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Sometimes personal injury lawsuits are not just one plaintiff suing one defendant. In some instances, the situation is more complex and it could be that more than one person could potentially be at fault for the injury to a plaintiff. When it comes to determining if one or both of the defendants are at fault…
According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, 83 of the passengers on Asiana Flight 214 that crash-landed at the San Francisco International Airport, took the necessary, initial legal steps to bring an action against Boeing, the manufacturer of the aircraft. The victims filed the petition in Chicago where Boeing maintains its headquarters. Aviation disasters,…
In Chicago, mold can be a huge problem with the old housing stock available. Some types of mold are harmless but other types can cause severe health problems and may even be fatal. Mold forms on damp surfaces in the home so its presence may be more common in areas around the bathroom, kitchen, laundry,…
With the decrease in costs to fly, more Americans are using the skies as a convenient way of transportation. Airline travel has increased in the past ten years, according to a report by the Federal Aviation Administration or FAA. As expected, the increase in travel and passengers has increased the liability airlines may face in…
Most personal injury cases, even serious ones, involve claims relating to ordinary negligence. However, there are some types of negligence that go beyond what the law establishes as ordinary. Such negligence is known as gross negligence. The definition of gross negligence varies by state so it is important to seek the interpretation of the law…
The various regions of Illinois have had disparate ordinances and regulations concerning the use of hand held cell phones. Some locations prohibited the use while others restricted hand held use under certain circumstances. Needless to say, drivers have been confused. On January 1, 2014, a new statewide ban on the use of a hand held…
The Illinois Department of Transportation maintains assorted traffic statistics on its website. As of September 27, there were 665 fatal crashes throughout the state in 2013. In the city of Chicago alone, there were 88 fatal crashes during the same time period. From this data, we can see that car accidents have the potential to…
According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, a 27-year-old man was arrested and charged in the death of a two-year old girl who was walking with her great-grandmother to a daycare center when she was killed. The driver ran through a stop sign and although the great-grandmother tried to protect the toddler, she “sprung”…
A Lake County judge awarded $6 million to the family of a woman who died after being “smothered” by her husband. This past spring, a jury found the husband guilty of involuntarily killing his wife in the couple’s living room, and sentenced him to eight years in prison. According to an article in a Chicago…
Last July 4th a couple was killed when a Union Pacific Bridge collapsed in Glenview, a suburban community north of Chicago. As reported in the Daily Herald last year, the husband and wife lived only a mile from the accident site. Their son, who is a personal injury attorney and was in a law practice…
