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June 11, 2009

Massey Ruling Said to Highlight Problems With Judicial Elections

The Wall Street Journal (6/10, Koppel) reports, “The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week calling for judges” to recuse themselves from “cases involving big political donors confronts the growing role of money in the U.S. judicial system.” The Journal adds,...

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June 4, 2009

Florida Jury Awards $30 Million to Widow of Smoker

As a Chicago personal injury lawyer I am very pleased to see that after decades of marketing their addictive cancer causing products to children, tobacco companies are feeling the pain a fully informed jury can inflict. Consider this recent verdict...

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June 4, 2009

Obama’s Preemption Directive Seen As Victory For Consumers

It should be within a private citizen’s grasp to identify a dangerous intersection in their community and ask the state to make it safer. Unfortunately, obtaining the data to prove that a particular place on a public road has been...

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March 31, 2009

Dangerous Drop Side Cribs To Be Discontinued

Chicago Tribune encouraged by manufacturer's decision to stop making drop-side cribs. The Chicago Tribune (3/28) editorialized, “Drop-side cribs, with a movable rail that can be raised and lowered, are a staple of baby rooms.” However, “they probably won't be for...

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January 13, 2009

$6.5 Million Settlement for Brain Injured Boy

CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN The estate of a 7-year old boy who suffered a brain injury at birth has settled a lawsuit against the hospital, the doctor and his clinic for $6.5 million, the plaintiff’s attorney said. Robert Morales Jr....

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November 21, 2008

$11 Million Settlement Reached in Chicago Metra Wrongful Death Suit

An $11 million settlement was approved in two wrongful death lawsuits arising from the 2005 Metra derailment in Chicago that killed two women and injured 117 other passengers. According to reports, on Sept. 17, 2005, a five-car Rock Island Line...

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November 17, 2008

Electra Bike Recall Expanded

We previously posted on the Electra Bicycle Co's Amsterdam bicycle recall. More recently, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced an expanded voluntary recall of these bikes due to a risk of injury. About 1,500 bicycles are involved in the...

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November 8, 2008

City of Chicago Has Laws In Place To Make Winters Easier On Handicapped

Snowy sidewalks make city life difficult for the Chicago's handicapped population. Unfortunately there are no Chicago laws that require owners of private property to remove snow from private walks and drives however, under the Chicago City Code, landlords are required...

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