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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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Parents sue amusement park after child hurt in go-cart

Posted on December 31, 2008
The parents of a child injured while riding go-carts have filed a personal injury lawsuit against the amusement park. The personal injury lawsuit seeks more than $15,000 in damages for severe personal injuries sustained by the child. For the full article...

Ruling deals setback to pedestrian personal injury lawsuits

Posted on December 31, 2008
An out-of-state court reviewing a map of defects in a city?s sidewalks recently ruled that the map was inaccurate and inadmissible as evidence of notice to the city. The city?s most frequent lawsuits to defend are pedestrian lawsuits filed by plaintiffs who receive personal injuries from alleged defects in sidewalks...

Some toymakers may be exempt from the lead rule

Posted on December 30, 2008
Remember earlier this month, the presence of lead in toys was all over the news. Everyone was concerned that with the holiday seasons, kids would receive lead-laden toys. Then, regulations were passed overwhelmingly limiting the lead allowed in toys...

Chicago car accident involving CTA bus results in multiple personal injuries

Posted on December 30, 2008
An automobile accident involving a car and a CTA bus today in South Side Chicago resulted in at least nine personal injuries. The nine people injured were taken to a Chicago-area hospital where they were treated for injuries ranging from minor to major...

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Case Law Update: Damages in Personal Injury Cases

Posted on December 29, 2008
Poliszczuk v. Winkler, No. 1-07-0490 (12-1-08), is a first division case which found that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied plaintiffs' motion for new trial after jury, deliberating on the issue of damages only, returned verdict in their favor, but awarded them no damages for either disability or loss of normal life...

Case Law Update: Personal Injuries from Toxic Asbestos Exposure

Posted on December 29, 2008
Dukes v. Pneumo Abex, No. 4-06-0235 (12-29-08) found that in a trial for personal injuries from exposure to asbestos in plaintiff's decedent's manufacturing facility, allegedly resulting from conspiracy in which defendant's predecessor participated in suppressing information about adverse health effects of exposure to asbestos, trial court abused its discretion when it admitted evidence of nolo contendere plea entered by defendant in unrelated price fixing conspiracy with some of the same companies, and when it admitted inflammatory letter written by deceased purchasing director at one of defendant's plants, who had no responsibility for safety or health and was not spokesperson for defendant...

Disabled Child Dies After Falling From Window

Posted on December 29, 2008
A 7-year-old girl who used a wheelchair and was blind in one eye fell from the fifth floor of her apartment on Christmas Eve. The girl later died from her personal injuries on Christmas morning. Her personal injuries included a broken pelvis, collapsed lung and bleeding in her brain...

American Bridge fined $70,000 in bridge collapse that caused workers? death

Posted on December 28, 2008
A federal agency proposed a $70,000 fine for the bridge that was being built that collapsed and caused a workers? death. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited American Bridge for six safety violations that caused personal injuries and proposed a total of $90,000 in fines...

High mercury levels send Jeremy Piven to the hospital

Posted on December 27, 2008
Jeremy Piven was forced to leave the Broadway play he was starring in due to shocking levels of mercury in his system. His doctor believed that the mercury was due to the high amounts of sushi and Chinese herbs that Piven eats in his diet. A spell of dizziness on the show led to a three-day hospitalization...

AAJ counters tort reform advocates who want lawsuit losers to pay court costs

Posted on December 26, 2008
The American Association for Justice was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article stressing why it is important that American courts keep the ?American rule? for personal injury lawsuits and medical malpractice lawsuits. The so-called tort reform advocates are pushing courts to adopt a system where losers of personal injury lawsuits pay for the court costs, unlike the current system where attorneys? fees are collected on a contingency fee basis...

Chicago, Illinois House Fire Leaves Two Children Dead

Posted on December 25, 2008
A house fire in a Chicago, Illinois home has left two children dead. The house fire allegedly started when the children used a space heater. The house fire raises the Chicago house fire death toll before the year?s end. House fires, especially in cold areas like Chicago, are common when faulty space heaters are used or if a landlord?s smoke detectors are broken or missing...

FDA warns about inadequate warning labels on diet pills

Posted on December 25, 2008
Earlier this week, the FDA issued a new warning for those Americans looking to lose weight fast. The FDA recently listed more than 25 weight loss products to avoid because they contain unlabeled ingredients that could cause serious personal injuries...

City settles with Taser injury victim

Posted on December 24, 2008
City officials have agreed to pay a settlement of $70,000 to the wife and child of a man who died in 2005 after police jolted him with Tasers. This is the first wrongful death settlement over the use of stun guns. For the full article.

Court dismisses appeal of $545K award in tobacco case

Posted on December 24, 2008
A court has dismissed the appeal of a $545,000 verdict in a tobacco product liability case. This ruling may also affect product liability claims for other inherently dangerous products. This tobacco litigation involved cigarettes with a flawed design...

Water Main Break Traps Drivers

Posted on December 23, 2008
A massive water main break trapped a dozen commuters in their cars as the swift, frigid waters flooded a suburban road, and rescuers in helicopters and boats had to pluck people from the whitewater unleashed by an aging pipe. Two people in a minivan climbed into a basket lowered by a helicopter as the floodwaters raged past them which sprayed water on a rescuer reaching out to save them...

