When you're looking for assistance in the areas of business counseling, insurance coverage, commercial litigation or subrogation law, you need the right legal advocate on your side. These are areas of the law that can be complex and nuanced. When attempting to handle...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
On December 11, 2015, the Illinois Appellate Court published its decision in the case of Bolingbrook Police Department v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, which, in part, appears to expand workers' compensation principles of what constitutes a compensable...
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