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  • Fatal Illinois Highway Accident Case Settles for $5 Million - Estate of Heinz v. Messel, et al.
  • Illinois Car Crash and Medical Malpractice Combo Case Settles for $1.9 Million - Khourny v. Sarmed Elias, M.D., et al.
  • Blagojevich Trial Ends: Illinois Jury Finds The Ex-Governor Guilty of Only 1 of 24 Counts
  • Illinois 'Popcorn Lung' Case Receives $30.4 Million From Cook County Jury - Solis v. BASF Corp.
  • Cook County Medical Malpractice Settlement Approved for Surgical Negligence in Laparoscopic Tubal Ligation Surgery - Estate of Yvonne Harris v. Advocate Healthcare Network, et al.
  • Cook County Construction Accident Jury Verdict Upheld on Appeal - Colella v. JMS Trucking Company of IL, Inc., et al.
  • Illinois Product Defect Liability and Medical Malpractice Combo Case Settles for $3.5 Million - Susan Calles, et al. v. Scipto-Tokai Corp., et al.
  • Truck Mechanic Settles Lawsuit Against Trucking Companies and Railroad
  • Chicago Inadequate Security Case Filed: Retail Chain Sued When Employee is Killed
  • Chicago Roofing Accident Settlement Reached With Metra and Other Defendants
  • Illinois Nursing Home Safety Bill To Protect Seniors From Nursing Home Abuse Signed by Governor
  • Progressive Insurance Limits in Illinois Motorcycle Accident Case Ruled On By Appellate Court
  • Illinois Product Liability Rules to Evaluate Product Dangerousness Given By Appellate Court
  • Chicago Train Derailment Personal Injury Claim Settled for $2 Million
  • Former Chicago Bulls Star Scottie Pippen Receives $2 Million Jury Verdict Award
  • Illinois Nursing Home Arbitration Clause Subject of Recent Illinois Appellate Court Decision
  • Wounded Marine Corp Sergeant Advocates On Behalf of Wounded Veterans
  • Cook County Car Crash Leaves Teenage Girl a Quadriplegic: Settlement Reached
  • Illinois Appellate Court Dismisses Liability of Directors and Corporate Officers in Investment Fraud Case
  • Illinois Rear-End Car Crash Lawsuit Will Be Retried on Damages - Anderson v. Zamir
  • Illinois Worker’s Claim Against Employer for Spoliation in Product Liability Claim Denied - Gerard v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.
  • Drop-Side Crib Recalls By Federal Regulators Due to Death and Injury
  • Nursing Home Claim for Punitive Damages Upon Resident's Death Denied by Illinois Courts - Vincent v. Alden-Park-Strathmoor, Inc.
  • Crosswalk Auto Accident Case Returns to Trial Court to Decide Pain and Suffering Damages: Kiggins v. Mather
  • Asbestos Dangers to Illinois Employees' Family Members Falls Under Duty of Employer Upheld By Illinois Appellate Court - Simpkins v. CSX Corp
  • CTA Red Line Train Fire Injuries Include Smoke Inhalation and Respiratory Problems
  • Minors Drinking Alcohol Decision: Social Host Liability Against Parents Reviewed By Illinois Appellate Court
  • Johnson & Johnson Drug Recall Update: Pharmaceutical Company Not Cooperating According to Oversight Committee
  • Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Reviewed By Chicago Forum
  • Auto Defect Case to be Reviewed by Illinios Supreme Court
  • General Motors Recalls SUVs with Heated Windshield Washer Fluid Systems
  • Illinois Birth Injury Case to Be Retried: Will Include Previously Barred Expert Testimony
  • GlaxoSmithKline Avandia Case Settles: First of Many Cases Set For Trial
  • Personal Injury Case Against School Reviewed By Illinois Appellate Court for Immunity Issues of Willful and Wanton Count
  • Safe Youth Chicago Works Towards Decreasing Chicago Violence and Crime
  • Recall of Children's Tylenol Subject of Congressional Hearing Entitled "Johnson & Johnson's Recall of Children's Tylenol and Other Pediatric Medicines"
  • Alli and Xenical (Orlistat) Could Cause Severe Liver Injury: FDA Warns of Dangers of Weight Loss Drug
  • Children's Tylenol Recalled By FDA
  • Chicago Personal Injury Attorney Robert Kreisman Attends General David H. Petraeus Luncheon
