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Personal Injury

Justices reverse summary judgment for doctor, clarify requirements of medical experts’ affidavits

A doctor must face a patient’s medical malpractice complaint after the Indiana Supreme Court overturned a summary judgment ruling. In its decision, the high court clarified that a medical expert is not required to expressly state the applicable standard of care in an affidavit. In August 2017, Penny Korakis was taken to Memorial Hospital of South Bend for pain from…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 20, 2024
Personal Injury

An Edwardsville nursing home patient allegedly suffered from malnutrition

A lawsuit alleges a patient at an Edwardsville nursing home suffered malnutrition due to neglect. The lawsuit was filed by plaintiff Donald Bunk, acting as independent administrator for the estate of Alexis Bunk, in the Madison County Circuit Court against Edwardsville NH, LLC, doing business as River Crossing of Edwardsville, NH Operator Holdings VII LLC, Greystone Healthcare Management - Midwest…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 13, 2024
Personal Injury

Woman alleges injuries when dog jumped on her

A woman claims she was injured when a dog jumped on her without provocation. The lawsuit was filed by Kathy Jo Lohrding in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against David Grossman and Jean M. Grossman. According to the complaint, Lohrding alleges she was attacked by the defendants' dog at their residence in Mascoutah on Dec. 14, 2021. Specifically, she…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 13, 2024
Workers' Compensation

Workplace violence concerns broaden

An employee at a Wally’s Foods convenience store in Minneapolis was stabbed while trying to stop a shoplifter. Following an argument, a man was accused of shooting his coworker in the torso at packaging supply company Pak Source in Rock Island, Illinois. The husband of a manager-in-training at a McDonald’s restaurant in High Point, North Carolina, angry over how employees…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 12, 2024
Personal Injury

Woman sues insurer after child was hit by car

An insurer is being sued for denying an underinsured motorist claim after a child was struck by a vehicle while riding a hoverboard. The lawsuit was filed in the Madison County Circuit Court by Debra Jean Duncan, guardian of Payton Lynn Brotherton, against Progressive Northern Insurance Company. According to the complaint, Brotherton was struck by a car while riding a…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 6, 2024
Workers' Compensation

Construction industry topped workplace injuries in 2023: Texas Mutual

The construction sector topped the list for workplace injuries in 2023, reporting three times the number of workers compensation claims out of all industries, according to a workplace safety trends report released Monday by Texas Mutual Insurance Co. Thirty-nine percent of serious injury claims were filed by construction workers compared with 11% in mining, 11% in administrative, support, waste management…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 5, 2024
Personal Injury

St. Clair County jury awards man more than $5 million over misdiagnosed lumbar fracture resulted in fusion surgery

A St. Clair County jury awarded plaintiff Dimitrios Zavradinos more than $5.15 million after a lumbar fracture went unnoticed, resulting in permanent injuries requiring a spinal fusion. Circuit Judge Heinz Rudolf presided over the trial, which ended on Jan. 18 when jurors awarded the plaintiff a total of $5,151,000 for loss of a normal life, pain and suffering, emotional distress,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 29, 2024

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