Miscellaneous

• Worker Injured After Falling Into Hole

  Jamie G. Goldstein | June 21, 2007 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A worker fell into a hole at a construction site this afternoon and suffered back and neck injuries. The man was removed from a hole with a five foot opening by a harness and then transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The accident took place near 8th Street and State Street in Chicago.The worker may be able to file a claim against his employer and others responsible for the...

• Illinois Law Allows Damages for Grief, Sorrow, Mental Suffering

  Jamie G. Goldstein | June 01, 2007 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  As previously posted, it was up to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to pass a much needed law allowing families to recover for grief, sorrow and mental anguish they suffered as a result of a wrongful death of a family member. On May 31, 2007, the Illinois Governor signed into law an amendment to the Wrongful Death Act allowing families to now recover these type of damages.Previously, families...

• Teacher Drags Student Down Hall by His Shirt

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 17, 2007 5:15 PM | 1 CommentChicago, IL

  Douglas Tracia, a substitute teacher, pulled a seven year old boy in the first grade at a Lawrence, Massachusetts school down the hallway by his shirt. Tracia apparently went after the boy who left the room after he was involved in an altercation with another student.The boy's mother, Lina Tejada went to the police after the school tried to persuade her not to speak to the authorities. ...

• Falling Debris Injures Chicago Pedestrian

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 06, 2007 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The 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...

• Child Found With Serious Head Trauma

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 14, 2007 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A five year old girl was found with serious head trauma at her home in unincorporated Maine Township last evening. The girl was taken to Lutheran General Hospital. She was found by police at her house, but there is no information on why the police came to the home in the first place or how the little girl was injured.There is an investigation currently pending regarding the girls head injury. ...

• Metra Train Accident Injure Seven

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 09, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Early Thursday morning a Union Pacfic Freight train was involved in an accident with a Metra train. The two trains were near the downtown Chicago train station when the Union Pacific train backed into the Metra train. The Metra train was not moving at the time of the accident.As a result of the accident the first passenger car on the Metra train derailed but it did not fall over. The train...

• Dog Attacks Child in Chicago

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 21, 2007 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A five year old girl waiting for the school bus this morning was attacked by a pit bull. She was taken to Holy Cross Hospital after the incident. The police then began a search and were able to track the pit bull down. They found the dog covered in the girl's blood.The 5 year old suffered various injuries including bites to her face and her body, a gash in her head and her hair had been...

• First Welding Rod Suit

  Staff Writer | June 19, 2006 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Corpus Christi, Texas will be the venue for the first jury trial to determine whether welding rods cause Parkinson Disease symptoms. Over 3800 lawsuits have been filed in the U.S, consolidated for supervision by a Cleveland Federal District Court. The suits allege that high expsures to manganese and fumes from the burning rods cause shaking, poor balance, difficullty walking and swallowing. ...

• Supremes Put Federal Whistle Blowers at Risk

  Staff Writer | June 07, 2006 1:31 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  In a 5 to 4 Decision, split on conservative and liberal basis, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal employees, who complain about misconduct by superiors, have no Freedom of Speech rights in the workplace. The opinion affects about 20 million federal employees who, the Court ruled, are not entitled to the same Whistle Blower protection of non-governmental workers. Big surprise, Judge...

• Jury Spanks Corporate Spankers

  Staff Writer | May 10, 2006 10:53 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  This week's winner of the "Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction" award goes to the $1.7 Million verdict against Alarm One for spanking a female salesperson "for motivation". A California jury rejected the defense argument that the spankings were not discriminatory because they were given to both male and female workers. What a perfect match - a wacking defendant with a wacky defense lawyer! What...