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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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Settlement reached in personal injury lawsuit against Six Flags for girl whose feet were severed on ride

Posted on November 26, 2008
A confidential out of court settlement was reached last week in the personal injury case brought on behalf of the 13 year-old girl whose feet were severed while on a ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in June 2007. Kaitlyn Lasitter was riding the ?Superman Tower of Power? ride, which lifted its passengers 177 feet before dropping them, reaching speeds over 50 mph, when a cable broke and severed her feet...

Teen Personally Injured After Leaping from SUV

Posted on November 26, 2008
A 17-year-old student was still listed in critical condition with personal injuries after he leaped from a moving sport-utility vehicle as part of a weekend game that awarded teens points for recording each other performing certain stunts. The teen was taken to the hospital following the incident and is still in critical condition with personal injuries in St...

FDA alert: Chinese milk products high risk

Posted on November 25, 2008
The FDA has recently warned of products liability in Chinese milk products. The FDA has confirmed reports of melamine, an industry chemical, in products containing milk, such as frozen yogurt, eggs, and fish feed in China. Consuming large amounts can lead to kidney stones and death...

Window Blind Recall after Death

Posted on November 25, 2008
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said a 1-year-old girl died in April when she got caught in the inner cord of a set of IKEA Roman blinds over her playpen. The commission also received a report of a 2-year-old girl who nearly died in June on the beaded-chain loop hanging from a set of shades...

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Chicago jury awards $16.5 million in fentanyl death case

Posted on November 25, 2008
An Illinois jury reviewing a Chicago personal injury lawsuit found two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries liable in the death of an Illinois woman. The Chicago jury ordered the companies to pay the family $16,560,000. When the personal injury victim died in 2004, she was using a patch prescribed to reduce the almost constant pain as a result of a brain injury...

Personal injury lawsuit filed against Martha Stewart for collapsing lounge chair

Posted on November 24, 2008
A personal injury lawsuit was filed claiming that a Martha Stewart lounge chair collapsed on him after the front legs collapsed. The collapse crushed his right index finger. The tip of his finger allegedly fell beneath a deck and was eventually retrieved by a family member...

Victoria?s Secret facing personal injury lawsuits after consumer suffers skin injuries

Posted on November 24, 2008
A personal injury law firm has filed a personal injury lawsuit on behalf of a woman who has used products from Victoria?s Secret. The personal injury lawsuit alleges that the products caused an adverse reaction after the consumer wore the undergarments and intimate apparel...

Court extends statute of limitations for personal injury lawsuits

Posted on November 23, 2008
A 1993 court decision setting the statute of limitations for individuals who are mentally ill at five years has been reversed. The South Dakota Supreme Court reversed and extended the statute of limitations for personal injury lawsuits to eight years...

Travis Barker files personal injury lawsuit against airline and tire companies

Posted on November 23, 2008
Travis Barker, who recently survived a deadly plane crash, has filed a personal injury lawsuit against four companies. The personal injury lawyer who filed the lawsuit alleges that the man was hurt and injured in his health, strength, and activity, sustaining injuries to his body and shock and injury to his nervous system...

Urgent Recall of Mylicon Baby?s Gas Relief Drops

Posted on November 22, 2008
Johnson & Johnson & Merck have called an urgent nationwide recall of about 12,000 units of Infant?s Mylicon Gas Relief Dye Free drops (simethicone-antigas) non-staining, packaged in 1 oz. plastic bottles that were sold after October 5, 2008. The manufacturer initiated this recall after discovering that, as a result of the manufacturing process, some bottles could contain metal fragments which could cause personal injuries...

Mother Sues For Wrongful Death after Son Drowns

Posted on November 22, 2008
The mother of a high school student who drowned when his paddleboat sank in the Fox River near the Chicago suburb of Algonquin is suing the school and the camp he was attending, claiming their negligence caused the wrongful death of her son. The bodies of the teenagers were recovered from the lake and all were pronounced dead a the scene...

Companies? Improper Labeling of Food Threatens Those with Allergies

Posted on November 22, 2008
Manufacturers mislabeling their products and regulators failure to police store shelves have led to children with food allergies suffering life-threatening and completely avoidable allergic reactions. An investigation revealed that the government rarely inspects food to find problems and does not punish companies that repeatedly violate labeling laws...

Case Law Update: Statute of Limitations in Personal Injury Cases

Posted on November 21, 2008
Gianni v. Kumho Tire U.S.A., Inc., No. 2-07-1065 (10-22-08) found that the trial court erred when it dismissed third party complaint for contribution in connection with products liability personal injury complaint for violation of limitations period of Section 13-204(b) of Code of Civil Procedure; because limitations period was tolled during mandatory stay of SCR 306(g) while case was on interlocutory appeal of denial of forum non conveniens motion...

Chicago Jury Awards $16.56 Million In Wrongful Death Lawsuit against Duragesic Pain Patch Manufacturer

Posted on November 21, 2008
A Cook County jury awarded $16.56 million to the family of a 38-year old mother of three who died from a fentanyl overdose following her use of a Duragesic pain patch. After a three-week product liability trial, the jury returned the verdict against two defendants, both of which are Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries...

