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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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Smithsonian and worker dispute perils of asbestos

Posted on March 21, 2009
About a year ago, a Smithsonian museum held an informational session on asbestos safety. A 53 year-old lighting specialist who had worked in the building for 27 years, learned that there was asbestos in the museum walls. Within weeks, the worker filed federal workplace safety complaints because he?d been experiencing shortness of breath and was later diagnosed with asbestosis...

Woman claims she was fired over workers? compensation claim

Posted on March 20, 2009
A woman is alleging that she was fired as a nursing assistant because she filed a workers? compensation claim. In June 2008, the nursing assistant was injured on the job and sought medical attention that same day. Then, she filed a workers? compensation claim...

Family of woman mauled by chimp files personal injury lawsuit against animal?s owner

Posted on March 19, 2009
The family of the woman who received extreme personal injuries after being mauled by a chimpanzee has filed a personal injury lawsuit seeking $50 million in damages against the primate?s owner. The animal injury lawsuit alleges that the owner was negligent and reckless for lacking the ability to control a wild animal with violent propensities...

Drugmaker attorneys challenge witnesses in Seroquel lawsuit

Posted on March 19, 2009
Product liability attorneys for the drug maker of Seroquel are challenging medical expert witnesses in the product liability lawsuit trial. The attorneys are challenging findings of medical experts who claim that the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel causes diabetes...

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Weekend Chicago car accident results in death of rapper

Posted on March 18, 2009
A Chicago rapper was killed in a weekend Chicago motorcycle crash. His motorcycle collided with a van in a Chicago car accident on Saturday. The car accident victim died only a couple of hours later. To read more about the Chicago motorcycle accident...

Workers? compensation denied to ?hero?

Posted on March 18, 2009
Levin & Perconti has reported on this workers? compensation story before ? about a 21 year-old McDonald?s employee denied workers? compensation for his personal injuries sustained when helping a woman being beaten in the restaurant where he worked. The victim?s attorney has stated that his client only wants reimbursement for his medical bills...

Man killed after truck plows through fence

Posted on March 17, 2009
A man was killed yesterday morning after a pickup truck accident. The deceased victim plowed through a fence around an Illinois cemetery and rolled over in the Illinois car accident. The police believe that the Illinois car accident victim was not wearing a seat belt...

Supermarket checkout system sought for recalled foods

Posted on March 17, 2009
Chicago Tribune recently reported a consumer advocate goal that may one day come to a supermarket near you in Chicago! Advocates say that supermarket scanners should be programmed to trigger an alert when shoppers try to buy a recalled product. A system of automatic warnings, consumer advocates say, would help ensure that recalled products, such as the more than 2600 recently recalled brands of ice cream, cake mixes, snacks and other items possibly laced with salmonella bacteria, are stopped at the point of purchase at the local supermarket...

Fatal fall on Chicago River walkway ruled an accident

Posted on March 16, 2009
Chicago Tribune reported yesterday that the weekend death of a man who fell in Chicago was ruled an accident by the Cook County medical examiner?s office yesterday. The accident victim died of head injuries. To read more about the Chicago accident.

Court reverses summary judgment ? jury will hear car accident lawsuit

Posted on March 16, 2009
The court in a personal injury lawsuit recently stated that a doctor of a methadone clinic should have known that the methadone he gave a patient combined with other drugs could result in a traffic accident. The personal injury plaintiff was severely injured when the car she was in collided with the patient?s car that had crossed over a highway into her lane of traffic...

Released documents show that Seroquel side-effects are more prevalent than company reported

Posted on March 15, 2009
A recent article reported that the FDA began to worry about the side effects of antipsychotic drugs that came on the market in the late 1990?s. The pharmaceutical company told the FDA that patients and doctors had reported 12 new cases of diabetes and five cases of related illnesses among the 623,000 who had taken its antipsychotic drug...

Lawsuit filed after construction accident

Posted on March 15, 2009
An employee of a restaurant has filed a personal injury lawsuit against a roofing business for personal injuries sustained when a ladder fell on her. The personal injury lawsuit alleges that the business allowed the ladder in question to slip off the roof and land on her foot and ankle...

Jury recommends $2.3 million for families of personal injury victims

Posted on March 14, 2009
Families of three teenagers who received personal injuries in an electrical accident three years ago received a personal injury jury recommendation of $2.3 million. Despite the decision, the personal injury defendant does not plan to make any changes to the cable at the lake...

AAJ Seminar this weekend: How is the Economy Impacting Your Jury?

Posted on March 13, 2009
Today and tomorrow, the American Association for Justice will conduct live focus groups to learn about the economy?s impact on your personal injury lawsuit juries. This seminar will examine the effects of the Wall Street meltdown on juries. To register and view the agenda...

Wyeth decision viewed as a victory for consumers

Posted on March 13, 2009
Recent articles on the Wyeth v. Levine Supreme Court decision have viewed it as the end to an acrimonious battle between pharmaceutical companies and patients who have received personal injuries by improperly labeled drugs. The ruling is also viewed as a rare win for consumers in a broader pre-emption war over whether regulatory agencies should trump local juries and liability lawsuits...

