Periodically, our nation is rocked by a senseless tragedy: a gunman who attacks and kills innocent students or bystanders. Most recently, Americans were shocked as a deeply disturbed individual, Jared Loughner, attacked those assembled at a “Congress on your corner” event, claiming lives and leaving others injured, including a brain injury to a U.S. representative. … Read More
Signing of Release Precludes Negligence Liability: IL App. Ct.
Our Chicago personal injury attorneys are sometimes asked to represent clients whose injuries may have been contemplated by a contract between the client and the possible defendants. Where a potential plaintiff has signed a waiver or release that may cover the claims at issue, obtaining relief can become more difficult. Experienced personal injury attorneys such… Read More
Whistleblowers Hold Healthcare Providers Accountable
Our Chicago medical malpractice attorneys have long been concerned about the healthcare fraud that runs rampant throughout the U.S. healthcare system – doctors, hospitals, and drug companies who abuse the trust of the U.S. public and take Medicare and Medicaid funds for their own personal gain. We are thus pleased to learn that new rules… Read More
CTA Dangerous Busdriving: Taxpayers Foot the Bill
Most Chicago-area taxpayers are aware that when a CTA busdriver causes an accident, it is almost always the Chicago taxpayers who foot the bill for the damage, including those stemming from personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits. What they may not know, however, is that Chicago taxpayers are also footing the bill for busdrivers’ dangerous… Read More
Diving Spinal Cord Injuries: A Summer Danger
Summer is a time for outdoor fun. Boating, swimming, hiking and camping are among the activities we associate with summertime. But these activities are also fraught with hidden danger. Every year, many lives are ruined by diving accidents – in particular, by spinal cord injuries including paralysis and death caused by diving into shallow water. … Read More
Government Ineffective Against Pharmaceutical Misconduct Even When It Imposes Record Fines
Those who follow the news may be impressed by the massive fines they have seen imposed against pharmaceutical companies for their misconduct, including off-label marketing. Periodically, the press reports a fine against one of these companies reaching into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Surely, with such fines imposed, the drug companies and the industry… Read More
“Tort Reform” Masks Racial Prejudice
The Chicago personal injury attorneys of Passen & Powell have long railed against the misguided efforts known as “tort reform.” Now, a provocative new article in the Washington University Journal of Law & Policy discusses, for the first time, the racism lurking behind many so-called “tort reforms.” The article, by Joanne Doroshow and Amy Widman… Read More
More Federal Action on Dangerous Toyota Defects
This month, federal regulators announced a second investigation into Toyota’s conduct surrounding the discovery of defects in its vehicles. This time, the regulators are again probing whether Toyota willfully delayed before notifying the U.S. government of a problem. The Chicago car accident attorneys of Passen & Powell are troubled to hear yet another story of… Read More
Parents and Professionals Alike Fail to Recognize the Warning Signs of “Huffing”
The Chicago personal injury attorneys at Passen & Powell are becoming increasingly concerned by the practice of huffing, and the apparent ignorance of this practice in the adult professionals charged with ensuring the safety of our children and teens. “Huffing,” or the use of inhalants to get high, is one of the most popular drugs… Read More
Tort Reform: A Failed Experiment
Tort reform proposals are the spectre that haunts the legal industry: like a horror-movie monster, if we relax our guard it is certain to rise again. Whether the context is debate on newly-enacted healthcare legislation, concerns about the trial bar’s influence in politics, or even lectures on the moral decay of society, it seems that… Read More
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