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Category: Personal Injury Law
Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog - February 02, 2012
Last year, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee filed for bankruptcy protection, stating that sexual abuse lawsuits against it could lead to debts that it could not afford. The bankruptcy court set February 1 as the deadline for claims to be filed against the Archdiocese. Before this deadline, approxim
Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog - February 02, 2012
As a Chicago plaintiffs attorney, I am pleased that a federal jury awarded $30,000 to a Chicago police officer who faced repeated religious and ethnic slurs from his superior.
The religious and ethnic slurs were directed at the police officers Jewi
Kentucky Injury Law Blog - February 02, 2012
Six scientists and doctors working for the FDA claim that the agency illegally monitored their personal emails. Then, based on the information gleaned from this process, the employees claim they were retaliated against through harassment or wrongful terminatio
Chicago Personal Injury Law Blog - January 31, 2012
As most Chicagoans are well aware, Bears receiver Johnny Knox suffered a back injury in the Bears December loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Knox suffered a fractured, or broken, vertebra one of the bones in the back which make up the spinal column. Shortly thereafter, Knox underwent surgery to stab
Chicago Personal Injury Law Blog - January 28, 2012
In one of the latest medical malpractice cases out of the Illinois Appellate Courts, the Third District limited the scope of the doctor-patient relationship, and in doing so prevented a mother from seeking recovery for the inability to obtain life-saving treatment for her newborn child. This cas
Health Plan Law - January 27, 2012
Whether Leeson is a participant for purposes of ERISA is a substantive element of his claim, not a prerequisite for subject matter jurisdiction. As the Supreme Court has instructed, “when Congress does not rank a statutory limitation on coverage as jurisdictional, courts should treat the ...
Chicago Personal Injury Law Blog - January 26, 2012
In good news for preventative medicine, a new study in the journal Archives of Ophthamology has found that certain medicines currently used to treat ocular hypertension can, in fact, prevent one of the most common forms of glaucoma.
Glaucoma is any one of several conditions that damage a v
Kentucky Injury Law Blog - January 26, 2012
Recently, two nurses at Kentucky nursing homes have been in the news for stealing medication from patients. The first case involves Jinger Butler. For six months in 2010, Ms. Butler allegedly took medication from 10 patients at
Health Plan Law - January 25, 2012
Hopkins’ argument focuses on “what procedures an insurer must apply when seeking to recover an overpayment of benefits issued under ERISA health care plans.” Pl.’s Resp. at 3 (emphasis in original). She claims that defendants violated ERISA by seeking recoupment from MVH ...
Chicago Personal Injury Law Blog - January 24, 2012
The families of the victims of hospital errors are often told that these type of problems and complications just happen or are unfortunate but we did all we could do”.
Perhaps for this reason, the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a ne
Kentucky Injury Law Blog - January 24, 2012
Most people are aware of the event data recorder devices, or black boxes, that are found in airplanes. They frequently provide clues to what may have gone wrong in a plane crash. However, many people do not know that this type of device is also found on many automobiles, particularly those manufa
Illinois Car and Truck Accident Lawyer Blog - January 24, 2012
An Illinois State Representative has introduced new legislation that would ban cell phone use while operating a vehicle throughout the State. Yet, the use of hands-free devices would continue to be allowed under the new law. Nine other states have enacted similar laws banning cell phone use whi
Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog - January 24, 2012
This past week, the owners of the Costa Concordia offered stunningly low compensation to survivors of the wrecked cruise ship in the form of a 30 percent discount on future cruises. A spokesman for Costa Cruise said, "The company is not only going to refund everybody but they will offer a 30 [pe
Kentucky Injury Law Blog - January 22, 2012
Four people were killed in a car accident on January 18, 2012, including a Louisville, Kentucky woman who was attending the University of South Carolina. She was 23 years old. The other victims were also all in their early 20s.
Chicago Personal Injury Law Blog - January 20, 2012
As the birth injury attorneys of Passen Law Group are only too well aware, larger and oversized babies carry with them the risk of mild to severe injuries to both the infant and the mother. Oversized babies, and the negligent failure of the physician to recognize the situation and take precaution
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