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Saw an online article from the Chicago Tribune the other day, discussing an unusual lawsuit recently filed against a local radio station. The article, written by Emily S. Achenbaum, detailed how a Chicago woman[identified only as “Jane Doe”]is suing WXLC, a Waukegan radio station, and its parent company, Next Media Group, Inc. after she won a conte… Read More

A Cook County jury recently awarded $16.5 million dollars to the family of a Cicero woman who died of a drug overdose while using a pain-killer skin patch. Janice DiCoslo was using a prescribed Duragesic patch when she died on February 15, 2004. In a normal patch, a gel containing fentanyl is released into the body slowly through a layer of film. Some of the p… Read More

Kara Spak had an article in the November 18 Chicago Sun-Times about the horrible consequences suffered by a young woman after kidney transplant surgery at the University of Chicago Hospital. The 33 year old woman, indentified only as Jane Doe, received a kidney from a male donor in January of 2007. The donor was reportedly a homosexual who died in an auto acci… Read More

According to a report in today’s Chicago Tribune both federal regulators and Graco Children’s Products withheld warnings about potentially dangerous bassinets being marketed under the Graco name. The article, written by Patricia Callahan, explains that on August 27, 2008, the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission had issued a urgent warning, adv… Read More

According to a recent story in the ABA Journal, employers are now spying on employees to make sure the workers are not abusing employment leave policies. The story explains that employers are becoming increasingly frustrated by what they consider to be abuses of leave granted to employees under the Family Medical Leave Act. More and more employers feel they ne… Read More

Another entry from the Truth is Stranger than Fiction Department… A Chicago-area man is claiming that some undercooked fish he ate as a patron at Shaw’s Crabhouse had rather horrifying repercussions. Franz recently filed a lawsuit against Shaw’s and is claiming that as a result of eating the fish he became violently ill for several days. And… Read More

A Florida Federal District Court judge recently refused to dismiss the lawsuit that accuses CNN’s Nancy Grace of driving a young woman to commit suicide. The lawsuit, filed by the parents of Melinda Duckett, arises out of an appearance Ms. Duckett made on The Nancy Grace Show shortly after Duckett’s son, Trenton, went missing in August of 2006. The… Read More

According to any number of recent reports, Crocs, the popular rubber shoe every kid seems to be wearing these days, may present a danger when worn on escalators. The report mentioned a recent situation involving a young girl injured at an airport. The girl[who was three at the time] and her mother were making their way through an airport on their way to a Disn… Read More