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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Appointment of an Administrator in an Intestate Probate Estate Relying on Preferences of the Probate Act
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Jury Verdict in Personal Injury Case on the Issue of Cross Examination of Medical Expert
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United States Court of Appeals Reverses and Remands Product Liability, Leg Amputation Injury Lawsuit
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses $41 Million Jury Verdict for Trial Court’s Error in Refusing Defendant to Add Affirmative Defense
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$10.5 Million Jury Verdict in Inadequate Fall Protection for Commercial Truck Driver
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$20 Million Settlement in Failure to Ensure Safe Workplace in Elevator Death Case
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$52.9 Million Jury Verdict in Tractor-Trailer Crash That Caused Brain Injuries
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$19 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Warn of Dangerous Swimming Pool Conditions
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$25 Million Jury Verdict for Catastrophic Injuries of Pedestrian In a Case of Speeding, Distracted Driver
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$21.6 Million Jury Verdict in Tragic Death of Child in Failure to Yield to Cyclist
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$7.7 Million Jury Verdict in Improper Lane Change Crash
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$6.2 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Yield the Right-of-Way
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U.S. District Court Judge Rules Law Prohibiting Addicts and Persons Illegally Using Controlled Substances from Possessing Firearms Does Not Violate Second Amendment
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds That Employer Could Be Negligent at the Same Time the Employee Was Not
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$2.05 Million Settlement in Failure to Handle Walk-around Before Moving Truck at Worksite
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Personal Injury Lawsuit for Appointment of Special Representative
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Probate Request for Ancillary Proceeding
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U.S. Federal District Court Struggles with Jurisdictional Service of Summons by Email on Foreign Corporation
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$30 Million Jury Verdict in Fatal Failure to Avoid Oncoming Traffic
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$45 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Inspect Unsafe Scaffolding
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$4.5 Million Settlement for Distracted Driving That Caused Broadside Crash
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$1.8 Million Settlement in Failure to Yield Right-of-Way Crash
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Robert D. Kreisman Presented With Certificate of Appreciation by the Union League Club’s Administration of Justice
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$725,000 Settlement Reached in Failure to Secure Concrete Block in Private Residence Project
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$1.4 Million Settlement in Failure to Obey Stop Sign
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$2 Million Settlement in Intersection Truck Crash Lawsuit
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U.S. District Court Finds Relation Back Doctrine Applied in Truck Crash Case
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$2 Million Settlement for Traumatic Brain Injury Suffered by Minor in Failure to Obey Red Light
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$18 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Yield Right-of-Way Lawsuit, Death, Traumatic Injuries
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Illinois Supreme Court Issues Framework for Conducting Jury Selection Remotely, Due to Pandemic
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U.S. District Court Grants Motion Under Contribution Act for Injured Employee, Spoliation of Evidence
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$13 Million Jury Verdict in Fatal Head-On Car Crash
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$20 Million Verdict in Wrongful Death Caused by Negligence of Bus Driver
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$752,600 Jury Verdict for Injuries to Delivery Person Who Fell Into Window Well
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses $8 Million Verdict in Negligent Misrepresentation Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Claim on Demand Note on Limitations Basis
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$280 Million Jury Verdict in Head-On Truck Crash on Interstate Highway Involving Five Passengers
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$8.9 Jury Verdict in Catastrophic Injuries to Motorcyclist Hit in T-Bone Collision
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$2.18 Million Jury Verdict for Serious Injuries to Bicyclist Injured by Negligent Operation of Vehicle
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$15 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Timely Call for Emergency Medical Services
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$4 Million Settlement for Death of Driver Killed by Wheel Detached from Truck
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Punitive Damages That Included Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Breach of Fiduciary Duty by Trustee
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After $41.86 Million Jury Verdict, Parties Settle for $46 Million in Truck Rear-Ending Motorcyclist
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$1.5 Million Jury Verdict in Highway Crash on Interstate Highway
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$3.5 Million Settlement for Traumatic Brain Injury Caused by Excessive Force by Bar’s Security Guards
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$2.82 Million Jury Verdict in Truck Crash Caused by Fallen Ladder on Interstate Highway
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Kreisman Law Offices Scholarship Winner Lands Associate Position With National Law Firm
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Competency of Wife to Serve as Administrator of Her Husband’s Estate
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State Appellate Court Affirms $38 Million Jury Verdict Where Evidence of Similar Occurrences Was Found
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State Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Product Liability Lawsuit for Defective Fuel Pump in Airplane Crash
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$4.4 Million Jury Verdict for Injuries to Motor Scooter Rider Struck by Vehicle
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$27 Million Jury Verdict for Wrongful Death of Motorcycle Rider Struck by Tractor-Trailer
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$7.67 Jury Verdict for Failure to Provide Worker with Fall Protection
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$128.81 Million for Catastrophic Injuries to Family Caused by Rear-End Crash Including Death of Child
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U.S. District Court Affirms Dismissal of Wrongful Death Case Because of the Bar of a Direct Action Against Decedent’s Employer
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Claim in Decedent’s Probate Estate Based Solely on Photographs
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Suburban Home Fits the “Office Definition” for Company Satellite Office
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Investors in Ponzi Scheme Reversed the Cook County Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Standing
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses a Second Judge’s Overturning of $9.9 Million Jury Verdict
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U.S. Federal District Court Rules That Insurer is Estopped from Cutting Policy Limit
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Order Regarding Supreme Court Rule 215 Physician Examination
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State Appellate Court Affirms Punitive Damages, Stating Evidence Supported Reckless Indifference
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$2.5 Million Jury Verdict for Serious Injuries to Forklift Operator Caused by Negligent Maintenance of Trailer
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$9.5 Million Settlement Reached for Pedestrian Seriously Injured by Garbage Truck When Pedestrian Was in Crosswalk
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Illinois Appellate Court Decides Jurisdiction and Timeliness to File Motion
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Discovery Rule Takes Place at the Discovery of the Harm — Not When the Defect Was Discovered
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Consumer Claims Against Manufacturer of Nutritional Supplements
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$23.22 Million Joint and Several Jury Verdict Reversed and Remanded by Illinois Appellate Court
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$461,000 Jury Verdict for Multiple Injuries Suffered in Car Crash Caused by Distracted Driver
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$13.6 Million Settlement In Motorcycle Struck by Distracted Garbage Truck Driver
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U.S. Court of Appeals Rules that State-Law Claims Are Not Barred Based on Doctrine of Field Pre-emption in Wrongful Death Aircraft Case
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U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Issue on Whether State Law Operated as Substantial Impairment of Contract
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court on Duty to Defend in Insurance Coverage for Worker
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Where Another Injured Party Plaintiff Was Added After the Passing of the Statute of Limitations
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$14.06 Million Jury Verdict for Catastrophic Injury to Passenger in Single Car Crash
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U.S. District Court Enters Settlement Against Dietary Supplement Companies Ending Unapproved Drug Sales
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U.S. District Court Dismisses Breach of Contract, Finding Noncompete Clause Improper
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State Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal on Summary Judgment for the Injuries Sustained on Property Owned by Defendant
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirmed the Dismissal of Counterclaim in Injury Lawsuit Finding No Private Right of Action Existed Making Counterclaim Moot
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$26 Million Settlement for Devastating Injuries Suffered in Intersection Truck Crash
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$15 Million Structured Settlement for Crash that Left Passenger with Traumatic Brain Injury
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Self-Dealing Nullifies Gift to Power of Attorney Holder
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Injury Claim Against Personal Trainer for Willful and Wanton Acts
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$41.94 Million Jury Verdict for Catastrophic Injuries to Driver and Passenger Caused by Vehicle’s Failed Roof, Fuel-Fed Fire
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissed Lawsuit Based on Serious Injuries Caused by Company Related to Employer
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Product Liability Lawsuit Lacking Plaintiff’s Testimony on Causation
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U.S. Supreme Court Reverses District Court’s Ruling That Congressional Districting Plan in Texas Unconstitutional
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$27.5 Million Jury Verdict for the Death of a Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Who Received 13,000 Volts from a Power Line
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$15.28 Million Jury Verdict in the Death of a Worker Injured in a Failure to Warn of Dangerous Condition
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Illinois Jury Verdict in Rear-End Collision Results in $33,287 Verdict
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Chicago’s North Lawndale Restorative Justice Community Court Receives Visitors from the Union League’s Administration of Justice Subcommittee
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$41.5 Million Jury Verdict for Fatal Death of Sanitation Worker Crushed Between Street Sweepers
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Highway Crash With Admitted Negligence Results in $12,350 Jury Verdict
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Decision on Service by Publication
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Failure-to-Warn Claim for Generic Drug
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Intervention Petition Based on Late Filing
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Kreisman Law Offices Donates 327 Volumes of the Illinois Reports, Illinois Digest to Illinois Department of Corrections
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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Defendant’s Right to Assert Physician-Patient Privilege
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Contribution Jury Verdict Form Flawed
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$16.95 Million Jury Verdict in Leg Amputation Caused by Forklift Driver
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Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal on Summary Judgment Motion of Asbestos Exposure Lawsuit
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Negligent, Willful and Wanton Misconduct When Individual Beats Plaintiff with Briefcase After Encounter on Roadway
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$2.7 Million Settlement for Arm Amputation Caused by Disabled Safety Devices
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Jury’s Damages Verdict Related to Disputed Medical Treatment
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Illinois Supreme Court Reverses Appellate Court – Asserts Liens Obtained by Hospitals Under Health Care Services Lien Act are Not Limited to Awards of Medical Expenses
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$10.75 Million Jury Verdict for Death of Teen Struck and Killed By Truck
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Asbestos Exposure Case Results in $8.8 Million Jury Verdict
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$11 Million Jury Verdict for Traumatic Brain Injury of Teen Skateboarder Struck by Car
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$21.4 Million Jury Verdict Upheld by Illinois Appellate Court in Rail Worker’s Injury
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court’s New Trial Order Based on Alleged Confusing Jury Instructions
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$7.55 Million Jury Verdict Entered for Minor Who Contracted E. Coli Infection at Petting Zoo
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Chicago is One of the Top Three Cities Where Crane Risks Rise as Construction Projects Increase
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Cook County Jury Verdict of $897,000 Including $500,000 for Punitive Damages Not Against Manifest Weight of Evidence
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U.S. Court of Appeals Explains Res Ipsa Loquitur Principle in Federal Injury Case
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State Supreme Court Affirms $3.9 Million Jury Verdicts in Mazda 3 Fuel Tank Design Defect Case
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$12.27 Million Settlement for Catastrophic Injuries Suffered by Electrical Contractor Lineman Who Fell 60 Feet
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses and Remands Insurance Case Regarding Demand for Arbitration
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Cook County Jury Verdict for Injured Bicyclist Hit by Motorist Who Ran Stop Sign
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$5.26 Million Jury Verdict for Injured Electrician Who Fell From Ladder
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$3 Million Jury Verdict for Suicide Death Caused by Paxil in Pharmaceutical Lawsuit
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$120,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Injured Pedestrian Hit by Backing Vehicle
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U.S. District Court Judge Denies Motion of Dietary Supplement Company
