A woman is suing Uber Technologies Inc. and Mohammed Benni, an Uber driver, after the driver allegedly ran over her foot as she attempted to get in the defendant's vehicle.
A former customer is suing Pete's Liquor Store Inc. for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent her from tripping and falling when she stepped on a depression in the floor that was purportedly covered by a mat.
A state appeals panel has said parents suing athletic trainers for allegedly failing to properly treat their son for concussion and other brain injuries during a high school football game must present medical expert testimony to demonstrate the trainers essentially committed malpractice, and not just negligence, to continue to press their case.
For Thomas A. Demetrio, who recently received the Illinois Trial Lawyers' Association's lifetime achievement award, the name of the award honoring legendary attorney Leonard M. Ring is among the most gratifying aspects of the recognition.
The family of former National Football League player Paul Oliver, who committed suicide in front of his wife and two young sons, has sued the company that made the helmets used by NFL players and other football players at many levels of the game, blaming the manufacturer for conspiring with the NFL and others to cover up its knowledge of the ineffectiveness of its helmets at preventing the kind of brain injuries the family said ultimately led to Oliver's mental illness.
CHICAGO — The co-owners of a Chicago condominium are suing an appliance retailer, claiming an explosion and fire that injured the plaintiffs was the fault of the defendant.
Story Copy CHICAGO –– A Cook county mother is filing law suits against an orthopedic surgeon, and the hospital at which the surgery was performed, claiming that her daughter sustained a serious injury during the surgery due to negligence.
The family of a deceased professional hockey player, who died following a purported drug overdose, has suffered a setback in their bid to assign blame for the athlete’s death to the NHL.
CHICAGO – A Cook County man is suing a DuPage County hospital, alleging the failure of nurses and staff to follow surgeon’s orders caused his father’s death.
The family of former Chicago Blackhawks player Steve Montador has joined officially the growing ranks of those suing the National Hockey League over the league’s alleged seeming indifference to the repeated head trauma to its players – trauma the family says eventually contributed to his death in early 2015, at the age of 35, two years after his retirement from the league.
A Cook County man is suing Chicago cab companies and a driver, alleging negligence and neglect when he says he was pinned between two taxi cabs while loading his luggage.
An anonymous woman is seeking restitution for an alleged assault and robbery she suffered from a juvenile offender wearing an ankle bracelet while out on bond.
An appeals panel has upheld an $8 million judgment awarded to the family of a suburban woman killed by a truck along the side of Interstate 94 in 2010, rejecting a trucking company's claims it didn't get a fair trial and the trial judge made a number of mistakes. The First District Appellate Court in Chicago on Aug. 14 affirmed the jury verdict awarded to the family of Stacey L. McHale.