  • Sandra Day O'Connor Lectures In Chicago On Ethics, Civility, and Public Service: Robert D. Kreisman Attends
  • Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Settles Case Involving Damage to Section of Joliet Road
  • Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court on Misconduct Personal Injury Claim Against Tennis Club
  • Scaffolding Death of Construction Worker Case Reviewed By Illinois Supreme Court For Sole Proximate Cause
  • Illinois Gas Company Held Not Responsible In Gas Explosion
  • Cook County Judge Approves $5.6 Million Settlement for Thirteen Year Old Injured in Car Crash
  • Illinois Jury Awards Injured High School Student After Head-On Crash
  • Union League Club of Chicago’s Distinguished Public Service Award Given to Abner J. Mikva
  • AstraZeneca Settles Federal Investigation on Illegal Drug Marketing
  • American Association of Justice’s Mega College: Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Robert Kreisman Presents
  • Chicago Bus Accident Settlement Ordered By Cook County Court Despite Plaintiff's Willingness To Accept Settlement
  • Chicago Birth Defects Result of Medical Malpractice: Claim Filed Under Federal Tort Claims Act
  • Union League Club of Chicago Hosts "The Response Screening": A Look at The Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunals
  • Late Diagnosis of Cancer in Illinois Woman's Elbow Led to Arm Amputation
  • Illnios Workers’ Compensation Claims Not Allowed By Ex-Football Players: Forced to Take Their Claims to California
  • Cook County Personal Injury Claim for Fall at Metra Train Station Denied By Court: Illinois Tort Immunity Act Does Not Apply to Non-Train Passengers
  • Chicago Brain Injury Occurs During Cardiac Surgery
  • Illinois Railroad Injury Verdict: FELA Claims Are Different Than Workers' Compensation Claims
  • Illinois Temporary Total Disability (TTD) Benefits Reviewed By Illinois Supreme Court: Affirm Illinois Workers Entitled to TTD Benefits Until Condition Stabilizes
  • Illinois Personal Injury Claim Reviewed By Appellate Court: Uphold Denial of Plaintiff’s Motion to Keep Out Two Prior Accidents
  • Cook County Personal Injury Case Highlights Importance of Following Illinois Building Code Requirements
  • Illinois Product Liability Claim Underscores the Importance of Filing a Well-Drafted Complaint
  • Illinois Hockey Trainer’s Negligence Claim Not Barred By ‘Contact-Sports’ Doctrine
  • Cook County SUV Crash Results in Illinois Personal Injury Claim on Behalf of Two Restaurant Customers
  • Chicago’s Chairman of Council Committee on Finance, Edward M. Burke, Speaks at Union League Club
  • Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Lake County Daycare Center Settled
  • Chicago Board Of Education Settles After Court Determines Actions Were Willful and Wanton - A Tort Immunity Exception
  • Illinois Product Defect Case Reviewed By Illinois Appellate Court: Lower Court Ruling on Product Defect-Chain of Distribution Reversed
  • Cook County Wrongful Death Case Highlights Issues of Logo-Liability Under the Interstate Commerce Act
  • Fighting Hate Since 1970: Morris Dees is Honored by Chicago’s Decalogue Society of Lawyers
  • Wyeth v. Levine Used to Reverse Pre-Emption of Chicago Pharmaceutical Litigation Case Against Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK)
  • Fatal Chicago Bus Accident Reaches Settlement in Wrongful Death Case
  • Illinois Chemical Accident at Construction Site Leads to Worker's Death: Illinois Jury Finds For Worker's Estate
  • Union League Club of Chicago's Civic & Arts Foundation Hosts 2010 Jazz Competition at Buddy Guy's Legends
  • Kane County, Illinois Nursing Home Resident Settles After a Below the Knee Leg Amputation
  • Illinois Truck Driver Settles Rear End Crash
  • Illinois Premise Liability Issues Reviewed: Appellate Court Reverses Lower Court Ruling Regarding Franchisor’s Duty
  • Illinois Motorcycle Accident Result of Drunk Driving: Leads to Liability On Behalf Of Driver and Liquor Store Under Illinois Dram Shop Act
