Posts tagged Personal Injury

• Girls Feet Amputated After Six Flag Ride Fails

  Jamie G. Goldstein | June 22, 2007 4:57 PM | 2 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A thirteen year old girl's feet were amputated after a ride at Kentucky's Six Flags theme park malfunctioned. The Superman ride at the theme park raises riders into the air 154 feet and drops them at a rate of 54 miles per hour. The ride stops just 20 feet before the riders hit the ground. It is believed that a cable broke during the ride and became wrapped around the girl's feet causing them...

• Teacher Drags Student Down Hall by His Shirt

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

  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. ...

• State Farm Sued After Producing Fraudulent Medical Reports

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 15, 2008 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  State Farm has long been reluctant to pay injured victims insurance money they rightfully deserve. As noted in previous blog posts, they prefer to use the delay, deny, defend tactic. While implementing this delay, deny, defend policy, State Farm also calls on what defendants like to call "Independent Medical Examiners" to examine a plaintiff to determine if he or she is injured.These exams are...

• Cough Syrup Sends Children to Hospital

  Jamie G. Goldstein | January 28, 2008 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It is not uncommon for children to wind up in the emergency room after ingesting too much cough syrup. In fact each year it is estimated that approximately 7,000 children end up in the emergency room after receiving too much cough medicine. The CDC has recently posted warnings about the dangers of giving children under 2 cough medicine.Most of the children sent to the emergency room after...

• Greyhound Bus Traveling from Chicago to Indiana Crashes

  Jamie G. Goldstein | November 14, 2007 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A greyhound bus traveling along interstate 65 crashed in the early morning hours injuring at least three. The bus was traveling from Chicago to Indianapolis when it possibly blew a tire. It was in Boone County at the time of the accident.The injured people on the bus may have a legal right to recover for any expenses incurred due to the Greyhound accident. They may also be able to recover for...

• Chicago Cop Being Investigated for Tasering an 82-Year Old Woman

  Jenny Albano | November 06, 2007 9:46 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Chicago's Police Department is investigating a cop's use of a taser gun on an 82-year old woman, who police say was swinging a hammer at them when they arrived. Officials with the city's Department on Aging went to her home Oct. 29 to make a welfare check, and called police when they saw Fletcher in a window swinging a hammer back and forth, police spokeswoman Monique Bond said Tuesday. Police...

• Safety on Halloween Night

  Jamie G. Goldstein | October 31, 2007 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Halloween is an exciting time for people of all ages. Children and adults enjoying dressing up in costumes and being part of the Halloween spirit. While celebrating is fun, children and adults should take precautions to make certain that they are safe on Halloween night.Be attentive to whether or not costumes are flame resistant. If you are not careful, you may be wearing a costume that is...

• Weekend Crash Kills One and Injures Another

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 27, 2007 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Victorino Lopez-Mendoza was pronounced dead early Sunday morning after his vehicle was involved in an accident with a semi-trailer truck. Lopez-Mendoza was pulling out of a parking lot near Irving Park Road and Walnut when his side of the car was hit by the semi-trailer truck. Another man was also injured. No citations were issued, and there is no current information on who was at fault for...

• Woman Killed, Three Injured in DeKalb, Illinois Crash

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 23, 2007 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car crash involving one vehicle cut short the life of a 17 year old woman late Tuesday evening. The car was traveling in DeKalb, Illinois on the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway. There were three other people in the car at the time of the crash. The other woman in the car was airlifted to a local hospital and was listed in critical condition. Two men in the car were also taken to the...

• Chicago Car Crash Injures Four

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 23, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two cars were involved in a crash on the Stevenson Expressway on August 22, 2007. The crash occurred at the Pulaski Road exit ramp in Chicago, Illinois. Four people were taken to area hospitals while three others refused medical treatment. No additional information on the cause of the accident is reported at this time.The victims of the car accident may be entitled to compensation for their...