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The Department of Labor issued controversial new rules on March 24 to protect workers from silica dust exposure, one of the oldest known workplace hazards. Silica dust is a common mineral fo… Read More

A woman from Cook County, Chicago, filed a lawsuit alleging that she suffered injuries as a result of an error committed by a CVS pharmacy that filled her prescription with the incorrect dos… Read More

A federal judge decided that the defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit were too broad in their request to view the Facebook archives of the victim of an accident and her family. The defenda… Read More

A jury in St. Louis, Missouri, has rendered an award of $5.2 million in a lawsuit alleging wrongful death and personal injury regarding a deadly tent collapse at a sports bar in the vicinity… Read More

In the case of Klaine v. Southern Illinois Hospital Services (2016 IL118217), the plaintiff filed a medical malpractice lawsuit involving negligent credentialing against a doctor and two hos… Read More

An Illinois Appellate court ruled that an injured stationary engineer can receive a wage differential award as compensation for her diminished earning capacity in spite of the fact that she… Read More

A mother has filed a lawsuit against a number of physicians at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, where her son was born in 2003. She alleges that they were negligent in failing to exercise reasona… Read More

Pregnant women who have delivered a baby via cesarean section in the past are faced with the decision of how to give birth to their next child. Mothers are likely to opt for another C-sectio… Read More

Medication errors at hospitals are the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to the Journal of Patient Safety. In order to address the problem and enhance patient safe… Read More

The Chicago City Council Finance Committee approved a total settlement of over $6 million for two wrongful death lawsuits in which Chicago police allegedly used excessive force on men in the… Read More

A jury awarded $1.6 million to the family of a woman who died of severe brain damage after falling repeatedly at her group home. The verdict is the highest in a wrongful death action in Step… Read More

A 22-year-old woman from Naperville, Illinois, was hit and killed by a motorist as she was walking with her dog across the street. The driver had insufficient insurance. The family of Emily… Read More

The wife of a patient who was treated at Northwest Community Hospital alleged that the hospital and many of its doctors committed medical malpractice when they failed to identify the signs a… Read More

A construction worker lost his life when a steel beam weighing 45 tons fell at a construction site. The accident occurred during the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 5, under a Jane Add… Read More

Some parents allege that their children suffered birth injuries because the mothers took the medication Depakote while they were pregnant. The parents filed the lawsuit on March 21, 2016 in… Read More

According to knowledge acquired by NBC 5 Investigates through a search of public records, medication errors committed in Illinois nursing homes are causing patients to be hospitalized for su… Read More

As reported in the Chicago Tribune, two weeks after a patient named Joyce Oyler was discharged from the hospital, she had sores in her mouth and throat, and blood was flowing from her nose a… Read More

A woman from Cook County, Chicago, filed a lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging that a pharmacist gave his recommendation that she take two incompatible drugs, which caused her to lapse into… Read More

On the night of Tuesday, September 13th, an 11-year-old girl was struck by an SUV and pressed against a porch in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. She was walking into a snack shop in the… Read More

The owner of an Arlington Heights barber shop in Chicago, Illinois, died in a September 18 accident when his motorcycle crashed into a vehicle that was turning ahead of him.The motorcycle ri… Read More

Eight people were injured in a chain-reaction collision involving multiple vehicles on the Tri-State Tollway near Gurnee, Illinois, on the evening of September 19.According to Illinois State… Read More

The family of a man who died after being given a drug overdose was awarded $3.3 million in a medical malpractice case against Northwestern Memorial Hospital.Plaintiff Kathryn Howe-Vandelinde… Read More

The parents of a teenager filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging their son died of morphine intoxication due to medical negligence.Tom Steinbacher Sr. and Christine Stein… Read More

A man who suffers from high blood pressure sued a Wal-Mart pharmacy in Cahokia, Illinois, claiming the pharmacist provided him with the incorrect prescription.Leroy Turner filed the lawsuit… Read More

A former elementary school teacher was awarded a settlement of $6 million after she sustained life-altering injuries following a slip and fall accident at a supermarket in 2012. She filed a… Read More

On February 16, three members of an Illinois family were killed when a 21-year-old driver crashed into their vehicle. Piotr Rog, who was also killed in the accident, may have been traveling… Read More

Eight people were injured after a school bus collided with a motorcycle in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. The impact caused the school bus to crash into the fence of a parking lot. E… Read More

On this episode of Chicago Injury Alert, we look at how two men filed a lawsuit against a bar for allegedly over-serving two other customers that led to an altercation that resulted in injur… Read More

A Chicago Heights hospital agreed to pay $15 million to settle a 2013 medical malpractice lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by the family of a 6-year-old girl who sustained severe brain damage… Read More

Pedestrians should be able to cross the street without fearing for their safety. However, pedestrian accidents occur often, due to distracted drivers, speeding vehicles and other reasons. Su… Read More

A motorcyclist and his passenger died after being hit by a car in Belleville, Illinois. Authorities said the two-vehicle crash occurred just before 9 p.m. at the intersection of State Street… Read More

