Favorable Workers’ Compensation Decisions

An Illinois Appellate Court recently affirmed a decision by a Cook County circuit court judge holding that a workers’ compensation claim was not time-barred even though it was filed more than three years after the date of the injury. In Modern Drop Forge v. Workers’ Compensation Commission, Case No. 2012 IL App. (1st) 110539 WC-U, […]

The City of Chicago has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a mentally-ill woman – one of the largest settlements to a single plaintiff in Chicago history. The plaintiff, Christina Eilman, had been arrested, held overnight, and subsequently released in a high-crime neighborhood, where she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Association’s (FDA) examination of metal-on-metal hip implants, and the wave of litigation against the makers of recalled hip implants, has revealed some disturbing information regarding what the hip implant manufacturers may have known about the safety of all-metal hip implants. Specifically, court documents made public in connection with a lawsuit […]

Uncertainties regarding the debt ceiling have many Social Security recipients, including those who receive Social Security Disability benefits, biting their nails in worry. Unless the debt ceiling is raised to allow additional federal borrowing, more than 55 million Social Security recipients might not receive their checks because the Treasury Department would only have enough funding […]

Two banking giants – Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley – have agreed to pay $557 million to settle allegations pursuant to a federal investigation into abusive practices related to mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing. Such abusive practices included allegations of “robo-signing,” whereby the banks automatically signed off on foreclosures without properly reviewing […]

Metal-on-metal hip implants could soon be a thing of the past, if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has its way. Last summer, the FDA issued a report indicating that data revealed that metal-on-metal hip replacement systems are more likely to fail than other hip implant devices. Although the FDA stopped short of banning […]

Several states have passed or are considering passing tort reform legislation that would limit the damage awards on medical malpractice lawsuits. As of 2011, nearly 30 states placed damage caps on medical malpractice awards and, in at least 16 states, courts have upheld the constitutionality of non-economic or total damages. In at least 11 other […]

The Food Safety Modernization Act was signed into law by President Obama on January 2011, and now – more than two years following its enactment – the Obama administration is finally moving ahead with implementation of some of its key provisions. As we reported last month, many of its laws remained to be enacted, much […]

Thousands of lawsuits have been filed in which plaintiffs allege that DES, a pregnancy drug, caused vaginal cancer, cervical cancer, and fertility problems. Most recently, however, a lawsuit alleging that DES caused fetal cancer was settled shortly after its trial began. As this Washington Post article explains, the lawsuit was filed against Eli Lilly and […]

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case that could have a serious impact on the amount a plaintiff can recover in a medical malpractice case. According to this article, the plaintiff in the case is a teenager who is seriously disabled as a result of a birth injury. At issue is whether North Carolina […]