The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for a case involving a woman who fell while exiting Lake County’s Community Hospital and sued the hospital for alleged negligence. A hearing for Caryl Rosen v. Community Healthcare System d/b/a Community Hospital, 25S-CT-00217, will be Nov. 5 at 9 a.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom. According to court records, on Oct….
The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a ruling that a treatment provider could not pursue a claim for payment against an employer as a third-party beneficiary of a settlement. Michael Sullivan suffered injuries in 2010 while working for F. W. Electric, and while his workers compensation claim was pending, Mr. Sullivan received medical care from Midwest Neurosurgeons, according to the ruling…
A bill in Illinois would increase burial expenses paid to dependents of workers killed on the job. H.B. 4177, introduced Wednesday, would raise the benefits to $10,000, up from $8,000, provided to the “widow or widower, other dependent, next of kin, or person or persons incurring the expense of burial.” The change would put Illinois in line with the 23…
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments later this month in a case deciding whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association had a duty to warn individual student athletes about the risk of football-related head trauma that can contribute to death later. The argument will be held at DePauw University on Oct. 28, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m….
A federal judge won’t stop a class action accusing a children’s mouthwash manufacturer of marketing the product as safe for younger children despite evidence to the contrary. U.S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins issued an opinion Oct. 2 denying a motion to dismiss the third amended complaint mothers and grandmothers brought against Perrigo Company and Ranir regarding Firefly Anticavity Fluoride Rinse….
An appeals court in Illinois on Wednesday ruled an electrical worker’s negligence lawsuit that stemmed from a 2020 attack by a co-worker having a psychotic episode is barred due to exclusive remedy. Kamil Kordas sued Bob’s All Bright Electric, claiming, among other things, intentional misconduct and negligence after his co-worker and son of the business’s owner, Thomas Clarizio, struck him…
A chemical company with a manufacturing plant in north suburban Gurnee has become the latest to settle hundreds of lawsuits claiming emissions from its manufacturing process caused people living nearby to develop cancer. On Sept. 19, Cook County Circuit Judge Kathy M. Flanagan agreed to dismiss 440 lawsuits against Vantage Specialty Chemicals Inc., all of which sought to make the…
A state appeals panel has agreed Monsanto doesn’t have to defend itself again in a lawsuit from plaintiffs who allege Roundup exposure caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Michael Evard, Sue Wiechmann, Michael Orrel and Ronald Bryan were among many blood cancer patients who sued numerous corporations in connection with exposure to the Roundup herbicide as well as polychlorinated biphenyls,…
The Illinois Appellate Court ruled Monday that a woman’s neck injury was not part of her overall workers compensation claim, reversing a circuit court ruling that ordered an insurer to cover the expanded claim. As documented in Jacqueline Sumner v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, et. al., Jacqueline Sumner was injured while working for PlaceSmart/NOTS Logistics. This temporary employment agency sent…
The family of a line cook who died after eating shellfish off-hours to which he was allergic is entitled to a $4.8 million jury award, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled Tuesday. Angel Rivas worked at the restaurant where he ate the shellfish in an employer-provided meal. As documented in Rivas v. Benny’s Prime Chophouse, LLC, Luz Rivas, his widow filed…
