Our Personal Injury Attorneys were happy to see some very fair settlements coming out of Chicago City Hall this week. City to settle for $1.55 million with boy badly hurt by tree branch BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter Chicago taxpayers would pay $1.55 million to the family of a 4-year-old boy who [...]

Our Chicago Injury Lawyers bring you the latest in absurd lawsuits.  A woman is suing Diddy for, among other things, conspiring with Rodney King to orchestrate the 9/11 attack in New York City. Diddy Sued for $1 Trillion, Blamed for 9/11 A woman has filed a $1 trillion lawsuit against Diddy (real name: Sean Combs), [...]

Our Chicago Injury Lawyers got a kick out of the video of the woman who fell in the mall fountain while texting.  Now we learn that the woman has filed a lawsuit against the mall. Texting woman falls in fountain, files lawsuit FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Earlier this week ABC30 showed you video of a woman [...]

Our Chicago Injury Lawyers have noticed a sharp increase in slip and fall injury cases lately.  We thought that it may have something to do with the rough weather that we’ve been having.  Turns out, we were right. Slip, slide and away: Ice-induced ER visits up 20-30 percent BY STEFANO ESPOSITO Chicago Sun-Times Several Chicago-area emergency rooms [...]

Our Chicago Injury Lawyers have always said that some of the strangest stories that you’ll hear can be found in a courtroom. The story below, about a man injuring himself after being hit by a stripper’s shoe,  is a perfect example. By Susan Spencer-Wendel Palm Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH — A man [...]

Certainty a favorite of our Chicago Injury Lawyers, everyone at some time or another has heard about the famous McDonald’s “spilled coffee” case in which 79-year-old Stella Liebeck received 3rd degree burns and permanent injury after a McDonald’s coffee spilled in her lap.  Liebecki was awarded $2.7 million dollars in punitive damages from a jury, [...]

Is your Facebook page safe from full public disclosure?  Do you think that because you deleted something on Facebook that it’s gone forever?  Well, if you’ve filed a lawsuit, the answer to those questions may surprise you. Check out the case of Romano v. Steelcase Inc., a case from New York State.  In Romano, the Plaintiff [...]

Time after time our Chicago Injury Lawyers have argued that Tort Reform - i.e. the artificial  limiting of compensation one can receive from a lawsuit, only hurts the innocent victims of others’ negligence.  The story, below, of a 2 year old who had her legs and left hand amputated is the perfect example of the [...]

Our Chicago Injury Attorneys found this interesting lawsuit filed just last week in Cook County.  While our Chicago Lawyers can certainly sympathize with the thought behind the lawsuit, this one looks like a long shot. Suit Filed Vs. City’s Parking-Meter Deal Advisers Chicago Sun-Times A local investment firm advising Mayor Daley’s administration in the run-up to [...]

Our Chicago Personal Injury Attorneys have helped injured workers recover hundreds of thousands of dollars for all kinds of injuries.  We have represented injured workers from all over Chicago.  Now the latest ailment to hit workers in Chicago – “popcorn lung”. Jury awards Chicago-area factory worker millions in suit related to ‘popcorn lung’ By Brian Slodysko [...]