Skip To Content
Free consultation Text or call 312.553.4900

News & Perspective

July 7, 2009

Banned Pool Drains Still Present in Many Public Pools

The 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 More
June 29, 2009

EPA: Recycled Rubber May Not Be Safe For Playgrounds

The 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...

Read More
June 29, 2009

Loyola University Chicago School Of Law Elder Law Initiative Lecture Series

The Loyola Elder Law Initiative Presents the 2009 Hurley, McKenna & Mertz Lecture Series Event: Tips and Trends in Long-Term Care. Hurley, McKenna & Mertz, P.C. is a partnership of trial lawyers in Chicago dedicated to the representation of persons...

Read More
June 16, 2009

Arbitration Fairness Act Before Congress Could Ban Mandatory Arbitration

NPR (6/9, Goodwyn) reported that “Jamie Leigh Jones was a…Halliburton employee in 2005 when she was sent to work in Iraq.” She was drugged, beaten and raped shortly after her arrival. “It has been four years since the attack, and...

Read More
June 16, 2009

Loophole In The Courts Leaves Dangerous Products on the Market

Court secrecy is a dangerous practice that prevents people from finding out about unsafe products. As a personal injury lawyer in Chicago I find the practice of document sealing irresponsible. Consider the following example of such irresponsibility. The American Association...

Read More
June 11, 2009

Massey Ruling Said to Highlight Problems With Judicial Elections

The Wall Street Journal (6/10, Koppel) reports, “The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week calling for judges” to recuse themselves from “cases involving big political donors confronts the growing role of money in the U.S. judicial system.” The Journal adds,...

Read More
June 4, 2009

Florida Jury Awards $30 Million to Widow of Smoker

As a Chicago personal injury lawyer I am very pleased to see that after decades of marketing their addictive cancer causing products to children, tobacco companies are feeling the pain a fully informed jury can inflict. Consider this recent verdict...

Read More
June 4, 2009

Obama’s Preemption Directive Seen As Victory For Consumers

It should be within a private citizen’s grasp to identify a dangerous intersection in their community and ask the state to make it safer. Unfortunately, obtaining the data to prove that a particular place on a public road has been...

Read More

We don't support Internet Explorer

Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site.