Wrongful Death

• Wrong Prescription Leads to Miscarriage

  Jamie G. Goldstein | October 18, 2007 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Chandra and Courtenay Givens filed a lawsuit against Walgreens after Chandra was allegedly given the wrong prescription, which led to her miscarrying. Walgreens, a Deerfield, Illinois based pharmacy chain, has been accused of giving out wrong prescriptions in the past. These mis-filled prescriptions can lead to serious health problems, including death.Chandra Givens was prescribed a pre-natal...

• Family Files Lawsuit After Summer Camp Drowning

  Jamie G. Goldstein | July 20, 2007 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The Gottsman family has filed a lawsuit against the summer camp where their son Yoni drowned in 2005. Yoni Gottsman was only four years old when he drowned at the Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club. He was attending summer camp in August 2005 when it is alleged that he was unsupervised at the club's pool. A surveillance video reveals Yoni was found floating face down in the water with no...

• Chicago Area Man Killed by Freight Train

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 21, 2007 10:53 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Thomas Bujnowski was only 47 years old when he died Friday morning. Bujnowski's body was found near the train tracks at Route 14 and Lincoln Street in Fox River Grove, Illinois. It is believed Bujnowski was hit by a Union Pacific freight train. His death has been ruled an accident but there is an ongoing investigation. Police hope to find additional answers to how Thomas Bujnowski was killed...

• Drunk Driver Kills 17 Man In Chicago

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 01, 2008 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Tracy Bolden was drunk and speeding in his van in the Garfield Park neighborhood when he rear ended the car Marlon Tate was driving. Tate was pronounced dead shortly after the accident. The passenger of Tate's car, 17 year old Laura Kubiak survived the crash despite the van resting on top of the car after the incident.Bolden was charged with DUI but the charges may be upgraded to felony...

• Com Ed Work Dies in Chicago Suburb

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 22, 2007 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Daniel Yost was working on overhead power lines in Lombard, Illinois when he was electrocuted. The 24 year old Yost was working near 135 S. Dodge Lane in Lombard on Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital but did not survive. ComEd and the Lombard police are currently investigating the matter. Yost's family may be able to recover for his wrongful death. They may...

• Highland Park Man Killed In Hawaii was a Successful Business Man

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 29, 2007 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Hal Pulfer was killed in a boating accident in Hawaii on Sunday. Pulfer was a business owner and lived with his family and three children in Highland Park. His business Security Locknut was based out of Mundelein, Illinois and manufactured nuts, bolts and washers. Pulfer was also the president of the company.Pulfer's sister remembers him as living the perfect life. He was a great father with...

• Wrongful Death of Woman Working at Metra Station

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 15, 2007 7:35 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A Riverside woman was killed while she was working at the Berwyn Metra station last year. A Range Rover drove up the embankment outside the station and crashed into the wall of the station where Kathleen Talmage was working at the time. The lawsuit claims that the city had plenty of notice that the street, Windsor Avenue leading up to the train station was dangerous and needed to be better...

• Lawsuits Filed In Chicago To New York Bus Crash

  Jamie G. Goldstein | June 23, 2007 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A bus traveling from Chicago to New York in May of this year crashed injuring several passengers and killing two. Several lawsuits have now been filed against the bus company, OK Travel Bus Company, for the injuries resulting from the accident. It is believed that a combination of a fatigued bus driver and speeding caused the bus to crash in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.The bus company...

• Guidant Defibrillator Blamed for Death

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 06, 2007 11:28 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Another 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...

• Five Year Old Dies of Suspicious Head Trauma

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 16, 2007 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  As previously reported, a five year old girl from the Maine Township area was removed from her home Tuesday evening after police found her suffering from serious head trauma. The girl has since died from her injuries, but the investigation is ongoing as to what caused her head trauma.The child was with her parents and six other children when she was removed from her home Tuesday evening. The...