Illinois Lawyer Blog

In Belton v. Forest Preserve of Cook County, Darryl Belton was injured when his car was struck by a decaying tree limb that fell from a tree on property maintained by the Forest Preserve District[“the District”]. Belton was driving on an adjacent roadway that was NOT on Forest Preserve property. Belton sued the Forest Preserve District alleging it… Read More

Recently, in Vincent v. Strathmoor, the Illinois Supreme Court was presented with a singular question of law: – does a claim for punitive damages based upon allegations of willful and wanton violations of the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act(210 ILCS 45/1-101 et seq) survive the death of the nursing home resident, upon whose behalf the case was brought? Th… Read More

The Illinois Appellate Court[4th Dist] recently issued an opinion clarifying when a worker can recover for an unexplained fall at work. In Baldwin v. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, the facts are pretty straightforward. Cathy Baldwin worked as a security guard. On October 8, 2006 she was working inside guard duty, which called for her to w… Read More

Hopefully in the process of settling a malicious prosecution case against a large Chicago area security company and a national consumer goods store. The defendants had my client arrested and prosecuted for various misdemeanor criminal charges after a minor incident in a store. My client was found Not Guilty on all charges. I filed a malicious prosecution case… Read More

I recently did an analysis of my web presence – specifically my weblog[which you are currently reading] and my website[which is dated and boring and badly needs updating]. I decided to revamp my website. The company overseeing that project advised that they could port over my blog to the website and save me some money in the process. My contract with the… Read More

Finally!! My longest running case has concluded. I filed this case in 2005 after my client suffered a serious eye injury while working as a physical trainer for a local hockey club. He was injured when he was struck in the eye by a hockey puck. He had just entered the bench area from the locker room in order to fill some water bottles on the bench. As he stepp… Read More

Fighting yet another Motion for Summary Judgment in a retaliatory discharge case. My client, a nice young guy had worked for years with his employer. He suffers a legitimate back injury lifting a heavy hose[he was in a heavy labor job]. He is off work for a bit, and is eventually released, with some signficant lifting restrictions. Employer says he can basical… Read More

I am presently fighting a Motion to Dismiss in a horrible case that arose in a hospital. My client was was in the hospital for cardiac symptoms. After sedating my client with Morphine and rendering her unable to defend herself, a male nurse allegedly sexually asaulted her. [ I hate to qualify with “allegedly” but I was at a conference last night wh… Read More