BLOOMINGTON — Families with a child with a disability may find it easier to save for future expenses, thanks to a program that has expanded to Illinois.
Source: Saving easier for people with disabilities, treasurer says | Local News | pantagraph.com
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This is an important change for people who have children that receive SSI benefits. Make sure that you check into this option to help your children or grandchildren.
CHICAGO — The wife of the pilot killed in a 2015 plane crash that killed six other people after it was unable to land at Central Illinois Regional Airport has
Source: Pilot’s wife sues 5 companies in fatal 2015 air crash | Local News | pantagraph.com
The lawsuit focuses on the maker of the engine, the companies who performed repairs and maintained the airplane. It must be proven that there was some problem with the engine or the repairs that caused the crash.
A lawyer for the family of a former Clinton woman who died last week after a suspected suicide attempt in March at the Sangamon County Jail says local and state officials failed to properly care for the woman’s mental illnesses.“I don’t think there’s any question that she shouldn’t have been brought to the jail,” Alan Mills, executive director of the Chicago-based Uptown People’s Law Center, told The State Journal-Register.Mills, a lawyer representing the family of Tiffany Rusher,
Source: Police investigating suicide attempt at Sangamon Co. Jail; former inmate dead
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This is most likely become a more prevalent issue due to Illinois funding problems for mental health treatment. The question will be how do you take care of a mentally ill person who may endanger others and herself. Legally the question is did jail personnel follow standard procedure in caring for this mentally ill woman.
Source: Driver who was allegedly texting kills 13 elderly churchgoers – AOL News
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Texas law does not prohibit texting according to the article. The victims families may still argue that driver was negligent because he was texting and not paying attention to the road.
Explosion sent boiler from box company nearly a block, where it crashed into the offices of a laundry company.
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Horrible accident. There are multiple claims in this type of tragedy. OSHA claims, wrongful death lawsuits, workers’ compensation claims, potential products liability, third party claims.