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House GOP quietly advances key elements of tort reform House Republicans are advancing a series of bills that would make changes to the civil justice system long sought by doctors and U.S. corporations, including a cap on some medical malpractice awards and new...
There have been recent, unbelievable changes in trucking safety rules that jeopardize our collective safety. As reported in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and US News and World Report on December 8, 2016, the trucking industry scored a victory that week when...
For years, the nursing home industry has attempted to evade responsibility for injuries to their residents by including forced arbitration clauses in their contracts (typically in fine print) which remove the right to file a lawsuit to recover for injuries and,...
An article in the August 2016 American Bar Association Journal discusses whether regulatory fines and nursing home litigation improves nursing home care. Essentially, the article concludes that both fines and lawsuits against nursing homes do not significantly improve...
For years, trial lawyers in Illinois and across the country have tried to educate the public to show the fallacy of those who advocate tort reform. Unfortunately, large business organizations who seek to benefit from limiting injury victims’ rights have spent massive...
On November 2, 2014, my daughter, Alyssa, and I climbed 2,109 steps over 103 floors in the Willis Tower to raise money for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. We were on the team hosted by the Northwest Community Hospital Wellness Center. Our team devoted our...
If you’re a parent, you are likely well aware of the popularity of inflatable amusement devices, such as inflatable slides and bouncy houses. Those usually colorful attractions show up at all different types of events, from shopping mall openings and county fairs, to...
Law Offices of Jeffrey E. Martin, LLC filed lawsuits on April 23, 2014 for two students injured at the Algonquin Lakes Elementary School when an inflatable slide tipped over at a May 23, 2013 year-end celebration for fifth-graders. The school had rented the slide from...
What better present on this lover’s holiday than new technology to protect the lives of the women in our lives. Although regular mammograms are crucial in helping to prevent deaths as a result of breast cancer, new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at...
Effective January 1, 2014, Supreme Court Rules 15 (Social Security Numbers in Pleadings and Related Matters) and 138 (Personal Identity Information) are amended. By amending its Rules, the Court recognized the all too pervasive risk of identity theft and has...