09/19/2023
Did you know that the final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor lives covered for decades in a tangle of weeds and underbrush in Palos Park Forest Preserve? In 1942, a group of scientists played a crucial role in the development of the world's first controlled nuclear chain reaction under the stands of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago. Soon after, their work would be relocat...
View More09/07/2023
Meyers & Flowers Trial Attorneys Craig D. Brown and Thomas M. Connelly recently secured a $2 million settlement against a downstate hospital. Our client was in the hospital recovering from catastrophic injuries sustained in a car crash. After several weeks of intensive treatment, our client was ready to be discharged to a long-term care facility after making an amazing recovery. However, onl...
View More09/05/2023
If you or someone you know has been injured in an accident because someone else was negligent you may be entitled to monetary compensation for your injuries. However, you won't have an unlimited amount of time to file a lawsuit because every state has its own time frame which is referred to as the statute of limitations. Once this period has passed, it is no longer possible to file a claim or case...
View More08/31/2023
Read the latest on the 7th Circ. ruling on sex trafficking suit against Salesforce, our recently filed suit for 11-year-old boy whose hand was amputated in ATV crash, eight of the firm's attorneys were recognized for their legal excellence in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, and more. ...
View More08/30/2023
Attorneys Warren W. Harris of Walter A. Simons of Bracewell LLP and Peter J. Flowers of Meyers & Flowers successfully obtained a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which resulted in the reversal of a dismissed lawsuit for their client, Deanna Rose and her daughter G.G, a victim of child sex trafficking. The Seventh Circuit panel ruled that the Illinois federal court ...
View More08/17/2023
Meyers & Flowers, LLC is pleased to announce that 8 of our lawyers have been included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. "For more than 40 years, the rigorous methodology of Best Lawyers has ensured the integrity and esteem of our legal recogniti...
View More08/16/2023
Golf carts are becoming increasingly popular in the minds of many for use on public roads. While it may be convenient to zip around quickly and easily in them, there are legal and safety concerns when one seeks to share the road on a golf cart. In Illinois, the State law restricts non-highway vehicles, including golf carts, from being driven on streets and highways. However, counties, municipaliti...
View More08/07/2023
Meyers & Flowers trial attorneys Craig Brown and Lauren Edmunds recently filed a lawsuit against Rocky Glen OHV Park, a Rockford-based recreational off-highway-vehicle riding facility, after an 11-year-old child sustained permanent and severe injuries to his left hand while riding in a UTV at the park. Rocky Glen Park spans 120 acres and features over 20 miles of trails and tracks, offering s...
View More07/13/2023
Recently the US Food and Drug Administration labeled a Class I recall for Megadyne's MEGA 2000 and MEGA electrodes products, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon, due to the risk of serious burns to patients. These devices are claimed to be used in more than 100 million procedures across the world. The FDA identifies a Class I recall as the most serious type of recall, in which these de...
View More07/11/2023
Associate Attorney Thomas M. Connelly wrote an article titled, “Gone Fishin': A Road Map in Protecting Plaintiffs from Defense Counsel's ESI Fishing Expeditions in Discovery” for the summer 2023 edition of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association's magazine, Trial Journal. In this article, Tom outlines a road map of knowledge to help assist in overcoming discovery obstacles from the defe...
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