In addition to fraud claims that we have previously discussed, perhaps the most common type of commercial dispute that leads to litigation fall under the vast heading of breach of contract. As you can probably imagine, the areas covered under this area of the law are as vast and expansive as the subject matter that people contract for to begin with. And, as you can also probably imagine, most breach of contract Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Auto Accident Law — Study Shows Interesting Data on Repeat Drunk Driving
This year has brought many interesting developments in technology easing its way into lawmakers' attempts to increase safety on the roads -- and the news, unfortunately, forcing their hand. With the rash of prominent stories regarding drunk driving accidents, wrong way driving accidents, and the like, no matter how much lawmakers try to curb the problem, it never seems to be enough. That's why an article in the Read More
As various local news outlets have reported, an off-duty Chicago Police Officer was recently charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving injuries and disorderly conduct for filing a false police report after a rather interesting turn of events stemming from allegations that the officer ran into a pedestrian on a bicycle and is alleged to have later filed a report claiming the accident was the pedestrian's Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Auto Accident and Personal Injury Law — A Brief Introduction to the Intersection between Personal Injury and Bankruptcy
One of the most discouraging things to encounter in personal injury law is where you endure a lengthy litigation process and even obtain a successful verdict at trial, only for the defendant to turn around and declare bankruptcy in an attempt to discharge your judgment and force you to walk away with nothing. In situations where the defendant you have filed suit against has no insurance money backing them up, this is Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Arbitration in Ulcer Case Ends in $4.5 Million Award
A lawsuit filed in Nevada seeks to affirm an arbitration award of $4.5 million to the family of a woman that died in a Las Vegas nursing home of complications from bed sores, skin breakdown, and dehydration. As the article explained, the deceased resided in the nursing home for less than three weeks while recovering from a stroke. An award that high is sure to draw much ire from nursing home supporters, but in cases Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Personal Injury and Negligence Law — New Lawsuit Alleges Airline Worker “Dumped” Paralyzed War Veteran From Wheelchair
One of the oldest maxims in American civil litigation -- a concept usually introduced on literally the first day of an aspiring law student's first year tort class -- is that a defendant takes a plaintiff as he or she finds them. This has otherwise come to be known as the "eggshell plaintiff rule," where it doesn't matter if an injured plaintiff was predisposed to a certain kind of harm, if you injure a fragile, or Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Champaign Nursing Home Looks to Combat Budget Crunch with Dialysis Venture
As discussed, it's no secret that nursing homes and patient advocates alike are extremely nervous about the ramifications that may unfold due to Governor Quinn's proposed Medicare cuts. That's why a recent article is particularly interesting, as it details a Champaign nursing home's potential solution to raise revenue by instituting dialysis services within its facilities. As currently sits, dialysis patients at the Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Some Perspective on License Revoking
We've discussed, on a few occasions, the ongoing saga of the Joliet nursing home that is in the process of losing its license to operate as a long-term care facility after numerous investigations by the Department of Public Health of allegations of patient abuse. With this in mind, revoking a license sounds like (and is) a stern remedy, and many potential clients often wonder who makes this decision? What are the Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect — Illinois Nursing Home Staff Protests Own Facility for Treatment of Residents
One of the most common themes in nursing home abuse and neglect cases, as we've discussed, is the tragedies that unfold -- most of which are preventable -- when nursing homes are understaffed and the staff is undertrained or provided with inadequate resources. Most (if not all) of the time, these decisions as to how to allocate a nursing home's resources are profit-driven decisions that come down from the owners, Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Were Patient Advocate Groups Left Out in the Cold in General Assembly Debates?
As an interesting article explains, many patients' rights advocate groups are up in arms after the General Assembly passed a measure to clarify a section of the landmark 2010 Nursing Home Care Act that now will require 10% of care in nursing homes to be provided by registered nurses (RN's). The debate that led to this measure sought to clarify portions of the 2010 Act that required increases in the amount of "nursing Read More
