Our Chicago personal injury lawyers have become all to familiar with the dangers posed by unsafe or defective children products. This week, Stork Craft announced the recall of over 2.1 million drop-side cribs due to the safety hazard posed to infants — four babies have allegedly suffocated due to the defective cribs. Last week, the… Read More
School Officials Liable For Cover-Up Of Sexual Abuse Of Students
Personal injury lawyers typically deal with statutory law, typically derived from common law. Occasionally, however, injury attorneys are confronted with Constitutional law issues, such as the following premises liability case dealing with the sexual abuse of students at a public school. A recent United States District Court opinion held that a school official who covers… Read More
Chicago Property Owner and Lessor Liable in Elevator Fall Death
The family of man who was killed when he fell down an elevator shaft in a building in Chicago brought a negligence and wrongful death action against the property owner, Auster Trust, and the building’s lessor, Austor Co., alleging that they negligently allowed an unguarded opening to exist, failed to provide elevators with an interlock… Read More
Violation of Building Codes Insufficient to Show Proximate Cause of Fall in Illinois Wrongful Death Action
Illinois premises liability lawyers take note: Evidence of code violations, without evidence regarding “proximate cause”, is insufficient to withstand a motion for summary judgment. An Illinois appellate court for the First District recently held that a widow of man who died after falling down the back staircase of their apartment complex could not make a… Read More
