Product Liability | October 10, 2014 Illinois consumers have a reasonable expectation that the products they buy and the medicines they consume will not injure them when normally used. Throughout the years, Illinois courts have come to expect that farmers, manufacturers and others who introduce items for sale into the…
Firm News | September 26, 2014 Medical malpractice under Illinois law is a term used to describe a broad range of personal injuries caused by negligent health care providers. Some examples of medical malpractice are: a doctor’s failure to diagnose a disease, wrongly prescribed medicines, surgical errors and mistakes, performing…
Firm News | September 19, 2014 Wheeling, Illinois, police say that one of their officers struck and killed a pedestrian on Sep. 14, as they were attempting to engage a vehicle suspected of a traffic violation. The accident occurred in north suburban Wheeling, Illinois, around 5:45 a.m. as the 20-year-old…
Firm News | September 12, 2014 Commercial tractor-trailers are a mainstay of our modern economy. Each day they move tons of goods and products along Illinois roads. The constant presence of tractor-trailers on our highways ensures that items produced in our state get to market places throughout the country. Alternatively,…
Product Liability | September 5, 2014 The overarching theory behind product liability is that consumers have a right not to be harmed by products they purchase. Additionally, manufacturers and retailers have a duty to ensure that the products that they introduce into the stream of commerce are safe for the…
OSHA | August 29, 2014 An Aug. 25 explosion at a Granite City, Illinois, recycling plant has resulted in the deaths of two people and sparked investigations into the history of the plant’s safety record. The identities of the two victims remains unknown at this time, but authorities have released…
Legal Articles | August 27, 2014 A recent truck accident near Chicago is an example of how fatal truck accidents are increasing. When a truck accident happens, the possibility of a fatality resulting from the collision is much higher than a typical car accident, due to the superior size and…
Firm News | August 15, 2014 Chicago police are now questioning a man for his alleged role in a fatal multiple vehicle accident that included a Chicago Transit Authority bus. Police say a 71-year-old man was killed as he loaded groceries into the back of his car when he was…
Firm News | August 8, 2014 Illinois State Police say that 51-year-old truck driver from Leesburg, Indiana, is responsible for a multi-vehicle crash that killed four people and injured four others. Police say the truck driver was traveling in excess of posted speeds on July 21 when he attempted to…
Firm News | August 1, 2014 Consumers have a right to expect not to be injured by products they purchase. Conversely, manufacturers, retailers and other vendors have a duty to exercise reasonable caution in ensuring that the products they introduce into the marketplace will not cause harm to consumers. Such…