Uber can’t use its user agreement to block a lawsuit from the widow of a man who died while riding in a rideshare vehicle on a Chicago expressway, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled. On Sept. 24, the state high court unanimously ruled Uber can’t send to arbitration the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the widow of Mark Geller, who…
DoorDash maintains it does not owe a general duty of protection to other drivers after the Indiana Court of Appeals issued an opinion to the contrary. The court’s decision earlier this month centered on a lawsuit filed by Brian Oller over a 2020 accident in northern Indiana involving DoorDash driver Trey Culvey. Culvey ran a stop sign and crashed into…
Workers with less than two years on the job accounted for 54% of workers compensation injuries in 2022-2024, despite representing roughly one-third of the workforce, according to a Workers Compensation Research Institute report released Wednesday. Nearly four in 10 injuries occurred during employees’ first year with an employer, including 16% during their first three months, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based institute found….
The Indiana Court of Appeals is sending an insurance dispute back to Tipton Circuit Court to figure out how the mother of a teen killed in a car accident should receive more money. Brittney Best had filed a claim against Travelers Insurance and AAA Insurance after her 17-year-old son, Jaxson, died in a 2023 accident. Best and the boy’s father…
The meal delivery company DoorDash owes a general duty of protection to other drivers against the risks of a business model that can encourage distracted or dangerous driving, the Indiana Court of Appeals has decided. The court said in an opinion filed Friday that it had reversed a lower court decision in a case in which a DoorDash driver ran…
Falls accounted for 844 workplace deaths in 2024, including 666 falls to a lower level, according to a National Safety Council analysis released Thursday that examined injury and fatality events tied to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s most frequently cited safety standards. The council’s report draws on Bureau of Labor Statistics data to examine hazards associated with the OSHA’s…
A state appeals panel has upheld a $41 million medical malpractice verdict stemming from a stroke. Craig Pierce, then 64, suffered a cerebral artery stroke in early 2016. According to court records, OSF St. Francis Hospital admitted Pierce in February with pneumonia and sepsis. During his stay, Pierce suffered an acute kidney injury following a CT scan, which led to…
A Florida woman whose premature newborn son died in Florida after contracting an illness allegedly caused by consuming cow’s milk-based infant formula, administered by medical staff in a Florida hospital can’t use Cook County’s famously plaintiff-friendly courts to sue Abbott Labs, the formula’s Lake County-based manufacturer, a state appeals panel has ruled. In the decision, the appellate justices said they…
A Japanese automotive brakes maker can’t escape becoming a target for asbestos lawsuits in Illinois courts, a state appeals panel has ruled. On Sept. 8, a three-justice panel of the Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court sided against manufacturer Japan Brake Industrial Company in its bid to exit a lawsuit brought by the family of plaintiff Donald R. Taylor over claims…
An Illinois appeals court overturned a $165,353 workers compensation medical award and more than $46,000 in legal fees and costs, ruling that an injured worker was entitled only to reimbursement for amounts actually paid to his medical providers. In Jenkins v. McLaughlin Body Co., the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, ruled Wednesday that a lower court improperly based its…
