Texting While Parenting Equals the Dangers of Distracted Driving!
Chicagoland’s Injury Lawyers at Grazian and Volpe (now Lloyd Miller Law) strive constantly to educate their clients as to the dangers of distracted driving. Child safety experts now cite the rising number of non-fatal injuries to children under age five between 2007 and 2010, after falling for much of the prior decade. The question is […]
Nursing home neglect?: Maggots infest nursing home resident’s ear
You would think it would be impossible for someone living at an allegedly clean nursing home to have maggots infest her ear. Think again. A family in Cook County has filed a lawsuit after a hospital removed 57 maggots from their loved one’s ear. They claim that the Arlington Heights nursing home failed to properly […]
Drinking on the Job Costs Employer $10 Million in Punitive Damages
Drunk driving accidents are always tragic and never really an accident but the result of the total disregard the intoxicated driver has for others who share the road. A recent verdict assessing punitive damages against the employer of a drunken employee is a landmark finding in the war against drunk driving. Ten million in punitive […]
Grocery Store Slammed with $2.3 Million Damages in Premises Liability Cover-Up
A Kroger grocery store was slammed in a slip and fall lawsuit for destroying and manipulating key video evidence. The 49-year-old plaintiff slipped and fell on crushed fruit on the floor of the Kroger store in 2008 sustaining a serious spinal cord injury. He sued the grocery company for negligent maintenance of its premises and […]
$3 Million Settlement in Gas Station Premises Liability Case
A $3 million dollar settlement was awarded to the parents of a 21-year old man in a premises liability cause of action filed against the owner of the gas station as well as two other firms that supplied the station with products and marketing. The 21-year old man, who had schizophrenia died after the clerk […]