October 25, 2020
Illinois Workers Comp and Covid-19
ILLINOIS WORK COMP UPDATE CONCERNING CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Effective April 13, 202 …
Showing page 10 of 12
Category: Nursing Home Abuse
$450,000 Community Living Abuse Settlement
$450,000 CILA Abuse Settlement. This was a case of Community Integrated Living Arrangement, or CILA, abuse. A young disabled adult was injured while living in a long-term care facility. A care-taker initiated an altercation with the disabled adult wherein the disabled adult was dragged on the floor. The dragging resulted in a significant humerus spiral fra …
Category: Truck Accidents
$446,000 Truck Accident Settlement
$446,000 Truck Accident Settlement. A 61-year-old male was seriously injured in an automobile collision involving a tractor-trailer that struck and landed on top of the car in which the plaintiff was a passenger at an unmarked county intersection. There was severe damage to both vehicles, and all passengers had to be extricated from their vehicles. Plainti …
Category: Medical Malpractice
$475,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement
$475,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement. A plaintiff complaining of severe chest pains was sent home from the emergency room without cardiac tests and later died. The hospital sent the plaintiff home without administering any cardiac tests even though the plaintiff had a known history of cardiac problems to this hospital. Additionally, the hospital did not …
Category: Medical Malpractice
$290,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement
$290,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement. A 24-year-old pregnant factory worker delivered a baby via C-section at an Indiana hospital. After the birth of the child, she felt fatigued and was diagnosed as having post-partum problems and iron deficiency. A chiropractor took x-rays that showed a foreign object, identified by him as a belt buckle. CT scan final …
