The Union League Club of Chicago’s Civic & Arts Foundation hosted the 2010 jazz improvisation competition at Buddy Guy’s Legends on February 17, 2010. From high school kids to semi-professionals beginning to make a splash on the Chicago jazz scene, the breadth of talent exhibited at Buddy Guy’s Legends was…
Oftentimes, when we think of life-changing truck accidents in Illinois, we think of rollovers or jack-knife accidents. However, a standard Illinois rear-end trucking accident can also lead to drastic changes to drivers’ and passengers’ lives. The case of the plaintiff truck driver in Shinaberry v. KA Bulk Transport d/b/a Klemm…
An Illinois McDonald’s employee brought an Illinois premise liability lawsuit against the store franchise and McDonald’s Corporation after she was attacked on the restaurant’s premises. Her lawsuit, Lawson v. Schmitt Boulder Hill, Inc. and McDonald’s Corporation, No. 2-09-0026, explores the issue of what degree of duty a corporation owes to…
In an Illinois motorcycle accident, a case involving a drunk driver shows how both the drunk driver and bar or liquor store are equally responsible for the ensuing actions. After drinking at two different bars for about three and a half hours the defendant, Donald Adcock, took Jerica Klocke for…
A Chicago area brick layer settled his Cook County personal injury case with a semi-truck driver after his vehicle was struck by the defendant. It was alleged that the Cook County trucking accident occurred when defendant improperly took a left turn in front of the plaintiff’s vehicle when the defendant…
Last week a group of Chicago law organizations presented a forum on the experiences of pro bono legal counsel working with the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The forum was organized and sponsored by the Chicago Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society, the John Marshall Law School Student Chapter…
Toyota recently announced another recall in the long line of Toyota recalls instituted since Toyota’s September 2009 recalls. In the past year around 8 million Toyota vehicles have been recalled and now over 400,000 of their hybrid vehicles, including the high selling Prius, have been recalled. The unusually large number…
After almost three years of legal battles, the Illinois Supreme Court came to a decision on whether economic limits should be placed on Illinois medical malpractice lawsuits. In Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, the Illinois high court upheld a Cook County Circuit Court ruling that the Illinois law on medical…
Any surgical procedure inherently carries certain risks, so it is not necessarily uncommon for patients to experience post-surgical side effects. However, when those side effects are not treated properly, this type of surgical medical negligence can result in complications and poor results. A recent Cook County medical malpractice verdict demonstrates…
Yesterday the Union League Club of Chicago’s Public Affairs Committee, through its external relations subcommittee chair, Chicago attorney Robert Kreisman, hosted the Cook County Assessor Forum Candidate in conjunction with the Henry George School of Social Science. The candidates included Raymond Figueroa, Democrat; Robert Shaw, Democrat; Robert Grota, Green; and…