially defective pharmaceuticals.>> Read More

The housing market may still be rough, but one growth area for construction continues to be student housing around the country’s biggest universities. More mid-rise student housing complexes are being constructed near schools to compensate for inadequate and expensive on-campus living options at many colleges. The boom in student housing means that more construction accidents>> Read More

Imagine being on the highway in your brand new car. Suddenly, the instrument panel indicates that the engine is overheating. Smoke and flames then emerge from under the hood. This is exactly what has happened to several owners of brand new 2013 Ford Fusions and Escapes. Ford Motor Co. recently announced a recall of 90,000>> Read More

When we send our children to school we expect that they will be in a safe environment, nurtured by their teachers and coaches. While this is most often the case, occasionally a bad teacher or coach crosses the line and acts or allows someone to act in an inappropriate way. We are all familiar with>> Read More

Drunk driving is a contributing factor to many Chicago area car accidents. Studies have shown that even a single alcoholic drink greatly increases the likelihood that a driver will be involved in a serious crash. The likelihood of a severe car accident also rises incrementally with every 0.01 blood alcohol percentage of a driver. Authorities>> Read More

A railroad worker recently was awarded $20.5M after losing his legs in a workplace accident. The worker was a General Mills employee moving railcars near the company’s Georgia cereal plant in 2005. The railroad cars were loaded with grain when three of the cars broke loose and ran over the worker, severing his legs. This>> Read More

Three construction workers are dead after a parking garage collapsed in Miami last week. One of the construction workers is still missing after this horrible construction accident and his wife says that she is frustrated that authorities have not made a round-the-clock effort to find her husband. “We are not looking for answers anymore. We>> Read More