Personal Injury

September, 2015 The source of the Legionnaires' Disease outbreak at the Veterans' Home in Quincy, Illinois remains unknown. The disease has sickened more than 52 residents and employees at the facility. According to the Adams County Health Department, the cause of the...

Firepots are advertised as decorative and functional additions to outdoor spaces. They are supposed to be attractive accessories to outdoor gatherings and act as an insect repellant. Firepots, and their corresponding fuel gel, are marketed as "people safe" and the...

It is that time of year when friends and families gather in backyards and parks to barbecue, to spend time together, and to enjoy outdoor activities. One common activity adults use to occupy children's time is the inflatable bouncy house and inflatable slide. While...

Thousands of Illinois residents live in mobile home parks, referred to as Manufactured Home Communities. The Illinois government has enacted several laws that govern these parks to ensure a healthful, safe, and enjoyable standard of living. However, many times owners...

Two Senate bills bypassed the Committee process and could very well make their way to a vote on the Senate floor as early as next week. SB 2155 is sponsored by Bill Brady (R) Bloomingtion. Brady's bill proposes to change the causation standard to limit the...

By Susan Chandler Chicago Tribune Staff Writer The commercials were long a staple of late-night Chicago TV. A woman easily removing heavy tarnish from a silver tray with a swipe of Tarn-X or clearing calcium deposits from her cloudy coffee pot with a swirl of liquid...

By: Ana Mendieta Staff Reporter Chicago Sun-Times A Wakegan woman is charging that a manufacturer of household cleaning products exposed her late husband and other employees to cancer-causing agents without providing any protection. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday,...

By Eric Ferkenhoff Chicago Tribune Staff Writer HANOVER PARK - There is little dispute that in the minutes before Eric Stetter died, he was pinned face down on a couch under several Hanover Park police officers and paramedics fighting to cuff his hands and legs. What...