Remember this woman?Remember how much we all admired her?Yeah, well she lost her damn job:The woman’s name is Juli Briskman. Her employer, government contractor Akima LLC, wasn’t… Read More

Briskman was fired for posting ‘obscene’ picture of herself flipping Trump off on social media There was a picture making its way across the internet last week of a lon… Read More

A woman whose decision to flip off President Trump's motorcade resulted in a pink slip now says her old employer used a double standard to make it happen. The hashtag #Her2020 and media atte… Read More

Getty Image Last week, the above image went viral of a woman giving Donald Trump’s motorcade the middle finger, as the president left the Trump National Golf Course in Sterling, Virgin… Read More

This is the picture of Juli Briskman, who saw red last week when she was out cycling and got overtaken by Donald Trump's presidential convoy, on it's way to yet another golf course. As you c… Read More

Washington: Juli Briskman didn’t think twice when she gave US president Donald Trump the finger as his motorcade passed her while she was cycling on a road near his golf club. “H… Read More

Despite losing her job, the 50-year-old says she does not regret "flipping off" the motorcadeA woman pictured raising her middle finger toward US President Donald Trump's motorcade has repor… Read More

Juli Briskman, the woman who gave President Donald Trump's motorcade the finger back in October is speaking out after she said she was fired for the incident that went viral.  The… Read More

Woman Fired For Showing US President Trump 'The Finger' Has No Regrets 2017-11-07 18… Read More

07-11-17.-Una mujer en Estados Unidos fue despedida de su empresa por haber levantado el dedo medio de su mano cuando pasaba la caravana del presidente Donald Trump. The Washington Post rep… Read More

Inside The Mind Of The Trump Voter: Election Night, 2016, One Year After Exactly 1 year ago, officially 62,979,879 Americans, cast their vote for the least qualified Presidential candidate s… Read More

Remember this woman?Remember that she was ultimately fired for expressing an emotion shared by the overall majority ot his country?Yeah, well as I predicted she will not be out of a job for… Read More

Bicyclist @julibriskman, who extended middle finger to @POTUS motorcade says she's been fired from her job, according to @HuffPost. pic.twitter.com/UWlM1BhR1s — Steve Herman (@W7VOA)… Read More

NBC's Megyn Kelly says a Virginia woman who recently made international headlines for giving President Trump's motorcade the middle finger represents "what America is all about." Juli Briskm… Read More

Juli Briskman, a 50 -year-old mother of two, said sell firm bosses called her in and fired her for smutty gesture A woman whose visualize croaked viral after she raised her middle digit at… Read More

The woman who was shown in a viral photo flipping off President Trump's motorcade as it passed her while she cycled may have gotten fired , but thanks to a GoFundMe campaign , she won't be h… Read More

Late last month, the status of women biking alongside President Donald Trump‘s motorcade extended her middle thumb and became a tribe superstar to the left. Now, she’s out of a… Read More

Juli Briskman, the cyclist who went viral after sticking a middle finger up at Donald Trump's motorcade, has reportedly lost her job due to the act.The mother of two has however not been aba… Read More

Juli Briskman was riding her bicycle on Lowes Island Boulevard mid-afternoon on Oct. 28 when she found herself in the same lane as the motorcade of President Trump, which was leavi… Read More

Juli Briskman recently made headlines when she encountered President Donald Trump’s motorcade on her weekend bike ride. As the motorcade passed her on the left, leaving from President… Read More

Mother of two and cyclist, Juli Briskman, who was sacked after her middle finger photo to Donald Trump’s motorcade went viral has been comforted by Americans. $70,000 in dona… Read More

 A 50-year-old mother-of-two who lost her job earlier this month for sticking a middle finger up at Donald Trump's motorcade has been showered with donations of over $70,000 after a GoF… Read More

Last week there was an interview in the NYT with Uma Thurman about a new play premiering on Broadway this coming year.  And she responded in the same manner the editorial below mentions… Read More

Juli Briskman, la mujer que hizo un gesto obsceno contra el presidente Trump y que fue despedida tras el incidente, ha recibido más de 100 mil dólares en donaciones, reporta Mu… Read More

A woman died after being hit by a car while crossing an intersection in Niles, Illinois. Police said the pedestrian accident occurred as Patricia Dahnke, 63, was walking in the Touhy Avenue… Read More

A $5.5 million settlement was approved in a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Charleston woman who bled to death after a liver surgery. The lawsuit was… Read More

A 10-year-old boy in Aurora, Illinois was injured after being mauled by two pit bulls. Police said they euthanized both dogs thought to be responsible for the attack, just hours after tracki… Read More

Four women were killed after a tractor-trailer rammed into seven vehicles on Interstate-55 in Illinois. The victims ranged in age from 17 to 20. Twelve other people were injured in the accid… Read More

A 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed after a teenager from Naperville, Illinois, allegedly hit her as she was traveling through an intersection. Prosecutors accused the 17-year-old boy of h… Read More