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Work Injury Case Because of Retained Control
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$27 Million Jury Verdict for Death of Construction Worker
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$5.8 Million Verdict Affirmed in Asbestos-Causing Mesothelioma Wrongful Death
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms $3.27 Million Jury Verdict in Favor of Woman in Product Liability Lawsuit
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Appeals Court Finds Taxi Company Vicariously Liable for Injuries
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State Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Employer Who Admitted Vicarious Liability for Employee’s Negligence
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The American Association for Justice (AAJ) Has Responded Sharply to President Trump’s Misleading Statement on Medical Malpractice Liability
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Hybrid High/Low Agreement Results in $500,000 Settlement in Work Injury Trial
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$28 Million Jury Verdict in Bus-Car Crash that Left Teenager Paralyzed
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Jury Finds in Favor of Truck Driver Killed in Rollover Crash
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U.S. Court of Appeals Denies Petition in Fight Over Citations Issued by OSHA in Toxic Fumes Case
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$2.29 Million Cook County Jury Verdict in Product Defect on Construction Site
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Injury Case for Lack of Actual or Constructive Knowledge of the Product Defect
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenges to the $1 Billion Settlement Made with NFL Retired Football Players
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$1.1 Million Settlement in Injury to Worker Who Fell from Unsecured Ladder
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Trucking Industry Wins Rollback of Truck Safety Rules
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U.S. District Court Judge Takes Narrow Reading of ‘Take Home’ Mesothelioma Case That Exposed Worker’s Family
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$15 Million Jury Verdict Against Bus Company for Negligence in Passenger Death
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Extinguishing Hospital’s Medical Lien for Services Provided to a Plaintiff-Minor
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$9.87 Million Illinois Jury Verdict for Injury to Pedestrian Struck by Bus
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant in Dead-Man’s Act Argument
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Talc Ovarian Cancer Cases are Dismissed for Plaintiffs’ Failure to Provide Reliable Expert Theories of Causation
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Illinois Supreme Court Finds in Favor of Railroad in Case Where Bridge Wall Collapsed, Amputating the Legs of a Worker
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Illinois Supreme Court Enters Order for Mandatory E-Filing
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Each Instance of Under-Insurance Must Be Considered Individually
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$1 Million Settlement for Worker’s Knee Injury at Loading Dock
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$6.65 Million Cook County Jury Verdict for Death of a Young Woman Who Fell from a Ladder
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Illinois Appellate Court Resolves Under-Insured Motorist Claim and Demand for Arbitration
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$297,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Chicago Loop T-Bone Taxicab Crash
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The John Marshall Law School Has Been Named to the LGBT Hall of Fame
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Probate Court Decision on the Passing of Property Per Stirpes
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U.S. District Court Decides Future Earning Capacity for Railroad Worker Should Be Left to Jury
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Pedestrian in Wheelchair Seriously Injured in Crosswalk Settles for $382,000
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in a Premises Liability Case
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New Illinois Law Makes Every Bicyclist Entitled to Same Rights as Motorists
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Trial Court Wrong in Applying the “Verdict Test”
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Jury Verdict for $331,000 in Negligent Operation of a Crane That Injured Worker
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17 States Restrict Voting After 2013 U.S. Supreme Court Decision
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Motorist Killed by Trucker Claimed to Have Been Hired With Reckless Driving Record
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Product-Liability Judgment of $245,000
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$62,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Rear-End Crash Involving Drunk Driver
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$128,000 Jury Verdict for Injured Worker Who Fell From Scaffold While Hanging Wallpaper
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Cook County Jury Finds for Contractors in Fall Blamed for Worker’s Ankle Injury
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Illinois Appellate Court Pierces Corporate Veil and Awards Attorney Fees
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$333,000 Jury Verdict in T-Bone Crash Injuring Passenger and Drivers in Athens, Illinois
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment and Dismissal of Product Liability Case
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Jury Signs Verdict for $4.74 Million in Crash by Rental Car Employee
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Class Gift Was Unambiguous
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules Employer May Waive Workers’ Compensation Lien
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$34.2 Million Jury Verdict in Crash Resulting in Paraplegia
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$824,000 Jury Verdict for Injured Worker’s Deadly Exposure to Benzene
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$2.5 Million Jury Verdict for the Death of a Teenager Who Died When School Delayed Response to an Asthma Attack
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$320,000 Federal Jury Verdict Awarded for Worker’s Fall Injury in Coal Mine
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Police Officer’s Testimony on Fault of an Accident is Ruled Inadmissible
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Diesel Exhaust Contributes to Lung Cancer Deaths
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U.S. District Court Jury Finds Trucker 100% at Fault for His Own Traumatic Brain Injury
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Illinois Appellate Court Decides that Dissolved Companies’ Liability Insurance Policies Were Unavailable for Persons Making Claims Against Corporation
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Striking of Expert Witness Affidavit for Failure to Include Documents on Which the Expert Relied
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Illinois Supreme Court Abolishes the State’s Long-Standing Common Law Public Duty Rule
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U.S. Court of Appeals Decides Underinsured Motorist Coverage Regarding Stacking
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Crane Accident Case for Lack of Proximate Cause
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$4.25 Million Settlement Reached in Pedestrian Injury Case at Train Crossing
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U.S. District Court Dismisses Asbestos Claim Because of the “Bare Metal” Defense
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$425,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Rear-End Crash Between Two Trucks
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$20 Million Settlement Reached Where Inadequate Guardrail Leads to Motorist’s Permanent Tetraplegia and Brain Damage
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$9.85 Million Settlement Reached During Jury Trial for Catastrophic Injuries in Car Crash on Highway Shoulder
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Illinois Appellate Court Chooses Shorter Statute of Limitations to Bar Spoliation Claim
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Trucker Killed in Illinois Accident is Denied Illinois Courts
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$3.3 Million Settlement for Construction Worker Injured by Backing Truck
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Death Case in Intersection Crash
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Cook County Judge Enters Verdict of $1.875 Million Verdict for the Death of a Bicyclist Who Fell Through a Storefront Window
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Decision Dismissing Case Where It Was Found That There Was No Business Relationship Between the Injured Plaintiff and the Defendant
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$24.75 Million Jury Verdict in Balcony Collapse Case Severely Injuring Three Family Members and Others
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Principles of Unjust Enrichment and Constructive Trust are Explained by Illinois Appellate Court
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Case for Forum Non Conveniens; No Abuse of Discretion
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Substitution of Judge Denied in Medical Malpractice Case That Was Previously Voluntarily Dismissed and then Refiled
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Guardian Ad Litem Overcomes Father’s Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity
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Amended Federal Rule 37(e) Requires Preservation of All Documents and Electronically Stored Information that Could Be Relevant in an Anticipated Lawsuit
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$18.79 Million Jury Verdict for Catastrophic Injury to Truck Driver
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Non-Guardian Spouse Has No Standing to Oppose Authorization by the Ward to File For Divorce
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Decision Where Contractor was Entitled to Insurance Coverage for Vicarious Liability
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules that Insurance Company Must Have Received Actual Notice from Insured Before Duty to Defend Kicks In
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Three Car Rear-End Crash With Admitted Negligence Results in Jury Verdict
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$1.75 Million Jury Verdict in Risperdal Case
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Failure to Yield Car Crash Ends With $1.75 Million Settlement
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $1.5 Million Jury Verdict for the Death of a Man Killed by Fall in Elevator Shaft
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Cook County Summary Judgment Order that Insurer Must Defend Toxic-Tort Complaints Even When the Dates of Exposure or Injury Were Vague or Unknown
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Illinois Appellate Court Clears Up Procedural Error as to Final and Appealable Orders
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of a Lawsuit with Prejudice when the Plaintiffs Chose Not to Ask Leave to Amend Their Complaint
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Calls Out 6-Person Civil Jury Law: Unconstitutional
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules in Forum Non Conveniens Case
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$14,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Rear-End Crash
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$38,000 Jury Verdict Where Car Hits and Injures Teen Standing in Roadway Near a Disabled Car
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$971,000 Jury Verdict for Contractor Who Sued for Unpaid Work at the Pritzker Mansion
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Illinois Appellate Court Resolves Breach of Lease Agreement Because of Damage to Property
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Cook County Jury Verdict for Injured in High Speed Three-Car Crash; Jury Disregards Lost Income Claim
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Cook County Jury Entered $1.5 Million Verdict for the Death of a Thirteen-Week-Old Child Whose Dehydration was Improperly Treated
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$8.3 Million Jury Verdict for Families of Two Killed in Overseas Bus Accident
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$1.15 Million Settlement for Death of Diabetic Nursing Home Resident
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Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Employee’s ERISA Benefits Because of a Breach of Fiduciary Duty
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$1.28 Million Jury Verdict for Negligence of Nursing Home Causing Burn Injuries to Resident
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Failures by Franchisee in Making Petroleum Payments Leads to Forfeiture Under Petroleum Marketing Practices Act
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$34,800 Cook County Jury Verdict for Husband and Wife in Broadsided Car Crash
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Substitution of Judge Without Cause is Reaffirmed as the Law by Illinois Appellate Court
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Illinois Appellate Court Returns Contract Case to Trial Court Finding Ambiguous Language
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U.S. Appeals Court Enters Preliminary Injunction Where Consumers Would be Confused by Similar Tradenames
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$375,000 Arbitration Award in Nursing Home Abuse Case
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Village Inspector Tears Rotator Cuff at Construction Site; $272,000 Cook County Jury Verdict
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Cook County Jury Sides with Hotel after Passenger Dropped Off on Dangerous Pavement Patch
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Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies Mailbox Rule Giving It Wider Application
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Evanston is Not Responsible for the Injuries to a Bicyclist Hurt in an Alley
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules Church Club Has No Immunity Under the Illinois School Code
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Unusually High Attorney Fee Award in Risky Shareholder Lawsuit
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Dismissal for Failure to State a Claim was Proper Where Plaintiff Chose Not to Allege Details of Fraud Conspiracy in Complaint
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Signs Bill into Law Amending Code of Civil Procedure Regarding Settlements
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Torn Rotator Cuff Results in Record Verdict to Senior Citizen
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$210,000 Illinois Jury Verdict in Pick-Up Truck Crash
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67,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Rear-End Crash at Highway Exit
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Plaintiffs Beware of Voluntary Dismissal and Refilling Under 735 ILCS 5/2-1009; Hudson v. City of Chicago
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Cook County Jury Verdict for Bicycle Rider Hit by Turning Car; Harvey v. Phillips
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$183,000 Jury Verdict for Injured Driver in Five-Car Crash
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Illinois Appellate Court Dismisses Appeal That Was Not Final
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Forum Selection Clause and Contract Enforced; Entec International N.A. v. MillerCoors
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Insurance Coverage Wins Out in Loading Car Claim at Menards
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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Injured Delivery Driver’s $489,000 Jury Verdict on Credibility Issues
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Cook County Jury Finds in Favor of Backing Out Driver in Parking Garage Incident
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Illinois Trucker Protected by Employer’s Insurance in Truck Crash Case
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Appellate Court Revives Toxic Tort Case Based on Discovery Rule; Beaver v. ExxonMobil Corp.
