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OCTOBER DANGERS ON THE ROAD
October 14th, 2008
An article in the Chicago Sun-Times today discussed some dangers associated with driving in the fall. First, the article referenced a recent State Farm Insurance study showing that teen drivers have more automobile accidents in October. According to the article, when October rolls around claims resulting from teen drivers spike 20%. Larry Williams, a Chicago-b…
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DEFECTIVE BASSINETS STILL AVAILABLE ON EBAY, CRAIGSLIST
October 8th, 2008
As I noted in my September 11, 2008 post, Graco Children’s Products and the Consumer Products Safety Commission[CPSC]had been inexplicably slow in alerting the public about a danger associated with the Graco Simplicity Bassinet. The bassinet’s metal framework created a very real strangulation danger and at least two children had become caught withi…
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CUBBIES DESTROY PIPE IN DODGERS STADIUM
October 8th, 2008
Okay, first in the interests of complete disclosure… I am a White Sox fan. I don’t hate the Chicago Cubs, I just don’t care for them very much. Secondly, this post has absolutely nothing to do with the law. But I couldn’t let it go. As you may know, the Chicago Cubs ran away with the Central Division this year. They won 97 games and mor…
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THE LAWYER AND THE STRIPPER
September 19th, 2008
From the “You Can’t Make this Stuff Up Department”… Saw a number of reports today of an Illinois lawyer who was suspended by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee [“ARDC”]because of an unusual payment plan he concocted with one of his clients. The story begins in 2001 when the lawyer, Scott Robert Erw…
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE TAKES CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TO TASK
September 16th, 2008
In a September 14, 2008 editorial, the Chicago Tribune chastised the Consumer Product Safety Commission[CPSC] and its Chairman, Nancy Nord, for an inexplicable failure to act after receiving information about potentially lethal design defects in certain baby bassinets. As detailed in my September 11, 2008 post, on August 27, 2008, the CPSC ordered a recall of…
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STAY AT HOME MOM'S "SALARY"
August 14th, 2008
Back from vacation, lots to catch up on… Salary.Com just released its annual study regarding the market value of a stay at home mom. Every year this group gets together and evaluates precisely what mom is worth, by looking at pay levels for the various jobs a mother may do during a given week, like housekeeping, child-care, van driver and teacher. This y…
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