Lawmakers introduce medical device lawsuit

Posted on March 12, 2009
Congressional Democrats recently introduced measures to allow consumers who receive personal injuries by a medical device approved by the FDA to file product liability lawsuits against the device manufacturer in state court. The move came following the Supreme Court Wyeth v...

Bill passes restricting workers compensation for soft tissue injuries

Posted on March 11, 2009
A state legislature has passed legislation that limits workers compensation benefits for workers who suffer soft tissue injuries. The bill says a workers? comp claimant who has had surgery for a soft tissue personal injury on the recommendation can get an etension of no more than 16 weeks of benefits...

FDA sets new peanut safety guidelines

Posted on March 11, 2009
The U.S. FDA has issued new safety guidelines this week for companies that use peanut products. These guidelines follow the salmonella peanut butter outbreak, which the CDC said has caused personal injuries to 683 people in 46 different states. The Peanut Corporation had a $12 million personal injury liability insurance policy, but that will not be adequate to cover all of the product liability lawsuits filed against the company...

Illinois woman files personal injury lawsuit after massage table collapses

Posted on March 11, 2009
A woman has filed an Illinois personal injury lawsuit against a Chicago-area spa on Tuesday after she received personal injuries when the massage table used to administer her massage collapsed. The Illinois woman filed the accident lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court for injuries sustained...

Choking hazard and lead paint prompts recall of children?s toys

Posted on March 10, 2009
Nearly 40,000 fishing games, rattles, pull-a-long cars, mini pull back cars, and cartoon bubble guns are being recalled by the CBB group for fear of product liability. Specifically, the toys pose a danger to small children because their small parts can detach and cause personal injuries...

Levin & Perconti Associate remarks on Free Speech and Human Dignity

Posted on March 10, 2009
Margaret P. Battersby, an Associate Attorney at Chicago personal injury firm Levin & Perconti, made introductory remarks recently at an American Constitution Society event on first amendment issues. Ms. Battersby introduced Professor Steven J. Heyman, a scholar on individual liberties, who then discussed his book Free Speech and Human Dignity...

Metoclopramide to get FDA black box warning

Posted on March 10, 2009
The U.S. FDA announced today that the manufacturers of metoclopramide, a drug used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, must add a black box warning to its drug labels about the risk of long-term or high-dose use. Chronic use of the drug has been linked to personal injuries, such as tardive dyskinesia...

Reminder: AAJ Seminar on Wyeth v. Levine today

Posted on March 09, 2009
Today at 2pm, AAJ is offering a seminar on deconstructing the Supreme Court product liability ruling. To register for the product liability seminar.

Product recall alert: Chicken Bouillon products

Posted on March 09, 2009
Wei-Chuan USA is issuing a product recall for approximately 89,531 pounds of granulated chicken bouillon products. The recall is in fear of product liability because it is not clear whether the poultry ingredients were prepared under inspection required by federal regulations...

Consumers file product liability complaints over brake defects

Posted on March 09, 2009
Several Infiniti G35 2005 owners have filed product liability complaints against Nissan over the brake defects in their cars. Their product liability claims state that they are owed out-of-pocket costs for the cost of the brake pad and brake rotor replacements and that the defects have undercut the resale value of the vehicle...

Case Law Update: Substitution of Judge in Class Actions

Posted on March 08, 2009
Bernis v. State Farm Fire and Causalt Company, No. 1-08-0284 (February 27, 2009) is a sixth division case that affirmed that after the Supreme Court ordered plaintiff's class action suit transferred from Madison County to Cook County and consolidated with cases already pending in Cook County, pursuant to the provisions of SCR 384, trial court did not err when it granted plaintiff's motion for substitution of judge as a matter of right; pursuant to the provisions of Section 2-1001 of the Code of Civil Procedure...

Case Law Update: Plain Sight Negligence

Posted on March 08, 2009
Johnson v. Bishop, No. 2-08-0271 (2-10-09) is a case that affirmed plaintiff?s complaint, alleging that defendants negligently allowed person who was staying overnight in their apartment to gain access to the keys to one of their vehicles, and cause automobile collision, in which plaintiff was injured, is subject to 2-619 dismissal...

Illinois jury awards $2.6 million in wrongful death lawsuit

Posted on March 08, 2009
A jury awarded $2.6 million to an Illinois woman who died as a result of an asbestos-related ailment. The large Illinois personal injury verdict involved a wrongful death in 2006 stemming from mesothelioma. According to the records, the personal injury victim was exposed to asbestos when she laundered clothes belonging to her husband who worked at UNARCO Industries in the 1960?s...

Case Law Update: Voluntary Dismissal

Posted on March 07, 2009
Quigg v. Walgreen Company, No. 2-07-0858 (3-2-09) found that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied plaintiff's motion to voluntary dismiss her complaint against pharmacy, while a combined motion to dismiss was pending, in order that she be able to file the case in Cook County...

Case Law Update: Civil Sanctions

Posted on March 07, 2009
Shales v. General Chauffeurs, Sales Drivers and Helpers Local Union No. 33 (No-07-3342) is a seventh circuit decision that found the district court did not err in granting defendant's motion for sanctions under 28 USC sec. 1927 and directing plaintiff's counsel to pay defendant's $80,000 in attorney fees for filing frivolous complaint without conducting reasonable investigation...

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