Lean Cuisines Recalled

Posted on November 19, 2008
Nestle Prepared Foods Co. is Lean Cuisine brand. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, some consumers have found small bits of blue plastic in the dinners. Although only one person has reported an health hazard, ?where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or

Agency Lists Top 5 Dangerous Toys to Keep in Mind this Holiday Season

Posted on November 18, 2008
The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission has issued a press release to warn holiday shoppers of dangerous toys and provide recommendations to prevent serious injuries to children. According to the agency, the top five toy hazards, and its recommendations for preventing potential toy-related injuries, are: (1) Scooters and other Riding Toys ? Riding toys, skateboards and in-line skates go fast and falls could be deadly...

Jury awards $2.5 Million to teen beat by the KKK

Posted on November 18, 2008
A jury awarded $2.5 million in personal injury damages to a teenager who was severely beaten by members of a Ku Klux Klan group. The jury found against the KKK in a personal injury lawsuit and awarded $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages...

Hidden Crib Dangers

Posted on November 17, 2008
The federal government recalled nearly 1.6 million cribs sold by Delta Enterprise less than a month ago, and the company vowed to fix the cribs hazardous drop rails. Unfortunately, government documents revealed at least 19 instances of an entirely different hazard on the Delta cribs, mattress platforms that drop and create a gap that can entrap and strangle babies...

Jury Awards $7 Million in Accutane Lawsuit

Posted on November 17, 2008
A jury recently awarded a 31 year old man $7 million in his products liability lawsuit against Swiss drug manufacturer Hoffman-La Roche. The lawsuit alleged that the drug-maker failed to warn consumers that using the acne drug Accutane could lead to serious gastrointestinal disease...

Judge approves $11 million settlement in Chicago train accident

Posted on November 15, 2008
The commuter train agency will pay $11 million to settle two wrongful death lawsuits stemming from a 2005 train derailment. The settlement in the Illinois personal injury lawsuit was approved by a Cook County judge. Approximately 35 Chicago personal injury lawsuits related to the incident are still pending...

Treadmills Recalled after Fall Hazards

Posted on November 15, 2008
Cybex International Inc., is recalling about 19,000 Cybex Treadmills because the product can speed up unexpectedly while in use, due to a malfunction with the lower control board. This defect poses a fall hazard to consumers. To date, the company has received 24 reports of incidents involving the treadmill unexpectedly increasing speed, including 6 consumer reports of falling...

Safety concerns lead group to file Illinois lawsuit over prison closing

Posted on November 14, 2008
The union that represents the workers at an Illinois prison filed a lawsuit this week trying to stop the state from closing the facility until safety concerns are address. The lawsuit stems from concern over worker safety in moving the inmates. For the full article...

Toy Recalls Drop 46 Percent

Posted on November 13, 2008
Toy recalls are down 46 percent from last year, when manufacturers and retailers were forced to clear shelves of toys containing lead paint and dangerous magnets. There was even a case were a chemical left children temporarily comatose. Federal safety regulators said that parents should still be on the lookout for toys with small parts that could pose a choking hazard for children such as uninflated or broken balloons...

$11 million settlement in Metra Train Derailment

Posted on November 12, 2008
A Chicago judge ordered the Metra transit system to pay $11 million to settle two wrongful death lawsuits arising from the 2005 Metra derailment in Chicago that killed two woman and personally injured 117 other passengers. On Sept. 17, 2005 a five-car Rock Island Metra train headed from Joliet to downtown Chicago with 185 passengers on board derailed at a South Side track crossover, where the maximum allowable speed was 10 m...

Woman files personal injury lawsuit against NFL running back

Posted on November 11, 2008
A Midwestern woman filed a personal injury lawsuit today against an NFL running back. Last month, the personal injury plaintiff said that the running back spit a drink in her face at a bar and threatened to kill her and her boyfriend. The personal injury lawsuit accuses the football player of negligence, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress...

FDA Investigates Possible Vytorin-Cancer Link

Posted on November 11, 2008
U.S. drug regulators are investigating whether the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin might be linked to cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration informed health care professionals that the agency was investigating a report of a possible association between the use of Vytorin and an increased risk of a variety of cancers...

Jury Finds Utility Company at Fault in Deadly Crash

Posted on November 11, 2008
A jury recently awarded the families of four marines more than $55 million in compensatory and punitive damages in their wrongful death lawsuit against a local gas and electric company. The jury found the utility company negligent in the deaths of four marines who were killed when their helicopter hit an unlit utility tower on Camp Pendleton in 2004...

Case Law Update: Wrongful Death not allowed for In Vitro Fertilization

Posted on November 10, 2008

Illinois judge considers transferring personal injury lawsuit

Posted on November 10, 2008
A motion to transfer a personal injury lawsuit to a neighboring county has been taken under advisement by an Illinois judge. The defendant filed a motion to transfer the personal injury lawsuit to a different Illinois county. For the full article.

Chicago Home Explodes And Bursts Into Flames

Posted on November 09, 2008
A recently renovated and ?beautiful? home on the South Side in Chicago partially exploded and officials say it may collapse at any time. A still and box alarm was called for a house and fire and explosion. Multiple explosions were heard inside the 2...

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