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March 4, 2025

Plaintiff alleges infant formula manufacturers’ negligence led to child’s severe illness

March 4, 2025

Appeals court: CTA can’t be sued over death of woman struck by L train while retrieving dropped phone

March 3, 2025

In denying claim for unborn fetus, judge declines ‘invitation to create new law’

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Workers' Compensation

Illinois lawmakers to consider changes to comp compensability

Bills that would overhaul the law governing compensable workplace injuries and those suffered while traveling were filed in Illinois Friday. H.B. 1253, which would take effective immediately upon passage, would provide “that an injury arises out of and in the course of employment only if the accident significantly caused or contributed to both the resulting condition and the disability,” according…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 22, 2025
Workers' Compensation

Illinois lawmakers to consider presumption changes

Two bills that would affect workers compensation presumptions for firefighters and emergency medical professionals are being considered in Illinois. H.B. 1292, introduced Monday, would create a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder arose out of the work conducted by firefighters, all levels of emergency medical technicians, and paramedics. The change would amend state workers comp law that already provides such…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 21, 2025
Personal Injury

Freight broker not legally responsible in driver’s injury crash suit

U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle correctly ruled that Shawn Montgomery of Missouri can’t sue C.H. Robinson Company of Minnesota for arranging the trip of a truck that hit his truck, Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on Jan. 2. The appeals court found Yandle correctly followed their court’s precedent from 2023 that a freight broker acts as contractor rather than agent.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 13, 2025
Personal Injury

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

A Chicago plastic surgeon has been ordered to pay nearly $66 million, under a verdict ending a trial in a case accusing the surgeon and his associates of allegedly allowing a 39-year-old mother of four children to bleed to death following an ordinarily routine liposuction and "tummy tuck" procedure. The verdict against Dr. Ayoub Sayeg was delivered by a jury…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 6, 2025
Personal Injury

Plaintiffs Allege Major Cosmetics Companies’ Products Cause Hair Loss

A class action lawsuit has been filed against a major cosmetics company, accusing it of selling hair care products that allegedly cause hair loss and other injuries. On December 12, 2024, Stephanie Williams, Georgina Gomes, and Krista Gillette lodged the complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Mielle Organics LLC and The Procter…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 6, 2025
Personal Injury

McGlynn dismisses middle car driver from crash suit

U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn dismissed a claim that Zachary Langley of Caseyville contributed to a highway crash without moving. On Dec. 12 he found Kariah Buckmire of St. Clair County improperly sued Langley to defeat federal jurisdiction over a suit against Energy Transport Solutions and driver Billy Dollison. He denied Buckmire’s motion to remand the suit to St. Clair…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 30, 2024
Personal Injury

Fertility clinic, genetic lab settle lawsuit over child born with physical abnormalities

Lindsey Cordes and John Cortes of St. Louis settled a claim that Vios fertility clinic and Advagenix genetic laboratory caused Lindsey to give birth to a daughter with physical anomalies. The parties filed a stipulation on Dec. 10 advising U.S. Magistrate Mark Beatty that John and Lindsey would dismiss the claim. Beatty had planned to hold trial in November but…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 30, 2024

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