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$16,000 Jury Verdict for Bicyclist Hit by Car; One-Day Jury Trial
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Student Drowns But School Found Not Responsible; Slade v. Board of School Directors
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Dismissal of Construction Site Case Reversed by Court of Appeals; Sojka v. Bovis Lend Lease
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Limit in Insurance Coverage Affirmed in Porch Collapse Case; Ware v. First Specialty Insurance Corp.
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$3.98 Million Jury Verdict for Elevator Malfunction Case; R.T. v. Schindler Corp., et al
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$204,000 Jury Verdict in Admitted Liability Rear-End Crash; Solis v. Giannoulias
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses $32 Million Verdict in Toxic Tort Case; Solis v. BASF Corp.
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Illinois Appellate Court Approves Relation-Back Doctrine in Workers’ Compensation Claim; Modern Drop Forge v. Workers’ Compensation Commission
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds That Contractor Had No Duty to Preserve Evidence of Damaged I-Beam; Martin v. Keeley & Sons, Inc.
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Illinois Appellate Court Reinstates Lawsuit in Car Crash Case Where Defendant Died Before Suit; Relf v. Shatayeva
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228,000 in Illinois Consumer Fraud Action on Contract; Myles v. E. King Construction Co.
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Injury Lawsuit for Heir on Summons; Emrickson v. Morfin
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Illinois Supreme Court Returns Asbestos Litigation to Mississippi Court; Fennell v. IL Central Railroad Co.
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Federal Tort Claims Act Requires Written Notice to Federal Agency Before Lawsuit; LeGrande v. United States
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Cook County Jury Verdict for 72,000 in Admitted Negligence, Rear-End Car Crash; Castillo v. Las
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Deaths in House Fire; Rutkoff v. Security Associates International, Inc.
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411,000 Jury Verdict in Sudden Stop Rear-End Crash; Nowak v. Ball
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Court of Appeals Finds for Truck Driver Who Was Not Borrowed Employee; Couch v. U.S.
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses a Verdict Regarding Admitted Evidence of Misleading Photographs; Johnson v. Bailey
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Cook County Jury Delivers Verdict for FedEx in Rear-End Crash; Fernandez v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., et al.
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2 Million Verdict in Stop Sign Collision with Postal Carrier; Henriksen v. United States
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93,182 Cook County Verdict for Passenger in Three Car Crash; Stadelmann v. Estate of Waimon
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Illinois Jury Returns $167,000 Verdict in Stop Sign Car Crash; Fuentes v. Dovin
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489,000 Cook County Verdict for Delivery Man Hit by Car in Parking Lot
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Illinois Jury Finds for Injured in Head-On Crash in Snow Storm; Gutierrez v. Palochko
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Illinois Verdict for Rear-End One Day Trial; Canfield v. Village of Creve Coeur
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Black Box Technology Improves in Automobiles and Trucks
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Illinois Jury Awards 615,000 for Injured Truck Driver When Steel Rolls Off Flatbed
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court’s Dismissal in Auto Injury Case Against Municipality; Robinson v. Washington Township
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U.S. Appeals Court Finds for Railroad Worker Injured at Jobsite; Lynch v. N.E. Regional Commuter R.R. Corp.
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds That Railroads Have No Duty of Care to Children Climbing on Moving Trains; Choate v. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co.
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U.S. Court of Appeals Allows Conditional Privilege in Tortious Interference With Contract Case; Nation v. American Capital, Ltd.
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Lawyers’ Pro Bono Work Wins WWII Vet Benefits
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Chicago Lawyers Volunteer to Seal, Expunge or Erase Arrests and Guilty Pleas
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Chicago Jury Verdict for Trucker Against Bicyclist; Assaley v. Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
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Cook County Verdict Reversed Because Juror Performed Internet Research on Key Issue in Case; McGee v. City of Chicago, et al.
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Illinois Federal Judge Rules Railroad Employees Can File Suit If Employer Blocks Them from Getting Medical Treatment Following Work Injury; Rene Delgado v. Union Pacific
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Meningitis Outbreak Beginning to Draw Illinois Lawsuits
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Plaintiff Failed to Prove That Negligence Caused the Damages Claimed; Costello v. City of Chicago
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms: Third-Party Defendant Not Liable in Auto Accident; Ponto v. Levan
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Illionois Appellate Court Rules Car Dealer Was Detained– Abbas v. Weininger
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Illinois Jury Verdict for Saw Manufacturer in Product Defect Case
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Appellate Court Rules Condo Resident not Required to Pay Assessments After Condo is Not Repaired
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Illinois Supreme Court Voids 3.9 Million Jury Award; Dominic Choate v. Indiana Harbor Belt Co.
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Motorcycle-Firefighter Killed After Being Cut Off by U-Turning Vehicle; Estate of Schroeder v. Wright
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Thomson Reuters Selects Robert Kreisman for Super Lawyer List
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NTSB: Neglect and Inaction Caused Huge Michigan Oil Spill
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Congress Plans Legislation to Prevent Car Rental Companies from Renting Vehicles that Have Been Recalled
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Robert Kreisman Named Editor of American Association for Justice
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Allstate Saddled with 1 Million “excess judgment” Following Motorcycle Accident
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More Than $558k Awarded Following Rear-Ender that Broke Passenger Seat in Half
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NHTSA Issues Advisory to Pedestrians: Fatalities Caused by Motorists Up in 2010
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Illinois Federal Judge Finds Affidavit Rescues Injury Case From Summary Judgment; Scott v. BNSF
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Experts Allowed to Testify in Toxic-Tort Chemical Exposure Case; Noffsinger v. Valspar Corp.
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Lawsuit for Preliminary Injunction Must Show the Likelihood of Success on the Merits
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Court Rejects Scientific Theory in Asbestos Litigation; Betz/Simikian v. Pneumo Abex, LLC, et al.
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Illinois Appellate Court Agrees With Trial Court in Dismissing Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim for Missing Facts; Caplice, et al. v. Stahl Cowen Crowley, LLC, et al.
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Illinois Supreme Court Rules Ambulance Driver is Protected Under Immunity Law
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Study: Teens Don’t See Problem in “Distracted Driving”
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Illinois Appellate Court Denies Hospital its Lien Claim in Auto Crash Injury Case; Jayko v. Fraczek
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Dietary Supplement DMAA Draws Health Warning
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Wrongful Death in Tractor-Trailer Head-On Crash Leads to Insurance Coverage Fight; Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. v. ATS Enterprises
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W.H.O. Declares Diesel Fumes Cause Lung Cancer
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No Motorcycle Brake Defect Found in Death of Husband and Wife Killed in Crash
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Injury Prevention Laws Save Lives
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Campaign Contributions to Judges and Their Court Decisions Cannot be Kept Separate, Says Chief Judge of New York State Unified Court System
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11-Year Process Ends With Cook County Agreeing to Pay 10 Million to Settle Car Crash with Sheriff Officer
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds For Truck Driver in Highway Rollover Case, Reversing Trial Court Decision; Foreman v. Gunite Corporation
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Emergency Medical Services Act Does Not Immunize Ambulance Drivers for Negligent Driving; Wilkins v. Williams
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Finding for Hospital in Doctor’s Injury Case – Caburnay v. Norwegian American Hospital
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U.S. Court of Appeals Rules For Parents of Disabled Woman, Letting Family Sue Chicago Police for Negligence – Paine v. Cason, et al.
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Illinois Appellate Court Allows Premises Liability Case to Proceed Under Safety Code – McCarthy v. R&M Holdings & Quality
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Appellate Court Publishes Opinion Regarding the Use of Tools to Modify Product Causing Injury – Perez v. JLG
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules That Employer May Not Offset Worker’s Compensation Award with Credit – Patel v. Home Depot USA
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Photographic Evidence May Be Found Relevant Without Expert Testimony – Williamson v. Morales
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Internet Linking May Be Copyright Infringement – Flava Works, Inc. v. myVidster.com
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Illinois Jury Finds for Defendant Driver Who Was Ticketed for Hitting Stopped Vehicle
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CEO Binds Limited Liability Company to Loans – J. F. Brewing, Inc. v. PaulMark Land Acquisition
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277,000 Illinois Jury Verdict for Driver’s Ligament Hand Injury
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Engineering Expert Excluded from Testifying Because He Did Not Perform Any Tests to Form His Opinions – Bielskis v. Louisville Ladder, Inc.
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Cook County Jury Finds for Driver Who Hits Crossing Teen in Front of High School
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U.S. Court Finds Injured Worker Is Not a Borrowed Employee of Post Office – Fowler v. U.S.
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds That No Relationship Needed Between Asbestos Exposed Person and Company – Simpkins v. CSX
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Illinois Appellate Court Limits Uninsured Motorist Claim for Workers’ Compensation Benefit Claim – Burcham v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co.
