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Personal Injury

Google to pay $100M to end biometrics class action over Photos face scans; Class members could get $200-$400

People in Illinois whose face appeared in a photo on Google’s Photos app could be in line for as much as $400 each, under a new $100 million settlement given an early nod in Cook County court. The settlement would end one of the longest running class action lawsuits under Illinois’ strict biometrics privacy law, and would rank as one…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
May 2, 2022
Workers' Compensation

Amazon, builders sued by delivery drivers over warehouse collapse during deadly tornado; Family of deceased driver Deandre Morrow among the plaintiffs

Two new lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court against Amazon and the engineering and design companies that participated in the construction of the Edwardsville distribution center that partially collapsed during a deadly EF-3 tornado on Dec. 10. Attorneys Patrick King of MillerKing LLC in Alton and Benjamin O’Connor of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP in Corpus Christi, Texas, filed…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
May 2, 2022
Personal Injury

Woman with quadriplegia secures reversal against INDOT in tractor-trailer accident case

A woman who suffered a severe spinal injury that left her quadriplegic has won a reversal after the Court of Appeals of Indiana found her lawsuit against the state of Indiana and the Indiana Department of Transportation did not create collateral estoppel and claim splitting. While Kathryn Davidson was riding as a passenger in a tractor-trailer truck in April 2018…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 26, 2022
Personal Injury

Madison County jury awards motorist $16K in Glen Carbon crash lawsuit

A Madison County jury awarded a motorist $16,357 in damages following a Glen Carbon car crash. The two-day trial began on April 18 with Madison County Circuit Judge Chris Threlkeld presiding. Plaintiff Jessica Zeigler was awarded $9,357 for medical treatment, $2,000 for loss of a normal life and $5,000 for pain and suffering. Zeigler was represented by Ellen Burford of…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 26, 2022
Workers' Compensation

Illinois Contractor Faces $360,000 in Penalties Over OSHA Violations

A Waukegan, Illinois contractor – with a history of violating federal safety standards and ignoring safety citations – was cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards at two separate job sites in October 2021. Joshua Herion – who does business as ECS Roofing Professionals Inc. –…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 25, 2022
Personal Injury

Walmart removed customer’s suit alleging vision loss after items fell and struck his head

Walmart has removed a customer's lawsuit alleging he suffered permanent injuries to his eyesight when merchandise fell from an upper shelf and struck his head. The lawsuit was originally filed by plaintiff Todd A. Davis on Nov. 5, 2021, in the Marion County Circuit Court. Walmart filed a notice of removal to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 19, 2022
Personal Injury

Mother sues Maryville Women’s Center, Oliver Anderson Hospital over baby’s brain injuries during delivery

A mother is suing the Maryville Women's Center and Oliver Anderson Hospital for negligence, alleging her child suffered permanent brain injuries during delivery. Plaintiff Alyssa Troxtell Weshinskey filed a lawsuit on March 25 in the Madison County Circuit Court against defendants Maryville Women's Center, P.C. (MWC) and Southwestern Illinois Health Facilities, doing business as Oliver Anderson Hospital, citing negligence and…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 19, 2022
Workers' Compensation

Repetitive motion injuries in remote work drive up comp claims

When the pandemic first began, Dawn Watkins, director of integrated disability management at the Los Angeles Unified School District, used her ironing board as a makeshift standing desk. Overcoming ergonomics issues has only grown more important since then, she said in a presentation on Tuesday at Riskworld, the Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc.’s annual conference in San Francisco. “Some…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 18, 2022
Workers' Compensation

Amazon’s surge in pandemic business led to increase in injuries

A coalition of worker unions analyzed injury reports from Amazon Inc. warehouses and found that injuries among workers increased by 20% in the pandemic. The Strategic Organizing Center, a coalition of four labor unions, analyzed the injury data that Amazon submitted to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and found that in 2021, the serious injury rate at Amazon warehouses…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 18, 2022

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