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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Megabus

March 4, 2013

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the bus driver and carrier involved in a fatal bus crash in 2012. The family of a young woman killed in the crash filed the lawsuit recently. The…

Google’s Driverless Car May Herald Historic Shift in Auto Safety

February 21, 2013

The driverless car being developed by Google may be the most important innovation in vehicle safety since safety belts. If Google meets its goals for reduction in traffic accidents, then millions of people could be saved…

Family of MRSA-Infected Nursing Home Resident Files Suit

February 5, 2013

A 90-year-old nursing home resident is once again in the hospital for treatment of ongiong ear infections caused by an infestation of maggots allegedly acquired while living in a local nursing home. Catherine McCann, who suffers…

Safety Officials Recommend Mandates for Crash-Avoidance Systems in Autos

January 30, 2013

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a new recommendation. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued a recommendation that the federal government require auto manufacturers to include the latest crash-avoidance technologies as standard equipment…

Senior Drivers Present Safety Challenges, but Valuable Resources are Available

January 22, 2013

Seniors on the road can be a sensitive subject. Seniors are safe drivers in that they tend to wear seat belts, obey the speed limit and avoid drinking and driving. However, data from the Insurance Institute…

Tailgater May Have Caused Van Full of Teenagers to Crash

January 8, 2013

A van with twelve teenage passengers drove off a highway exit ramp and rolled down an embankment near Gary, Indiana on a recent Thursday night. The youths were returning home from a basketball tournament in which…

Popular Chicago Skateboarder Succumbs to Injuries in Hit-and-Run Accident

December 10, 2012

An icon in the Chicago skateboarding community died a week after being critically injured in a hit-and-run accident while skating in Bucktown. Reginald Destin, 42, was with friends at the time of the accident on an…

One Killed, Two Injured When Truck Crashes Into Kewanee Home

November 30, 2012

A car accident on a recent Sunday morning took the life of one man and injured two others. According to police, 37-year-old Gary L. Vancil of Kewanee, Ill., died in the crash. Kenneth Armstrong, 38, and…

Switching Surgeons Leads to Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

October 5, 2012

Two recent Chicago medical malpractice lawsuits have been filed over the same alleged misdeed: patients were operated on by a different surgeon from the one they were promised. Patients sometimes go to great lengths to seek…

Drew Peterson Seeks to Dismiss Wrongful Death Lawsuit

October 3, 2012

Drew Peterson’s lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against the former Bolingbrook police officer, who was found guilty of murdering his third wife. The action came just days after Peterson’s conviction.…