An Illinois state appeals panel will let the family of a child who died in a hospital in Chicago’s suburbs try again to sue the hospital, because they said a Cook County judge wrongly allowed the hospital’s lawyers to tell jurors that one of the plaintiffs’ medical experts had agreed to pay $230,000 to end a Medicare fraud investigation, and…
The family of an Alton couple, who died in a fiery crash after their vehicle was struck at high speeds by another car fleeing police, has filed suit against the city of Wood River, claiming the city should pay because a police officer initiated the pursuit over a registration issue and did not break off, even when it allegedly became…
The maker of once-popular heartburn medication Zantac has secured yet another win in court against claims the active ingredient in that medication increased cancer risk in those who took the drug. On Aug. 27, a jury in Cook County Circuit Court rendered a verdict in favor of pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. The new verdict closed out a trial in a…
Trucking brokers can’t rely on seeming protection under a federal law to shield themselves from lawsuits in Illinois state court over traffic deaths allegedly caused by truck drivers they may hire, an Illinois state appeals court has ruled. In the ruling, a three-justice panel of the Illinois First District Appellate Court said an exemption in the Federal Aviation Administration Act…
As legal battles highlight the ongoing conflict between state abortion restrictions and federal laws requiring doctors to provide treatment in emergencies, physicians and their medical malpractice insurers are caught in the middle, experts say. While there are no publicized cases of physicians being sued for failing to provide an abortion to save the life of the mother, or in other…
Gov. JB Pritzker has shrugged off calls to veto legislation that critics say will create more lawsuits for Illinois courts to handle while giving trial lawyers more shots at huge paydays. SB328 has been waiting for action for months, and on Friday Pritzker finally signed it into law. It will drag companies that have no or limited footprints in Illinois…
The Indiana Court of Appeals will be traveling to Richmond on Monday to hear arguments in a negligence case. Peggy McElhany was bitten by a pit bull while working at a Rural King in Avon. She sued the dog’s owner, Elizabeth Jordan, for negligence. Jordan wasn’t with the dog at the time of the bite. She moved for summary judgment…
A pair of Hamilton Superior Court lawsuits alleging negligence on Amazon’s part are heading back to trial court, after the Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer in both cases. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of two independent truck drivers, alleged the company did not provide adequate signage for contractors entering Amazon’s Greenfield warehouse, resulting in the death of one of the…
An Illinois woman alleges in a proposed class action lawsuit that Allergan’s now-recalled Biocell textured silicone- and saline-filled breast implants and tissue expanders have increased her risk of developing breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a rare cancer of the immune system. The 24-page complaint states that the FDA in 2011 identified a link between breast implants and BIA-ALCL,…
An Indiana man who claims a Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) error cost him a job opportunity, over $1,000 in fines and a night in jail can’t sue for damages, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Monday. “This case requires us to determine whether the Legislature intended to confer on Indiana’s more than 4.5 million licensed drivers a right to sue…
