he wrongful death of an Illinois man is making national headlines today after the Cook County medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. The 46-year-old man won $1 million in the Illinois lottery’s “$3 million Cash Jackpot!” game but then died suddenly a few weeks later. The man reportedly woke up one evening screaming after>> Read More

In our last post we discussed a recent $8.3 million verdict awarded to a retired prison guard who received a defective hip implant manufactured by J&J’s DePuy orthopedic subsidiary. The jury found that DePuy’s all-metal ASR hip implant was defectively designed and caused the plaintiff substantial amounts of pain and suffering. The second of thousands>> Read More

A Naperville concrete manufacturer was recently cited after a serious workplace accident that nearly killed a worker at its facility. U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced $70,000 in proposed fines and penalties against the Dukane Precast Inc. for an incident in which a worker at its facility became engulfed in a>> Read More

Recent headlines have highlighted a number of lawsuits being filed against the National Football League (NFL), alleging that the professional sports league knew that head trauma resulting from hits in the game could result in permanent brain injury – and hid that information from its players. The latest headline announced that these lawsuits have been>> Read More

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has changed its guidelines regarding children and booster seats. In addition, it announced the successful development of a new, child sized crash test dummy that can hopefully be used to reduce child injuries through a greater understanding of children and car accidents. The latest developments are just a few>> Read More

A Southwest Side hit-and-run car accident left a pedestrian critically injured yesterday afternoon. The pedestrian accident occurred around 2 p.m. yesterday when a car hit a man on the 2600 block of South Christiana Avenue. The motorist them fled the scene and left the pedestrian injured in the road. Emergency crews arrived to the scene>> Read More

In our last post we discussed a dog attack which left a woman and a police officer seriously injured. Dog attacks commonly form the basis of premises liability lawsuits in Illinois. Premises liability cases are a subset of personal injury litigation in which landlords and tenants can be held liable for dangerous conditions that exist>> Read More