There is nothing more important to parents than the safety of their children. Many parents understand the importance of placing infants and young children in car seats while driving to reduce the chances of injury to their child. All car seats are not made equal. Even more troubling is that longtime car seat manufacturers —… Read More
CTA Train Crash Into O’Hare Leaves Unanswered Questions
Yesterday’s CTA train crash at O’Hare International Airport station calls serious question to the policies, procedures and safeguards in place to protect passengers and other members of the public from catastrophic injury or death. This extremely violent crash would likely have killed or seriously injured many more people had it not occurred in the middle… Read More
Lexapro Birth Defect Lawsuits
Major depressive disorder Major depressive disorder is an illness that can be debilitating for those who suffer often chronic or recurrent attacks of the disease over the course of years. It is characterized by anxiety, appetite changes, loss of interest in normal activities, lack of concentration, sleep disturbances, fatigue, feelings of guilt or worthless or… Read More
Omaha Grain Plant Explosion Discussion
Most of us have heard by now about the explosion at an Omaha, Nebraska, animal feed plant that left 10 people seriously injured, 2 dead, and numerous others with minor injuries. Plant explosions occur too often and are extremely dangerous. For many, they have been deadly. Those who are lucky to escape with their lives… Read More
$1 Million Verdict – Surgical Error During Gallbladder Removal
Passen & Powell represented the estate of a man who suffered a bile duct injury caused by the general surgeon’s negligence during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal surgery), resulting in the need for a corrective stenting procedure by a gastroenterologist. Weeks later, the man developed a periampullary bleed and died. The defense argued this bleed was unrelated… Read More
$610,000 – Record Verdict for Soft Tissue Injuries
Passen & Powell Secures Highest Verdict Ever Recorded in Illinois for Soft Tissue Injuries to 76-Year-Old Truck Accident Victim On March 25, 2008, a Cook County jury returned a verdict of $610,000 in favor of a husband and wife, ages 80 and 76 respectively, who was rear-ended by a semi truck on I-90 near the… Read More
Car Accidents Caused by Drunk Drivers in Illinois
A Tragic Death Last winter, a 39 year-old male caused a motor vehicle accident when he crashed into a car containing two women and an 11 year-old boy in the back seat. The women were at a complete stop due to another accident up ahead of them. The driver of the SUV, who was found… Read More
New Rules To Protect Motorcoach Passengers
The National Highway Traffic Safety made its final ruling on November 25th, amending the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) on occupant crash protection. The amendment requires all passenger seats on the following motorcoach vehicles to possess lap/shoulder seat belts for each passenger seating position in the following vehicles: All new over-the-road buses and other… Read More
Tragic Texas Accident Highlights Train Safety Rules
Our Chicago train accident attorneysare unfortunately used to dealing with fatal and avoidable train accidents. Even we were shocked, however, by the scope of the tragedy in the train accident in Midland Texas this Veterans’ Day. At the Veterans’ Day parade in Midland this year, a float bearing injured veterans and their spouses was struck… Read More
Misuse of Pitocin (Synthetic Oxytocin) Causing Birth Injury
Pitocin (synthetic oxytocin) is a drug that most of us have heard of in relation to childbirth. It is frequently used to induce labor, or to move a stalled labor along by producing contractions. In many instances, inducing labor with Pitocin has saved the lives of both mother and child during a stalled labor. It can be… Read More
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