  • Illinois Truck Accident Disables Chicago Brick Layer - Settlement Reached
  • Chicago Law School Hosts Panel Discussion on Attorneys’ Stories About Guantanamo
  • Toyota Recalls Reaches New High As Models Expand to Include Prius and Other Hybrids
  • Illinois Medical Malpractice Jury Award Limits Struck Down By Illinois Supreme Court in Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
  • Cook County Medical Negligence Results From Poor Post-Surgical Care: Plaintiff Prevails at Trial
  • Cook County Assessor Candidate Forum Hosted By Union League Club of Chicago
  • Radiation Therapy Treatment for Cancer Patients at All-Time High
  • Cook County Construction Site Injury Lawsuit Receives Verdict for Plaintiff Who Was Injured Falling From Scaffold
  • Cook County Board Presidential Candidate Forum Presented by Union League of Chicago’s Public Affairs Committee and the Chicago Area Public Affairs Group
  • Dangers of Illinois Intersection Car Accidents Highlighted By Recent Chicago Auto Accident: Two South Suburban Cook County Motorists Left in Critical Condition
  • Baycol Drug Manufacturing Decision Reversed By Illinois Supreme Court
  • Excess Radiation Treatment Results in Chicago Medical Settlement in Cancer Patient's Death
  • Chicago Hit and Run Accident Results in Woman's Death
  • Chicago Personal Injury Attorney Robert Kreisman Recognized as Illinois Super Lawyer
  • Mandatory Arbitration Clause Defeated in Carideo v. Dell, Inc.
  • Cook County Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed by Illinois Appellate Court
  • Aviation/Airplane Injuries On The Rise Nationwide
  • New Risk Calculator Available For Bone Fractures To Women
  • Illinois Truck Accident Insurance Coverage Clarified By Illinois Supreme Court
  • Chicago Man Receives Verdict Against Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for Psychological Injury
  • Kreisman Law Offices Thoughts On Mediation and Settlement Before Jury Trial
  • Cancer Patient Saved by 43 Hour Ex Vivo Resection Surgery
  • High Blood Pressure Could Be Better Controlled By Applying Teamwork Approach
  • Chicago Intersection Accident Settled Against Electric Company
  • Chicago Holiday Activities and Events for 2009
  • Cook County Medical Malpractice Verdict Decided in Favor of Parents for Delay in Treatment of Child with Heart Defect
  • Diabetes on the Rise Could Lead to Higher Insurance Costs
  • Kreisman Law Offices Wishes You A Happy Thanksgiving
  • Illinois Wrongful Death Case Brought by Family of Man Who Died of a Brain Injury When Brain Bleed Not Recognized
  • Illinois Motorcycle Accident Involving Father and Daughter Settled Against Maintenance Worker
  • Chicago Birth Injury Case Settled: Delay in Delivery Results in Severe Brain Damage to Baby
  • Cook County Trucking Accident Results in Wrongful Death Claim
  • Chicago Foundation Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary
  • Chicago Man's Partial Paralysis Leads to Medical Malpractice Settlement
  • Guidelines for Selecting a Nursing Home for the Elderly
  • Could Product Defect Be at Fault? Toyota and Lexus Cars Reported to Have Numerous Sudden Acceleration Accidents
  • Negligent Cook County Delivery Results in Brain Damage to the Child
  • Cook County Emergency Room Malpractice Verdict Returned in Favor of Woman's Surviving Family
  • Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict Stands On Appeal For Doctor’s Failure to Diagnose
  • Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman Participates in Principal For A Day Program
  • Heart Valve Replacement Surgery To Be Made Safer
  • Illinois Car Crash Death Case Settled: Chain Restaurant Held Liable
  • Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act Allows Worker To Recover For Injury Playing A Sport
  • Falls On the Rise as a Leading Injury Among Senior Citizens
  • Evanston/North Shore Branch of NAACP Celebrates 100 Years
  • Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunals Highlighted in Film
