CASE NOTES Summaries of recent legal matters in and around Chicago LAW CLERK WHO PLAYED JUDGE IS ELECTED AS REAL JUDGE BUT NOW IS NOT LIKELY TO ACTUALLY BECOME ONE. In August 2016, Rhonda Crawford was a Cook County law clerk for Presiding Judge Timothy Evans....
Case Notes
Case Notes: October 2016
CASE NOTES Summaries of recent legal matters in and around Chicago ATTORNEY MISCONDUCT SCUTTLES $25 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN YACHTING INJURY CASE. Scot Vandenberg, et al. v. Brunswick Boat Group, et al., Cook County Case No. 10 L 3188 In September of 2009, a 43-year-old...
Scary Stuff in Cook County
As Halloween approaches, we present the following ALG Illinois Case Commentary with three articles that seem fitting for this time of year due to their oddness and/or truly frightening results for some of those involved. Court Clerk who played Judge is likely to be...
Case Notes: September 2016
CASE NOTES Summaries of recent legal matters in and around Chicago New Law Puts Bicyclists and Motorists on Equal Footing. S.H.A. 625 ILCS 5/11-1502 PUBLIC ACT 99-785; H.B. 5912; Highways and Roads-Traffic Rules and Regulations-Bicycles There has been an interesting...
Case Notes: August 2016
CASE NOTES Summaries of recent litigation in and around Chicago Family of First Divvy Rider Killed in the U.S. Brings Wrongful Death Suit. In Jim Murray v. A & B Flooring Supplies, Inc. et al., Cook County No. 2016-L-007570, a truck that turned right after waiting...
Chlada v. IWCC
On July 8, 2016, the Appellate Court issued its decision in Chlada v. IWCC, which addresses payment of concurrent wage differential and permanent total disability benefits for the first time. The claimant sustained two injuries with the Respondent. The first, an...
CASE NOTES: July 2016
Large Verdict for Estate of Driver Who Drowned in Chicago River In Sabanovic v. City of Chicago, Cook County No. 11 L 5458, the plaintiff drove over the curb at the end of a street that dead-ends into the Chicago River. Unable to get out of the car, she drowned. Her...
Diacetyl and “Vaping” in the e-cigarette industry
For over a decade, our very own Ryan McQueeney has been representing entities named as defendants in product liability cases alleging that the chemical diacetyl can cause respiratory disease. For most the life of this litigation, lawsuits have focused on individuals...
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