July 28, 2006CHICAGO TRIBUNE Catholic Charities of Chicago on Thursday settled for $12 million a lawsuit alleging that three children were abused by their foster parents, attorneys said. Starting in 1995, the boy and two girls, then ages 1, 2 and 3,...
Read More July 1, 2006CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN by John Flynn Rooney, staff writer A $12 million structured settlement was reached in a lawsuit alleging three children were physically abused by a foster mother selected by The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago,...
Read More February 9, 2006CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN The law firm of Hurley, McKenna & Mertz P.C. has won a $4.5 million settlement on behalf of a 12-year-old boy allegedly born developmentally challenged because doctors failed to perform an immediate cesarean section. The suit...
Read More September 28, 2005DAILY SOUTHTOWN An 81-year-old Alsip woman whose kidneys were damaged by an antibiotic prescribed for too long of a time was awarded $3.2 million by a Cook County jury. The jury found Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park...
Read More September 1, 2005CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN A Cook County jury has awarded $3.2 million to an 81-year-old Alsip resident who claimed to have suffered permanent kidney damage because of a medication error made by a nurse at Little Company of Mary Hospital...
Read More August 4, 2005BATAVIA REPUBLICAN After falling about 20 feet from a Ferris wheel car and landing on the amusement ride’s platform at the annual Batavia Windmill City Festival July 9, Brian Byrne, 48 , of Batavia, suffered a broken leg, a spearated...
Read More September 20, 2004ROCKFORD REGISTER I am the lawyer that obtained the $7.7 million dollar jury verdict for the critical care nurse that lost her foot due to malpractice. I would like to respond to Mark Keller’s recent letter to the editor criticizing...
Read More October 12, 2002Detective Michael Johnson, the former Youth Protection Director of the Boy Scouts of America, has come forward to urge Congress to open an investigation and hold hearings which will lead to greater oversight of the Scouts BSA Congressional Charter. In...
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