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Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog

A legal blog that covers Illinois personal injury and accident topics including car accidents, medical malpractice, and nursing home abuse. Published by Injury Lawyers Levin & Perconti.

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Big Dig personal injury lawsuit settles for $28 million

Posted on October 08, 2008
The family of the woman killed when a Big Dig tunnel collapsed have settled a wrongful death lawsuit for more than $28 million. The woman was killed in 2006 when part of a tunnel ceiling collapsed on her car. The settlement resolves wrongful death claims against all fifteen defendants...

Personal injury lawsuit filed after 15 year-old injured during deliveries

Posted on October 07, 2008
The mother of a 15 year-old boy has filed a personal injury lawsuit. The 15 year-old was delivering flyers when he was allegedly attacked by a man. The personal injury lawsuit is asking for nearly $500,000 in damages. As a result of the attack, the boy suffered a head and brain injury that left him with visual, cognitive, speech, and language impairments...

Student sues for personal injuries sustained in ?freeze tag?

Posted on October 07, 2008
A former high school student is suing the Board of Ed over an injury sustained two years ago. The personal injury lawsuit filed over summer claims that a game of freeze tag resulted in severe bodily injuries after she was pushed by another student into a lawn mower...

Products recall ? three-wheeled scooters

Posted on October 06, 2008
Razor USA is voluntarily recalling over a hundred thousand three-wheeled scooters for fear of products liability. The undersides of the foot platforms can have sharp edges, posing a laceration hazard to children. For the full article.

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Case Law Update: Wrongful Death Determined Under EMS Act

Posted on October 06, 2008
Abruzzo v. The City of Park Ridge, No. 104935 (10/2/08) held that the limited immunity of Emergency Medical Services Systems Act, rather than total immunity of Tort Immunity Act applied to complaint by a mother for the wrongful death of her 15 yr. old son, who died as the result of the failure of City's ambulance squad, after responding to call by child's father, to assess, evaluate, treat, or transport his unresponsive son, or even prepare a run sheet...

Pharmaceutical company to pay $425 Million for improper marketing

Posted on October 06, 2008
In a serious case of products liability, drug maker Cephalon, Inc. will pay $425 million in a settlement for illegally marketing a highly addictive lollipop painkiller and two other pharmaceuticals for non-approved uses. The company will plead to a criminal misdemeanor for its off-label marketing...

Illinois Workers? Compensation Commission adopts changes to fee schedule

Posted on October 05, 2008
The Illinois Workers? Compensation Commission adopted new regulations that will affect Illinois workers? comp attorneys. The Commission met as a whole last week and adopted to submit proposed changes to fee schedules for ambulatory surgical treatment centers; hospital outpatient facilities; and more...

Personal injury victims receive over one million in jury award

Posted on October 05, 2008
Roughly two years ago, a couple of men sustained serious personal injuries after a truck accident. One man sustained a fractured vertebra. The other man sustained injury to his knee and mild traumatic brain damage. Recently, a jury awarded the two men $1...

Federal judge allows suicide products liability claim to go to trial

Posted on October 05, 2008
A federal judge ruled this week that a products liability lawsuit filed by the parents of a 16 year-old boy who committed suicide while taking Paxil can proceed to a jury trial. In so deciding, the judge denied a motion by pharmaceutical company and Paxil manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline...

Salmonella in Frozen Chicken Meals Sickens 32 People in 12 States

Posted on October 05, 2008
The government is urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners after 32 people in 12 states were sickened with salmonella poisoning. The health warning cited frozen dishes in which the chicken is raw, but breaded or pre-browned, giving the appearance of being cooked...

Wrongful Death Suit Recovers $1.7 Million

Posted on October 04, 2008
In Illinois, the family of a former Illinois State University football player brought a wrongful death lawsuit against their doctor?s business. The business is an Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center and OSF Health System. The suit was filed after the 22-year-old player died after knee surgery...

Illinois Man Wins Personal Injury Suit

Posted on October 03, 2008
An Illinois man brought a personal injury lawsuit against the Steam Plant Restaurant after he sustained injuries falling on a wet floor. The man claimed that he now suffers from an affliction that makes his bones susceptible to fractures, because the restaurant was negligent in putting up a proper warning sign...

City settles personal injury claims for unsafe walkways and greenery

Posted on October 03, 2008
A city council has settled a personal injury lawsuit stemming from a broken sidewalk for $35,000. The city council will now be examining four claims for injuries caused by falling limbs from city trees. For the full article.

Case Law Update: Duty to Defend In Regards To Insurance

Posted on October 02, 2008
American Economy Ins. Co. v. DePaul University, No. 106517 & 106831, presented the question as to whether the trial court properly found that plaintiff-insurance company had a duty to defend defendants (as additional insureds named in insurance policy) in underlying action alleging that defendants selected and installed certain fluorescent light fixtures without also installing protective filters? Appellate Court rejected plaintiff's claim that it had no duty to defend defendant where underlying complaint did not specifically name original insured named in policy...

Case Law Update: Statute of Limitations in Priest Sexual Misconduct Case

Posted on September 30, 2008
Doe v. Diocese of Dallas, No. 106546 posed the question of whether trial court properly dismissed as time-barred plaintiff's complaint alleging that he was sexually abused in 1984 by Catholic priest at time when other allegations of sexual misconduct had been lodged against said priest? Appellate Court, in reversing trial court, agreed with plaintiff that 2003 amendment to applicable limitations statute (735 ILCS sec...

