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Personal Injury

Plaintiffs accuse major toothpaste manufacturer Procter & Gamble of deceptive marketing practices endangering children’s health

A group of concerned parents has filed a class-action lawsuit against a major corporation, accusing it of misleading marketing practices that endanger children's health. The complaint was filed by Patricia Gurrola and others in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on January 13, 2025, targeting The Procter & Gamble Company. The plaintiffs, including Patricia Gurrola,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 3, 2025
Personal Injury

Mistrial ends, for now, first trial vs Isomedix over Lake County EtO emissions

A medical device sterilization company has escaped a potentially costly jury verdict, for now, after a Cook County judge declared a mistrial in the first trial in a list of nearly 300 lawsuits over alleged cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions from a Waukegan sterilization plant. On Jan. 17, Cook County Judge Frank Andreou declared a mistrial as a jury was entering…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 27, 2025
Personal Injury

Plaintiff Alleges Hair Product Manufacturer Caused Cancer Through Negligence

A recent court filing reveals a harrowing tale of alleged negligence and misconduct by a prominent beauty product manufacturer. On December 30, 2024, Dorothy Ayers filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Strength of Nature, LLC, and Godrej SON Holdings, Inc., accusing them of causing severe health issues through their hair…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 22, 2025
Workers' Compensation

Illinois lawmakers to consider changes to comp compensability

Bills that would overhaul the law governing compensable workplace injuries and those suffered while traveling were filed in Illinois Friday. H.B. 1253, which would take effective immediately upon passage, would provide “that an injury arises out of and in the course of employment only if the accident significantly caused or contributed to both the resulting condition and the disability,” according…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 22, 2025
Workers' Compensation

Illinois lawmakers to consider presumption changes

Two bills that would affect workers compensation presumptions for firefighters and emergency medical professionals are being considered in Illinois. H.B. 1292, introduced Monday, would create a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder arose out of the work conducted by firefighters, all levels of emergency medical technicians, and paramedics. The change would amend state workers comp law that already provides such…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 21, 2025
Personal Injury

Freight broker not legally responsible in driver’s injury crash suit

U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle correctly ruled that Shawn Montgomery of Missouri can’t sue C.H. Robinson Company of Minnesota for arranging the trip of a truck that hit his truck, Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on Jan. 2. The appeals court found Yandle correctly followed their court’s precedent from 2023 that a freight broker acts as contractor rather than agent.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 13, 2025
Personal Injury

Jury orders plastic surgeon to pay $66M to family of woman who bled to death after procedure

A Chicago plastic surgeon has been ordered to pay nearly $66 million, under a verdict ending a trial in a case accusing the surgeon and his associates of allegedly allowing a 39-year-old mother of four children to bleed to death following an ordinarily routine liposuction and "tummy tuck" procedure. The verdict against Dr. Ayoub Sayeg was delivered by a jury…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 6, 2025

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