Disclosure of third-party litigation funding, which is routinely blamed for skyrocketing litigation defense costs and increased verdicts, could make the judicial system more efficient, advocates of disclosure regulations say. Knowing that a lawsuit is funded could potentially streamline settlement negotiations because both the company’s insurer and the litigation financier will have better assessed the value of the claim, they say….
Employers, insurers and claimants should start planning for changes to how Medicare’s liabilities are accounted for in workers compensation settlements, experts say. The changes, which will remove the reporting threshold in settlements that include Medicare set-asides and define penalty amounts, could increase the likelihood of significant fines for noncompliance and prolong settlement negotiations, they say. The Centers for Medicare &…
In a recent court filing, plaintiffs Ariana Williams and Brandon Steels have lodged a medical malpractice complaint against Dr. Joseph Thomas, an obstetrician, alleging that his actions during the delivery of their son, Jarron Steels, resulted in permanent injuries. The complaint was filed on May 24, 2024, in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The plaintiffs claim that Dr. Thomas’s…
The Illinois Supreme Court says a woman who was severely injured in an explosion caused by gasoline vapors that had traveled through a sewer pipe to the laundry room of her condo building from a gas station more than a mile away can’t use an Illinois environmental protection law to sue the owners of the gas station for allegedly allowing…
Sergio Lopez’s premises liability and negligence complaint against Bruce Wallenberg and 1826 W. Erie LLC was dismissed by the Circuit Court of Cook County on grounds of lack of due diligence in serving the defendants. The complaint, filed on June 24, 2020, alleged that Lopez sustained injuries from a fall down an unsafe staircase at a property owned by the…
In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, a lawsuit has been filed by plaintiff Mayada S. Ayoub against Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. The case ID is 2024L002788 and was filed on March 14, 2024. The complaint alleges premises liability and negligence on part of the defendant. Represented by Breen Goril Law, Ayoub claims that on September 14, 2022, she…
Evelyn Recinos has filed a lawsuit against NuWave, LLC in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, under case number 1:24-cv-03910, on May 14, 2024. The lawsuit centers around injuries Recinos sustained from using a NuWave pressure cooker that allegedly malfunctioned. According to the complaint, Recinos suffered first- and second-degree burns to both legs on June…
In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago Division, case number 1:24-cv-03858 was filed on May 13, 2024. Plaintiff Teddi House, individually and as parent and next friend of Nevaiah Mayle, a minor, is suing defendants Mead Johnson & Company, LLC and Mead Johnson Nutrition Company. The lawsuit centers around injuries suffered by Baby Nevaiah…
A jury in Chicago on Thursday rejected an Illinois woman’s claim that the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused her colon cancer, in the first trial out of thousands of lawsuits making similar allegations. The jury in Cook County, Illinois circuit court agreed with arguments from drugmakers GSK and Boehringer Ingelheim that the plaintiff, 89-year-old Illinois resident Angela Valadez, had…
Alberto Gonzalez has filed a lawsuit against the Illinois Central Railroad Company (ICRR) in the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois. The case, identified as 1:24-cv-03573, was filed on May 2, 2024. Gonzalez alleges that ICRR failed to provide him with a safe work environment and equipment, leading to his injury. Represented by Casey Jones Law Firm and…
