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Eric Turkewitz writes a great blog on trial work entitled New York Injury Law Blog. He had a great post yesterday detailing the ugly underside of the “independent medical exam”[“IME”] that insurance lawyers often arrange in order to dispute the severity of the injuries claimed by plaintiffs in personal injury cases. Illinois law allows… Read More

Last week the Consumer Product Safety Commission[CPSC], in conjunction with Dynacraft, issued a recall for a ride-on toy known as the Urban Shredder[pictured above]. The product is battery-operated and sold in green and black(Model Nos. 8801-05 and 8801-05com) and also in red and black(Model No. 8801-15). Additionally, the toys feature Hot Wheels graphics. Dyn… Read More

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

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

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

The internet was ablaze the other day with reports about a Journal of Pediatrics study showing a dramatic increase in the number of kids being hurt in those bouncy house things, pictured above. The number of kids injured jumped dramatically from 1995 to 2008. And the number of kids hurt doubled between 2008 and 2010. In 2010, 31 children per day were seen in E… Read More

The Globe and Mail, an online Canadian new source, had an interesting article today, explaining how the FBI is now combing social media posts while they look for insider trading schemes. The article explained how large investment firms, institutional investors and hedge funds are using Twitter and Facebook to share ideas and investment strategies. According to… Read More