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GURNEE, Ill. (September 14, 2020) – A Lake County man who lost a leg when his motorcycle was struck by an employee of a car dealership has settled a lawsuit for $16 million, according to the law firm that represented him. The multi-million-dollar settlement is believed to be the highest…

Law360 (September 14, 2020, 4:57 PM EDT) — A Honda dealership in Illinois has agreed to pay $16 million to a man who required below-the-knee amputation and surgery on both his shoulders following an intersection collision, in what his lawyers said Monday is a record-setting settlement of a state court…

CHICAGO (September 11, 2020) – In non-pandemic times, Attorney Thomas R. Mulroy splits his time between litigating for multimillion-dollar settlements for plaintiffs in liability or medical malpractice lawsuits and competing in Brazilian jujitsu (he’s a black belt). He’s had to get more creative recently with both his work and his workouts,…

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (August 24, 2020) – Hundreds of new lawsuits have been filed against Sterigenics alleging that health problems including cancer and miscarriages were caused by ethylene oxide emissions from the Willowbrook facility, bringing the total number of cases filed in Cook County against the sterilization company to more than 700….

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (August 24, 2020) – Sterigenics is facing a flood of new lawsuits related to ethylene oxide emissions from the medical sterilization facility in Willowbrook that shuttered last year. Law firms announced Friday that more than 600 additional individual lawsuits have been filed alleging cancers, miscarriages and other health…

CHICAGO (July 28, 2020) – As part of a $1 trillion coronavirus relief package unveiled Monday, GOP lawmakers floated a bill that would erect significant legal barriers for individuals wishing to sue over COVID-19 infections and deaths, requiring plaintiffs to prove both gross negligence and a failure to comply with public…

CHICAGO (July 16, 2020) – As a number of states have enacted emergency orders and laws to shield nursing homes from coronavirus-related civil suits, plaintiffs attorneys say they won’t be stopped from filing suits thanks to immunity exceptions and potential constitutional challenges. In fact, many plaintiffs attorneys in states that…

CHICAGO (June 26, 2020) – Classified by the EPA as a “known” carcinogen, ethylene oxide is used to sterilize medical devices and equipment. A 2018 report now receiving widespread attention sheds light on the link between this colorless, odorless toxin and cancer clusters across the U.S. – ushering in the…

CHICAGO (June 11, 2020) – UI Health agreed to a $7.5 million settlement with the family of a man who died following a delayed lung cancer diagnosis. The agreement, approved May 28 in the Probate Division by Cook County Circuit Judge Terrence J. McGuire, came without a lawsuit being filed…