- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 21, 2007 6:15 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeDoctors have been fighting vigorously for tort reform to in the hopes that it will relieve them from sky rocketing medical malpractice premiums. Doctors and their advocates arguelarge payouts and frivolous lawsuits are causing high premiums, but recent insurance company profits may tell a different story.ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company went to battle two years ago and was able to persuade...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 21, 2007 8:45 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA woman was rushed to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove after she was involved in an accident with a drunk driver. The 20 year old drunk driver, Lorena Baylon, was charged with DUI after causing the early morning three vehicle accident. Baylon struck the victim's car head on when she crossed over the center line and into oncoming traffic. A truck then hit the back of the...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 20, 2007 5:30 PM |
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Wrongful DeathAngela Alvarado was shot and killed by her husband James Alvarado on October 10, 2006. The murder of the 36 year old woman happened inside her Streator, Illinois home. Angela Alvarado leaves behind three children. Her husband, who called the police after shooting Angela, was charged with first-degree murder. Angela Alvarado's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit last week against James...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 20, 2007 3:30 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAllstate and other insurance companies when reviewing claims like to follow the mantra "delay, deny, defend." In recent months Anderson Cooper of CNN began reporting on how these companies low ball accident victims and refuse to pay them what they rightly deserve. Their method of paying off claims for lower amounts than they should, which often works, happens because victims want to get on...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 20, 2007 7:45 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsJodi Retzlaff was killed when a Toyota Highlander drifted into oncoming traffic and hit her vehicle. The Highlander caused Retzlaff to slam into a truck and then be broadsided by an SUV. After the accident she was airlifted to the hospital but died later from her injuries.Retzlaff was only 23 when she died on Wednesday at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. The accident...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 19, 2007 12:15 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsLouis Killingworth was only 16 years old when he died Wednesday afternoon. Killingworth was crossing West Garfield Boulevard at South LaSalle Street Wednesday morning when a van driven by Jimmy Scurlock turned the corner and took Killingworth's life. The 16 year old boy was rushed to Stroger Hospital but was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon. Scurlock was ticketed for the accident and for...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 19, 2007 9:48 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe pet food recall seems to have one twist after another. The latest reports show that the chemical that caused the recall has now been found in a second pet food imported from China. The chemical, melamine is believed to be the cause of illness and death in many pets across the country. Wheat gluten and rice protein are two ingredients in the pet food that have been found to contain the...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 18, 2007 5:20 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe push for tort reform would make anyone believe that doctors are losing the battle in the courtroom. One would think that if a doctor is sued for medical malpractice the patient is coming out a winner and the doctor's practice is over. The truth, however, is far from what those pushing tort reform want the public to believe. A recent study showed that the reality is that jurors are more...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 18, 2007 2:15 PM |
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Wrongful DeathA 19 year old student at Fresno State in California died in January of 2006 after consuming four times the legal limit of alcohol. Danny Daniels' death is not the first death linked to a fraternity and caused by excessive drinking. There have been numerous other lawsuits filed for the wrongful deaths of other students that were partaking in fraternity activities and resulted in death, all...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 18, 2007 10:04 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAngela Jaynes died Monday after being struck by a van while she was working as a Chicago traffic aide. It has now been reported that the driver of the vehicle was a 17 year old with no license and no insurance. He was speeding and ran the red light at the intersection where Jaynes was working. This is the second traffic control aide to be hit and killed on the job in Chicago in only six...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 17, 2007 4:23 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAngela Jaynes, a Chicago traffic control aide, was killed on Monday after being hit by a van that was speeding through the intersection where she was directing traffic. Jaynes had only five minutes left before her shift was over when she was slammed in the back by the van when it flipped in the air at the intersection of Ashland and Archer on Chicago's Southwest side.Jaynes was only 39 years...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 17, 2007 4:09 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAccording to the FDA, Natural Balance Pet Food has issued a recall on two of its pet food lines due to complaints of pets becoming ill and experiencing kidney failure. These symptoms are the same symptoms pet owners were complaining of after feeding their pets various brands of pet food that have now been recalled by Menu Foods.The pet foods currently being recalled by Natural Balance are...