As many of our clients know from experience, either personally, through a loved one, or professionally, people injured due to the wrongful conduct of others have a tall task awaiting them in order to hold the responsible parties accountable. Pursuing a personal injury lawsuit frequently requires enormous human and financial…

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (October 22, 2020) – A Waukegan police officer shot two people Tuesday night — fatally wounding  a 19 year old — after the car they were in allegedly reversed during a traffic stop. Preliminary autopsy results confirm 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette “died from injuries due to a gunshot” fired by…

NEW YORK (July 13, 2020) – Sha-Asia Washington, 26, died during childbirth on July 2 at Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn. Sha-Asia went to Woodhull Medical Center for a routine stress test on July 2. She was a few days past her due date, and the hospital decided to keep her…

WHEELING, Ill. (June 12, 2020) – Two workers were critically injured on Friday after a scaffold they were on broke inside a Wheeling water tower, officials said. Officials say crews were sandblasting and painting the inside of the tower when the scaffold apparently broke around 9 a.m. It took rescue…

For years, millions of Americans have taken Zantac to relieve indigestion, sour stomach, ulcers, reflux, and heartburn. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now ordering companies to pull ranitidine medications – including those sold under the brand name Zantac ─ off the market after finding potentially dangerous…

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (March 19, 2020) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Illinois has 128 newly confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, including 24 new infections at a Willowbrook nursing home that already reported nearly two dozen cases. DuPage County Health Department officials said that as of Wednesday, all residents and staff at…

CHICAGO (December 10, 2019) -As 2019 comes to a close and 2020 approaches, many people are making their New Year’s Eve plans with family and friends. Although the 4th of July is still considered the most dangerous driving holiday in America, New Year’s Eve and the early hours of New…

CHICAGO (October 1, 2019) – A construction worker was critically injured Monday after being pinned under a forklift at the Museum of Science and Industry in Hyde Park. The 51-year-old male worker was bumped by the forklift around 10:30 p.m. and fell into a 6-foot hole at the museum, fire officials…

An earth-shaking explosion at a Waukegan silicone chemical manufacturing plant on May 3 left three people dead, one person missing, and others hospitalized, according to a report from CNN. Police reported that a “catastrophic explosion” happened around 9:30 p.m. at AB Specialty Silicones, 3790 Sunset Ave., with nine workers inside…

CHICAGO (March 26, 2019) – During flight simulations recreating problems encountered by the Lion Air plane that crashed in Indonesia last fall, pilots discovered they had less than 40 seconds to override an automated system on Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft. The pilots tested the software, known as MCAS, by putting themselves in…