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court Decision That Party Seeking Discovery Rule Must Offer Sufficient Evidence for Its Use – Broaddus v. Shields
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Cook County Jury Finds for One Taxi Driver Who Struck Another at O’Hare Airport – Said v. Barry
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225,000 Jury Verdict for CTA Passenger Who Fall on Wet Bus Floor – Pflanz v. Chicago Transit Authority
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Illinois Retains Jurisdiction Despite Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Inconvenient Forum – Fennell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
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6.4 Million Settlement for Construction Worker’s Injuries Following 25 Foot Fall – Carmona v. Dormitory Authority
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381,000 Verdict in Injury from Chain Reaction Car Crash – Flynn v. Galanis
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1.265 Million Awarded to Investors After Corporation Cancels Stock – Dore, et al. v. Sweports Ltd.
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Reduces Trucker’s Weekly Hours
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More Than 16,000 Deaths in Six Years: Texting While Driving
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4.25 Million to Family of Pedestrian Killed in Fiery Highway Crash – Estate of Hawa Sissoko v. Roadway Express, Inc.
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Companies Dispute Responsibility for Workers’ Compensation Claim – Elite Labor Services, Ltd. v. William Dudek Manufacturing
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Bicycle Injuries and Deaths on the Rise – Illinois Lawmakers Amend Illinois Vehicle Code
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Army: Workout Supplements May Have Caused Two Soldiers’ Deaths
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal for Subcontractor After Ironworker Injury – Oshana v. FCL Builders
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Illinois Appellate Court Confirms That Softball is a Contact Sport – Gvillo v. DeCamp Junction
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Construction Company Loses Bid for Injury Contribution Claim – McMackin v. Weberpal Roofing
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4.75 Million Jury Verdict to Stand – Supreme Court Will Not Overturn Case of the “Blogging Juror” in Eskew v. Metra and BNSF Railway Co.
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Cook County Jury Finds for Driver of Car in Motorcyclist’s Injury Case – Utterback v. Isenhart
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36M Settlement in Charter Bus, Tractor Trailer Crash That Killed 4 and Injured Many
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20 Million Jury Verdict Reinstated on Substitution of Judge Issue – Powell v. Dean Foods Co.
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City of Chicago to Pay 525,000 to Settle Police Abuse of Autistic Boy
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Express Terms in Employment Contract Not Waived – Downs v. Rosenthal Collins Group
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Insurance Company Owed Duty to Defend Claim for Negligent Spoliation of Evidence Because the Vehicle Loss Was Tangible Property – Universal v. LKQ
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Texting, Driving, and Causing Accidents is Still Insured
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Illinois Appeals Court Ruled in Helicopter Crash Case: It Has Jurisdiction Against French Maker of Ball Bearings – Russell v. SNFA
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No Bad Faith for Insurance Company’s Delay in Payment to Insured – Pryor v. United Equitable Insurance Company
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8 Million Jury Verdict for Bricklayer Who Fell 30 Feet at Construction Site – Mazzorana v. Emil Perrotta Co.
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Illinois Supreme Court Settles Employment Covenants Not to Compete Debate: Refutes Marginalization of the Legitimate Business Interest Prong
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Joliet Squad Car Hits Bicyclist at High Speed, Resulting in Broken Leg and Brain Trauma – Cedric Bacon v. City of Joliet
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Illinois Appellate Court Opens Waiting Passenger’s Lawsuit Against Estate of Teen Killed by Amtrak Train
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Court Vacates Verdict for Driver in Bicycle Collision Case – English v. McLaughlin
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Alternative Liability Rule Applied in Two-Vehicle Collision – Anderson v. Anderson
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Illinois Appellate Court Orders Third Trial For Car Crash Case – Petraski v. Thedos
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2.5 Million Settlement Reached in Pickup Truck/Bicycle Collision in Downstate Illinois
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Honda Air Bag Problem Leads to Recall of 304,000 Vehicles Worldwide
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Cook County Judge Restricts Insurance Recovery in Porch Collapse Case; Ware v. First Specialty Insurance Corp.
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60,000 Jury Verdict in Admitted Liability Rear-End Crash – Paolinetti v. Yakovleva
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5M Verdict for Company for Conspiracy and Fraud Against Ex-Employee – Catmet Company v. Melnick
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25th Anniversary Year of Receiving Highest Legal Honor for Robert D. Kreisman – Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Rating
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168,000 Volkswagen and Audi Diesel Vehicles Recalled for Fuel Leaks
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Copyright Found Not Protectable in Holiday Inn Express Design Case – Nova Design Build v. Grace Hotels
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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds 23.8M in SUV Crash with Illinois Department of Transportation Truck – Chraca v. Miles
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Train Engineer Receives Jury Verdict for Injury to Shoulder While Applying Train Brake – Hatchett v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp.
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Photographs for Cross-Examination Are Excluded When Not Produced Prior to Trial – Scales v. Benne
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Jury Reaches 897,000 Verdict in Head-On Collision After Rear-End Impact From School Bus – Fuller v. Richmond Burton High School
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349,000 Jury Verdict for Injured Driver at T-Intersection – Valdez v. Claes
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Jury Finds for Construction Company in Ironworker Injury at Loop High-Rise – Silva v. O’Sullivan Plumbing
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms That Walking Outside of a Crosswalk is Pedestrian Negligence- Longo v. Chicago Transit Authority
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Bricklayer Who Fell at Construction Site Awarded 8.3 Million; Mazzorana v. Emil Perrotta Co.
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1.7 Million Jury Verdict Awarded to Driver for Injury Suffered After Rear-End by 18-Wheeler Truck – Kolodzik v. Castillo
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Judge Declares Mistrial in 700 Million Tobacco Lawsuit
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Illinois Bar Journal Publishes Tort Law Article Written by Robert D. Kreisman
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600,000 Verdict for Plaintiff Hit by UPS Driver While Stopped in Traffic for Ambulance – Barbin v. United Parcel Service
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850,000 Jury Award for Painter Who Falls From Elevated Train Tracks – Luna v. Chicago Transit Authority
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds Again that Punitive Damage Claims Do Not Survive an Injured Person’s Death – Vincent v. Alden-Park Strathmoor
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Jury Finds Chicago Chinese Restaurant Not Liable for Allergic Reaction to Egg Roll – White v. Leung
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5.4 Million Settlement for Workers Injured in Construction Accident
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Jury’s 3 Million Damages Award for Stairwell Fall; Van Gelderen v. Hokin
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98,000 Verdict for Injured Mother After Teen Runs Red Light – Martlett v. Fuller
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3 Million Verdict for Leg Amputation in Forklift Mishap – Price v. Nacco Materials Handling Group, Inc.
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Retired Judge Admits Negligence – 91,000 Jury Verdict in 4-Car Chain Reaction Crash; Clark v. Tucker
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Jury Awards Chicago Recycler 3.25 Million for Business Breach of Contract – Paper Recovery, Inc. v. Segerdahl Corp.
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Railroad Owed Duty to Child Injured Climbing onto Train – Choate v. Indiana Harbor Belt R. Co.
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Federal Court of Appeals Rules That Expert Needed in SUV Rollover Case – Show v. Ford Motor Co.
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Jury Awards 403,000 to Worker Exposed to Toxic Gas at Citgo Refinery – Bland v. Citgo
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175,000 Jury Verdict for CTA Bus Driver After Intersection Crash with School Bus – Comer v. United Quick Transportation, Inc.
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Illinois Supreme Court Rules No Negligent Auto Design, Reversing 43 Million Verdict in Jablonski v. Ford Motor
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Surviving Kin Receives 614,000 for Mental Suffering Following Father’s Death in Motorcycle Accident – Estate of Harder v. Nooraee
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Bicyclist Found Partly Responsible for Intersection Accident – Still Awarded 1.5 Million in Smith v. Suburban General Construction
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Store Accident Results in 346,000 Verdict for Plaintiff Shopper – Corbett v. Menard Inc.
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Jury Awards Bicyclist 269,000 Verdict in Intersection Crash Despite Lack of Eyewitnesses – Bettag v. Mackie
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Hospital Employee’s Fall Results in 355,958 Verdict – Viernun v. Universal Maintenance LLC
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Two-Truck Accident Results in Five Party Lawsuit – 3.1M Verdict Awarded in Edwards v. Millstadt Rendering Co.
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Third-Party Defendant Held Responsible for Ice Patch That Caused Car Accident – Ponto v. Levan
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Chicago Rear-End Accident Receives 110,000 Jury Award Despite Preexisting Medical Condition – Thomson v. Mueller
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Chicago Judge Enters Directed Verdict Against Defendant Truck Driver in Car Accident Case – Walker, et al. v. Andrade, et al.
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Chicago Rear-End Collision Results in 222,000 Verdict – Castillo v. Chicago Transit Authority
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Bicyclist Struck in Designated Bike Lane – Esposito v. Sims Reinforces Need for Improved Bike Safety in Chicago
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Illinois Construction Worker Receives $13.5 Million Verdict for Machine’s Design Defect – Stone v. MiTek Industries
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Chicago Pedestrian Granted New Jury Trial After Defendant Attorney Disregards Motion Barring Evidence Relating to A Third-Party
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Chicago Jury Rules Both Plaintiff and Defendant Responsible for Intersection Accident – Vasiliadis v. Cortese
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Cook County Brick Layer Injured, Multiple Parties Blamed – Mieszkowski v. Patel Builders, Inc., et al.
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$2.7 Million Chicago Porch Death Settlement Puts Building Owners on Notice – Doyle v. Kendard Management Corp.
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Teenage Driver Causes Intersection Accident – 177,624 Awarded in Lewandowski v. Butler
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6.95 Million Jury Verdict, Road Construction Injury to Worker Loses Leg, Struck by Car; Martinelli v. City of Chicago
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170,754 Verdict Entered Against Cook County Driver Talking on Cell Phone – Budd v. Kelso
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Social Host Liability Decision in Underage Drinking Case Overturned By Illinois Supreme Court – Bell v. Hutsell
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Chicago Pedestrian Suffers Head Injury After Rear-End Car Crash – Receives 110,000 Verdict in Franks v. Chicago Carriage Cab Corp.
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$3.2 Million Verdict in Chicago Construction Death Trial Affirmed by Illinois Appellate Court in Maggi v. RAS Development, Inc.
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Chicago Bike Injury Results in 1.9 Million Cook County Jury Verdict for Shoulder Fracture – Smart v. City of Chicago
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Fatal Truck Accident Results in 7 Million Settlement for Surviving Family Members – Villa v. Heritage Operating Truck Company
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Metra Train Crossing Accident Verdict of 700,000 Upheld By Illinois Appellate Court – McDonald v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp.
