October 21, 2013Throughout parts of Illinois, winter weather has already left more than a foot of snow. Other areas of the country are covered in ice and snow, and more winter weather is expected in the months to come. All that snow...
Read More September 5, 2013Almost 10,000 “infants and toddlers are hurt in crib and playpen accidents each year, according to the first nationwide analysis of emergency room treatment for these injuries.” (L. Tanner, AP Medical, 2/17). As a Chicago personal injury lawyer, I have...
Read More August 19, 2013FOX 32 NEWS In the decades since convicted pedophile and former south suburban scoutmaster Thomas Hacker went to prison, no one had ever questioned him about what he calls his addiction to young boys or his crimes. That is, until...
Read More August 12, 2013OAK LAWN PATCH Lawsuit claims Archdiocese was negligent in protecting children at St. Louis de Montfort from two convicted pedophiles, Fr. Maday and scout leader Tom Hacker in early 1970s. [ . . . . ] Included in the complaint...
Read More August 11, 2013IBM and Sony are recalling more that 500,000 batteries used in laptop computers. See full story. This is a new recall and does not include the 4.1 million faulty batteries recalled earlier this year by Dell. There are certainly tens...
Read More August 7, 2013CBS CHICAGO Chris Hurley, lawyer for 15 men who were sexually molested by serial pedophile Thomas Hacker, was interviewed by CBS TV news. Hurley told the reporter that, like earlier scandals in the Roman Catholic Church and at Penn State...
Read More August 7, 2013CBS CHICAGO Christopher Hurley appeared on CBS Chicago Channel 2 to announce that he was filing a lawsuit agaginst the Boy Scouts of America on behalf of sixteen former Boy Scouts from the Chicago area molested by their scout leader,...
Read More August 7, 2013SAUK VALLEY MEDIA “These victims, and their parents, placed their trust and confidence in the Boy Scouts, and the Scouts let them down,” attorney Chris Hurley said in a statement. “When abuse was reported, BSA turned its back and not...
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