News from December 2015
Woman’s alleged eye damage prompts malpractice suit against Panton Eye Center
CHICAGO – A Cook County couple is suing Panton Eye Center and two eye doctors, alleging their misdiagnosis of the wife's eye condition left permanent injury.
Wife alleges Swedish Covenant negligence led to husband’s death
CHICAGO – A Cook County woman is suing a Chicago hospital and two physicians, alleging their failure to treat her husband's heart condition cost him his life.
Daughter blames South Suburban Rehab for father’s death
CHICAGO – A Cook County woman is suing a Homewood rehabilitation center, alleging negligence in her father’s death.
Wife accuses The Villa at Windsor Place of husband's wrongful death
CHICAGO – A Cook County woman is suing a Chicago nursing home, alleging negligence and delayed treatment of her husband’s stroke caused his death.
Patient alleges UroPartners misdiagnosed kidney stone
CHICAGO – A Melrose Park man is suing two urologists and their Westchester practice, alleging they misdiagnosed a kidney stone as prostatitis, and gave him medicine that caused his ankle tendons to tear.
Hip replacement patient accuses DePuy Orthopaedics of negligence
CHICAGO – A Cook County man is suing the Indiana manufacturer of a DePuy ASR hip implant, alleging it knew the unit was defective but failed to warn patients or take it off the market.
Shopper accuses Jewel Foods, American Drug Stores of negligence
CHICAGO – A Cook County woman suing Jewel Foods, alleging negligence for injuries she says she suffered after slipping and falling on a puddle of water in their Addison store.
Judge flushes plumber's harassment suit alleging Elk Grove building officials conspired against him
A plumber's harassment suit against Elk Grove Village has gone down the drain in Chicago federal court, with a judge saying no evidence was presented that a village inspector orchestrated a campaign by village employees to hassle the plumber for refusing to loan tools to the inspector.
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and USPTO create pro bono patent program for low-income inventors
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law has announced a partnership with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to create a program designed to assist low-income inventors and small business in Illinois who qualify.
Class action demands state pay up, despite budget impasse, for land taken for road projects
A property owner believes the state has wrongfully used Springfield’s ongoing budget dispute to improperly withhold payment on land the Illinois Department of Transportation seized for work on Route 59 in DuPage County, so the land owner has filed a class action to force Illinois to pay up to all others who have allegedly been similarly wronged. Naper Corner, successor entity to North Star Trust, filed suit Dec. 28 in Cook County Circuit Court.
Two bar brawl victims accuse Porter Cullen's of overserving their attacker
CHICAGO – Two Cook County men are suing an Evergreen Park bar and a patron, alleging the defendant attacked them, causing permanent injuries.
Father blames city of Chicago for shooting unarmed 19-year-old son
CHICAGO – A Cook County man is suing the city of Chicago, alleging his 19-year-old, unarmed son was shot multiple times by a Chicago police officer.
Son blames Willow Crest Nursing, Dynamic Healthcare for mother’s death
CHICAGO – A Cook County man is suing a Sandwich health care facility, alleging failure to properly monitor his mother’s condition hastened her death.
Daughter blames The Grove of Northbrook for father's death
CHICAGO – A Cook County woman is suing The Grove of Northbrook, alleging negligence led to her 88-year-old father’s injuries and death.
Son blames Skokie Hospital, Glenview Terrace for mother’s death
CHICAGO – A Cook County man is suing Skokie Hospital and Glenview Terrace, alleging negligence in the death of his 91-year-old mother.
Daughter accuses Prairie Manor of negligence in mother's death
CHICAGO – A Cook County woman is suing a Chicago Heights nursing care facility, alleging negligence caused her elderly mother’s death.
Boogard family's claims vs NHL over blame for player's substance abuse, death suffer legal blow
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.
Flight attendants wage, hour class action vs Skywest moved to Chicago federal courts, to join already pending action
A class-action lawsuit claiming SkyWest Airlines systemically underpays its flight attendants was transferred Dec. 9 from a federal court district in California to Chicago federal court, joining a virtually identical class action already pending against the airline in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Patient accuses Mount Sinai Hospital of faulty jaw implant
CHICAGO – A Cook County man is suing a Chicago hospital and two surgeons, alleging they botched surgery to repair his broken jaw.
Gallbladder patient accuses Advocate Medical Group of malpractice
CHICAGO – A Cook County man is suing an Orland Park hospital and a surgeon, alleging a surgical mistake occurred during a gallbladder operation.