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Rich, Rich and Cooksey of Fairview Heights didn’t convert a client’s treating physician to a retained expert, Senior U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert ruled on Oct. 31. He quashed a subpoena that Dippold Trucking and owner Steven Dippold of Fayette County served on Orthopedic Specialists in St. Louis County. Dippold sought four years of tax and financial information, claiming disclosure…

A new lawsuit has been filed against a major pharmaceutical company, alleging severe side effects from one of its prescription drugs. On October 18, 2024, Bryan Hale filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois against Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc., claiming that their drug Tepezza caused him significant hearing impairments. Bryan Hale, a…

Nursing homes in Illinois may be able to use executive orders issued by Gov. JB Pritzker at the onset of the Covid pandemic in 2020 to ward off lawsuits from plaintiffs demanding payment for elderly family members' illness and death from Covid, as well as other kinds of negligence-related claims, for as long as the emergency order remained in effect,…

A mother has filed a lawsuit against a major pharmaceutical company, alleging that their infant formula caused severe health issues for her premature child. On October 11, 2024, Shalonda Archibald submitted the complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Abbott Laboratories. The case centers around Archibald's premature infant, M.L., who developed Necrotizing Enterocolitis…

The Illinois Appellate Court has upheld a lower court's decision, rejecting an attempt by a property owner to enforce an arbitration agreement against a resident of its assisted living facility. The case, filed by Joan Hwang in the Circuit Court of Cook County on August 4, 2023, against Pathway LaGrange Property Owner, LLC (doing business as Aspired Living of LaGrange),…