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The Christina Eilman lawsuit comes to an end.
January 18th, 2013
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…
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An idea, whose time has arrived - gluttony pants.
December 18th, 2012
Disclaimer: the following post has nothing, I mean absolutely nothing, to do with anything legal. Which will probably make this quite a bit more interesting. The most recent issue of Entrepreneur had an interesting story by Jennifer Wang on a San Franciso clothing line going by the name of Betabrand. The company’s founder, Chris Lindbland is apparently a…
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Those waivers can be a problem....
December 5th, 2012
Recently retained by a nice young guy who suffered a bad injury to his left shoulder while working out with a “trainer” at his health club. He had previously injured the shoulder years ago playing football and had to have a big piece of surgery. When he purchased his membership at the health club, he signed a bunch of documents, one of which was a…
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Sometimes, the case has to be tried.
November 16th, 2012
When I evaluate personal injury cases, my initial assessment involves two primary questions: 1) is there a serious injury and 2) can I prove liability against the defendants. I would like to say that every injury case sitting in my file cabinets is a million dollar case. But that isn’t the case. Some of my files feature serious injuries[sadly sometimes i…
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No reason to keep previous injuries a secret.
September 17th, 2012
There is a misconception out there that previous injuries sink your case. Not true. For example, suppose you suffer a badly injured right knee after a fall in 2006. You had surgery, therapy, and, thankfully after several months of treatment, were pretty much back to normal. Now flash forward to 2011. You are involved in an automobile accident and again, your r…
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IS FOREST PRESERVE OF COOK COUNTY LIABLE WHEN TREE LIMB FALLS AND HITS MOTORIST ON ADJACENT ROADWAY? MAYBE
May 18th, 2011
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…
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RETALIATORY FAILURE TO REHIRE???
March 18th, 2011
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…
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ASBESTOS CASE LEADS TO IMPORTANT CHANGE IN HOW DISCOVERY DEPOS MAY BE USED IN ILLINOIS
February 17th, 2011
The Berry v. American Standard case is tough to read. Howard Berry was diagnosed with terminal mesothelioma in 2003. In 2004 he filed suit against 47 different defendants, alleging that he was exposed to asbestos at their jobsites. Because of Berry’s failing health, his attorney sought to preserve his testimony by taking Berry’s evidence deposition…
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"FLEXIBLE PREMIUM" LIFE INSURANCE PRODUCTS NOT SO FLEXIBLE
December 2nd, 2010
Recently retained by a client to go after a large surance company after one of their “investment advisers” sold her a “flexible premium multi-funded life insurance policy”. The premiums for these products can be very, very expensive. One of the ways they market them is to assure prospective clients that you can “suspend” pay…
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NEW LEGISLATION AIMS TO REFORM ILLINOIS NURSING HOMES
June 7th, 2010
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin recently ran an article by Allision Petty about Illinois Senate Bill 326, which calls for significant reforms to be instituted in Illinois Nursing Homes. The legislation, no doubt prodded by a string of articles in the Chicago Tribune which described widespread physical and sexual abuse at Illinois nursing homes, is expected to b…
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