Case Law Update: Right of Access to Land in the Drainage Code

Posted on September 30, 2008
Halpin v. Schultz, No. 106537, presented the question as to whether the trial court properly granted plaintiffs' request for declaratory judgment in action seeking right of access to defendants' land to replace and repair drainage tile for purposes of allowing water to drain from plaintiffs' property? Appellate Court, in reversing trial court, found that trial court failed to make findings required by the Drainage Code with respect to issues pertaining to future damages to defendants' fields and location of discharge point and also failed to compensate defendants for use or damage occasioned by plaintiffs' access to defendants' land...

Case Law Update: Automobile Collision Lawsuits May be Consolidated

Posted on September 29, 2008
Busch v. Mison, No. 1-07-2112 (0/17/08) determined that personal injury lawsuits arising out of same automobile collision, one from municipal division, and one from law division, that were consolidated for discovery and trial, were merged into one lawsuit...

Personal injury lawsuit follows head injuries sustained at school

Posted on September 29, 2008
A personal injury lawsuit has been filed by a young boy?s parents stemming from head injuries repeatedly sustained by the boy from students bullying him at school. The impact left the child requiring surgery for brain injuries. The personal injury lawsuit claims that the child suffers from fatigue, dizziness, nausea, headaches, short-term memory loss, and loss of fine motor skills...

Family of dead miner seeks workers? compensation benefits

Posted on September 26, 2008
Before he died from injuries sustained in a mine disaster, the deceased man regularly sent money to Mexico to support his disabled parents and to pay for two younger sisters. His parents contend that the miner was their sole source of support and as a result, they are entitled to his workers? comp benefits of roughly $2400 per month...

Metra Train Kills Pedestrian

Posted on September 26, 2008
A train fatally struck a pedestrian in Chicago?s northwest suburb of Arlington Heights, delaying train service. The pedestrian was struck by the train either right at or right near the Arlington Heights, Illinois station according to a Metra Spokesperson...

Toys ?R? Us ordered to release list of all injuries since 2001

Posted on September 25, 2008
According to an Illinois products liability lawsuit filed in Illinois, Toys R Us has been ordered to release a list of people who have been injured in its store since 2001 to a plaintiff in an Illinois personal injury lawsuit. According to the Illinois judge, Toys R Us did not demonstrate a need for a protective order...

Personal injury lawsuit alleges negligence by hospital in bad diagnosis

Posted on September 25, 2008
A man has filed a personal injury lawsuit against an East Chicago hospital for incorrectly diagnosing him with lung cancer. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the personal injury victim went to an East Chicago hospital in 2003 complaining of breathing problems and he underwent a bronchoscopy...

Dog attack personal injury lawsuit settled

Posted on September 24, 2008
A personal injury lawsuit has settled in connection with a dog attack. The personal injury lawsuit claimed that he was attacked by four large dogs owned by Marvin Gaye III at his Hollywood home. The terms of the settlement were not divulged. For the full article...

Investigators Probe Into Plane Crash That Injuries Celebrities and Kills Others

Posted on September 24, 2008
Federal investigators are focusing on the possibility that a blown tire could have been the cause of the airplane crash that seriously injured DJ AM and Travis Barker and killed four others. Investigators have found evidence that one of the jet?s tires may have blown moments before takeoff...

Train accident kills 25 people

Posted on September 23, 2008
In the third train accident this summer where cellphone usage may have been a factor, legislation is being planned to prepare a ban on wireless devices. These train accidents have caused multiple personal injuries. The most recent one killed 25 people...

Cellphone ban passes legislature for train operators

Posted on September 23, 2008
Regulators have issued a temporary order banning all train operators from using cellphones while on duty in California. This ban comes after a train accident that caused serious personal injury, killing 25 people. This was passed as an emergency order considering the circumstances...

Conference on Trauma Spectrum Disorders ? October 1-2, 2008

Posted on September 23, 2008
The National Institute of Health and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting a two day scientific conference on brain injury entitled ?Trauma Spectrum Disorders: The Role of Gender, Race, & Other Socioeconomic Factors.? The brain injury conference will be held at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus on October 1-2, 2008 from 8am to 5pm each day...

Fan files personal injury suit against Gary Coleman

Posted on September 23, 2008
A fan who saw Gary Coleman and snapped a couple photos on his cell phone was shocked when actor Gary Coleman reacted by punching him. His attorney has filed a personal injury lawsuit against Coleman. Coleman was charged with misdemeanors stemming from this personal injury incident...

Joliet Man Dies In Motorcycle Crash

Posted on September 23, 2008
A Joliet, Illinois man died after losing control of his motorcycle while trying to merge onto Interstate Highway 80 in Joliet, Illinois. The 45 year old man lost control of his Harley-Davidson after colliding with a ramp guardrail. The motorcycle rolled several times, and the man was thrown off...

Helicopter Flies Through Home

Posted on September 22, 2008
A low-flying helicopter sliced through a house, crashed down the stairs and burst through the frond door. The helicopter crash killed both people aboard. The family of five inside the house escaped the helicopter crash without any personal injuries...

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