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Several different parties can be held liable for a negligent security incident in Chicago and throughout Illinois. Depending on the facts and circumstances of your case, you may be able to file a civil claim…

Yes. If you were sexually abused in the workplace, Illinois law allows you to file a civil lawsuit against your employer in addition to the person who committed the abuse. Employers have a legal duty…

The best way to find a lawyer for a class action lawsuit against a cosmetic company is to look for a firm with specific experience handling complex product liability litigation. You want attorneys who have…

Liability for a crash caused by a self-driving vehicle failure can fall on the vehicle manufacturer, the company that developed the autonomous software, the suppliers that produced individual components, and even the human occupant of…

Self-driving cars pose several serious dangers that the public should be aware of. The software that controls these vehicles can misinterpret road conditions and fail to detect obstacles, which has already led to fatal self-driving…

Cook County, Illinois — Meyers & Flowers Trial Attorneys Craig D. Brown and Nicholas I. Flowers recently secured a $1.5 million settlement in a surgical malpractice case arising from a routine sinus procedure that nearly…

Responsibility for a public transit bus accident in Illinois can fall on more than one party. Depending on the facts of your case, the bus driver, the transit authority operating the bus, a third-party maintenance company, or even another motorist could all share liability for your injuries. Illinois law classifies public transit operators as common…

An employer in Illinois can be held legally responsible when one of its employees sexually abuses another person, even if the employer did not commit the abuse itself. Liability typically stems from the employer’s own failures, whether that means hiring someone without checking their background, ignoring warning signs once the person was on staff, or…

Bedrail entrapment happens when a nursing home resident becomes caught in the spaces in and around a hospital bed’s railing. The FDA and the Hospital Bed Safety Workgroup have identified seven specific zones on a bed system where this can occur. Zones 1 through 4 account for roughly 80% of all reported entrapment incidents, and…

Surveillance footage is often the single most valuable piece of evidence in an Illinois slip and fall case. It can capture the hazard that caused your fall, reveal how long the dangerous condition existed before anyone addressed it, and show whether the property owner took reasonable steps to warn visitors. In many cases, it also…