Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — New Lawsuit Alleges Negligence Against Suburban Nursing Home After Maggots Found in Patient’s Ear

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As the Chicago Tribune recently reported, a lawsuit has recently been filed in Cook County against an Arlington Heights’ nursing home after 57 maggots were allegedly found in the ear of a 90 year old Alzheimer’s patient. The article alleges that after the maggots were removed from the patient’s ear, they were sent to a…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Personal Injury Law — Common Carrier Liability — New Study Urges Transit Units to Invest Up To $2 Billion in Renovations

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As CBS Chicago recently reported, a new study released by DePaul University warns that annual spending of perhaps up to $2 billion per year on infrastructure and repairs to Chicagoland’s most widely-used public transit — namely Metra and the Chicago Transit Authority. The findings suggest that, while ridership has steadily increased in recent years, the spending necessary…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury and Business Litigation: CTA Commuter Train (“L”) Crash Injures Numerous People

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You can  On Monday, September 30, 2013, numerous people were injured when Chicago Transit Authority (CTA and sometimes called the L by some and here the “Blue Line”) commuter trains collided during rush hour at Harlem Station in Forest Park, Illinois. Train drivers and train companies owe their passengers a duty of care to avoid causing…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Settlements and Timing of Payment-FINALLY HERE!

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It’s finally here — the Governor has signed! After settling a case (some types of cases excepted below), a Plaintiff can now have some form of a “deadline” to expect payment of funds provided certain conditions are met. The new law takes effect January 1, 2014 — just 5 months from now. Note well that this…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Texting Even OUTSIDE a Vehicle Could Get You Sued!

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In a recent decision, it was reported here that a New Jersey Appeals Court held that a person who is texting a driver could very well become a defendant in a lawsuit and be liable to someone who was injured due to such texting. Texting another driver while you are NOT driving could get you sued! Don’t…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: SB 1912 – The Proposed Amendment to the Civil Practice Law of the Code of Civil Procedure in Illinois

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Illinois Plaintiff’s attorneys are all too familiar with settled defendants “dragging their feet” on issuing payment on a settled case. In many cases, once the parties reach a settlement, the real fight begins. Through a series of motions, numerous phone calls, and demand letters, plaintiff’s attorneys eventually receive the settlement check from the defendant, sometimes…

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When injured due to a car accident, slip and fall, dog bite, nursing home abuse and neglect or from near any cause or issue, medical bills create significant issues from multiple respects. Some various and very “high-level” topics are as follows (and much more details and information is available upon request): Health insurance. Your health…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Patient Advocates Suffer Blow as General Assembly Shoots Down Insurance Requirement

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As many of our discussions have tackled, issues of insurance are very essential to protecting the rights of injury victims, and while insurance companies seldom willingly pay all of what they should, Illinois’ mandatory insurance laws at least make sure there’s a system in place to make sure that injury victims have a possibility of…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Illinois Nursing Home Advocates Renew Demands for Medicaid Reimbursement Reform

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The US Supreme Court announced its long-anticipated verdict on healthcare reform and nursing home advocates are using the spotlight as a chance to renew their demands upon Illinois lawmakers to reform the state’s Medicaid reimbursement procedures. Relying heavily on statistics that suggest the state is underfunding Medicaid reimbursements by an estimated $4.7 billion, or approximately $24.34…

Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Bedsore Case Yields $900,000 Settlement for Seattle-Area Family

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A story out of Seattle details the tragic death of an 87 year-old Alzheimer’s patient — who also happened to be a retired nursing educator — after a number of untreated pressure ulcers, some of which had “burrowed to the bone,” led to her death. Much of this article focused on the reported shortcomings of…