29 Nov 2010 A woman who lost a finger at a public event is seeking personal injury compensation for the pain and suffering she was caused. Clare Wiffin, 37, was attending a race at Kempton Park in Sunbury with her family when the accident occurred last year, Get Surrey reports. She needed to get some […]
November 29, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — A settlement was reached with the family of a man who died in a New Year’s Eve porch accident in 2007 in Chicago’s Lakeview community. Michael Doyle, 25, was at an apartment in the 3100-block of North Clark when he fell through a porch rail while trying to adjust […]
Trial begins Monday for Ben Wilcox, a former dean at Kaplan who is accused of sending threatening e-mails to Kaplan students, employees and executives Ameet Sachdev Chicago Law, November 30, 2010 A trial opened Monday in a Chicago federal courtroom against an alleged computer hacker that promises to reveal more than the details of a […]
11/11/2010 // New York, NY, US // New York City Accident Lawyer // New York City injury lawyer Jonathan C. Reiter New York, NY (New York City Injury Lawyer News) With approximately 400 complaints regarding the failure of a hip replacement implant reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a span of […]
Negligence Claims Aren’t To Blame for Physician Shortage, Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawyer Says A Northwestern School of Medicine study overstates the impact of medical negligence litigation on the state’s supply of physicians, Illinois medical malpractice attorney Patrick A. Salvi says. A recently released Northwestern medicine school study wrongly tries to blame the state’s medical liability […]
By Beth Kramer Nov 23, 2010 Lawyers recently filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Ingram’s surviving family in Round Lake Beach, according to attorney Benjeman Nichols of Cavanagh Law Group in Chicago. Ingram died on June 26 while in custody at the Menard Correctional Facility, according to Randolph County Coroner Randy Dudenbostel. […]
Show date: Tuesday 23rd November Show time: 3pm Watch our web TV show to find out when it’s fair to make a claim and how you can make a claim if you are hurt through negligence Many of us have at some time or another suffered an injury through no fault of our own. But […]
The Law Office of Jeffrey Friedman, P.C. concentrates in the practice of personal injury and wrongful death cases. Our office is conveniently located in downtown Chicago. Jeffrey Friedman is committed to providing zealous representation to those people who have been injured by the wrongful conduct of other people or businesses. Chicago Personal Injury Attorney – […]
by Rachel Daley on November 5, 2010 For those who have sustained a head injuryhead injury, make an attempt to retain the services of a lawyer who specializes in head trauma. From simple things like a mild concussion to other injuries causing severe brain stress, legal counsel specializing in this field of legal practice is […]
October 27, 2010. By Brenda Craig Chicago, IL: Attorney Michael Angelides believes that there is no foreseeable end to the number of victims of mesothelioma, a rare but always fatal disease caused by exposure to asbestos that fills the lungs with tumors and essentially suffocates its victims. The Other Asbestos Victims—Spouses and Children “The diagnosis […]
The statute of limitations, or deadline, for filing a lawsuit for childhood sex abuse in Illinois will increase to 20 years. Currently, the deadline is ten years, and in some cases five years. Under the new law, a victim has 20 years from the day they turn 18, or 20 years from the time when […]
Michael Helfand on 10.26.10 Every day this week I’m discussing a different lie told by attorneys in the Chicago area. Today’s lie is: You can’t fire me! While in the best scenario you’d never need to find a new attorney, I’m blown away by the number of lawyers who make their clients believe that they […]
Brett Favre Has Acted The Part Of The Hero Long Enough. It’s Time To Yell ‘Cut’ And then of course, there’s the league itself. It seems likely that Favre is about to learn a humbling lesson about crashing to earth, courtesy of the same NFL that in the past never let his feet touch the […]
By Jeff Danna TribLocal reporter Nov. 9 at 12:47 p.m. Leaving the scene of an accident A 49-year-old Northbrook man was arrested at 1 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Glenview Police Station and charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and failing to yield to a construction worker in a construction zone […]
Chicago nursing homes account for the majority of nursing homes in Cook County. There are currently close to 1,000 nursing home facilities in Cook County. The Chicago nursing homes alone represent over forty percent of all the Cook County nursing homes. Chicago nursing home abuse can include emotional, physical or sexual abuse. The perpetrator can […]
Neglect in an Illinois nursing home involves the failure to provide proper care to residents to avoid harm, anguish or illness and can take many forms. It can mean that a resident does not receive proper medical care when she is sick or becomes injured, that she is not given her proper medication or that […]
Local man convicted of stalking ESPN’s Erin Andrews sued by another woman for allegedly similar activities By: Steve Daniels November 19, 2010 (Crain’s) — Michael David Barrett, the former employee of Glenview-based Combined Insurance Co. of America who surreptitiously videotaped ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews while she was dressing in her hotel room, is the […]
10:32 a.m. CST, November 19, 2010 The University of Illinois has agreed to pay $16.2 million to a Melrose Park man who suffered brain damage while being treated for a stroke at the school’s Chicago hospital.