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Chicago Cab Rear-Ends White Sox Fans in Game Traffic – 291,681 Jury Verdict in Barbarigos v. LW Cab Corp.
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Section 318 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts Does Not Apply in Illinois – Tilschner v. Spangler
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Special Needs Child Drowns at Day Camp – 1 Million Jury Verdict in The Estate of Barnabe Lucas, deceased minor v. Christian Youth Center Ministries, et al.
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Appellate Court Holds Illinois Law Applies to Michigan Car Crash – Murphy v. Mancari’s Chrysler Plymouth
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Illinois Work Injury Lawsuit Results in Record Macon County Verdict – 3.09 Million Awarded in Jones v. Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc.
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Cook County Industrial Plant Accident Leads to Worker’s Death – 1 Million Settlement Reached in Jensen v. Earle M. Jorgensen Co.
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Chicago Bike Accident Results in 1.2 Million Verdict for College Student – Ferry v. Pendleton
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Illinois Fall Case Results in 2.25 Million Settlement from Kmart
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Amtrak Train Crash Under Investigation by NTSB
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Law Limiting Sale of Customer Prescription Data Overturned by Supreme Court – Sorrell v. IMS Health
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Generic Drug Companies Held to Lower Standard Than Name Brand Counterparts – U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Pliva v. Mensing
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Cook County Railroad Employee Awarded 1.26 Million for Defective Track Switch Injury – Barnicle v. Belt Railway Company of Chicago
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Parked CTA Bus Hit By Elderly Driver – 395,858 Verdict for Injured Bus Driver In Maldonado v. Meade
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Jeep Grand Cherokees Recall? Crash Tests Show Fire Risk Following Rear-End Collisions
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Contaminated Heparin Lawsuit Awarded 625,000 By Cook County Jury – Johansen v. Baxter International
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U.S. Supreme Court Orders Microsoft to Pay 290 Million in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
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Chicago Forklift Operator Fails to Meet OSHA Standards – Truck Driver Receives $3.6 Million Settlement in McDonald v. Imperial Zinc Corp.
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Cook County Construction Injury Results in 423,242 Jury Verdict for Crane Accident – Zdanwic v. Gatwood Crane Service
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Chicago Housing Authority’s Request for Judgment NOV Denied By Illinois Supreme Court – 16.5 Million Verdict Stands in Howell v. Chicago Housing Authority
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Illinois Court Rules Train “In Use” and Contributory Negligence Does Not Apply – $500,000 Verdict in Balough v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation
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Illinois Court Clarifies Definition of “Next of Kin” Under Wrongful Death Act – Baez, etc. v. Rosenberg, etc.
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FDA Okays Abbott’s Marketing of Trilipix as Combo Medication
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Cook County Pedestrian Suffers Brain Injury After Being Hit by SUV – 713,602 Verdict
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CTA Explosion Leads to $4.1 Million Verdict for Death of Chicago Electrician – Ingolia v. Target Electric, Inc.
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Illinois Workers’ Compensation Decision Affirmed – Pactiv v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
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Chicago UPS Workers Pushed Too Far: Demand Reduced Workloads for Health and Safety
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Should Illinois Jurors Be Allowed to Question Trial Witnesses? Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee Considers New Proposal
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Loose Gravel on Roadway Results in Illinois Motorcycle Accident – 1.73 Million Settlement Reached
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Cook County Multi-Vehicle Rear-End Accident Results in 8.4 Million Jury Verdict – Nofal v. Cardinal Transport, Inc.
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City of Chicago Not Liable for City Resident’s Faulty Staircase – Hess v. City of Chicago
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Toyota Voluntarily Recalls 2011 Tundra Pick-Up Trucks Due to Defective Driveshafts
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Blagojevich Retrial Underway: Ex-Governor Faces Twenty Federal Charges
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Infant Deaths Caused by Crib Bumpers – Safety Agency Needs Stricter Investigation Standards
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Car Crash Verdict Despite Judge’s Error – Oglesby v. Berg
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Product Defect Case Not Barred by Assumption of Risk Issue – Stollings v. Ryobi Technologies
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Illinois Park District’s Poor Inspections Do Not Satisfy Willful and Wanton Conduct Requirement Under Illinois Tort Immunity Act – Tagliere v. Western Springs Park District
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Jury Sides With Toyota in Product Defect Case – Sitafalwalla v. Toyota Motor Corporation
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Illinois Supreme Court Rules Common Fund Doctrine Does Not Apply to Healthcare Liens – Wendling v. Southern Illinois Hospital Services
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Illinois Court Denies Plaintiff’s Request to Change Theory of Liability in Product Defect Lawsuit – Aldridge v. Forest River, Inc.
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Chicago Bus and Truck Collision Receives Verdict of 363,853 – Johnson v. Mr. Bult’s, Inc., et al.
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Cook County Pedestrian Crosswalk Accident Results in $300,000 Jury Verdict – Aspera v. RSJM Restaurant
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Illinois Head-On Car Crash Results in $483,000 Jury Verdict – Guide v. Garlanger
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Forum Non Conveniens Motion Denied in Illinois Birth Defect Case – Erwin v. Motorola, Inc.
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Illinois BIcycle Accidents – The Dangers of “Dooring”
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Home Depot Worker Injury Leads to 2.5 Million Settlement; Jones v. Stimson Lumber Co.
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CTA Rider’s Fractured Leg Brings $246,000 Cook County Verdict – Kpea v. Chicago Transit Authority
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Overview of Illinois DePuy ASR Hip Replacement System Recall and Lawsuits
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Illinois Crosswalk Collision Between Bicyclist and Car Results in 130,000 Verdict – Hilborn v. Merchants Solutions, Inc.
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Cook County Rear-End Collision Results in 675,000 for Traumatic Brain Injury- Davis v. Schneider National Carriers, Inc.
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5 Million Settlement Approved in Illinois Truck Crash – Berry v. OSF Healthcare System
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Chicago Iron Worker Injured – Construction Site Injury Receives 436,000 Verdict – Petrouski v. Brandenburg Industrial Service Co.
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Chicago Student Awarded 571,000 From the City of Chicago After Light Pole Injury – Brown v. City of Chicago
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Mazda Seat Belt Case to go to Trial After Woman Dies – Williamson v. Mazda
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Cook County Construction Accident Verdict Awards 6.3 Million Against Subcontractor for Death of Electrician in Estate of Ingolia v. CTA, et al.
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Illinois Auto Crash Settled for 2.93 Million – Cox v. Phillips
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Illinois Rear-End Crash With Pickup Truck and Semi-Truck Results in a 100K Verdict in Gallaugher v. Arrow Specialized Carriers, Inc.
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Chicago’s Mayor Daley Speaks at Union League of Chicago’s George Washington Birthday Gala
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Chicago Drunk-Driving Car Crash Case Settled for 5M – Ambrogio v. Ericksen
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Chicago Car Crash Involving Police Car Results In 750,000 Cook County Verdict – Rajewski v. City of Chicago
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Cook County Jury Finds for Business in Fraud Case, 2.1M, Punitive Damages; ISB Products, Inc. v. Autotech Technologies
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Chicago Blizzard Makes Record Books, Dubbed “Snowpocalypse”
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Cook County Intersection Accident Receives 97,433 Verdict for Injured Driver – Linkevich v. Alarcon, et al.
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Illinois Engineering Expert Qualifications Clarified by Illinois Supreme Court in Thompson v. Gordon, et al.
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Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Arbitration Clause; Carr v. Gateway, Inc.
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Cook County 1.5 Million Verdict for Injuries Suffered When Railcar Grab-Bar Breaks Off; Walters v. Belt Railway Company of Chicago
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Cook County Construction Site Accident Leads to 8.5 Million Verdict for Two Injured Construction Workers – Calloway Jr. and Calloway Sr. v. Bovis Lend Lease, Inc.
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Illinois Highway Accident Involving Cell Phone Use Results in 8 Million to Two Teens’ Surviving Family Members – Illinois State Trooper Held Responsible in Uhl v. State of Illinois
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Illinois Product Defect Case Returns 2 Million Verdict for Factory Worker – Thakore v. Universal Machine Co. of Pottstown, Inc.
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Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman Explains Reasons for Chicago Judge’s Dismissal of Whistleblower Lawsuit – Goldberg v. Rush University Medical Center and Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, LLC
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Illinois Intersection Car Accident Driver Receives Over 600,000 Verdict – Burke v. Plainfield Limousine
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Applying Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals to Filter Expert Testimony Qualifications
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Chicago Rear-End Truck Crash Ends With a 4.5 Million Jury Verdict – Dorman v. Sysco Food Services – Chicago, Inc.
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Illinois Railroad Worker’s Medical Experts Unable To Connect Cumulative Trauma Injury – Myers v. Illinois Central Railroad Co.
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Chicago Construction Site Injury Involving Elevator Shaft Fall Leads to Verdict Against General Contractor – Aguilera v. FHP Techtonics Corporation
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Tractor-Trailer Truck Accident Leads to Death of Two-Year Old Girl – 4 Million Verdict in Estate of Santos v. Garfoot Trucking, Inc.
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Illinois Wrongful Death Case After Single-Vehicle Car Crash Gets 1 Million Jury Award – Estate of Isom v. Barham
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Illinois Rear-End Auto Accident Involving Tow Truck Verdict Reduced by 50% for Comparative Negligence – Verhaegen v. Bill Smith Auto Parts, Inc.
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Illinois Product Defect Case Reversed For Injured; Malen v. MTD Products, Inc.
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Chicago Carpenter Injured In Fall At Construction Site Receives 1.47 Million Verdict – Conwell v. James McHugh Construction
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Federal Preemption Auto Safety Case To US Supreme Court; Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc.
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Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman Featured Speaker at Michigan Association for Justice Seminar
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Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Immunity Claim Reversed by Illinois Appellate Court – Torf v. Chicago Transit Authority
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Illinois Wrongful Death Truck Crash Results in 6.5 Million Settlement – Carroll, et al. v. Geils Farms, LLC, et al.
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Illinois Bicyclist Hit By Auto Driver – Personal Injury Case Settled for 1.7 Million
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Violence Dismissed: Public Affairs Initiative At Union League Club Of Chicago
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15-Passenger Van Warning Issued By National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Verdict for Mother and Child Rear-Ended by Tow Truck – Admitted Liability; Tucker v. Hollywood Towing, Inc.
