October 25, 2020
Illinois Workers Comp and Covid-19
ILLINOIS WORK COMP UPDATE CONCERNING CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Effective April 13, 202 …
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Category: Wrongful Death
$300,000 Wrongful Death Settlement
This case was the death of a county jail inmate for denial of health care while incarcerated. The decedent was a known diabetic and held in county jail for the misdemeanor charge of wrongly taking and hooking up electricity for his family. The jail personnel and consulting physician failed to provide insulin treatment. The decedent suffered from vomiti …
Category: Workers' Compensation
$90,000 Settlement Workers’ Compensation Back and Neck
Workers' Compensation Back Injury Settlement. A 23-year-old woman was injured at work when she fell backward, sustaining severe injuries to her head, neck and back. The snow/weather conditions were severe enough that many businesses and schools were closed the day of the incident. Petitioner’s employer, however, took a “two-hour delay” and went ahe …
Category: Truck Accidents
$365,000 Truck Accident Settlement
$365,000 Settlement Following A Truck Accident. A 68-year-old female was severely injured as a passenger of a car driven by her husband when the defendant’s tractor-trailer failed to stop at the intersection of the exit ramp off of Interstate 64, forcefully striking their vehicle. The defendant was ticketed for disobeying a stop sign and pled guilty to t …
Category: Medical Malpractice
$500,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement
$500,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement. A woman was injured by a surgeon when the surgeon failed to take the necessary steps to protect the woman’s internal organs and anatomical structures during the otherwise routine removal of an ovary. She required a second surgery and physical therapy before making a good recovery with few long-term effects.
