(Chicago) In a wrongful death case that involved the tragic shooting death of Rekia Boyd by an off-duty Chicago police officer, our attorneys obtained a $750,000 settlement for ten (10) of Rekia Boyd’s half-siblings as […]
For parents expecting the arrival of a new born child, the anticipation and excitement can be one of the best experiences an adult can have. Parents pray for their baby to be born healthy. Unfortunately, […]
In the Illinois case of Kilburg v. Mohiuddin, the plaintiff was a passenger in a taxi that crashed into a tree, causing the plaintiff to suffer personal injuries. Three days after the incident, the plaintiff’s […]
As reported in The State Journal-Register, a Macoupin County school district can’t sue an architectural firm for building a school on an underground coal mine that later collapsed, because the school district waited too long to […]
Plaintiffs bringing lawsuits against nursing homes under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act (NHCA) have several advantages over plaintiff’s bringing lawsuits against other types of health care providers. For example, section 2-622 of […]
Costs associated with litigation can be expensive. Courts charge filing fees, investigators charge fees for serving documents on your opponent, the law requires parties to pay witness fees, expert witnesses charge a pretty penny for […]
According to statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, teenage drivers are some of the most dangerous drivers on the road.
In Doe-3 v. Mc Lean County Dist. 5, the plaintiffs, a first grader and a second grader, where allegedly sexually abused by a teacher who had been disciplined for the same type of misconduct at […]
There have been many lawsuits filed on behalf of women who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after using Lipitor, a cholesterol drug manufactured by Pfizer. Studies have linked Lipitor and other cholesterol-lowering […]
In DeMambro v. City of Springfield, the plaintiff injured her ankle when she slipped in a pothole where her car was lawfully parked near the curb on a city street. The City argued that it […]
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