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 12, 2007 4:53 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA school bus collided with another vehicle early Thursday morning in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood. The collision caused injuries to four children and two adults. The six injured people were taken to the hospital for treatment. The four children were reported to have only minor injuries while the two adults were reported to be in fair to serious condition.There was no additional...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 12, 2007 2:01 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn Missouri complaints of medical malpractice lawsuits being out of control were heard loud and clear and tort reform was initiated. The truth though is slowly coming to the surface. Missouri lobbyests claimed that medical malpractice cases were clogging the court system and this would not happen if frivolous cases were not filed. The truth, less than one percent of all civil cases that are...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 11, 2007 10:23 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFord has announced it is recalling Ford Escapes from model years 2001-2004. The recall affects 527,000 Ford Escapes in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe, with the bulk of the recalled vehicles in the U.S. The recall is due to a faulty anti-lock braking system that if not fixed could result in a fire. At this time Ford has stated that it does not believe that the defective system...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 09, 2007 4:43 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsEarly Friday morning a Volvo crashed on Lake Shore Drive at Balbo. Five people were critically injured as a result of the crash and were taken to area hospitals including Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Cook County Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital. There was no immediate report as to what caused the crash, but it appears that no other vehicles were involved.If the cause of the crash is a...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 09, 2007 11:28 AM |
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Wrongful DeathA five year old girl died in a car accident on Friday when she was riding in the car with her brother and mother at U.S. Highway 41 and Indiana 114. The girl's mother was driving the car when it collided with a Mack dump truck. The girl was airlifted to the University of Chicago Hospital to try and save her life. The girl's brother and mother were treated and released from the Jasper County...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 06, 2007 12:09 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe cold weather in Chicago has brought high wind gusts which caused injuries to a pedestrian in downtown Chicago on Wednesday. The injured man was walking near Dearborn Street and Hubbard Street when winds caused a two-by-four to tumble from a construction site and strike the man. The man was reported in stable condition.There are no additional details at this time about who owned the...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 06, 2007 11:28 AM |
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Wrongful DeathAnother lawsuit was filed recently against Guidant Corporation, the maker of an implantable defibrillator that has been the subject of a recall. A Bismark, North Dakota woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Guidant alleging that her husband died because of a defect in his defibrillator. The man had the defibrillator for approximately two months when he died of a lethal...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 04, 2007 12:26 PM |
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Wrongful DeathSouthwest Airlines settled a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed after Joshua Woods was killed on December 8, 2005. Joshua was riding with his family in the car when a Southwest plane skidded across the runaway at Midway airport and through a fence into traffic. The plane crashed into the Woods' car and killed Joshua.The family has only settled with Southwest and not with Boeing, the...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 03, 2007 6:30 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Bridgeview man was killed on Saturday after his motorcycle crashed into a truck. Joseph Suski was 49 years old when he died. He was wearing a helmet but still suffered fatal injuries. The driver of the truck was not injured.The reports at this time do not indicate if the accident that caused Suski's death was his own fault or the fault of the driver of the truck. The accident occurred on...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 03, 2007 4:43 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe initial recall on March 17, 2007, included only wet dog and cat pet food manufactured by Menu Foods. However, on March 30, 2007, the FDA extended that recall to include dry cat pet food. The two most recent products being recalled are 4 pound and 40 pound bags of Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food.The number of pets that have fallen ill or died as a result of this contamination is...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 03, 2007 4:30 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSunday evening a car was traveling on Homan Avenue on the West Side of Chicago when it was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Initial reports indicate that the car was hit head on by another car that had crossed into oncoming traffic. The car that left its lane was apparently traveling between 80-100 miles per hour.Four of the people in the car were very seriously injured. Two of them were...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | April 03, 2007 4:21 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeA Florida woman who gave birth to her son last May was shocked to find out that she had contracted a flesh eating bacteria infection. She was forced to have her arms and legs amputated to save her life. Claudia Mejias, only 23 years old is looking for answers, but the hospital is keeping quiet.Mejias filed a lawsuit against the hospital alleging its negligence caused her to contract the...