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Honeywell is facing a wrongful death suit alleging radioactive dust from its nuclear plant in Metropolis caused a resident's cancer. Shannon Dassign, individually and as executrix of Stephen Krueger, decedent, filed a complaint May 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois East St. Louis Division against Honeywell International Inc., alleging wrongful death. Dassign alleges in…

The parents of a boy born prematurely are suing Mead Johnson and Abbott for allegedly failing to warn that their infant formula products could cause a serious gastrointestinal disorder and other health issues in premature infants. Destin Jupiter and Dana Jupiter filed a complaint May 7 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Mead Johnson & Company LLC, Mead Johnson…

Advocates for nursing home residents say they worry a new Indiana law expanding COVID-19 liability protections for health care providers will effectively block many lawsuits over neglect and substandard treatment that weren’t caused by the pandemic. The new law applies retroactively to when Indiana’s first COVID-19 infections were reported in March 2020. The law was sought by the nursing home…

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed two lower court decisions and held that an insurer is obligated to defend a tanning salon that is being sued by a customer charging violation of the state’s biometric law. The state’s high court unanimously agreed with earlier rulings by a trial court and an appeals court that West Bend, Wisconsin-based West Bend…

A man is suing a Madison County healthcare facility after his mother fell out of a wheelchair, suffered injuries to her head and face and died about a week later. Dennis W. Davis, special administrator of the Estate of Glenda S. Davis, deceased, filed a complaint May 5 in the Madison County Circuit Court against University Care Center LLC, alleging…

A jury has awarded nearly $96,000 in damages to a northwest Indiana girl who was injured in 2018 while playing in a bounce house at a local YMCA. After a four-day trial in the civil case against Valparaiso Family YMCA, the Porter County jury on May 6 awarded the girl $95,833 in compensatory damages. The Valparaiso girl was 2 years…