Product liability law firm asks Supreme Court to rule on out-of-state toxic tort suits

Posted on December 23, 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to rule that courts should open their doors for out-of-state visitors with asbestos lawsuits. This is an appeal of a dismissal of toxic tort lawsuits of more than 1,000 railroad workers. For the full article.

FDA raises requirements for new diabetes drugs

Posted on December 23, 2008
Under a new FDA policy, drug companies will have to test drugs on a greater number of high-risk patients, such as the elderly. This requirement is effective immediately and will help to prevent pharmaceutical product liability. For the full article...

2 Children Die and 2 Others Saved in Southwest Fire

Posted on December 22, 2008
Two young sisters died and two of their siblings were personally injured in an early-morning fire in Chicago?s Southwest Side. The children?s mother apparently was not home at the time. The fire has been classified as accidental, which was probably caused by an electrical overload...

Diseased pork plant workers still not receiving workers? compensation

Posted on December 22, 2008
Over a year after a neurological disease surfaced among workers at a pork plant, workers have still not received workers? compensation for their illnesses. Doctors have traced the disease to a mist of pig brains at the processing plant. Individuals who were working illegally in the plant are being denied benefits even though courts have ruled that workers can receive workers? compensation for their personal injuries regardless of their immigration status...

Injured worker seeks $75,000 after hose crushes his fingers

Posted on December 21, 2008
An injured worker has filed a personal injury lawsuit against his employer after a construction accident caused him injuries on the job. The personal injury lawsuit alleges that a crane dropped a dock hose on his left fingers. He seeks $75,000 and restitution for medical care, earnings, and other associated expenses...

Construction accident results in 1 death, 18 injuries

Posted on December 21, 2008
A bridge that was being used during construction of a soaring walkway to give visitors breathtaking views turned into a construction injury disaster zone when it collapsed. One worker was killed and 18 others received personal injuries. Contractors were pouring concrete on a ?canopy walk? as high as 40 feet when the bridge gave way...

Runway fire injures 38

Posted on December 21, 2008
Reporters are stating it is a miracle that nobody was wrongfully killed when an airplane veered off a runway during takeoff, burst into flames and nearly broke apart. Thirty-eight people received personal injuries. The weather was clear, but cold, with winds at 38 miles per hour...

Work injury lawsuit results in $48 million verdict for paralyzed man

Posted on December 20, 2008
A man who was paralyzed from the waist down after falling 17-feet from a ladder while working at a steel mill has been awarded a $48 million verdict in his personal injury lawsuit. The 42 year-old personal injury victim suffered a spinal cord injury when he fell from a ladder while at work...

Brandy faces second personal injury lawsuit stemming from car accident

Posted on December 20, 2008
The car accident that R&B singer Brandy was involved in continues to haunt her. A man who received personal injuries in the car accident is now suing both Brandy and the deceased driver for personal injury and negligence. The complaint filed alleges that the personal injury plaintiff sustained serious and permanent injuries because Brandy and the deceased driver were traveling at an excessive speed and failing to maintain a safe distance from each other...

Bridge Collapse Leads to Injuries and Death of a Construction Worker

Posted on December 19, 2008
A construction accident on a pedestrian bridge caused the bridge to collapse resulting in several personal injuries. The accident caused a construction worker?s death and caused other construction workers injuries that required medical treatment. There is no determination as to the cause of the bridge collapse as of yet, but it is likely an investigation will be underway...

Case Law Update: Worker?s Compensation in the Course of Employment

Posted on December 18, 2008
N Ming Auto Body v. The Industrial Commision, No. 1-07-1125WC (11/18/08) is a first district case which affirmed that after the Workers? Compensation Commission affirmed that a portion of the arbitrator?s decision from Section 19(b) hearing that found that the claimant?s medical condition and surgery were causally related to an injury that arose out of and in the course of his employment, and that decision became final, the law of the case prevented later arbitrators and the Commission from overturning that finding in the hearing on permanency, even with evidence of fraud on the part of the claimant...

Woman recovering after face transplant

Posted on December 18, 2008
The first person in the United States is now recovering after a facial transplant. Prior to the surgery, the personal injuries were ghastly. She had no nose, no palate, and no way to eat or breathe. Other candidates were considered and dozens of desperate burn injury victims were considered...

Case Law Update: Sovereign Immunity In Defamation Cases

Posted on December 17, 2008
Cortright v. Doyle, No. 1-07-1339 (11/18/08) affirmed that the trial court correctly held that plaintiff's allegations against her supervisors for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and tortious interference with economic expectancy by virtue of their unfair and humiliating criticism of plaintiff's work performance, setting unreasonable deadlines, and unfair discipline, are really allegations against the State and are barred by sovereign immunity...

CPSC urges parents to check toys on website

Posted on December 17, 2008
During the holiday season, many parents buy toys for their children. This year, the CPSC is urging parents to check its website prior to purchase to avoid product liability. Toys present safety concerns and some recently have been found to contain lead...

Crave Restaurant & Bar: The Scene of Death Due to Brain Injury

Posted on December 16, 2008
A Midwestern restaurant and bar is under scrutiny after a bar patron suffered serious personal injuries that resulted in the patron's wrongful death. Criminal charges have been filed against an employee of the Crave lounge yet no word exists yet if a personal injury lawsuit or wrongful death lawsuit have been filed...

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