FDA Warning: Sunscreen Pills Are Fake and Dangerous
Summer’s here—which means it’s time for a new bottle of sunscreen. You can purchase sunscreen as a lotion, a cream, or a spray. Recently, you may have noticed in some stores or online shops “sunscreen pills” for sale, and you may even have been tempted to give them a try. Don’t. The FDA recently released…
Read MoreI Was Injured on a Jet Ski. Can I Sue the Rental Company?
If you were injured because of a jet ski accident, you may have specific rights or remedies against a variety of individuals or entities. You may have rights against the driver of another vehicle that may have caused your jet ski accident. You may have rights against the jet ski company if the jet ski…
Read MoreA $2.5 Million Judgement Was Awarded to a Deceased Chicago Plaintiff
On August 18, 2004, Rebecca Hess was on the back porch of an apartment in a residential building in Chicago’s North Side. She fell from the porch, suffering a spinal injury resulting in her being paralyzed from the waist down. Hess had fallen through yellow tape that the defendant had put up to act as…
Read MoreCan I File a Third-Party Lawsuit if I’m Collecting Workers’ Comp?
If you are a worker who was injured on the job, you are entitled to what we know as workers’ compensation benefits. That’s a variety of benefits that you get through your employer, or through your employer’s insurance company, that provides for your lost wages, provides you for payment for your medical bills, and provides…
Read MoreThe Need to Raise Awareness About the Dangers of Distracted Driving
Numerous car crashes each year are blamed for the use of these technologies, which in too many cases result in fatalities. As it concerns the issue of distracted driving, something unique in the country of Sweden is happening this year. As of February 1, Sweden modified its existing distracted driving law to make it illegal…
Read MoreCan I Bring an action Against Anyone Besides the Drunk or Drugged Driver?
If you are injured by an impaired or drunk driver, you may not only have a claim against that driver, but against the bar or restaurant or other type of liquor store that caused that driver to be impaired. In Illinois, it’s called the Dram Shop Act, and the Dram Shop Act provides that somebody…
Read MoreWoman Sues Hospital and Manufacturer for Negligence After Developing Debilitating Illness
Many people, including Illinois residents, have received the difficult prognosis that they need open-heart surgery. Although this surgery constitutes a major medical event in a person’s life, it is often performed with great success and offers a positive prognosis. There are, however, complications that can sometimes arise after surgery for these patients. As an example,…
Read MoreMotorcycle Fatalities Are Increasing in Illinois
As the weather warms up in the spring, we are all familiar with the often sudden appearance of motorcycles on the roadways. With motorcyclists joining the stream of traffic, there is also the increased risk of motorcyclists encountering threats that can lead to crashes, injuries, and even death. The Insurance Information Institute reports that motorcyclists…
Read MoreCan I Bring a Claim if I Fall on Snow, Ice or Rain?
If you suffered an injury because you fell or slipped on a wet substance, on an icy substance, on a snowy substance, you may have a claim for your injuries. Snow and ice and rain cases are some of the more complicated cases. The law is not often on the side of the injured…
Read MoreThe Dangers to Nursing Home Residents of Living in an Understaffed Home
Finding the right nursing home for your loved ones – and then leaving them there – can be a very difficult process. If you can trust in the quality of the nursing home and its staff, then many of your concerns about having your loved one move into his or her new home can be…
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