A federal judge in Chicago has ruled Wendy’s wasn’t legally obligated to protect a man who was shot while waiting in a drive-through line at a South Side restaurant. Vonzell Scott said he and a passenger visited the Wendy’s on West Garfield Boulevard, just north of Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, around 3 a.m. Dec. 31, 2018. He alleged he saw an…
According to plaintiff’s counsel, a Fayette County jury returned the first plaintiff verdict on record in their county when they awarded a tractor trailer driver $12.2 million following a 2018 crash on I-70 that caused the plaintiff to suffer back injuries. Jurors awarded plaintiff Jeremy Dutton $12,208,790.53 on April 26 for past and future loss of a normal life, past…
The probability of work-related accidents increases 5% to 6% when temperatures rise above 90 degrees, and the effect of workplace heat is stronger in the southern U.S. and in the construction industry, according to a report released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The report, “Impact of Excessive Heat on the Frequency of Work-Related Injuries,” used workers compensation claim…
Brian Sesto has filed a lawsuit against Pilkington North America, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, under case ID 1:24-cv-03149, on April 19, 2024. The suit is a personal injury claim resulting from a roof collapse incident that occurred on November 2, 2022. Sesto’s legal representation is Parente & Norem, P.C., while Pilkington…
A state appeals panel has ruled a customer who was injured when he was struck by a car that crashed through a Waukegan restaurant’s front window can sue the restaurant for failing to install protective bollards to prevent the car from driving through the storefront. According to court documents, Darius King was ordering food at Taqueria El Paraiso on North…
The aging U.S. workforce is a rising concern for employers and workers compensation insurers as older worker injury claims are more likely to contain comorbidities. Older workers usually have greater expertise than younger co-workers and are injured less frequently but they often have more preexisting health issues than younger workers, making comp claims more complex. As life expectancy increases and…
A Chicago jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $45 million to the family of a woman who died after contracting mesothelioma, allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos in talc baby powder and other products. Johnson & Johnson says it will immediately appeal and believes it will overturn the verdict, which they day is not based in scientific evidence….
Indemnity benefits per workers compensation claim grew at a “rapid” pace of 6% or more in 2022 in 16 out of 17 states analyzed by the Workers Compensation Research Institute, which said data prior to 2021 showed little change. Pegging the post-pandemic conditions as that which may have spurred the rise in indemnity benefits, WCRI said the tight labor market…
A wrongful death lawsuit alleges a driver suffered fatal injuries in a head-on collision while attempting to turn on US 40. The lawsuit was filed in the Madison County Circuit Court by plaintiff Angela Jones, as special administrator of the estate of Braunnika Marble, deceased, Nicholas Maple, Gale Lee, as mother and next friend of minor Chasity Lee, and Gabriel…
A lawsuit alleges a motorcyclist suffered fatal injuries in a Godfrey crash. The lawsuit was flied in the Madison County Circuit Court by Monica Dean, as representative for Andere Millender, deceased, against Margaret Friedel. According to the complaint, Friedel was driving her vehicle on Feb. 4, 2024, when she negligently crashed into Millender’s motorcycle on West Delmar Avenue near its…
