The family of a Decatur woman killed in a crash with an Illinois State Police trooper has filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit.
Source: Family of woman killed in state trooper crash files lawsuit
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Even State Police may be subject to a lawsuit if they are negligent in their actions.
Award tied to an $80 million settlement between the SEC and Monsanto in February
Source: SEC awards $22 million to Monsanto whistleblower | Business | stltoday.com
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The recent change in the law allows whistleblowers to participate in financial reward from Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) fines. Gives incentive for insiders to report wrongdoing that may be very difficult to uncover or may take much longer without their help. Provides relief to the public.
An 8-year-old Springfield girl died Tuesday morning, four days after she was pulled from the swimming pool at the Colony West Swim Club.Jolinda Thompson
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Terrible tragedy. Thoughts and prayers with family and friends.
The general rule for swimming accidents or drownings is that the injured person must show design failure of the pool, some type of hazard created or that the pool staff was negligent in some manner regarding following appropriate safety regulations.
When you examine Arbitrator’s decisions in Illinois Workers’ Compensation cases you will notice that the Arbitrator looks carefully at what is contained in the medical records.
When the injured worker does not mention a work injury to a body part then she will most likely lose her case.
For instance, if the doctor’s report mentions a leg injury but does not refer to a back injury then the injured worker will not be able to recover for the back accident.
Exceptions might be a witness who testifies to the back and leg accident.
Or an injury report that details the back and leg accident.
What happens on the day of the accident is very important. So make sure that you tell everyone can about your work accident and all the body parts that you hurt.
Questions about your Work Comp case? Feel free to contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.
Source: Workers’ Comp Drags Out Medical Care, Injured Workers and their Doctors Say | NBC Bay Area
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This happens in Illinois also. Insurance companies make more money when they deny or delay treatment to injured workers.