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July 15, 2025

Court of Appeals: Greenwood Park Mall Shooting Victims Can Move Forward with Lawsuit Against Mall Owner and Security Company

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Personal Injury

Judge: Revlon can’t yet use bankruptcy court orders to pare down hair relaxer lawsuits

A Chicago federal judge won't allow hair care and cosmetic product maker Revlon to use bankruptcy proceedings - yet - to wash away class actions and many other of the thousands of lawsuits it faces over claims its hair straightening products allegedly caused cancer. On Sept. 27, U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland said she could not yet strike down an…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 7, 2024
Personal Injury

Blend Jet plaintiff attorney dismisses Illinois case while class action proceeds in California

Texas lawyer Stuart Cochran relieved Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel of a duty to decide whether his potential class action over dangerous blenders duplicated one in California. Cochran’s client Tommy Gould moved to dismiss his complaint against Blend Jet without prejudice on Sept. 23 and Rosenstengel approved it on Sept. 25. Cochran and David Nelson of Belleville sued Blend…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
October 7, 2024
Personal Injury

Highway worker who sued over Mascoutah highway crash doesn’t need surgery, after all, attorney says

A highway worker who claimed in St. Clair County Circuit Court that he had sustained severe and permanently disabling injuries, now claims in federal court that he didn’t. On Sept. 24, Mario Dolce, through his counsel Bruce R. Cook, of Belleville, advised Senior District Judge Phil Gilbert in the Southern Illinois District Court that, “Initially, it appeared that plaintiff’s injuries…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
September 30, 2024
Workers' Compensation

Newer workers, pain sufferers among likely comp claimants seeking attorneys: study

Attorney involvement in a workers compensation claims are most prevalent among workers with less than six months tenure, according to a study released Wednesday by the Waltham, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute. WCRI examined more than 950,000 claims of workers injured between Oct. 1, 2012, and Sept. 30, 2019, in the 31 states covered by its database, which it says…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
September 30, 2024
Personal Injury

Paraquat plaintiffs owe court explanation over failure to produce evidence

Syngenta and Chevron, defending about 6,000 claims that weed killer paraquat caused Parkinson’s disease, allege that 590 plaintiffs disobeyed an order to produce evidence that would support their claims. On Sept. 12 they asked Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel to set a deadline for those plaintiffs to show why they didn’t comply with a discovery order she entered in…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
September 24, 2024
Personal Injury

Plaintiff Alleges Toxic Mold Exposure Against Property Management Companies

A wrongful death lawsuit has taken a significant turn as the Appellate Court of Illinois addresses procedural issues in a case involving allegations of toxic mold exposure. On August 28, 2024, Destiny Dowdell, acting as the special administrator for the estate of Kera Rogers, filed an appeal against ROC II IL LaSalle, LLC, Millennium on LaSalle, LLC, and Momentum Construction…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
September 24, 2024
Personal Injury

Parents Sue Medical Entities Over Alleged Negligence During Childbirth

A high-stakes medical negligence lawsuit involving a minor's birth injury has taken a significant turn. The Appellate Court of Illinois has ordered the transfer of the case from Cook County to DuPage County, reversing a previous decision by the Circuit Court of Cook County. This decision came after Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and Advocate Medical Group (collectively known as Advocate)…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
September 23, 2024
Personal Injury

Property Management Company Cleared of Negligence Claims Over Parking Lot Fall

A woman’s lawsuit against a property management company and its affiliates was dismissed after the court ruled that her claims were speculative. The complaint, filed by Rossmid Lopez-Arana in Cook County Circuit Court on January 2021, targeted Brian Properties, Inc., Salem Plaza Center II, LLC, and other associated entities for injuries she sustained from a fall in their parking lot.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
September 17, 2024
Personal Injury

IDOT worker sues trucker over construction zone accident

An Illinois Department of Transportation worker has filed a lawsuit against truck driver William Harlow and his employer, Humbug Creek Trucking. The suit, filed by plaintiff Mario Dolce in St. Clair County Circuit Court, alleges that on May 3, 2024, Harlow's allegedly negligent driving in a construction zone on Highway 64 near Mascoutah resulted in a collision that caused Dolce…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
September 17, 2024

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