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Personal Injury

Tractor trailer driver allegedly caused rear end collision in construction zone

A truck driver claims another man operating a tractor trailer failed to stop in construction zone traffic, causing a collision. Plaintiffs Mark and Vicki Penning filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against CAT. Inc., Ryder Truck Rental Canada, LTD, and employee Alexandre Bourcier, citing negligence and carelessness. According to the lawsuit, Bourcier…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 25, 2022
Personal Injury

Patient alleges stroke symptoms were not properly diagnosed

A patient is suing Anderson Hospital, claiming a doctor failed to properly diagnose and treat his stroke symptoms. Plaintiff John Gaskill has filed a lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against defendants Christopher Lipsmeyer, M.D. and Anderson Hospital, citing negligence and carelessness. According to the lawsuit, Gaskill was a patient at Anderson Hospital under the care of Lipsmeyer on…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 25, 2022
Personal Injury

Indiana Teen’s Parents Sue City Over Fatal Crash Involving Police Chase

The parents of a northern Indiana teenager who died along with her boyfriend when a vehicle being chased by police crashed into their car in 2020 is suing the city of Mishawaka. The lawsuit filed by Elizabeth Johnson-Neher’s parents alleges that the December 2020 police pursuit was dangerous from the onset and that Mishawaka police officers were not properly trained…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 24, 2022
Workers' Compensation

Nearly a quarter of COVID comp cases involve long COVID

Twenty-four percent of COVID-19 workers compensation claimants have or had long COVID, according to a report released Monday by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Overall, 20% of non-hospitalized and 47% of hospitalized workers with admitted COVID-19 claims developed long COVID, according to the Boca Raton, Florida-based ratings agency. NCCI relied on claims data extending through the first quarter of…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 24, 2022
Personal Injury

Patient allegedly suffered perforated bowel during hysterectomy

A patient claims she suffered injuries, including sepsis, after her bowel was perforated during a hysterectomy. Joyce Grace filed the complaint in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Protestant Memorial Medical Center, doing business as Memorial Hospital Shiloh, Dr. Kinsey Dinnel and Heartland Women’s Healthcare Ltd. According to the complaint, Grace was in the defendants’ care on Nov. 3,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 18, 2022
Personal Injury

Patient alleges heparin caused low platelet count, resulted in bilateral amputations

A patient claims he suffered bilateral amputations after his platelet count was not monitored while on heparin. Keith Grabowski filed the complaint in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Protestant Memorial Medical Center Inc., doing business as Memorial Hospital - Belleville, BJC Healthcare ACO LLC, Fairview Heights Medical Group, doing business as BJC Medical Group of Illinois, Dr. David…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 18, 2022
Personal Injury

Movie theater contractor not liable for construction worker’s on-the-job injuries, COA affirms

The guardian of a man who was injured while working on a movie theater construction project has failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that a subcontractor for AMC Theatres owed the man a duty of care. In 2018, Ethan Tinsley fell from a 22-foot, unsecured scaffolding while installing a sound system for a new American Multi-Cinema Entertainment,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 17, 2022
Personal Injury

Illinois Court: Insurers Cannot Exclude UIM Coverage for Bicyclists and Pedestrians

Auto insurance carriers must pay uninsured motorist benefits to insureds who are injured by motor vehicles while walking or bicycling, even if their policies explicitly provide coverage only to occupants of insured automobiles, an Illinois Appellate Court panel ruled. The panel said in an opinion released Friday that Illinois case law and public policy demand that Direct Auto Insurance Co.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 12, 2022
Workers' Compensation

Comp medical payments decrease slightly during pandemic

Medical payments per claim decreased more than 3% in the pandemic years 2020 and 2021 in half of the states studied by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based research organization studied medical costs for 2020 injuries with costs incurred through March 2021 in 18 states, finding that the reductions —following four years of stable or modest growth —…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 11, 2022

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