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OPENING OFFICE IN HINSDALE, ILLINOIS
March 23rd, 2010
Pleased to report that I have opened a suburban office in beautiful downtown Hinsdale, Illinois at 38 Blaine Street, just a block from the Hinsdale Metra Train Station. Office is actually located in the beautiful rehabbed Victorian pictured below. The house is located in a commercial zone. I have the first floor all to myself. The space comes with a free parki…
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Categories: BLOWING MY OWN HORN
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HUGE WIN FOR ILLINOIS WORKERS!!!!
February 12th, 2010
The Illinois Supreme Court recently released an opinion – Interstate Scaffolding v. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission – that provides some much needed protection to Illinois workers. Jeff Urban was an Interstate union carpenter. On July 2, 2003 he suffered a work-related injury to his head, neck and back. After he was injured, Urb…
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Categories: CASES IN THE NEWS
AN OVERVIEW: THE ILLINOIS HOME REPAIR ACT
February 8th, 2010
The Illinois Home Repair Act [815 ILCS 513/25] is getting a lot of attention these days because of some conflicting Appellate Court opinions interpreting the Act’s requirements. If you are an Illinois contractor engaged in home repair and remodeling, here is a very basic primer on what you need to do in order to comply with the Act: 1) If the project is…
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Categories: ILLINOIS LAW
CHICAGO AREA WOMAN STRIKES BLOW FOR WORKING MOMS
February 1st, 2010
Last week the Chicago Tribune ran an article by Ameet Sachdev on a sizable verdict recently handed down by the Chicago Commission on Human Relations. The case involved Dena Lockwood[pictured above] a working mom, who took a job with Professional Neurological Services in 2004. She paid a price because she was a parent. Lockwood’s commission rate was lower…
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Categories: CASES IN THE NEWS
CHICAGO JUDGE TOSSES TWITTER LAWSUIT
January 25th, 2010
A lawsuit growing out of a Twitter post has been tossed by a Cook County judge. Last summer Uptown resident Amanda Bonnen filed a Twitter post commenting on her “moldy apartment”. Her landlord, Horizon Management Group Realty LLC got wind of the tweet and filed a libel lawsuit against her. Bonnen’s attorney, Leslie Ann Reis argued that the co…
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Categories: CASES IN THE NEWS
VERDICT AGAINST LOUISVILLE SLUGGER UPHELD
January 12th, 2010
Almost missed this story coming out of Montana… Last week, a Montana judge refused to toss a jury verdict against Hillerich & Bradsby, the manufacturer of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat. In 2003, Brandon Patch, an American Legion baseball player was killed when he was struck on the head by a ball hit off an aluminum Louisville Slugger bat. Brand…
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Categories: CASES IN THE NEWS
CONTACT SPORTS DOCTRINE DOES NOT APPLY TO ATHLETIC TRAINER STRUCK BY HOCKEY PUCK
January 7th, 2010
On December 31, 2009, the Second Appellate District Court of Illinois released an opinion that I had been waiting for – reversing the trial court’s dismissal of the negligence portion of one of my cases involving a very serious eye injury. My client, a young guy was an athletic trainer at the time of his injury. He was loaned out to a local hockey…
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THE TRAGIC TALE OF CHRISTINA EILMAN
January 6th, 2010
The January 5, 2010 Chicago Tribune carried a follow up article on the very sad story of Christina Eilman. In the spring of 2006, Ms. Eilman was a 21 year old California woman suffering from bipolar disorder. Her disorder was getting worse – she dropped out of school and lost touch with family and friends. And then she took a trip to Chicago. After landi…
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Categories: CASES IN THE NEWS
SOME GOOD NEWS FOR TOYOTA
December 29th, 2009
From the Department of Fair Play… On September 2, 2009, I posted about Dimitrios Biller, the former Toyota attorney who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Toyota alleging that the car manufacturer had concealed and destroyed evidence that should have been produced in rollover cases. Not long after Biller filed his lawsuit, a class action was filed on…
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Categories: CASES IN THE NEWS
NOLAN ON OPENING STATEMENT
December 28th, 2009
Kenneth P. Nolan writes a monthly column entitled Sidebar for Litigation, the monthly publication by the American Bar Association Section of Litigation. Mr. Nolan is a proud resident of Brooklyn, New York and a seasoned veteran of New York courtrooms. In my humble opinion his columns are the best part of Litigation. In his Summer, 2009 column[yeah, I’m a…
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