  • Illinois Construction Accident General Contractor Held Responsible For Injury To Employee Of Sub-Contractor
  • Cook County Medical Malpractice Breast Cancer Jury Verdict Upheld By The Illinois Appellate Court
  • Chicago Gun Ordinance Challenged in U.S. Supreme Court
  • Illinois Nursing Homes Housing The Mentally Ill And Felons Threaten The Elderly
  • Chicago Union League Club Honors Distinguished Writer Carol Marin and Scott Turow
  • Cook County Medical Malpractice Settlement Reached For Misread Of Abnormal EKGs
  • Toyota Announces Largest Ever Recall - 3.8 Million Vehicles Recalled for Defective Floor Mats
  • Chicago Area Hydroxycut Lawsuits Pending In Illinois
  • Illinois Wrongful Death Case Settled: Physician To Pay $1.2 Million To Surviving Family Members Of A Man With A History of Sleep Apnea
  • Illinois Truck Accident Settled by Truck Driver For $2 Million
  • Cook County Medical Malpractice Case Results in $5 Million Award to Woman Who Received Unnecessary Hysterectomy
  • Chicago Motorcycle Crash Caused By Large Pothole: City to Pay $3.25 Million to Injured Driver
  • Chicago Union League Club Hosts Illinois Ethics & Reform Panel
  • Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Robert Kreisman Serves As Faculty Member At AAJ Case Workshop
  • Chicago Truck Crash Results in $25 Million Jury Award To Man Who Sustained Spinal Injury
  • Cook County Birth Injury Settlement Reached in Illinois Cerebral Palsy Case
  • Gastric Bypass Surgery Complications Lead to Death of Illinois Woman: Family Receives Cook County Settlement
  • Union League Club Of Chicago Hosts Secretary Of Labor
  • Illinois Metra Train Accident Results in $5 Million Verdict to Widow of Legally Blind Man
  • Arthritis Pain Can Be Eased By Certain Foods Found in Mediterranean Diet According to Several Studies
  • Illinois Commuter Train Derailment Results in New Speed Limits
  • Illinois Wrongful Death Case Results from Chicago Hospital's Negligence
  • Emergency Room Misdiagnosis of Brain Aneurysms Is All Too Common
  • Illinois Asbestos Case Resulting From Second-Hand Exposure Denied Recovery By Illinois Appellate Court
  • Chicago Birth Injury Case Settled For $11 Million
  • Asperger’s Syndrome Draws Attention As Subject of Three New Movies
  • Illinois Motorcycle Accident Results in Factory Worker's Death
  • Chemotherapy Patients Acknowledge Memory Loss
  • Chicago Metra Train Death Results in $5 Million Illinois Jury Verdict
  • Child Birth Injuries And Maternal Deaths On The Rise In Poor Countries
  • FDA Warns Consumers on Body-Building Products Sold As Nutritional Supplements
  • Civil Justice Attorney, Robert Kreisman, Attends American Association for Justice (AAJ) Meeting at San Francisco
  • Good Communication The Key To A Successful Doctor Visit
  • Freight Train Incident Results in Leg Amputation: Cook County Jury Awards $6.6 Million
  • Illinois Workers' Compensation Cases May No Longer Soley Rely on "Independent" Medical Exams According to Illinois Appellate Court
  • Chicago Wrongful Death Case Involving Failure to Diagnose Meningitis of Thirteen Year-Old Girl Awarded $3.75 Million By Federal Judge
  • Worker Injured In Illinois Construction Accident Awarded $2.84 Million By Jury
  • Automotive Product Liability Claims Against General Motors Will Continue To Stand Even After Bankruptcy
  • Cook County Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Affirmed On Appeal As To Apparent Authority of Emergency Room Physician
  • Chicago Construction Worker Falls to His Death: Surviving Family Recovers $10 Million
  • Illinois Wrongful Death In Undiagnosed Lung Cancer Case Settled by Family
  • Illinois Workers' Compensation Case Decided in Favor of Employee Who Shook Vending Machine to Retrieve Chips
  • Medical Advances Expand Kidney Transplants
  • Illinois Work Accident Plaintiff Damages in Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) Case Reduced By Illinois Federal Court
  • Illinois Wrongful Death Act Is Amended To Include Recovery For Grief, Sorrow And Mental Suffering
