Family of Woman Crushed By Train Files a Wrongful Death Suit To Discover Truth
Often the truth is indeed stranger than fiction. This case is no exception to that observation. The witnesses to this awful accident will remember it for years to come. They will remember watching,...
View ArticlePlaintiff Appealed Retaliation Case to Supreme Court of Illinois
In this employment case, the plaintiff filed claims of retaliation in the workplace. This is an interesting case and serves as a tool to show that when filing a complaint through the Human Rights...
View ArticleSheriff Deputy Allegedly Sexually Harassed Plaintiff
The plaintiff in this case filed a complaint about unwanted sexual advances. In this case, The Sangamon Country Sheriff’s Department, Petitioner-Appellant v. The State of Illinois Human Rights...
View ArticleSpeeding While Drunk Leads to Three Accidents and Six Injured People
The more campaigns there are to stop people from drinking and driving, the more people figure it does not include them in that statistic. This three vehicle collision left six people with serious...
View ArticleUgly Accident Claims Seven Lives
This decidedly deadly traffic accident killed seven and sent four to the hospital. There are accidents that you wish you had never seen, as the memory of them haunts you long after you have witnessed...
View ArticleFrog Masks for Kids Recalled for Suffocation Risks
These days, products for kids are not made with safety in mind. Here is yet another product recall for a mask capable of suffocating a child. We do not know what happened to common sense when it comes...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court Allows Uncapped Damages in Case
By letting a malpractice verdict stand and awarding $10.3 million to a victim’s widow, the Florida Supreme Court kept hope alive this fall for those wanting to remove caps on damages for pain and...
View ArticleTruck Hauling Kegs Runs Over Three Women and Causes Wrongful Death
This horror story took place at a football game when a truck hauling beer ran over three women. This has got to be one of the most bizarre cases we have ever heard about. A U-Haul truck was moving...
View ArticleClothing and Footwear Manufacturers Should Pay Attention to Child Safety More
In yet another choking hazard recall, thousands of kid’s slippers have been recalled. When today’s older Americans were kids, they certainly did not have as many toys made that were a serious choking...
View ArticleBrain Trauma Case Nets Plaintiff $10 Million
John Ezzo sustained a serious brain injury during a demonstration of a vehicle for the company that employed him. This case will likely cause a few raised eyebrows, especially when you get to the part...
View ArticlePossible Distracted Driving Seriously Injures Passenger
Any time a vehicle leaves the road and no one else is in sight at the time, you have to wonder what the driver was doing. This case involves yet another baffling single vehicle accident ramming into a...
View ArticleDecapitation May Have Been Due to Improperly Maintained Wood Chipper
No matter what way you look at this case, it’s gruesome. If there was mechanical failure involved, a wrongful death case could be filed. This is one of the worst types of accidents on record due to...
View ArticleMysterious Wrongful Death Under Investigation
Sometimes people wind up dead and no one knows how it happened. This case is a good example. No one knew how their co-worker got tangled up in a press machine. No one apparently saw what happened the...
View ArticleDefective e-cigarettes cause severe harm when they explode
Those who feel the need to smoke, but want to quit are trying e-cigarettes. Yet this is a product that is not without serious issues. One could see this incident coming, just knowing how the electronic...
View ArticleWrong Way Driver Kills Two and Injures Two More
You have to wonder how someone can drive the wrong way on a street or ramp. Drugs or booze are often involved. The news is filled with far too many deaths as a result of wrong-way crashes. There was...
View ArticleTail-gating Sends Woman to Hospital in Critical Condition
The three vehicle collision injured four, one critically, when a FedEx contractor rammed into the back of a car that was slowing down to turn into a driveway. He was not paying attention to what he was...
View ArticleHead-on Collision Sends Victims to Hospital in Critical Condition with...
Head-on collisions rarely have a good outcome. This case is no exception. This accident involved a direct head-on between a BMW and a school bus. School bus collisions are always frightening for first...
View ArticleDUI Head-on Collision Kills Cyclist
This head-on DUI crash killed a 49-year-old father of nine who was out cycling. The 23-year-old man behind the wheel of his 2011 Toyota RAV4 was under the influence of drugs when he slammed head-on...
View ArticleCamping Kills Two Young Brothers
Two young brothers were killed and their father and a friend injured when a drunk driver ran over their tent. It was intended to be a weekend of fun for two brothers, an adventure with their father and...
View ArticleTruck Driver Ignores Construction Zone Signs; Kills Six
The driver of an 18-wheeler seems to have ignored the clear signs that warned of a construction zone ahead. The truck carried a full load as the driver coasted down a slight downhill stretch. Without...
View ArticleWoman Drives Drunk with Six-Year-Old Daughter as Passenger
Every day, we hear about auto accidents as the result of a drunk driver. The innocent victim may seek legal advice and file a lawsuit, but these claims take time. In the meantime, bills keep coming in....
View ArticleElderly woman killed in pedestrian accident
Even crossing in a designated crosswalk can result in sudden death to a pedestrian. An 81-year-old woman in San Jose was hit by a car as she was crossing an avenue. Emergency response crews pronounced...
View ArticleOff duty cop may spend 28-years in prison
It’s nice to know that the law is not above the law. This case demonstrates that. A recent case out of Chicago is notable for its unusual feature: it involved an off-duty Chicago cop. According to the...
View ArticleStomp attack results in 20 year jail sentence
The violence amongst teens today is frightening. This case resulted in permanent brain injuries to the victim. Good news rarely captures people attention like the bad stuff does. This case is a prime...
View ArticleDrunk driver kills passenger
It is incomprehensible why people drink and drive. It happens far too often, with deadly results. A little-known, tough-as-nails young actress who starred in the movie, “Bad News Bears,” has died. She...
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