While scientists have known for some time of the connection between traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the link may be stronger than previously understood. Brain injuries are one of the most common wounds affecting soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. While it is obvious that an explosion or serious accident that causes>> Read More

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 possessor of land can be held liable for injuries caused by falling tree branches if they knew of>> Read More

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 the hazards of the ammonia refrigeration process A failure to address the findings and recommendations of the process hazard analysis team Other safety violations found>> Read More

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 fines come after a worker suffered an amputation injury at Agri-Fab Inc. work facility last fall. “Agri-Fab has a responsibility to recognize the hazards that exist in its workplace and>> Read More

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 been busy investigating train accidents. Two serious accidents in Illinois and Michigan have prompted the NTSB to recommend the development of new safety standards>> Read More

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 bi-monthly Humira injections for a two year period starting in 2008. She stopped the shots in 2010, when she learned that she had developed B-cell non-Hodgkin’s follicular>> Read More

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. The worker allegedly suffered severe personal injuries and believed that his injuries were due to the negligent operation of the construction>> Read More