  • Birth Injury Reduction Unlikely to Occur Under Revised Fetal Monitoring Strip Guidelines for Doctors in the Delivery Room
  • Civil Justice Attorney Bob Kreisman Walks In The Ricky Byrdsong Memorial Race Against Hate
  • Illinois Surgeon Not Responsible For Forgotten Sponge
  • Chicago Construction Death Case Settled
  • Quadruple Amputee Gets Rare Second Opportunity To Recover For Doctors' Medical Errors
  • Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Accident Cases No Longer Subject to Six Month Notice Requirement: Illinois Governor Signs Bill Into Law
  • Illinois Mary E. Smith Foundation - Providing the Public With Information on Brain Tumors
  • Chicago, Nation’s Transportation Hub, Faces Trucking, Rail and Air Gridlock
  • Nursing Home Residents Face Uncertain Future With Long-Term Care Insurance Denials
  • Chicago Construction Site Accident Settled Leaving Laborer's Family With $4.5 Million
  • Investigating Illinois Truck Crashes Involving Commercial Vehicles
  • Illinois Class-Action Lawsuit Settled for Food, Not Money
  • Autopsy Answers And Painful Questions About Untimely Deaths In Medical Malpractice Cases
  • Illinois Hydroxycut Users Showing Symptoms Described by FDA
  • Illinois Appellate Court Finds Patient’s Consents Makes Doctor Contractors Not Hospital Employees
  • Illinois Trucking Companies Forced to Cut Fleets Because Of Soft Demand
  • Medical Industry Gifts To Doctors To Be Made Public
  • Cancer Patients Sue Over Gene Patents
  • Trucking Accidents and the Engine Control Module (ECM), a.k.a. the “Black Box”
  • U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Welcomed By The Union League Club of Chicago And Its Public Affairs Committee
  • Illinois Enforcing Reporting of Hospital-Acquired Infections
  • Illinois Product Liability Lawsuit Against Gun Company Prevented by State Supreme Court
  • Cellphone Use While Driving Leads to Increased Car Accidents and Trucking Accidents
  • Forklift Accidents Fatalities On the Rise According to National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • Hydroxycut Diet Aid Recalled Nationwide For Causing Heart Problems and Kidney Failure: Chicago Area Health Stores Pull Products From Shelves
  • Illinois Cracks Down on Truck Driver Licensing to Reduce Truck Accidents and Improve Trucking Safety
  • Chicago Fleet Phospho-Soda Case Returns Multi-Million Dollar Verdict
  • Illinois Trucking Accidents Linked to Unskilled Truckers
  • Dementia Up in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes – Linked to Drops in Blood Sugar
  • Chicago-Cook County Jury Duty – Democracy in Action in the Civil Justice System
  • Wrongful Death Action Allowed Against Nursing Home by Missouri Supreme Court, But Arbitration Clause Not Allowed
  • Hospitals in Illinois and U.S. Report C. Difficile Bacteria Causes 350,000 Infections Each Year
  • Chicago Cubs Win World Series! (According to Sophisticated Simulators)
  • Cervical Cancer Causing Virus Can Be Tested with New DNA Test as an Alternative to a Pap Smear
  • Illinois Residents Injured by Fleet Phospho-Soda Application
  • Extraction Of Defective Medtronic's Sprint Fidelis Cables Causes Deaths
  • Illinois’ Contribution Act Interpreted by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Illinois Supreme Court Embraces ‘Direct Participant Liability’ Requirement for Damages Under Illinois Workers' Compensation Act
  • Illinois Pharmacy Mistake Case Punitive Damage of $25 Million Reversed by Illinois Appellate Court
  • Chicago Hospitals Pays $6 Million to Settle Birth Injury Lawsuit for Late Delivery of Child
  • Illinois Residents May Still Be Linked to Defective Heart Device of Medtronic's Sprint Fidelis Cardiac Leads
  • Preeclampsia Among Pregnant Women Can Increase Risk of Heart Attack, Strokes, and Blood Clots
  • Chicago's John Marshall Law School Moot Court Team Practices at Kreisman Law Offices
  • Do Drug Companies Really Influence Doctor’s Decisions Regarding Dispensing Drugs to Illinois’ Residents?
