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In a compelling legal battle, a parent has filed a lawsuit against a major pharmaceutical company, alleging that their cow's milk-based infant formula caused severe health issues in their premature child. On February 4, 2025, Nidaal Askar lodged the complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Abbott Laboratories. The lawsuit claims that the…

Madison County Circuit Judge Sarah Smith properly preserved a trial that a witness nearly spoiled and her jury properly awarded Kevin Mogensen $3.31 million for lung damage, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Feb. 4. They found Smith didn’t abuse her discretion when she struck the pleadings of SCF Lewis and Clark Fleeting and proceeded only on damages. They found…

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…

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…