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Facebook Archives off limits in Wrongful Death Case....for now.
March 8th, 2016
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…
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Injured at work? Might cost you your job.
February 10th, 2016
From the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Facebook Page… Researchers from the T. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard recently scoured data from a study done by the Work, Family and Health Network involving direct care workers at 30 nursing homes spread throughout New England. Some of the findings are not exactly encouraging news for folks hurt at w…
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Chicago cabbies come up short in attempt to collect wages under Wage Payment Act.
February 4th, 2016
An interesting decision was recently handed down by the Northern District of Illinois pertaining to wage payments – or the lack thereof. The case, Enger v. Chicago Carriage, arose out a dispute between some former and current Chicago taxi drivers[“drivers”] and the cab services for whom they worked and the owners of those services[“cab…
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Auto-Brewery Syndrome - a new defense for DUI???
January 28th, 2016
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…
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Categories: CASES IN THE NEWS
Appellate Court: Workers Comp Commission NOT OBLIGATED to accept AMA impairment rating
November 18th, 2015
The Fifth Appellate District of Illinois recently handed down a good decision for injured workers in Continental Tire of the Americas v. The Illinois Workers Compensation Commission. The case is actually pretty straightforward. On January 31, 2012, Curtis Oltmann was working as a labor trainer for Continental Tire in southern Illinois. He tripped and fell whil…
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Some New laws of Note in Illinois....
November 16th, 2015
Saw an article on the Huffington Post the other day detailing some new laws our hardworking legislators in Springfield managed to get on the books. Here is a link to the Huff Post article. Wanted to point out some of the more important ones… 3D Mammographies now covered by insurance – Senate Bill 54 – adds 3D mammographies to scans covered by…
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DSW employee fired for calling police has cause of action under Illinois Whistleblower Statute.
November 11th, 2015
I saw an interesting employment law opinion come out of the Northern District of Illinois last week. Melissa Coffey was an assistant Store Manager for the Skokie DSW Shoe Store. DSW has an interesting policy when it comes to possible shoplifiting – called the Shoplifting and No-Apprehension Policy[“the Policy”]. According to the policy under…
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Groundbreaking Verdict against Gun Shop in Milwaukee
October 14th, 2015
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…
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Categories: CASES IN THE NEWS
UNC Whistleblower Gets Paid.
March 18th, 2015
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…
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Just in Time for March Madness - nice digs for a bad team.
March 10th, 2015
Saw this on the Huffington Post last week and had to write about it. Nebraska University Mens Basketball Coach Tim Miles is plain fed up. A couple of weeks ago, his Cornhuskers got blown out at home by Iowa. And the loss was not an unusual event. In fact, losing had become pretty commonplace for the Nebraska lads. Before the Iowa game they had lost 7 of their…
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