  • Illinois Product Liability Case Involving Product Defect Hastened by Illinois Supreme Court Decision
  • Chicago U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Evidence of Suicide-Related Warnings on Antidepressant Package
  • Illinois Car Crash Leads to $2.5 Million Settlement for Personal Injuries Suffered by Minors
  • CHANGE Illinois Calls News Conference
  • Wyeth v. Levine: Supreme Court Overturns Pharmaceutical Litigation Preemption Claim
  • Medical Device Malpractice Changes: Congress Makes Efforts to Restore a Patients Right to Sue In Reaction to Riegel v. Medtronics, Inc.
  • Car, SUV And Truck Rollover Accidents No Longer Being Ignored By Manufacturers
  • Chicago Civil Justice Attorney Robert Kreisman Facilitates At Mobilization For Change
  • Birth Injuries Are Devastating to Children and Parents
  • Passenger Bus Crashes Increase In Frequency As Safety Issues Arise
  • Detecting Traumatic Brain Injury In Salmon
  • No Contributory Fault for Illinois Animal Control Act Held By Illinois Appellate Court
  • Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trial Given Go-Ahead to Inclue Stem Cell Research
  • Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman Attends a Civil Justice Conference
  • Illinois Workers' Compensation Act Allows for the Termination of Employment Benefits After Firing
  • Illinois Appellate Court Finds Doctor Not Qualified As Medical Malpractice Expert
  • Cook County Verdict in Medical Malpractice Misdiagnosis Case Gets Second Chance in Medical Malpractice Case
  • Class Action Settlement in Chicago Hospital Overcharing Case Grants Patients Vouchers for Future Services
  • Illinois Truck Accident Insurance Coverage Will Be Decided On By Illinois Supreme Court
  • Illinois Reform Coalition Considers House Bill 24: Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman Attends
  • Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies Lawsuits Brought By Masquerading Lawyers
  • Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman Displays Zimbabwe Sculpture Pieces
  • Illinois Makes Mandatory Insurance Coverage For Vehicles Applicable to Truckers
  • Illinois Tort Immunity Act Does Not Apply to Metra or Other Common Carries in Train Accidents
  • Chicago Lawyer Robert Kreisman Attends Chicago Inauguration Day Celebration
  • Elevated Blood Sugar Linked To A Poor Memory
  • Amtrak Train Derailment at Chicago's Union Station Causes Long Delays
  • Obama Transition Team Receives Complaints of "Corruption at the FDA"
  • Illinois Reports That Dangerous Drug Interaction Could Affect Older Adults
  • Illinois Workers' Compensation Act Exclusive-Remedy Provision Denied By Illinois Supreme Court As Applies To Employer's Co-Venturer
  • When Do Nurses Have a Duty To Intervene Under Illinois Law?
  • Prescription Medication Helps Only About Half of Those Who Take Them
  • Is New Year's Eve The Most Dangerous Time of the Year to Be On the Road? What About for Pedestrians?
  • National and Illinois Nursing Home Deficiencies On the Rise
  • Happy Holidays from Chicago Attorney Robert Kreisman
  • Illinois Construction Workers Can Recover For Burn Injuries
  • Are Pharmaceutical Companies Ghostwriting Their Own Praises?
