News

Personal Injury

Collinsville woman sues over fall on water meter cover

A woman is suing the City of Collinsville, alleging she stepped on a faulty water meter cover and fell. Breayleah Ellis and Daniel Ellis filed a complaint in the Madison County Circuit Court against the City of Collinsville, alleging negligence. The plaintiffs allege that on Nov. 5, 2022, Breayleah Ellis was walking near Strong Avenue in Collinsville when she stepped…

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PCNovember 21, 2023

Personal Injury

Lawsuit against St. Elizabeth’s Hospital alleges patient died following sepsis

The family of a patient at St. Elizabeth's Hospital claim medical professionals failed to monitor the decedent for sepsis. Theresa Ligibel, as special representative of the Estate of Courtney Ligibel, deceased, filed a complaint in the St. Clair Circuit Court against St. Elizabeth's Hospital of The Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and James Coleman, PA-C, alleging…

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PCNovember 21, 2023

Personal Injury

Suit alleges woman’s toe amputated following pedicure at Belleville nail salon

A woman is suing a Belleville nail salon after her toe had to be amputated following a pedicure. Jill Schreder filed a complaint in the St. Clair Circuit Court against American Nails, alleging negligence. According to her complaint, Schreder received a pedicure at American Nails salon on North Belt West in Belleville on April 27, 2022. She alleges she sustained…

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PCNovember 20, 2023

Workers' Compensation

Shoulder injuries constitute longest duration of temporary disability benefits

The average duration of temporary disability benefits in workers compensation lost-time claims increases with the age of the injured worker, but after age 40 the increase becomes less significant, the National Council on Compensation Insurance says in a report published Thursday. The report, Workers Compensation Temporary Disability Benefit Duration – A First Look, which is the first installment in a…

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PCNovember 20, 2023

Personal Injury

Woman alleges injuries from collapsed wall

A woman claims she was injured when a wall collapsed on her at Madison 66. Lauren Spiroff filed a complaint in Madison County Circuit Court against Singh Petroleum Inc., doing business as Madison 66, alleging negligence. Spiroff alleges in her complaint that she was at the defendant's premises to shop and use the gambling machines. She claims that as she…

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PCNovember 15, 2023

Personal Injury

Motorist sues over hit-and-run crash with tractor trailer

A motorist alleges she was injured in a hit-and-run collision with a tractor trailer driver. Michelle Mitchell filed a complaint in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Deanna Hart, 1 B.A.B.E. Trucking LLC, and others, alleging negligence. According to Mitchell's complaint, Hart was operating a tractor trailer on June 28, 2017, in the right westbound lane of Interstate 24 in…

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PCNovember 14, 2023

Personal Injury

Granite City nail salon sued after customer allegedly had to have finger amputated

A customer claims her finger had to be amputated after sustaining a cut at a Granite City nail salon. Jessica Stanton filed a complaint in Madison County Circuit Court against My Nail, alleging negligence. According to her complaint, Stanton received services at My Nail salon in Granite City on March 19, 2022. She claims she sustained a cut on her…

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PCNovember 14, 2023

Workers' Compensation

Human error mostly to blame for sanitation worker fatality: Illinois OSHA

Human error was largely to blame for the workplace death of an Illinois sanitation worker who was crushed by a garbage truck during trash pickup services in Springfield in October 2022, according to a report released Monday by the Illinois Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The employee was pinned between a garbage truck and a brick fence column. The…

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PCNovember 13, 2023

Workers' Compensation

Nonfatal occupational injuries up 7.5% in 2022: BLS

There were 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries in private industry nationwide in 2022, up 7.5% from the prior year, according to figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Increases in both injuries and illnesses were driving factors behind the change from 2021, the BLS said, and the illness increase was attributed in large part to a rise…

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PCNovember 13, 2023

Personal Injury

Illinois Jury Awards $7.1M to Cooking Spray Burn Victim

A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 2017 when a can of commercial brand cooking spray ignited in a kitchen at her workplace and set her aflame. The verdict, issued Monday in favor of Tammy Reese of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, is the first of numerous other…

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PCNovember 7, 2023

Jury orders plastic surgeon to pay $66M to family of woman who bled to death after procedure

Plaintiffs Allege Major Cosmetics Companies’ Products Cause Hair Loss

McGlynn dismisses middle car driver from crash suit

Latest News

Collinsville woman sues over fall on water meter cover

Lawsuit against St. Elizabeth’s Hospital alleges patient died following sepsis

Suit alleges woman’s toe amputated following pedicure at Belleville nail salon

Shoulder injuries constitute longest duration of temporary disability benefits

Woman alleges injuries from collapsed wall

Motorist sues over hit-and-run crash with tractor trailer

Granite City nail salon sued after customer allegedly had to have finger amputated

Human error mostly to blame for sanitation worker fatality: Illinois OSHA

Nonfatal occupational injuries up 7.5% in 2022: BLS

Illinois Jury Awards $7.1M to Cooking Spray Burn Victim

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories

Start your Free Consultation

Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC

Attorneys

Navigation

Latest News