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In 2013, Catherine Cong Ye was struck by a tractor trailer leased by Cliff Viessman, Inc. and driven by Kevin Goettl. She was 24 years old. A wrongful death case naming Goettl and Viessman was filed in Cook County, Illinois. The complaint alleges that Ye was standing on the sidewalk on Randolph Street near Halsted Street in Chicago when Goettl exited the Kenne… Read More

Saw this story online a couple weeks ago…DUI lawyers take note… Hamburg, New York police got some calls in late December about a Toyota Corolla weaving all over the local roads. Officer Daniel Gallardo was on duty and soon spotted the car and pulled it over. The driver of the car[who was never identified] smelled like booze, was slurring her speech… Read More

A groundbreaking verdict was returned in a Wisconsin courtroom yesterday and gun shop owners had better take note. In the summer of 2009, Julius Burton paid Jacob Collins $40 to purchase a .40 caliber handgun from Badger Guns[“Badger” – pictured above] a gun shop located in suburban Milwaukee. Video of the purchase shows Burton pointing out t… Read More

Just as March Madness starts cranking up, a story that the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill[“UNC”]would much prefer gets buried… It was reported the other day on Jonathan Turley’s site that former UNC Academic Advisor Mary Willingham[pictured above]had resolved her Whistleblower case against the University – to the tune of… Read More

Jonathan Turley posted an article on this a few weeks back. Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger of Madison County Mississippi[the smiling chap above] was recently indicted on an assault charge. According to Turley’s site, the charges arose out of an incident on May 8, 2014 at the Canton Flea Market. According to witnesses, Eric Rivers, a 20 year old Af… Read More

The hits just keep on coming for former all-American boy Lance Armstrong and his team. Back in 2004, Armstrong was America’s hero, riding his bike for the U.S. Postal team and winning the Tour de France. According to published reports, Armstrong’s salary in 2004 was $4.5 million. Yes, $4.5 million to ride that bike. And, his agreement provided that… Read More

Meredith Rodriquez had an interesting story in the Chicago Tribune on a lawsuit recently filed by a former college football player. The allegations rise disturbing questions about how players are coached and the equipment they use. Nathaniel Irvin filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County claiming that he suffered brain damage as a result of poor coaching… Read More

Saw an article yesterday by Patricia Manson in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin that might keep patent infringement lawyers up at night. In 2007 Inventor Daniel Henderson made some statements to the US Patent and Trademark Office[PTO] concerning certain wireless technology. Based upon those statements Raymond Niro, Paul K. Vickrey, David J. Mahalek and Paul C. G… Read More