  • Organ Transplant Surgeon Cleared of Harming Organ Donor
  • New Study Finds Widening Gap in Colon Cancer Occurrences Among Different Races
  • Therapeutic Hypothermia: Studies Show it Could Effectively Treat Cardiac Arrest
  • Illinois Governor Blagojevich Has Yet to Resign Even as His Chief of Staff Resigns
  • When MRI Scan Shows Abnormalities They May Not Be the Cause of the Problem
  • Chicago Plaintiff's Medical Device Lawsuit Denied by Illinois U.S. District Court Judge
  • Product Liability Case Reversed When Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Risk-Utility Design Test
  • Motorcycle Helmets Not Required by Illinois Law
  • Pharmaceutical Liability for Prescription Drugs Possibly Pre-empted by FDA Regulations and Policies
  • Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Bob Kreisman Volunteers at Salvation Army Center Thanksgiving Day
  • Illinois Medical Malpractice Case on Constitutionality of Damage Caps for Doctors and Hospitals Argued before Illinois Supreme Court
  • Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Kicks Off Chicago's Holiday Festivities
  • Motorcycle Accident Fatalities Give Rise to New Safety Regulations
  • Illinois Supreme Court Holds for Injured Worker in Additional Lawsuit After Not Approved by Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
  • Illinois Truck Accident: Driver Cleared In 'Unavoidable Accident'
  • Cook County Class Action by Nursing Home Residents Challenges State of Illinois to Provide Supportive Services
  • Illinois Automobile Owner Responsible for Authorized Driver's Negligence
  • Chicago Hospital's Negligence Clarified by Illinois Appellate Court
  • Chicago Personal Injury Attorney Bob Kreisman Serves Voter Protection Program on Election Day
  • Illinois Attacks Distributor of Defective Baby Cribs
  • Eligible Voters Purged From Swing State Rolls
  • Are All FDA Approved Devices Safe?
  • Chicago Injury Attorney Bob Kreisman Co-Chairs Union League Club of Chicago Congressional Debate
  • Medical Records Falsified In Birth Injury Case
  • United States and Illinois Fall Behind Other Countries in Infant Death Rates: What Does This Say About Quality of Health Care?
  • Illinois Erb's Palsy Medical Malpractice Case Turns on Engineering Expert's Testimony
  • Are MRI Scans To Be Relied On By Chicago and Illinois Doctors?
  • Medical Credit Card- Beware of Chicago and Illinois Hospitals' New Methods of Securing Payment for Medical Bills
  • Infected Pressure Sores from Malnutrition and Other Nursing Home Abuse Results in Illinois Legislation
  • Truck Accident Leaves Illinois Teens Dead
  • Nursing Home Abuse And Alzheimer's Residents: Protection Under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act
  • Doctors Spread Infection Through Contaminated Scrubs
  • Illinois Courts: Using The Internet To Access Services and Information
  • Illinois Personal Injury Case Argument Over Medical Damages Settled by Illinois Supreme Court
  • Chicago Bar Foundation Honors US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens: Attorney Robert Kreisman Attends
  • Chicago Residents Size Up MRSA and Other Superbugs: What You Should Know
  • Goodyear Tire Defect in Motorcycle Accident Case Decision Stands: Illinois Court Allows Expert Opinions Without Pinpointing Precise Cause of Crash
  • Autism Vaccine Debate Continues: New Study Further Contests Link
  • Chicago Not Liable For Fatal Crash Involving Two Children Struck By Chicago Police In Unmarked Car
  • Henry Cisneros and Jim Durkin Represent Obama and McCain In Debate On Future of Metropolitan Areas
  • Consumer Fraud Claim Against Phillip Morris In "Light" Cigarette Case: U.S. Supreme Court to Review
  • How to Prepare for the Chicago Winter: New Studies Show Flu Vaccine May Be Ineffective For Elderly
  • Prisoner's Medical Malpractice Claim Allowed to Go Forward By Chicago's Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals: Reverses District Court Ruling
  • Blanco v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.: Court Upholds Medical Device Preemption Clause
  • Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Verdict Over Expert Qualifications
  • Illinois Appellate Court Holds School District Accountable For Bus Driver's Misconduct
  • Illinois Court Decides Insurance Company Not Responsible for Covering Workers' Compensation Claim
  • U.S. Supreme Court Receives Unsolicited Drug Safety Advice From Top Doctors Questioning the FDA's Ability to Protect Patients
  • Illinois Appellate Court Denies Insurance Coverage To Individual, But Company Covered
  • Chicago Metra Worker Denied FELA Recovery For Injuries Due to Lack Of Notice
  • Injured at Work? Illinois Workers Could Have a Product Liability Case
  • Chicago's Priests' Sexual Abuse Cases Settled by Catholic Archdiocese: Cardinal George Releases His Deposition Transcript
  • Illinois Hip Replacement Product Defect Suit Survives After Statute of Limitations Runs: Re-Evaluation of When Discovered Injury
  • MetLife v. Glenn: U.S. Supreme Court Says Insurance Company's Conflict of Interest One Factor in Wrong Denial of Disability Benefits
  • Chicago Courts Limit Admissibility of Pictures at Trial: How Does This Effect Your Case?
