The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has announced that it is cracking down on distracted drivers as part of a new initiative to enforce the state’s distracted driving laws. “100 Percent Preventable” Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced the new enforcement program, dubbed “Operation Deadly Distractions,” on Oct. 23, 2019. The plan will target distracted drivers>> Read More

Four drug companies have reached a settlement worth $260 million just hours before the first trial for a federal opioid lawsuit was set to begin. Opioid Lawsuit Settled Hours Before Trial The four defendants settling the case were McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corp., and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. They reached a settlement between>> Read More

Johnson & Johnson has recalled a shipment of baby powder after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered evidence of asbestos contamination, a development that may help thousands of lawsuits linking the company’s baby powder products to cancer. Asbestos Detected in Baby Powder Sold Online A spokesman for Johnson & Johnson announced the recall on October 18,>> Read More

There are now at least 31 known vaping illness deaths in the United States, with the most recent deaths being confirmed in Minnesota. Minnesota Reports Three Total Deaths Minnesota health officials announced the two latest vaping illness deaths on October 16, 2019. They represent the second and third vaping deaths in the state. The first>> Read More

A dump truck struck and killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk in the Hermosa neighborhood on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Dump Truck Reportedly Disregarded Stop Sign On October 14, 2019, at about 12:30 p.m., an unidentified 32-year-old male pedestrian was walking on Dickens Avenue, proceeding through its intersection with Pulaski Road from within a crosswalk. At>> Read More

GWC’s Louis Anthony Cairo recently obtained a $1,250,000.00 settlement for three clients who were injured in a multi-vehicle accident in Wayne, IL. Multi-Vehicle Accident with Serious Injuries In May 2017, a twenty-year-old college student was driving northbound on Dunham Road, approaching its intersection with Surrey Road in Wayne, IL, with his two minor brothers as>> Read More

Pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is recalling the popular heartburn drug Zantac in all markets as a “precaution,” just days after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found “unacceptable” levels of a probable cancer-causing impurity known as N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). Zantac May Contain High Levels of NDMA On October 8, 2019, GSK said it was recalling four>> Read More