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Cook County Jury Returns Verdict of 3.3 Million for Injured Motorcyclist
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Illinois Family Sues for Wrongful Death of Daughter Killed by Amtrak Train
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Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Wrongful Death Verdict, 8.13 Million – Ready v. United/Goedecke, Inc.
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Res Ipsa Loquitur Applied to Illinois Medical Malpractice Claim – Cook County Jury Awards 3.6 Million
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Falling Tree that Caused Back and Ankle Injuries to Lake County, Illinois Woman Results in Jury Verdict of 4.52 Million
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Verdict for Teen Dies of Head Injuries in Stairway Collapse Upheld By Illinois Appeallate Court – Gaston v. City of Danville
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Illinois Wrongful Death Jury Verdict of 734,400 Awarded for Worker Killed During Torch Cutting of Rail Car
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Strip Club Settles Drunken-Driving Lawsuit For 1 Million- Simmons v. Homatas
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Illinois Highway Trucking Accident Involving Three Semi Trucks Reviewed For Insurance Policy Limits – Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Munroe
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Illinois Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Extra Injured on Transformers 3 Set – Romo v. Paramount Pictures, et al.
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Civil Justice Advocacy Program at Baltimore AAJ Conference Promotes High Quality Trial Training
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Illinois Car Accident Case Reviewed For Application of Dead Man’s Act – Balma v. Henry
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Illinois Chemical Plant on Trial for Potential Brain Cancer Clusters Caused By Leaking Chemicals – Branham v. Rohm & Haas Co.
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Additional Metra Train Derailment Settlement Reached – 1.45 Million to Illinois Woman With Leg Injury
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Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) Duty as Common Carrier Evaluated By Illinois Supreme Court Regarding Removal of Ice from Train Platform – Krywin v. Chicago Transit Authority
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Prescription Drug Liability Case Receives 21 Million Verdict – Bartlett v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
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Illinois Product Defect Lawsuit Springs From Rollover Accident – Appellate Court Rules on Spoliation Issues in Brobbey, et al. v. Enterprise Leasing Co. of Chicago
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Cook County Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Inadequate Security Claim – Sanchez v. Wilmette Real Estate & Management Co.
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Illinois Pharmacy’s Duty to Warn Customers of Drug Interactions Examined By Illinois Appellate Court – DiGiovanni v. Albertson’s, Inc.
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Fatal Illinois Highway Accident Case Settles for $5 Million – Estate of Heinz v. Messel, et al.
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Illinois Car Crash and Medical Malpractice Combo Case Settles for 1.9 Million – Khourny v. Sarmed Elias, M.D., et al.
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Blagojevich Trial Ends: Illinois Jury Finds The Ex-Governor Guilty of Only 1 of 24 Counts
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Illinois ‘Popcorn Lung’ Case Receives 30.4 Million From Cook County Jury – Solis v. BASF Corp.
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Cook County Medical Malpractice Settlement Approved for Surgical Negligence in Laparoscopic Tubal Ligation Surgery – Estate of Yvonne Harris v. Advocate Healthcare Network, et al.
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Cook County Construction Accident Jury Verdict Upheld on Appeal – Colella v. JMS Trucking Company of IL, Inc., et al.
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Illinois Product Defect Liability and Medical Malpractice Combo Case Settles for 3.5 Million – Susan Calles, et al. v. Scipto-Tokai Corp., et al.
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Truck Mechanic Settles Lawsuit Against Trucking Companies and Railroad
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Chicago Inadequate Security Case Filed: Retail Chain Sued When Employee is Killed
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Chicago Roofing Accident Settlement Reached With Metra and Other Defendants
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Progressive Insurance Limits in Illinois Motorcycle Accident Case Ruled On By Appellate Court
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Illinois Product Liability Rules to Evaluate Product Dangerousness Given By Appellate Court
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Chicago Train Derailment Personal Injury Claim Settled for 2 Million
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Former Chicago Bulls Star Scottie Pippen Receives $2 Million Jury Verdict Award
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Illinois Nursing Home Arbitration Clause Subject of Recent Illinois Appellate Court Decision
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Wounded Marine Corp Sergeant Advocates On Behalf of Wounded Veterans
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Cook County Car Crash Leaves Teenage Girl a Quadriplegic: Settlement Reached
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Illinois Appellate Court Dismisses Liability of Directors and Corporate Officers in Investment Fraud Case
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Illinois Rear-End Car Crash Lawsuit Will Be Retried on Damages – Anderson v. Zamir
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Illinois Worker’s Claim Against Employer for Spoliation in Product Liability Claim Denied – Gerard v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.
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Drop-Side Crib Recalls By Federal Regulators Due to Death and Injury
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Crosswalk Auto Accident Case Returns to Trial Court to Decide Pain and Suffering Damages: Kiggins v. Mather
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Asbestos Dangers to Illinois Employees’ Family Members Falls Under Duty of Employer Upheld By Illinois Appellate Court – Simpkins v. CSX Corp
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CTA Red Line Train Fire Injuries Include Smoke Inhalation and Respiratory Problems
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Minors Drinking Alcohol Decision: Social Host Liability Against Parents Reviewed By Illinois Appellate Court
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Johnson & Johnson Drug Recall Update: Pharmaceutical Company Not Cooperating According to Oversight Committee
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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Reviewed By Chicago Forum
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Auto Defect Case to be Reviewed by Illinios Supreme Court
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General Motors Recalls SUVs with Heated Windshield Washer Fluid Systems
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GlaxoSmithKline Avandia Case Settles: First of Many Cases Set For Trial
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Personal Injury Case Against School Reviewed By Illinois Appellate Court for Immunity Issues of Willful and Wanton Count
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Safe Youth Chicago Works Towards Decreasing Chicago Violence and Crime
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Recall of Children’s Tylenol Subject of Congressional Hearing Entitled “Johnson & Johnson’s Recall of Children’s Tylenol and Other Pediatric Medicines”
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Alli and Xenical (Orlistat) Could Cause Severe Liver Injury: FDA Warns of Dangers of Weight Loss Drug
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Children’s Tylenol Recalled By FDA
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Chicago Personal Injury Attorney Robert Kreisman Attends General David H. Petraeus Luncheon
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Sandra Day O’Connor Lectures In Chicago On Ethics, Civility, and Public Service: Robert D. Kreisman Attends
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Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Settles Case Involving Damage to Section of Joliet Road
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court on Misconduct Personal Injury Claim Against Tennis Club
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Scaffolding Death of Construction Worker Case Reviewed By Illinois Supreme Court For Sole Proximate Cause
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Illinois Gas Company Held Not Responsible In Gas Explosion
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Cook County Judge Approves 5.6 Million Settlement for Thirteen Year Old Injured in Car Crash
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Illinois Jury Awards Injured High School Student After Head-On Crash
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Union League Club of Chicago’s Distinguished Public Service Award Given to Abner J. Mikva
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AstraZeneca Settles Federal Investigation on Illegal Drug Marketing
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American Association of Justice’s Mega College: Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Robert Kreisman Presents
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Chicago Bus Accident Settlement Ordered By Cook County Court Despite Plaintiff’s Willingness To Accept Settlement
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Union League Club of Chicago Hosts “The Response Screening”: A Look at The Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunals
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Late Diagnosis of Cancer in Illinois Woman’s Elbow Led to Arm Amputation
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Illnios Workers’ Compensation Claims Not Allowed By Ex-Football Players: Forced to Take Their Claims to California
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Cook County Personal Injury Claim for Fall at Metra Train Station Denied By Court: Illinois Tort Immunity Act Does Not Apply to Non-Train Passengers
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Chicago Brain Injury Occurs During Cardiac Surgery
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Illinois Railroad Injury Verdict: FELA Claims Are Different Than Workers’ Compensation Claims
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Illinois Temporary Total Disability (TTD) Benefits Reviewed By Illinois Supreme Court: Affirm Illinois Workers Entitled to TTD Benefits Until Condition Stabilizes
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Illinois Personal Injury Claim Reviewed By Appellate Court: Uphold Denial of Plaintiff’s Motion to Keep Out Two Prior Accidents
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Cook County Personal Injury Case Highlights Importance of Following Illinois Building Code Requirements
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Illinois Product Liability Claim Underscores the Importance of Filing a Well-Drafted Complaint
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Illinois Hockey Trainer’s Negligence Claim Not Barred By ‘Contact-Sports’ Doctrine
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Cook County SUV Crash Results in Illinois Personal Injury Claim on Behalf of Two Restaurant Customers
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Chicago’s Chairman of Council Committee on Finance, Edward M. Burke, Speaks at Union League Club
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Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Lake County Daycare Center Settled
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Chicago Board Of Education Settles After Court Determines Actions Were Willful and Wanton – A Tort Immunity Exception
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Illinois Product Defect Case Reviewed By Illinois Appellate Court: Lower Court Ruling on Product Defect-Chain of Distribution Reversed
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Cook County Wrongful Death Case Highlights Issues of Logo-Liability Under the Interstate Commerce Act
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Fighting Hate Since 1970: Morris Dees is Honored by Chicago’s Decalogue Society of Lawyers
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Wyeth v. Levine Used to Reverse Pre-Emption of Chicago Pharmaceutical Litigation Case Against Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK)
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Fatal Chicago Bus Accident Reaches Settlement in Wrongful Death Case
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Illinois Chemical Accident at Construction Site Leads to Worker’s Death: Illinois Jury Finds For Worker’s Estate
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Union League Club of Chicago’s Civic & Arts Foundation Hosts 2010 Jazz Competition at Buddy Guy’s Legends
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Illinois Truck Driver Settles Rear End Crash
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Illinois Premise Liability Issues Reviewed: Appellate Court Reverses Lower Court Ruling Regarding Franchisor’s Duty
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Illinois Motorcycle Accident Result of Drunk Driving: Leads to Liability On Behalf Of Driver and Liquor Store Under Illinois Dram Shop Act
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Illinois Truck Accident Disables Chicago Brick Layer – Settlement Reached
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Chicago Law School Hosts Panel Discussion on Attorneys’ Stories About Guantanamo
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Toyota Recalls Reaches New High As Models Expand to Include Prius and Other Hybrids
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Illinois Medical Malpractice Jury Award Limits Struck Down By Illinois Supreme Court in Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
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Cook County Medical Negligence Results From Poor Post-Surgical Care: Plaintiff Prevails at Trial
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Cook County Assessor Candidate Forum Hosted By Union League Club of Chicago
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Radiation Therapy Treatment for Cancer Patients at All-Time High
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Cook County Construction Site Injury Lawsuit Receives Verdict for Plaintiff Who Was Injured Falling From Scaffold
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Cook County Board Presidential Candidate Forum Presented by Union League of Chicago’s Public Affairs Committee and the Chicago Area Public Affairs Group
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Dangers of Illinois Intersection Car Accidents Highlighted By Recent Chicago Auto Accident: Two South Suburban Cook County Motorists Left in Critical Condition
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Baycol Drug Manufacturing Decision Reversed By Illinois Supreme Court
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Excess Radiation Treatment Results in Chicago Medical Settlement in Cancer Patient’s Death
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Chicago Hit and Run Accident Results in Woman’s Death
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Chicago Personal Injury Attorney Robert Kreisman Recognized as Illinois Super Lawyer
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Mandatory Arbitration Clause Defeated in Carideo v. Dell, Inc.
