After a lengthy fight to keep the files private, the Joliet Diocese recently agreed to turn over the personnel files of 16 priests with substantiated allegations of child sex abuse against them. As expected, these files show that the Joliet...
Read MoreA Los Angeles jury awarded $8.3 million to a retired Montana prison guard in a verdict against Johnson & Johnson's DePuy orthopedic unit. Like many others, this man received a defective hip implant from DePuy and needed to have the...
Read MoreEarlier this month, a Boy Scouts assistant scout master was arrested in New York and charged with possessing child pornography. According to reports, authorities found hundreds of images of pornography on his computer involving children as young as five years...
Read MoreResearchers have determined that consumption of grapefruit in combination with medication can cause a potentially deadly overdose. A substance in the fruit can prevent drugs from being broken down by the body, which can lead to dangerously high levels of...
Read MoreLast week, an employee of a Chicago-area supermarket got his hand caught in a meat grinder while processing meat. Firefighters were called to the supermarket and attempted to take apart the meat grinder in order to free the man's hand...
Read MoreA Chicago school bus driver was arrested for driving under the influence while taking children to school last Tuesday. The arrest occurred when a good samaritan waved down a police officer after nearly being rear-ended by the school bus multiple...
Read MoreMark McKenna and I have recently written an article titled Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy: Statute of Limitations and Repose Challenges, just published in the November 2012 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. The article discusses a recent Illinois Appellate...
Read MoreLast week, Boy Scouts of America released a portion of what are known as the “perversion files” by order of an Oregon court. The perversion files were created for adult volunteers accused of sexually abusing minors in Boy Scouts. These...
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