  • Collapsed Seat In Dodge Caravan Found Unsafe and Cause for Infant's Death
  • Do Doctors Listen To Their Patients?
  • Are All Chicago Lawyers Ruthless and Heartless? A Kreisman Law Offices Intern's Perspective
  • Chicago Hospital Sued for Overcharging Uninsured Patient: Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Hospital's Right to Charge Different Rates
  • Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Bob Kreisman Attends Annual AAJ (American Association of Justice) Convention
  • Product Liability Litigation Avoided by Cook County Car Dealership: Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies Product Defect Statute
  • Apparent Authority: Who is Your Doctor Really Working For?
  • Be Your Own Best Advocate: How Being Proactive in Your Own Care Can Improve Your Medical Outcome
  • Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed by Illinois Appellate Court: Good Samaritan Act Does Not Apply
  • NHTSA's Roof Crush Standard: Opponents Decry as Ineffective and a Smokescreen for Stripping Consumer's Legal Rights
  • Chicago's Diversity Highlighted in Its July 4th Festivities
  • District of Columbia v. Heller: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds 2nd Amendment Right to Bear Arms
  • Illinois Appellate Courts Disagree on Scope of Construction Statute of Repose
  • Illinois Wrongful Death Act Interpreted by Illinois Supreme Court to Deny Recovery Of Unborn Child Aborted After Serious Injury To Mother
  • Hospital Liability in Cook County Jury Verdict Upheld Against Loyola University Medical Center In Heart Transplant Case
  • Chicago Injury Lawyer Robert Kreisman Participates in Evanston's Race Against Hate
  • Car Accident Pedestrian Death Leads to Cook County Jury Verdict of $2.5 Million- Largest Verdict For Death of 90+ Year Old
  • Age Discrimination Claim Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court In Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
  • Illinois Supreme Court Interprets Medical Malpractice Law
  • Illinois Wrongful Death Case Settled by Kreisman Law Offices
  • Illinois Mass Tort Class Action $120 Million Verdict Against Oil Refinery Reinstated by Illinois Appellate Court
  • Attorneys Lobby for Consumer Rights Stripped Away in Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.
  • Illinois Medical Malpractice Reform Faces Judicial Challenge
  • Chicago Lawyers, Staff of Kreisman Law Offices Supports Autism Speaks
  • Breast Cancer Specimens Misdiagnosed: How Accurate Are Your Test Results?
  • US Supreme Court Holds Medical Devices Exempt from Liability in Riegel v. Medtronic
  • Hudson v. City of Chicago: Illinois Supreme Court Redefines Res Judicata
  • Illinois Medical Malpractice Caps: An Overview
  • Paxil-Related Teen Suicide State Lawsuits Not Preempted By Federal Statutes According to Federal Court
  • Medical Negligence Settlement by Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Robert Kreisman for Death of Patient
  • Truck Settlement by Chicago Injury Lawyer Robert Kreisman: Trucker Loses Leg in Freight Accident
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