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A wrongful death lawsuit was filed in federal court over a blood thinning medication. The lawsuit was filed against a number of corporations that are part of Bayer Corporation and Johnson & Johnson, the marketers and…
A decision by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission was overturned by the Appellate Court of Illinois, which said that the commission needed to make a decision about the appropriateness of a wage-differential award as compared to…
The Illinois Appellate Court Workers’ Compensation Commission Division addressed the question of when a traveling employee’s travel actually begins. The case, Pryor v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, concerned a worker who was injured while moving a…
A doctor, hospital and health care foundation have been sued by a mother and her infant daughter for medical malpractice during delivery. Kyna Mitchell and her daughter filed the lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court, against…
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against a Crestwood, Illinois, nursing home. Robert Hudson, a Chicago resident, filed the lawsuit against Symphony of Crestwood, alleging that the nursing home was responsible for his wife, Catherine Hudson,…
An Illinois pharmaceutical negligence lawsuit seeking $4.35 million has been removed to a multidistrict litigation (MDL) court. The lawsuit, filed against the makers of Xarelto, alleges that the medication, which is designed to prevent strokes, instead…
A $5 million birth injury lawsuit has been filed by a mother claiming that negligent prenatal care on the part of medical personnel caused her daughter to suffer a severe neurologic injury. According to the lawsuit,…
The Illinois Appellate Court recently ruled that an employer could not avoid a judgment for payment of the full workers’ compensation benefits owed to the estate of a deceased coal miner, in spite of the employer…
UPDATE: In 2016, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Appellate Court in Moon V. Rhode Like all personal injury cases, wrongful death claims must be filed within a certain period of time. The…
A birth injury lawsuit has been filed by a mother who claims that negligence on the part of a certified nurse midwife caused her baby to experience a brachial plexus injury. The lawsuit was filed against…