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July 10, 2017

HM&M Client Awarded $20M After Loss of Eye—Jury Rules Willful and Wanton Misconduct

On Jan. 23, 2012, Hurley McKenna & Mertz client, Quentin Ravizza was driving a 1997 Kenworth T-800 tow truck in a southwest suburb of Chicago. After detecting a mechanical error, he pulled over to assess the problem. While looking under...

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June 7, 2017

The President’s Thoughts

Sometimes it is hard to know what ITLA is doing for you. Most of it goes on in Springfield and out of our view. But it involves knowing who is doing what to take away the rights of injured people...

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May 4, 2017

Dealing With The Stress of Past Medical Errors

Experiencing a medical error can be frightening. It might delay your recovery and take a toll on your body. A lesser-known consequence is the trust you may lose in your doctor. Experiencing a medical error is bound to make a...

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March 17, 2017

How Arbitration Clauses Protect Abusers And Keep Victims Quiet

Sexual Harassment in the workplace is unequivocally common. So when it happens, the victim should seek justice in court. That is every citizen’s right according to the Seventh Amendment. However, countless employers include an “Arbitration Clause” in employee contracts. It’s...

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February 9, 2017

Judicial Independence: Defending the Rule of Law

The following is a statement released by Richard Burbidge, President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. The International Academy of Trial Lawyers expressly and unequivocally condemns attacks on the independence of our judiciary and the Rule of Law, two...

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December 19, 2016

Eroding workers’ rights

The following letter to the editor by ITLA President Christopher T. Hurley appeared in Crain’s Chicago Business on December 5, 2016. Leave it to the Illinois Policy Institute to promote the fiction that the loss of manufacturing jobs has been...

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December 8, 2016

Beyond Court: Lawyer Helps Train ER Docs

By Emily Spectre, Daily North Shore When trial attorney Christopher Hurley successfully tried a case on a behalf of a family whose wife and mother had died from sustained hypoxia in a hospital emergency room, he could have stored the...

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November 28, 2016

Driver fatigue contributes to hundreds of thousands motor vehicle accidents per year

Driver fatigue is a universal problem that contributes to hundreds of thousands of motor vehicle accidents per year. In fact, according to a recent AAA survey, nearly half of all drivers admitted to falling asleep or nodding off while driving...

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