An employer was convicted of a felony for failing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance, a first in the state of Illinois. The felony conviction was secured by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Special Prosecution Division of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. Ahmed Ghosien, doing business as Ghosien …
A doctor charged in the Sacred Heart Hospital fraud case has had his license temporarily suspended by the state of Illinois. Dr. Subir Maitra is one of four doctors allegedly involved in a Medicaid and Medicare fraud scheme in which it is claimed that patients died as the result of unnecessary tracheotomies. Maitra’s attorneys asked …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a woman who was killed when she was hit by a garbage truck May 15 in Batavia, Illinois. The family is suing the driver of the truck and the private waste disposal company that operated the vehicle, according to a report in the Aurora …
A family was awarded $8.5 million in a birth injury case. According to the lawsuit, the baby suffered a severe brain injury in 2010 while in the care of MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The lawsuit claimed that the mother likely contracted a placental infection, the baby did not receive adequate oxygen to the …
The rate used in calculating premiums for workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois has fallen by 4.5 percent. The rate was issued by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, an insurance rating agency. Rates are issued for different categories of workers, and insurance companies calculate workers’ compensation insurance premiums by multiplying the rate by the number …
The federal government is pushing for automobile safety systems that are expected to aid in the prevention of car accidents plus a auto executive warns congress of the possible danger of wi-fi interfering with crash prevention systems on this month’s Chicago Injury Alert. https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/briskmanandbriskman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bbgnovember2013.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
A Chicago couple has filed a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit against Northwestern Memorial Hospital after their two-year-old son died. LaKevia and Nigel Crawford filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court claiming that their son Nigel, Jr.’s death was caused by medical negligence. The lawsuit alleges that a doctor failed to properly diagnose …
A Will County judge denied a motion for summary judgment in the wrongful death case against Drew Peterson, the former suburban Chicago police officer convicted of killing his wife in 2004. Family members of Kathleen Savio had asked the judge to rule in the case without a trial. The motion for summary judgment was filed …
There are nearly 10,000 lawsuits pending in multidistrict litigation in federal court in Illinois over personal injuries allegedly caused by the contraceptive drugs Yasmin and Yaz. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) said that 9,961 actions were pending in the Yasmin/Yaz MDL as of May 14. The MDL is No. 2100 in U.S. …
A new lawsuit has been filed alleging a link between the use of the antidepressant Effexor and serious birth defects. The lawsuit, filed June 10, alleges that a mother’s use of Effexor while pregnant led to her daughter being born with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, or PPHN. The child was born in 2007. …
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