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Cook County Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed by Illinois Appellate Court
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Aviation/Airplane Injuries On The Rise Nationwide
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New Risk Calculator Available For Bone Fractures To Women
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Illinois Truck Accident Insurance Coverage Clarified By Illinois Supreme Court
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Chicago Man Receives Verdict Against Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for Psychological Injury
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Kreisman Law Offices Thoughts On Mediation and Settlement Before Jury Trial
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Cancer Patient Saved by 43 Hour Ex Vivo Resection Surgery
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High Blood Pressure Could Be Better Controlled By Applying Teamwork Approach
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Chicago Intersection Accident Settled Against Electric Company
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Chicago Holiday Activities and Events for 2009
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Cook County Medical Malpractice Verdict Decided in Favor of Parents for Delay in Treatment of Child with Heart Defect
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Diabetes on the Rise Could Lead to Higher Insurance Costs
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Kreisman Law Offices Wishes You A Happy Thanksgiving
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Illinois Wrongful Death Case Brought by Family of Man Who Died of a Brain Injury When Brain Bleed Not Recognized
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Illinois Motorcycle Accident Involving Father and Daughter Settled Against Maintenance Worker
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Cook County Trucking Accident Results in Wrongful Death Claim
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Chicago Foundation Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary
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Chicago Man’s Partial Paralysis Leads to Medical Malpractice Settlement
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Could Product Defect Be at Fault? Toyota and Lexus Cars Reported to Have Numerous Sudden Acceleration Accidents
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Negligent Cook County Delivery Results in Brain Damage to the Child
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Cook County Emergency Room Malpractice Verdict Returned in Favor of Woman’s Surviving Family
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Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict Stands On Appeal For Doctor’s Failure to Diagnose
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Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman Participates in Principal For A Day Program
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Heart Valve Replacement Surgery To Be Made Safer
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Illinois Car Crash Death Case Settled: Chain Restaurant Held Liable
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Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act Allows Worker To Recover For Injury Playing A Sport
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Evanston/North Shore Branch of NAACP Celebrates 100 Years
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Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunals Highlighted in Film
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Illinois Construction Accident General Contractor Held Responsible For Injury To Employee Of Sub-Contractor
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Cook County Medical Malpractice Breast Cancer Jury Verdict Upheld By The Illinois Appellate Court
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Chicago Gun Ordinance Challenged in U.S. Supreme Court
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Chicago Union League Club Honors Distinguished Writer Carol Marin and Scott Turow
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Cook County Medical Malpractice Settlement Reached For Misread Of Abnormal EKGs
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Toyota Announces Largest Ever Recall – 3.8 Million Vehicles Recalled for Defective Floor Mats
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Chicago Area Hydroxycut Lawsuits Pending In Illinois
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Illinois Wrongful Death Case Settled: Physician To Pay 1.2 Million To Surviving Family Members Of A Man With A History of Sleep Apnea
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Illinois Truck Accident Settled by Truck Driver For 2 Million
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Cook County Medical Malpractice Case Results in 5 Million Award to Woman Who Received Unnecessary Hysterectomy
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Chicago Motorcycle Crash Caused By Large Pothole: City to Pay 3.25 Million to Injured Driver
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Chicago Union League Club Hosts Illinois Ethics & Reform Panel
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Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Robert Kreisman Serves As Faculty Member At AAJ Case Workshop
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Chicago Truck Crash Results in 25 Million Jury Award To Man Who Sustained Spinal Injury
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Cook County Birth Injury Settlement Reached in Illinois Cerebral Palsy Case
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Complications Lead to Death of Illinois Woman: Family Receives Cook County Settlement
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Union League Club Of Chicago Hosts Secretary Of Labor
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Illinois Metra Train Accident Results in 5 Million Verdict to Widow of Legally Blind Man
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Arthritis Pain Can Be Eased By Certain Foods Found in Mediterranean Diet According to Several Studies
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Illinois Commuter Train Derailment Results in New Speed Limits
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Illinois Wrongful Death Case Results from Chicago Hospital’s Negligence
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Emergency Room Misdiagnosis of Brain Aneurysms Is All Too Common
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Illinois Asbestos Case Resulting From Second-Hand Exposure Denied Recovery By Illinois Appellate Court
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Asperger’s Syndrome Draws Attention As Subject of Three New Movies
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Illinois Motorcycle Accident Results in Factory Worker’s Death
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Chemotherapy Patients Acknowledge Memory Loss
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Chicago Metra Train Death Results in 5 Million Illinois Jury Verdict
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FDA Warns Consumers on Body-Building Products Sold As Nutritional Supplements
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Civil Justice Attorney, Robert Kreisman, Attends American Association for Justice (AAJ) Meeting at San Francisco
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Good Communication The Key To A Successful Doctor Visit
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Freight Train Incident Results in Leg Amputation: Cook County Jury Awards 6.6 Million
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Illinois Workers’ Compensation Cases May No Longer Soley Rely on “Independent” Medical Exams According to Illinois Appellate Court
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Chicago Wrongful Death Case Involving Failure to Diagnose Meningitis of Thirteen Year-Old Girl Awarded 3.75 Million By Federal Judge
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Worker Injured In Illinois Construction Accident Awarded 2.84 Million By Jury
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Automotive Product Liability Claims Against General Motors Will Continue To Stand Even After Bankruptcy
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Cook County Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Affirmed On Appeal As To Apparent Authority of Emergency Room Physician
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Chicago Construction Worker Falls to His Death: Surviving Family Recovers 10 Million
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Illinois Wrongful Death In Undiagnosed Lung Cancer Case Settled by Family
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Illinois Workers’ Compensation Case Decided in Favor of Employee Who Shook Vending Machine to Retrieve Chips
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Medical Advances Expand Kidney Transplants
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Illinois Work Accident Plaintiff Damages in Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) Case Reduced By Illinois Federal Court
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Illinois Wrongful Death Act Is Amended To Include Recovery For Grief, Sorrow And Mental Suffering
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Birth Injury Reduction Unlikely to Occur Under Revised Fetal Monitoring Strip Guidelines for Doctors in the Delivery Room
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Civil Justice Attorney Bob Kreisman Walks In The Ricky Byrdsong Memorial Race Against Hate
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Illinois Surgeon Not Responsible For Forgotten Sponge
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Chicago Construction Death Case Settled
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Quadruple Amputee Gets Rare Second Opportunity To Recover For Doctors’ Medical Errors
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Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Accident Cases No Longer Subject to Six Month Notice Requirement: Illinois Governor Signs Bill Into Law
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Illinois Mary E. Smith Foundation – Providing the Public With Information on Brain Tumors
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Chicago, Nation’s Transportation Hub, Faces Trucking, Rail and Air Gridlock
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Chicago Construction Site Accident Settled Leaving Laborer’s Family With 4.5 Million
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Investigating Illinois Truck Crashes Involving Commercial Vehicles
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Illinois Class-Action Lawsuit Settled for Food, Not Money
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Autopsy Answers And Painful Questions About Untimely Deaths In Medical Malpractice Cases
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Illinois Hydroxycut Users Showing Symptoms Described by FDA
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Patient’s Consents Makes Doctor Contractors Not Hospital Employees
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Illinois Trucking Companies Forced to Cut Fleets Because Of Soft Demand
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Medical Industry Gifts To Doctors To Be Made Public
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Cancer Patients Sue Over Gene Patents
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Trucking Accidents and the Engine Control Module (ECM), a.k.a. the “Black Box”
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Welcomed By The Union League Club of Chicago And Its Public Affairs Committee
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Illinois Enforcing Reporting of Hospital-Acquired Infections
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Illinois Product Liability Lawsuit Against Gun Company Prevented by State Supreme Court
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Cellphone Use While Driving Leads to Increased Car Accidents and Trucking Accidents
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Forklift Accidents Fatalities On the Rise According to National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Hydroxycut Diet Aid Recalled Nationwide For Causing Heart Problems and Kidney Failure: Chicago Area Health Stores Pull Products From Shelves
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Illinois Cracks Down on Truck Driver Licensing to Reduce Truck Accidents and Improve Trucking Safety
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Chicago Fleet Phospho-Soda Case Returns Multi-Million Dollar Verdict
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Illinois Trucking Accidents Linked to Unskilled Truckers
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Dementia Up in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes – Linked to Drops in Blood Sugar
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Chicago-Cook County Jury Duty – Democracy in Action in the Civil Justice System
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Hospitals in Illinois and U.S. Report C. Difficile Bacteria Causes 350,000 Infections Each Year
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Chicago Cubs Win World Series! (According to Sophisticated Simulators)
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Cervical Cancer Causing Virus Can Be Tested with New DNA Test as an Alternative to a Pap Smear
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Illinois Residents Injured by Fleet Phospho-Soda Application
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Extraction Of Defective Medtronic’s Sprint Fidelis Cables Causes Deaths
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Illinois’ Contribution Act Interpreted by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
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Illinois Supreme Court Embraces ‘Direct Participant Liability’ Requirement for Damages Under Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act
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Illinois Pharmacy Mistake Case Punitive Damage of 25 Million Reversed by Illinois Appellate Court
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Illinois Residents May Still Be Linked to Defective Heart Device of Medtronic’s Sprint Fidelis Cardiac Leads
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Preeclampsia Among Pregnant Women Can Increase Risk of Heart Attack, Strokes, and Blood Clots
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Chicago’s John Marshall Law School Moot Court Team Practices at Kreisman Law Offices
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Do Drug Companies Really Influence Doctor’s Decisions Regarding Dispensing Drugs to Illinois’ Residents?
