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Workers' Compensation

Metro East employees are first in Illinois to get workers’ comp for radiation

Roughly 70 former employees of a Metro East factory tied to the Manhattan Project, and the spouses of deceased workers, have become the first group in Illinois to receive workers’ compensation for radiation exposure. “I am literally a landmark decision,” said Larry Burgan, one of the former employees of Spectrulite Consortium Inc. That old Spectrulite facility that straddled the municipal…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 1, 2025
Workers' Compensation

Careful recordkeeping of patient care key to cutting nurse med mal claims

Nursing professionals should carefully document patient care to avoid malpractice claims, which experts say are increasing in severity. From 2020 to 2024, the average total incurred cost of malpractice claims involving nursing professionals increased by 12.5% to $236,749, according to a report released recently by the Hatboro, Pennsylvania-based Nurses Service Organization, a division of Aon Affinity, in collaboration with CNA…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 1, 2025
Personal Injury

7th Circuit sides with doctor in case involving Hepatitis C treatment of IDOC inmate

The daughter of a former Indiana Department of Correction inmate failed to prove a doctor’s liability in the inmate’s death from Hepatitis C complications, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday in affirming a district court’s summary judgment order. The circuit court ruled that the appellant, Skyler Tackett, presented insufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to find appellee Dr.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
November 25, 2025
Personal Injury

7th Circuit upholds dismissal of wrongful death lawsuit filed against Evansville police

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision that Evansville police officers did not use excessive force on a man who died following a violent 2019 struggle, in a case which sparked nationwide publicity and an investigation by the Associated Press and Frontline. The plaintiffs, the family and estate of Edward Snukis, sued the City of Evansville…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
November 24, 2025
Personal Injury

Pipe company files new RICO suit against asbestos lawyers

Pipemaker J-M Manufacturing has filed its latest attempt to show fraud on the part of asbestos lawyers they claim coach witnesses to say they worked with its products decades ago. The alleged scheme now involves Sokolove Law, whose lead-generation capabilities give Simmons Hanly Conroy extra firepower to overwhelm defendants with lawsuits. J-MM had already sued the Simmons firm for racketeering,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
November 17, 2025
Personal Injury

Judge: Benefits of feeding babies beat risk claims in NEC lawsuits

Saying trial lawyers have not yet shown evidence of an alternative to cow's milk-based infant formula that would not leave tens of thousands of babies unfed, a Chicago federal judge has again flushed another lawsuit against pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement maker Abbot Laboratories. The ruling marks another significant victory for Abbott and, potentially, some of its co-defendants, as they seek…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
November 4, 2025

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