Wrongful Death

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Taxi Fatality Case

August 15, 2012

The brother of an elderly woman who was struck and killed by a taxi last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver and the taxi company. The collision occurred on August 22, 2011…

Study Shows Safety Inspections Protect Workers and Do Not Hurt Businesses

July 31, 2012

Researchers have determined that random inspections of businesses in the United States have a measurable impact on the risk of workers being hurt on the job. Inspections lower the danger for workers, and have no negative…

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Drowning at Geneva Dam

July 16, 2012

A man sacrificed his own life last August to save a child drowning near a dam on the Fox River near Geneva, Illinois. The man’s relatives have now filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city,…

Teenager’s Death on Camping Trip Leads to Lawsuit

July 10, 2012

The father of a teenager, killed on a camping trip when she was struck by a falling tree, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that organized the tour. The fatal accident took place…

Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit over Highway Death

July 6, 2012

A wrongful death case has been filed on behalf of a young mother who died when she was struck by a car while walking along the Eisenhower Expressway. Diana Paz had been stopped by the Illinois…

Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Street Sweeper Crash

June 26, 2012

A husband, wife and their teenage daughter all died due to a collision with a street sweeping vehicle last month in suburban Orland Park. The accident took place near 171st Street and LaGrange Road. Now relatives…

Most States Fail to Properly Discipline Negligent Physicians, According to Public Citizen

June 25, 2012

Most states are not fulfilling their obligation to provide protection to patients from doctors who practice sub-standard medicine, partly because of cuts in state budgets, according to an annual ranking of state medical boards by the…

When Determining Prescription Dosages for Children, Many Doctors Simply Guess

June 18, 2012

A new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has shown that when children need certain prescription medicine, such as anesthetics, statins, morphine, or prednisone for asthma, doctors sometimes have to guess the…

Flame Retardants May Be a Danger to Human Health

June 14, 2012

Between 1970 and 2004, levels of some flame retardants in the blood of American adults doubled every two to five years. American babies are born with some of the highest levels for all infants in the…

Duerson Concussion Lawsuit Filed in Chicago Against NFL

May 21, 2012

The family of former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson has filed a lawsuit against the National Football League claiming that the NFL knew that multiple concussions were causing irreversible harm to players and did nothing about…