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Illinois Product Liability Case Involving Product Defect Hastened by Illinois Supreme Court Decision
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Chicago U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Evidence of Suicide-Related Warnings on Antidepressant Package
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Illinois Car Crash Leads to 2.5 Million Settlement for Personal Injuries Suffered by Minors
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CHANGE Illinois Calls News Conference
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Wyeth v. Levine: Supreme Court Overturns Pharmaceutical Litigation Preemption Claim
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Medical Device Malpractice Changes: Congress Makes Efforts to Restore a Patients Right to Sue In Reaction to Riegel v. Medtronics, Inc.
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Car, SUV And Truck Rollover Accidents No Longer Being Ignored By Manufacturers
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Chicago Civil Justice Attorney Robert Kreisman Facilitates At Mobilization For Change
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Passenger Bus Crashes Increase In Frequency As Safety Issues Arise
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Detecting Traumatic Brain Injury In Salmon
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No Contributory Fault for Illinois Animal Control Act Held By Illinois Appellate Court
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Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trial Given Go-Ahead to Inclue Stem Cell Research
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Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act Allows for the Termination of Employment Benefits After Firing
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Doctor Not Qualified As Medical Malpractice Expert
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Cook County Verdict in Medical Malpractice Misdiagnosis Case Gets Second Chance in Medical Malpractice Case
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Class Action Settlement in Chicago Hospital Overcharing Case Grants Patients Vouchers for Future Services
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Illinois Truck Accident Insurance Coverage Will Be Decided On By Illinois Supreme Court
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Illinois Reform Coalition Considers House Bill 24: Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman Attends
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Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies Lawsuits Brought By Masquerading Lawyers
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Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman Displays Zimbabwe Sculpture Pieces
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Illinois Makes Mandatory Insurance Coverage For Vehicles Applicable to Truckers
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Illinois Tort Immunity Act Does Not Apply to Metra or Other Common Carries in Train Accidents
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Chicago Lawyer Robert Kreisman Attends Chicago Inauguration Day Celebration
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Elevated Blood Sugar Linked To A Poor Memory
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Amtrak Train Derailment at Chicago’s Union Station Causes Long Delays
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Obama Transition Team Receives Complaints of “Corruption at the FDA”
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Illinois Reports That Dangerous Drug Interaction Could Affect Older Adults
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Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act Exclusive-Remedy Provision Denied By Illinois Supreme Court As Applies To Employer’s Co-Venturer
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When Do Nurses Have a Duty To Intervene Under Illinois Law?
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Prescription Medication Helps Only About Half of Those Who Take Them
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Is New Year’s Eve The Most Dangerous Time of the Year to Be On the Road? What About for Pedestrians?
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Happy Holidays from Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman
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Illinois Construction Workers Can Recover For Burn Injuries
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Are Pharmaceutical Companies Ghostwriting Their Own Praises?
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Organ Transplant Surgeon Cleared of Harming Organ Donor
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New Study Finds Widening Gap in Colon Cancer Occurrences Among Different Races
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Therapeutic Hypothermia: Studies Show it Could Effectively Treat Cardiac Arrest
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Illinois Governor Blagojevich Has Yet to Resign Even as His Chief of Staff Resigns
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When MRI Scan Shows Abnormalities They May Not Be the Cause of the Problem
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Chicago Plaintiff’s Medical Device Lawsuit Denied by Illinois U.S. District Court Judge
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Product Liability Case Reversed When Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Risk-Utility Design Test
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Motorcycle Helmets Not Required by Illinois Law
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Pharmaceutical Liability for Prescription Drugs Possibly Pre-empted by FDA Regulations and Policies
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Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Bob Kreisman Volunteers at Salvation Army Center Thanksgiving Day
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Illinois Medical Malpractice Case on Constitutionality of Damage Caps for Doctors and Hospitals Argued before Illinois Supreme Court
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Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Kicks Off Chicago’s Holiday Festivities
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Motorcycle Accident Fatalities Give Rise to New Safety Regulations
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds for Injured Worker in Additional Lawsuit After Not Approved by Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
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Illinois Truck Accident: Driver Cleared In ‘Unavoidable Accident’
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Illinois Automobile Owner Responsible for Authorized Driver’s Negligence
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Chicago Hospital’s Negligence Clarified by Illinois Appellate Court
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Chicago Personal Injury Attorney Bob Kreisman Serves Voter Protection Program on Election Day
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Illinois Attacks Distributor of Defective Baby Cribs
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Eligible Voters Purged From Swing State Rolls
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Are All FDA Approved Devices Safe?
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Chicago Injury Attorney Bob Kreisman Co-Chairs Union League Club of Chicago Congressional Debate
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Medical Records Falsified In Birth Injury Case
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United States and Illinois Fall Behind Other Countries in Infant Death Rates: What Does This Say About Quality of Health Care?
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Are MRI Scans To Be Relied On By Chicago and Illinois Doctors?
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Medical Credit Card- Beware of Chicago and Illinois Hospitals’ New Methods of Securing Payment for Medical Bills
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Truck Accident Leaves Illinois Teens Dead
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Doctors Spread Infection Through Contaminated Scrubs
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Illinois Courts: Using The Internet To Access Services and Information
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Illinois Personal Injury Case Argument Over Medical Damages Settled by Illinois Supreme Court
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Chicago Bar Foundation Honors US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens: Attorney Robert Kreisman Attends
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Chicago Residents Size Up MRSA and Other Superbugs: What You Should Know
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Goodyear Tire Defect in Motorcycle Accident Case Decision Stands: Illinois Court Allows Expert Opinions Without Pinpointing Precise Cause of Crash
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Autism Vaccine Debate Continues: New Study Further Contests Link
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Chicago Not Liable For Fatal Crash Involving Two Children Struck By Chicago Police In Unmarked Car
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Henry Cisneros and Jim Durkin Represent Obama and McCain In Debate On Future of Metropolitan Areas
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Consumer Fraud Claim Against Phillip Morris In “Light” Cigarette Case: U.S. Supreme Court to Review
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How to Prepare for the Chicago Winter: New Studies Show Flu Vaccine May Be Ineffective For Elderly
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Prisoner’s Medical Malpractice Claim Allowed to Go Forward By Chicago’s Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals: Reverses District Court Ruling
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Blanco v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.: Court Upholds Medical Device Preemption Clause
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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Verdict Over Expert Qualifications
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds School District Accountable For Bus Driver’s Misconduct
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Illinois Court Decides Insurance Company Not Responsible for Covering Workers’ Compensation Claim
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U.S. Supreme Court Receives Unsolicited Drug Safety Advice From Top Doctors Questioning the FDA’s Ability to Protect Patients
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Illinois Appellate Court Denies Insurance Coverage To Individual, But Company Covered
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Chicago Metra Worker Denied FELA Recovery For Injuries Due to Lack Of Notice
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Injured at Work? Illinois Workers Could Have a Product Liability Case
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Chicago’s Priests’ Sexual Abuse Cases Settled by Catholic Archdiocese: Cardinal George Releases His Deposition Transcript
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Illinois Hip Replacement Product Defect Suit Survives After Statute of Limitations Runs: Re-Evaluation of When Discovered Injury
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MetLife v. Glenn: U.S. Supreme Court Says Insurance Company’s Conflict of Interest One Factor in Wrong Denial of Disability Benefits
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Chicago Courts Limit Admissibility of Pictures at Trial: How Does This Effect Your Case?
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Collapsed Seat In Dodge Caravan Found Unsafe and Cause for Infant’s Death
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Do Doctors Listen To Their Patients?
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Are All Chicago Lawyers Ruthless and Heartless? A Kreisman Law Offices Intern’s Perspective
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Chicago Hospital Sued for Overcharging Uninsured Patient: Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Hospital’s Right to Charge Different Rates
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Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Bob Kreisman Attends Annual AAJ (American Association of Justice) Convention
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Product Liability Litigation Avoided by Cook County Car Dealership: Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies Product Defect Statute
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Apparent Authority: Who is Your Doctor Really Working For?
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Be Your Own Best Advocate: How Being Proactive in Your Own Care Can Improve Your Medical Outcome
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Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed by Illinois Appellate Court: Good Samaritan Act Does Not Apply
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NHTSA’s Roof Crush Standard: Opponents Decry as Ineffective and a Smokescreen for Stripping Consumer’s Legal Rights
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Chicago’s Diversity Highlighted in Its July 4th Festivities
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District of Columbia v. Heller: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds 2nd Amendment Right to Bear Arms
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Illinois Appellate Courts Disagree on Scope of Construction Statute of Repose
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Illinois Wrongful Death Act Interpreted by Illinois Supreme Court to Deny Recovery Of Unborn Child Aborted After Serious Injury To Mother
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Hospital Liability in Cook County Jury Verdict Upheld Against Loyola University Medical Center In Heart Transplant Case
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Chicago Injury Lawyer Robert Kreisman Participates in Evanston’s Race Against Hate
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Car Accident Pedestrian Death Leads to Cook County Jury Verdict of $2.5 Million- Largest Verdict For Death of 90+ Year Old
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Age Discrimination Claim Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court In Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
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Illinois Supreme Court Interprets Medical Malpractice Law
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Illinois Wrongful Death Case Settled by Kreisman Law Offices
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Illinois Mass Tort Class Action $120 Million Verdict Against Oil Refinery Reinstated by Illinois Appellate Court
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Attorneys Lobby for Consumer Rights Stripped Away in Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.
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Illinois Medical Malpractice Reform Faces Judicial Challenge
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Chicago Lawyers, Staff of Kreisman Law Offices Supports Autism Speaks
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Breast Cancer Specimens Misdiagnosed: How Accurate Are Your Test Results?
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US Supreme Court Holds Medical Devices Exempt from Liability in Riegel v. Medtronic
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Hudson v. City of Chicago: Illinois Supreme Court Redefines Res Judicata
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Illinois Medical Malpractice Caps: An Overview
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Paxil-Related Teen Suicide State Lawsuits Not Preempted By Federal Statutes According to Federal Court
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Medical Negligence Settlement by Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Robert Kreisman for Death of Patient
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Truck Settlement by Chicago Injury Lawyer Robert Kreisman: Trucker Loses Leg in Freight Accident
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