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Personal Injury

Motorist alleges vehicle struck unsecured manhole cover in Cahokia

A woman alleges she suffered multiple injuries after driving over an unlocked and unsecured manhole cover in the Village of Cahokia. Laveta Horace filed a complaint Jan. 22 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Village of Cahokia, alleging negligence. According to her suit, Horace was driving her vehicle northbound on Ellen Street near the intersections of St. Stephens…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 9, 2021
Personal Injury

Illinois Bill Adds Prejudgment Interest to Recoveries in Personal Injury Cases

The Illinois General Assembly has passed a bill that includes prejudgment interest in the recovery of damages in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits. HB 3360 specifies “that in all actions brought to recover damages for personal injuries or wrongful death resulting from or occasioned by the wrongful conduct of any other person or entity, the plaintiff shall recover prejudgment…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 8, 2021
Workers' Compensation

COVID-19 comp claims far less than anticipated

Workers compensation claims for COVID-19 last year were far less than the doomsday predictions made early in the pandemic, but experts are concerned that lingering symptoms and rebuttable presumptions in some states may negatively impact the industry going forward. In November and December combined, the U.S. reported 11 million new COVID-19 cases, with insurers and ratings agencies seeing corresponding jumps…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 8, 2021
Personal Injury

Ambulance driver allegedly failed to use lights and siren, caused collision

An ambulance driver is accused of failing to use lights and sirens while attempting to pass vehicles on an Illinois state highway, which allegedly resulted in a collision. Carrie Grandcolas and Jeffrey Grandcolas filed a complaint (part 2) Jan. 11 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Abbott EMS, Abbott EMS of Illinois, Mission Care of Illinois, Global Medical…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 2, 2021
Personal Injury

Motorist allegedly suffered injuries during physical therapy following car crash

A motorist claims she suffered a back injury in rear-end collision that resulted in burns from a tens unit used during her physical therapy treatments. Tecia McKinney filed a complaint Jan. 14 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Scott Hedger, Upchurch Oil and Ready Mix Concrete Co., alleging negligence. According to the complaint, McKinney was driving her vehicle…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 2, 2021
Workers' Compensation

Strong safety cultures result in fewer serious injuries, fatalities

The rate of serious injuries and fatalities continues to hold steady despite declines in overall recordable incidents, though companies with strong safety cultures are less likely to report these serious incidents, according to a report released Monday by information management company ISN Software Corp. ISN analyzed more than 55,000 recordable incidents at U.S. companies between 2017 and 2019, finding that…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 1, 2021
Workers' Compensation

Employers await federal workplace safety standard for COVID-19

As employers wait to see whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will create a temporary workplace safety standard for COVID-19, their legal experts hope the federal government avoids what they contend are costly and inflexible measures put in place by individual state OSHAs. President Joe Biden on Jan. 21 signed an executive order calling on OSHA by Feb. 4…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 1, 2021
Personal Injury

Suit alleges physical therapy resulted in heart patient’s death

An Alton rehab facility and others are accused of wrongfully putting a heart patient through physical therapy, which allegedly caused him to suffer cardiac arrest. Shelby Gavellas, special administrator of the Estate of James Gavellas filed a complaint Jan. 8 in the Madison County Circuit Court against OSF Healthcare St. Anthony's Health Center, Behfar Dianati, M.D., CEP Amerida-Illinois Hospitalists LLP,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 26, 2021
Personal Injury

Suit alleges woman’s untreated brain hemorrhage led to her permanent disability

St. Elizabeth's Hospital is accused of failing to properly diagnose and treat a patient's brain hemorrhage, which allegedly caused her to be permanently disabled. Tracy Perkins, as guardian of the person and Estate of Ralpha Perkins-Davis, a disabled person, filed a complaint Jan. 5 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Kevin Thompson, M.D., Huzefa Chinwala, M.D., and St.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 26, 2021

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