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Personal Injury

State appeals court to hear case that accuses NCAA of wrongful death in football head injury

The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments later this month in a case deciding whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association had a duty to warn individual student athletes about the risk of football-related head trauma that can contribute to death later. The argument will be held at DePauw University on Oct. 28, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 20, 2025
Personal Injury

Judge OKs lawsuit vs makers of Firefly kids’ fluoride rinse

A federal judge won’t stop a class action accusing a children’s mouthwash manufacturer of marketing the product as safe for younger children despite evidence to the contrary. U.S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins issued an opinion Oct. 2 denying a motion to dismiss the third amended complaint mothers and grandmothers brought against Perrigo Company and Ranir regarding Firefly Anticavity Fluoride Rinse.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 20, 2025
Workers' Compensation

Attack on co-worker must be covered by comp: Appeals court

An appeals court in Illinois on Wednesday ruled an electrical worker’s negligence lawsuit that stemmed from a 2020 attack by a co-worker having a psychotic episode is barred due to exclusive remedy. Kamil Kordas sued Bob’s All Bright Electric, claiming, among other things, intentional misconduct and negligence after his co-worker and son of the business’s owner, Thomas Clarizio, struck him…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 13, 2025
Personal Injury

Vantage Chemicals settles 400+ Lake County EtO lawsuits

A chemical company with a manufacturing plant in north suburban Gurnee has become the latest to settle hundreds of lawsuits claiming emissions from its manufacturing process caused people living nearby to develop cancer. On Sept. 19, Cook County Circuit Judge Kathy M. Flanagan agreed to dismiss 440 lawsuits against Vantage Specialty Chemicals Inc., all of which sought to make the…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 13, 2025
Personal Injury

Appeals court upholds Monsanto Roundup jury trial win

A state appeals panel has agreed Monsanto doesn’t have to defend itself again in a lawsuit from plaintiffs who allege Roundup exposure caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Michael Evard, Sue Wiechmann, Michael Orrel and Ronald Bryan were among many blood cancer patients who sued numerous corporations in connection with exposure to the Roundup herbicide as well as polychlorinated biphenyls,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 7, 2025
Workers' Compensation

Illinois appeals court rules neck pain unrelated to work accident

The Illinois Appellate Court ruled Monday that a woman’s neck injury was not part of her overall workers compensation claim, reversing a circuit court ruling that ordered an insurer to cover the expanded claim. As documented in Jacqueline Sumner v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, et. al., Jacqueline Sumner was injured while working for PlaceSmart/NOTS Logistics. This temporary employment agency sent…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 6, 2025
Workers' Compensation

Family’s $4.8 million award affirmed 15 years after line cook ate shellfish

The family of a line cook who died after eating shellfish off-hours to which he was allergic is entitled to a $4.8 million jury award, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled Tuesday. Angel Rivas worked at the restaurant where he ate the shellfish in an employer-provided meal. As documented in Rivas v. Benny’s Prime Chophouse, LLC, Luz Rivas, his widow filed…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 6, 2025

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