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Personal Injury

Lawsuit against St. Elizabeth’s Hospital alleges patient died following sepsis

The family of a patient at St. Elizabeth's Hospital claim medical professionals failed to monitor the decedent for sepsis. Theresa Ligibel, as special representative of the Estate of Courtney Ligibel, deceased, filed a complaint in the St. Clair Circuit Court against St. Elizabeth's Hospital of The Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and James Coleman, PA-C, alleging…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
November 21, 2023
Personal Injury

Suit alleges woman’s toe amputated following pedicure at Belleville nail salon

A woman is suing a Belleville nail salon after her toe had to be amputated following a pedicure. Jill Schreder filed a complaint in the St. Clair Circuit Court against American Nails, alleging negligence. According to her complaint, Schreder received a pedicure at American Nails salon on North Belt West in Belleville on April 27, 2022. She alleges she sustained…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
November 20, 2023
Workers' Compensation

Shoulder injuries constitute longest duration of temporary disability benefits

The average duration of temporary disability benefits in workers compensation lost-time claims increases with the age of the injured worker, but after age 40 the increase becomes less significant, the National Council on Compensation Insurance says in a report published Thursday. The report, Workers Compensation Temporary Disability Benefit Duration – A First Look, which is the first installment in a…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
November 20, 2023
Personal Injury

Woman alleges injuries from collapsed wall

A woman claims she was injured when a wall collapsed on her at Madison 66. Lauren Spiroff filed a complaint in Madison County Circuit Court against Singh Petroleum Inc., doing business as Madison 66, alleging negligence. Spiroff alleges in her complaint that she was at the defendant's premises to shop and use the gambling machines. She claims that as she…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
November 15, 2023
Personal Injury

Motorist sues over hit-and-run crash with tractor trailer

A motorist alleges she was injured in a hit-and-run collision with a tractor trailer driver. Michelle Mitchell filed a complaint in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Deanna Hart, 1 B.A.B.E. Trucking LLC, and others, alleging negligence. According to Mitchell's complaint, Hart was operating a tractor trailer on June 28, 2017, in the right westbound lane of Interstate 24 in…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
November 14, 2023
Workers' Compensation

Human error mostly to blame for sanitation worker fatality: Illinois OSHA

Human error was largely to blame for the workplace death of an Illinois sanitation worker who was crushed by a garbage truck during trash pickup services in Springfield in October 2022, according to a report released Monday by the Illinois Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The employee was pinned between a garbage truck and a brick fence column. The…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
November 13, 2023

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