The family of a man who died after undergoing knee replacement surgery at Presence Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago has been awarded $8.25 million dollars.
A $20 million settlement has been reached between a man who was severely injured in a car accident, and the company that owned the tanker that hit him. Eugene Hajer was traveling on Illinois Route 113 in Custer Township in southern Will County between Wilmington and Kankakee on Jan. 3, 2009, when he made a left turn, according to his attorneys. At the same time, a tanker truck driven by Alfred Criswell, Jr. from RCD Trucking, Inc. crossed a double yellow line to try to pass him, but instead sl
The class action lawsuits continue to pile up against Volkswagen over allegations it installed devices to fool government emissions testing equipment, both in Chicago’s courtrooms and in courts across the country. As of Oct. 8, more than 400 class actions have been filed in federal district courts in states throughout the U.S. against the automaker, and more continue to be added.
Several Illinois and Indiana residents have joined their names to a growing list of named plaintiffs in class action complaints against Volkswagen over allegations the carmaker had designed its diesel cars to deceive government emissions detectors into believing their cars were more environmentally friendly than they actually are.
A suburban Chicago village facing hundreds of lawsuits over allegations it knowingly allowed its residents to drink water contaminated with toxic, cancer-causing chemicals for decades has opted to move forward with a potential bond issue to potentially settle the litigation en masse later this year.
A woman is suing a grocer and the maker of its automatic front doors for allegedly causing her injury when the doors closed without warning on her and her cart.
The widow of a man who died after an allegedly prolonged emergency surgery to correct a recent hernia repair is suing three doctors, their practices and supervising hospitals, alleging wrongful death.
A patient and his wife are suing three doctors and a local medical center, alleging malpractice when the husband suffered an infection after an allegedly botched series of abdominal surgeries.
A Cook County woman is suing the CTA and a bus driver, alleging wrongful death after her mother numbered among those killed by a CTA bus June 2 on Michigan Avenue.Elaine Wilson filed suit June 8 in Cook County Circuit Court as special administrator of the estate of Aimee Marie Coath, against the Chicago Transit Authority and driver Donald Barnes, alleging negligence. According to the complaint, on
A Cook County woman filed suit against a medical professional and his practice for alleged negligence in the 2014 death of her son. Becky Chiapetti, as special administrator of the estate of Jason Turbin, brought a lawsuit May 27 in Cook County Circuit Court against John E.
A former Chicago lawyer who was severely injured in a 2005 crash while riding in a cab is going to have to wait and see when, or if, he will get the nearly $26 million a jury awarded him earlier this week.Hours after a Cook County jury entered a verdict Tuesday night in favor of Marc M. Jacobs and his wife, Yellow Cab Affiliation Inc., the defendant’s Chicago-based parent company, filed for bankruptcy
A lawsuit filed by 14 Illinois municipalities against a group of online travel discount websites will not proceed as a class action as proposed, a federal judge held this month.
