Illinois Lawyer Blog

Saw a very interesting article in this week’s Crain’s Chicago Business about the lawsuit the city of Dixon, Illinois filed against accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP [“Clifton“]. The lawsuit, filed by Chicago firm Powers Rogers Smith alleges that Clifton, then known as Clifton Gunderson, had been auditing Dixon finances, but somehow… Read More

Sadly 48 pedestrians were killed on the streets of Chicago last year – the highest number of fatalities in 5 years. Active Transportation Alliance Director Ron Burkle attributed the spike in deaths to the mild 2012 winter, which put more people both on the sidewalk and the roads. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration spokesman Jos Ucles however,… Read More

First, some background. My dad hated squirrels. It wasn’t simple dislike. It wasn’t contempt. No, this was an irrational, unadulterated, white-hot hatred. He took it very, very personally when he saw one of the furry little critters running along a large cedar fence we had in the backyard. So much so that eventually a fully loaded BB rifle took up… Read More

In 2006, Jeremy Stodghill filed a medical malpractice/wrongful death case after his wife, seven months pregnant at the time, died at St. Thomas More Hospital, a Catholic hospital in Canon City, Colorado. In addition, the twin fetuses she was carrying died as well. Mr. Stodghill brought his wife to the Emergency Room that day after she experienced vomiting and… Read More

I saw a great article online the other day and George Bellas linked to it as well. Becky Yerak, an writer for the Chicago Tribune, wrote about how insurance companies using computer software to evaluate injury claims can manipulate the data. And Yerak had a particularly valuable source – Mark Romano – a former Allstate Insurance Claims Manager. But… Read More

I first wrote about this case back in January of 2010. The story initially generated quite a bit of buzz, but then it dropped off the radar. In 2006 Christina Eilman was a twenty one year old, mentally-ill, white woman from California. She flew to Illinois and was arrested for creating a disturbance at Midway Airport. She was held overnite at a South Side Poli… Read More

On Monday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Emilie Elias overturned a 2011 order and authorized the release of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles records that identify pedophile priests. The order releases a treasure trove of documents relating to the abuse of children by Archdiocese priests – abuse that has resulted in the payment of over $600 million to vi… Read More

Today the Consumer Product Safey Commission[“CPSC] announced a voluntary recall of 800,000 Fisher Price infant sleepers, due to a risk of infant mold exposure. The sleepers, called Rock ‘N Play Sleepers[pictured above] have been marketed nationwide since 2009 and are designed for infants weighing up to 25 pounds. Mold can develop between the remova… Read More