Workers’ Injury: Big Verdict in Plant Explosion
Workers’ Injury: Big Verdict in Plant Explosion Workers’ Injuries: Man wins $5.71 million dollar verdict for injuries sustained as a result of an explosion at employer power plant. The jury found his employer liable for deliberately intending the worker’s injuries to occur. Evidence indicated that the employer had experienced a similar explosion at another power […]
Drunk Driving Accidents: The Country Club Pays
Drunk Driving Accidents: The family of a man killed in a 2008 car accident was awarded $1 million in July in a lawsuit against an Alabama country club. The club was accused of selling too much alcohol to a man who is now serving prison time for causing a Drunk Driving Accidents in which a father […]
Serious Injury: The NFL and Brain Concussions
Serious Injury: The NFL and Brain Concussions New twist in personal injury liability: 75 former NFL players have sued the National Football League claiming that it had concealed the danger of concussions from its coaches, players, trainers and general public since it first learned of the harmful effects of concussions in the 1920s. The NFL […]
Majority of Chicago Pedestrian Accidents Involve Teens
Majority of Chicago Pedestrian Accidents Involve Teens: Pedestrians were involved in 2,943 accidents with vehicles in Chicago, resulting in 32 pedestrian fatalities and 409 serious injuries, states the Illinois Department of Transportations provisional numbers of 2010. A troubling finding of a study commissioned by the Chicago Department of Transportation indicates that an average of two […]
Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer: What If I Don’t Like the One I Have?
As a Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer of over 25 years, I am often approached by injured people who have retained the services of a personal injury or workers’ compensation attorney and are dissatisfied with the service that they are receiving from their attorney. They complain that he or she does not answer phone calls and/or does not […]