Having recently resolved a significant medical negligence case involving the negligent delay in delivering baby, resulting in a fatal hypoxic injury to the baby, we thought it important to discuss an area in which we sometimes see medical negligence occur in labor and delivery: mothers with preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder and a known… Read More
Undocumented Immigrants Can Pursue Personal Injury Claims in Illinois
As we enter this Presidential election season, there is perhaps no more controversial a topic than immigration. According to the Pew Research Center, the monthly encounters of migrants at our southern border has steadily increased since 2020, with approximately 250,000 migrants per month now crossing into the United States. Those migrants or undocumented immigrants end… Read More
Spinal Cord Stimulator for Traumatic Nerve Injury and Chronic Pain
Over the past several decades representing people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents, falls, explosions, or due to defective products or medical errors, many of our clients developed a chronic pain syndrome for which a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) was indicated. Indeed, spinal cord stimulation is a widely used therapy to treat… Read More
Pedestrians Killed in Motor Vehicle Accidents on Rise
We are currently drafting a mediation statement for a significant and tragic case in which our clients’ husband and father was crossing the street at a pedestrian crosswalk and struck by a careless driver, resulting in a traumatic brain injury, months of treatment, and ultimately his death. In this age of enhanced vehicle safety technology… Read More
因商業運營或設計安全疏忽而造成的燒傷
燒傷是我們在代表因疏忽而受傷或死亡的個人和家庭的實踐中看到的一些最具破壞性的傷害類型——通常是在工地爆炸、有缺陷的產品或相關情況下。 這些傷害可能是改變生活或致命的——尤其是在第二次和... 閱讀更多
涉及複雜區域疼痛綜合征 (CRPS) 的訴訟
我們的律師代表在各種環境中受重傷的人,包括機動車碰撞、建築工地事故和其他嚴重身體創傷事件。 我們還代表醫療過失的受害者。 在這些情況下可能出現的最具破壞性的情況之一是複雜區域疼痛綜合征 (CRPS) —... 閱讀更多
拼車事故責任
Over the last decade popularity of ridesharing services, such as Uber and Lyft, has steadily increased. Perhaps not surprisingly, so too has the increase in ridesharing motor vehicle accidents. Indeed, economists at the University of Chicago found that motor vehicle accident deaths had increased approximately 3 percent since the introduction of ridesharing services. It’s likely… Read More
過去一年車禍死亡人數急劇增加
As states across the country have eased Covid lockdowns and people are returning to the “new normal” of living during a pandemic, the roadways have surprisingly become more dangerous. According to recent data on motor vehicle traffic fatalities from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than 20,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes… Read More
伊利諾伊州 COVID-19 傷害和死亡的企業責任
As the “new normal” of living in a global pandemic takes hold, we are seeing a host of legal questions become triggered. One large set of concerns relates to protecting the health of workers, consumers, patients and nursing home residents from the life-threatening coronavirus/COVID-19. Another set of concerns relates to protecting small businesses who are… Read More
與電子煙相關的傷害和死亡人數的增加引發了訴訟
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were initially marketed as a safe alternative to smoking. We are now learning that was a lie. While the long-term health effects of e-cigarette use (“vaping”) is unclear, there are an increasing number of cases to suggest that vaping causes a whole host of life-threatening conditions, including pulmonary and gastrointestinal problems, “popcorn… Read More