The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall this week of “more than 50 million Roman-style shares and roll-up blinds because of the risk children may be strangled by the cords” (12/17, AP for FindLaw). To date, The CPSC says...
Read MoreMark Stephan, a client of [[title]], fractured his neck when the wheel on his bicycle came off unexpectedly on a Chicago area roadway. Since then he has inspired our firm and the world with his relentless drive to teach himself...
Read MoreIf you have been following Mark Stephan’s courageous fight to learn to walk again then you should look at this video of Mark leaving the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Although his neck was broken in several places and his limbs...
Read MoreChicago families should be cautious about giving their infants and toddlers cough medicines in light of reports that the makers of several leading over-the-counter cold medications are voluntarily withdrawing products sold for infants. The Consumer Healthcare Products Association said the...
Read MoreRecently, the story surrounding three deaths and eighteen injuries caused by spending time in a “sauna-like sweatbox” has lead to a homicide investigation of the October 8 “Spiritual Warrior” program by self-help expert James Arthur Ray at the Angel Valley...
Read MoreRay Theodore reports, “In a brief, unpublished decision the three-judge panel unanimously found that the ban is permissible because it restricts the sale of cigarettes and not cigarette advertising” (Andrews Publications for FindLaw, 9/16). The court reject the argument that...
Read MoreThe Today Show (7/6) informed people all over the country about many public pools that are not abiding by federal law and replacing dangerous pool drains. The old pool drains are unsafe because they can pack 800 pounds of suction...
Read MoreThe USA Today (6/22, Szabo) reports, “There's a growing debate about the safety of the recycled rubber chips used to cushion falls on many children's playgrounds.” The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved rubber play surfaces since 1991, both to...
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