Petting zoos and E. coli. Here we go again.
The Will County Health Department (Joliet, Illinois) is investigating five laboratory-confirmed cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) that may be connected to visits to Bengtson’s Pumpkin Farm in Homer Glen.
How to find a doctor who will provide care for injured workers in their workers compensation claim. Best Illinois doctors for work injuries, hear what top work comp lawyers in Chicago think.
Readers of this space know we pay close attention to how courts handle preemption in product cases. This week, we stumbled across a new-to-us variation, by virtue of the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act (“PPPA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1471, et
A work truck ran a light while the driver was on the job. Can I claim against the company? Usually, yes. Under Texas law, an employer is responsible for an employee’s careless driving when the employee was acting within the
Somewhere around week three after a crash, the math stops working. Personal Injury Protection, the no fault coverage on your own auto policy that everyone calls PIP, is running out. The health insurance card in your wallet comes with a
Robert Prevost has many alter egos. He is a world-famous Chicago White Sox fan<a href=”https://torts.jotwell.com/in-praise-of-pontification/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-2255″ title=”Tania Ganguli, Pope Leo Was Elected. The White Sox Were Resurrected, N.Y. Times (Aug. 7, 2026).” target=”_blank”>1; the 267th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church<a
Johnny Cash sang about ghost riders in the sky. In a federal courtroom in Las Vegas earlier this month, we got the litigation version: ghost writers in the sky — specifically, in three different expert reports that all somehow said
