A suit alleges that Pfizer, Walgreens and others failed to warn consumers of the risk of exposure to the carcinogen N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) with its over-the-counter ranitidine heart burn medicine. Joseph Bayer and Gwendolyn Culverson filed a complaint Aug. 2 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Pfizer Inc., Walgreen Co., Sun Pharmaceutical and others,…
An Illinois jury on Friday refused to hold Johnson & Johnson liable for a woman’s death from ovarian cancer, which her family blamed on decades of using its talc-based powders. Relatives of the late Elizabeth Driscoll had sought up to $50 million in damages, saying J&J knew its baby powder and Shower to Shower products were dangerous. Driscoll died in…
An insurer would normally have been obligated to defend a company that was an additional insured under its coverage, but is off the hook in a case involving a worker who fell to his death from a roof because of the settlement in the underlying litigation, a federal appeals court said, in a divided ruling. An Illinois warehouse operator contracted…
A motorist claims another driver failed to stop at the intersection of Cypress Street and 12th Street in Highland, causing a collision. Audrey Kasmarzik filed a complaint July 12 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Ralph Kampwerth in the Madison County Circuit Court, alleging negligence. According to Kasmarzik’s complaint, she was driving her 2016 Ford Escape on Cypress Street…
Justin Sandbach, a former resident of Roxana and Wood River, is suing local oil refineries, alleging he developed cancer from exposure to toxic chemicals released into the community by the defendants. Sandbach filed a complaint July 16 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Shell Oil Company, individually and as successor to Shell Oil Company Incorporated, Shell Chemical LP frequently…
COVID-19 did not delay medical treatment for workers’ compensation claimants, but did decrease the amount of emergency care and other services provided to injured workers, a study released by the Workers’ Compensation Institute concludes. Research by WCRI economist Olesya Fomenko found that there were no noticeable delays in medical treatment for injured workers when the first two quarters of 2019…
A mother claims her premature infant developed an intestinal disease after consuming Enfamil and Similac infant formulas. Tikeshia Whatley and Ze’Marques Elder filed a complaint July 14 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Mead Johnson & Company LLC, Mead Johnson Nutrition Company and Abbott Laboratories alleging strict liability, negligence, negligent misrepresentation and other claims. According to the plaintiffs’ complaint,…
A motorist alleges another driver was stopped on the side of the highway and pulled out into traffic without looking, causing a collision. James Tinnin filed a complaint July 13 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Logan Klocke, alleging negligence. Tinnin alleges in his complaint that on July 27, 2019, Klocke was stopped on the shoulder of Illinois 159…
A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) investigates patterns of medical care access and utilization that are specific to workers’ compensation during the first quarters of 2020 to understand how the timing and delivery of medical treatment were impacted by the pandemic. “In our previous work, we examined the effect of the spread of COVID-19 along with…
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides for a bunch of benefits that have to be provided and one benefit that can be provided but doesn’t have to. In simpler terms, if you are hurt at work in Illinois, your employer has to be for your time off of work and 100% of your medical care. No co-pays, nothing out of…
