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July 15, 2025

Court of Appeals: Greenwood Park Mall Shooting Victims Can Move Forward with Lawsuit Against Mall Owner and Security Company

July 14, 2025

Illinois Supreme Court Rules Wholesalers Had Notice in Contaminated Cilantro Dispute

July 14, 2025

Indiana Supreme Court Upholds Jury Award in Medical Negligence Case Involving Amputation

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Personal Injury

Court of Appeals: Greenwood Park Mall Shooting Victims Can Move Forward with Lawsuit Against Mall Owner and Security Company

In a significant premises liability decision, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that victims of the 2022 mass shooting at Greenwood Park Mall may proceed with their lawsuit against Simon Property Group and its security contractor, Universal Protection Service, LLC. On July 17, 2022, a gunman entered Greenwood Park Mall, where he spent over an hour in a restroom assembling…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 15, 2025
Personal Injury

Illinois Supreme Court Rules Wholesalers Had Notice in Contaminated Cilantro Dispute

The Illinois Supreme Court has affirmed a decision allowing a food distributor to proceed with a breach of warranty claim against two produce wholesalers, holding that the wholesalers had sufficient notice of the alleged product defect through existing personal injury lawsuits. The case stems from multiple personal injury suits filed by restaurant patrons who became ill after consuming contaminated cilantro.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 14, 2025
Personal Injury

Indiana Supreme Court Upholds Jury Award in Medical Negligence Case Involving Amputation

Franklyn Neter-Nu, a truck driver, filed a medical negligence lawsuit after complications from an improperly administered IV led to a below-the-knee amputation. The case originated from a 2015 visit to Methodist Hospital in Gary, Indiana, where Neter-Nu sought treatment for nausea and vomiting. During his hospital stay, Nurse Morgan Mittler noticed that the IV line had become detached from Neter-Nu’s…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 14, 2025
Workers' Compensation

Heat-related injuries jump at 80 to 85 degrees: Report

Heat-related workplace injuries double when temperatures rise to just 80 or 85 degrees Fahrenheit and increase more than sevenfold when temperatures exceed 90 degrees, according to a new report by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Unsurprisingly, such injuries are more common during summer months and disproportionately affect outdoor workers. Men and younger workers are at greater risk, and Southern states…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 7, 2025
Personal Injury

Judge weeds out dozens more likely non-viable Paraquat suits

A judge has axed dozens more lawsuits from the list of thousands pending in Southern Illinois federal court accusing the makers of commercial weed killer Paraquat of allegedly causing Parkinson's disease. On June 16, U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel adopted the recommendation of court-appointed special master Randi Ellis and dismissed 69 Paraquat exposure lawsuits for failure to return required plaintiff…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 30, 2025
Personal Injury

Indiana Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Against University Over Falling Window Injury

In a pivotal decision, the Indiana Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a former student who was injured by a falling window at Indiana University, holding that negligence may be inferred under the legal doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. The incident occurred in April 2018, when Kiera Isgrig, a college student, was studying in a university room and…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 24, 2025

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