R & J Transport Inc. faces a serious legal challenge as it is accused of negligence leading to severe injuries. On January 2, 2025, David Lidster filed a complaint against R & J Transport Inc. in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The case was subsequently moved to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois…
The University of Delaware seeks relief from a subpoena that Chad Finley of Tor Hoerman’s firm in Edwardsville served for Paraquat plaintiff David Heistand of Maryland. University counsel Casey Grabenstein of Chicago moved to quash it at U.S. district court on Jan. 22, claiming it’s procedurally defective and substantively overbroad. “UD may not even have the human or financial resources…
Mental health professionals at Choate Center in Anna diagnosed Leslie Potter’s strokes as schizophrenia and damaged him with treatments, according to his mother Michelle Potter of Texas and grandmother Elaine Dohman of Illinois. Their counsel Randolph Kretchmar of Chicago alleged due process violations in a complaint at U.S. district court on Jan. 30. According to the lawsuit, Leslie resided with…
Illinois lawmakers are considering bills that would nix the state’s workers compensation fee schedule in 2026 and replace it with another, and add guidelines in workers comp code on attorney’s fee for arbitrated claims. H.B. 2840, introduced Wednesday, would make existing medical fee schedules inoperative after Aug. 31, 2026, and calls on the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission to establish a…
Illinois’ altered workers’ comp law doesn’t block asbestos plaintiffs and others who discover diseases allegedly caused by workplace exposures to toxic substances from suing their former employers, even if the alleged disease-causing exposure happened many decades in the past, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled. On Jan. 24, the Illinois Supreme Court sided with the family of a man who…
In a recent class-action lawsuit, three plaintiffs have taken legal action against a major corporation over allegations of misleading marketing practices. Monica Castro, Damary Santa, and Nancy Helmold filed the complaint on January 14, 2025, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Abbott Laboratories. The plaintiffs claim that Abbott’s marketing of its “toddler drinks”…
Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, presiding over almost 6,000 suits from many states blaming weed killer Paraquat for Parkinson’s disease, set the first trial to start on Oct. 14. An order she signed on Jan. 23 narrowed the field of potential trial plaintiffs to Donald Tucker of Missouri, Paul Scibilia of New Jersey, and Marshall Bork of Alabama. Richard…
A group of concerned parents has filed a class-action lawsuit against a major corporation, accusing it of misleading marketing practices that endanger children’s health. The complaint was filed by Patricia Gurrola and others in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on January 13, 2025, targeting The Procter & Gamble Company. The plaintiffs, including Patricia Gurrola,…
A medical device sterilization company has escaped a potentially costly jury verdict, for now, after a Cook County judge declared a mistrial in the first trial in a list of nearly 300 lawsuits over alleged cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions from a Waukegan sterilization plant. On Jan. 17, Cook County Judge Frank Andreou declared a mistrial as a jury was entering…
A recent court filing reveals a harrowing tale of alleged negligence and misconduct by a prominent beauty product manufacturer. On December 30, 2024, Dorothy Ayers filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Strength of Nature, LLC, and Godrej SON Holdings, Inc., accusing them of causing severe health issues through their hair…
