Mental health professionals at Choate Center in Anna diagnosed Leslie Potter’s strokes as schizophrenia and damaged him with treatments, according to his mother Michelle Potter of Texas and grandmother Elaine Dohman of Illinois. Their counsel Randolph Kretchmar of Chicago alleged due process violations in a complaint at U.S. district court on Jan. 30. According to the lawsuit, Leslie resided with…
Illinois lawmakers are considering bills that would nix the state’s workers compensation fee schedule in 2026 and replace it with another, and add guidelines in workers comp code on attorney’s fee for arbitrated claims. H.B. 2840, introduced Wednesday, would make existing medical fee schedules inoperative after Aug. 31, 2026, and calls on the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission to establish a…
Illinois’ altered workers’ comp law doesn’t block asbestos plaintiffs and others who discover diseases allegedly caused by workplace exposures to toxic substances from suing their former employers, even if the alleged disease-causing exposure happened many decades in the past, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled. On Jan. 24, the Illinois Supreme Court sided with the family of a man who…
In a recent class-action lawsuit, three plaintiffs have taken legal action against a major corporation over allegations of misleading marketing practices. Monica Castro, Damary Santa, and Nancy Helmold filed the complaint on January 14, 2025, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Abbott Laboratories. The plaintiffs claim that Abbott’s marketing of its “toddler drinks”…
Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, presiding over almost 6,000 suits from many states blaming weed killer Paraquat for Parkinson’s disease, set the first trial to start on Oct. 14. An order she signed on Jan. 23 narrowed the field of potential trial plaintiffs to Donald Tucker of Missouri, Paul Scibilia of New Jersey, and Marshall Bork of Alabama. Richard…
A group of concerned parents has filed a class-action lawsuit against a major corporation, accusing it of misleading marketing practices that endanger children’s health. The complaint was filed by Patricia Gurrola and others in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on January 13, 2025, targeting The Procter & Gamble Company. The plaintiffs, including Patricia Gurrola,…
A medical device sterilization company has escaped a potentially costly jury verdict, for now, after a Cook County judge declared a mistrial in the first trial in a list of nearly 300 lawsuits over alleged cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions from a Waukegan sterilization plant. On Jan. 17, Cook County Judge Frank Andreou declared a mistrial as a jury was entering…
A recent court filing reveals a harrowing tale of alleged negligence and misconduct by a prominent beauty product manufacturer. On December 30, 2024, Dorothy Ayers filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Strength of Nature, LLC, and Godrej SON Holdings, Inc., accusing them of causing severe health issues through their hair…
Bills that would overhaul the law governing compensable workplace injuries and those suffered while traveling were filed in Illinois Friday. H.B. 1253, which would take effective immediately upon passage, would provide “that an injury arises out of and in the course of employment only if the accident significantly caused or contributed to both the resulting condition and the disability,” according…
A state appeals panel has upheld a $7.1 million verdict for a woman who said she suffered injuries from an exploding can of Swell brand cooking spray oil. On Nov. 1, a Cook County Circuit Court jury decided in favor of Tammy Reese, who said the injury happened while she was cooking in a club in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, in 2017….