11/18/2010 10:55 AM By Amelia Flood Former truck driver Thomas Edwards and his wife, Betty, were awarded more than $3 million in damages by a Madison County jury in their personal injury trial. The Edwardses filed suit two years ago against truck driver Gary Collier and his employer Millstadt Rendering Company over a 2007 tractor […]
Illinois attorney crushed to death by own golf cart at Evanston golf course By Doug Mead, Nov 12 2010 When Skokie, Illinois firefighters received a 911 call about a “down golfer” at the Evanston Country Club, they arrived to find a Kenilworth, Illinois attorney trapped under his own golf cart. Larry Schad, a personal injury […]
The Law Office of Jeffrey Friedman, P.C. concentrates in the practice of personal injury and wrongful death cases. Our office is conveniently located in downtown Chicago. Jeffrey Friedman is committed to providing zealous legal representation to those people who have been injured by the wrongful conduct of other people or businesses. Chicago Personal Injury Attorney […]
Posted by Mark Bello November 09, 2010 6:36 PM Lost in the discussion about big business interests and creating an economic climate that will encourage big business to create jobs, lost in the US Chamber of Commerce’s phony campaign against trial lawyers and accident victims, lost in political rhetoric about fixing a false “problem” that […]
It’s the latest battleground in a decade-long national struggle over the issue of massive jury awards for victims of negligence. But the campaign against Kilbride has stirred a robust backlash from fellow judges, prosecutors and legal scholars who argue that the ads are misleading at best. “It is just terrible, appalling,” said Timothy Slavin, a […]
GALLOWAY v. STATE TANEIA GALLOWAY, Appellant, v. STATE OF IOWA, Appellee. No. 08-0776. Supreme Court of Iowa. Filed November 5, 2010. Ryan T. Beattie of Beattie Law Firm, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Joanne Moeller, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. HECHT, Justice. A parent signed release forms waiving her […]
October 27, 2010 (NewYorkInjuryNews.com – Injury News) New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com 10/25/2010 // West Palm Beach, FL, US // Sandra Quinlan // Sandra Quinlan Chicago, IL—A van struck two pedestrians early Monday, October 25, 2010, killing one of them and leaving the other with undisclosed injuries. While the driver initially fled the scene of the North […]
JUST IN: Man suffers broken bones in accident Tuesday A 27-year-old Comstock Park man was seriously injured in a personal injury accident at the corner of Post Drive and Pine Island Drive west of Rockford. The accident occurred around 2:05 p.m. Tuesday. According to reports, a 1998 International Stake Truck being driven southbound on Pine […]
2010-11-12 01:08:07 (GMT) (WiredPRNews.com – Law, Personal Injury Law News, Press Releases, new york) A recent OSHA complain from Hyatt Hotel Housekeepers promotes workplace safety standards reports New York Workplace Injury Attorney New York City, NY – (WiredPRNews.com) The Law Firm of Jonathan C Reiter, a proven New York Workplace Injury Attorney, represents injured workers […]
Come election day, this race — found on the back of the ballot at the bottom — comes down to what appears to be overwhelming experience versus wanting a change of scenery for the sake of change. But, should this really be the choice at all when voters know that they are asked to decide […]
A common myth that we hear from clients is that switching attorneys is hard or not allowed. We always encourage people to stay the course if they can or try to work things out if possible, but much like the 2010 Cubs, sometimes it’s just not working.The farther you are in to a case, the […]
Jonathan Richards Personal injury refers to injury to the body, mind or emotions. It is caused by the negligence of another person. Some of the most common types of injury claims are those involving road accidents, accidents at work, product defect accidents, etc. If you can prove the negligence of the concerned party, you are […]