In October 2007, John Walls suffered a work injury at I-Maxx Metalworks Inc. when “a stair stringer and/or perimeter cable protection failed.” Walls filed suit against I-Maxx, Turner Construction, Frontier Construction and against Waukegan Steel Sales. The lawsuit alleged that Waukegan Steel negligently chose not manage, operate and maintain the work…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Cold Drawn Inc., a St. Louis steel manufacturer, for $52,000 after finding more than two dozen safety violations. OSHA investigated a worker’s electrocution at the St. Louis Cold Drawn plant. Cold Drawn manufactures cold-finished steel bars at plants…
Hubert Walker represented a class of truck owner-operators who sued Trailer Transit Inc., a broker of trucking services, for breach of contract. The lawsuit was filed in an Indiana state court. The underlying lawsuit concerned a lease agreement between Walker, who owned and operated a long-haul truck and trailer transit. Under the…
The Illinois Appellate Court has upheld a $1.9 million Cook County jury verdict for injuries to a man who was riding his bike on a city street that was under construction. In July 2007, the city of Chicago was resurfacing an intersection, which altered the otherwise safe bicycle path. While under…
Marbella Smilovitz, 51, brought her car to the defendant McGrath City Honda for repairs to fix a flat tire. It was July 31, 2010. The dealership is located at 6720 W. Grand Avenue, Chicago, Ill. The McGrath employees brought Smilovitz to her car in the service area to show her…
On June 3, 2008, the plaintiff, Richard Girden, who was a right side rear-seat passenger in a Land Rover, was stopped on southbound Route 59 at 119th Street in Will County, Ill. Another vehicle, driven by Fidel Ramirez, was stopped behind the Land Rover. The Girden vehicle had been stopped…
Cynthia Madden was killed by a BNSF train after her car stalled on the railway crossing in May 2007 near Moline, Illinois. The Madden family brought a lawsuit against the railroad claiming negligence, specifically that the warning indicators for the train approach had all occurred fewer than 20 seconds before the…
The amendment to the Illinois Vehicle Code expands the existing ban on e-mailing while driving. The new act goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2014. The law prohibits the use of all electronic communication devices while driving with a few narrow exceptions. Except for hands-free telephone use, GPS navigation, CB…
On April 10, 2010, Daniel Coile, 33, went to Shepherd’s Closet, a store, to pick up a desk purchased by his mother. Coile was told that he would need to load the desk into his car by way of a loading dock at the rear of the store. Shepherd’s Closet or…
Kreisman Law Offices’ attorney Robert Kreisman has completed the mediation skills training certificate program at Northwestern University. The 40-hour, five-day intensive training was completed on Oct. 4, 2013. In acquiring these training skills, Robert Kreisman will offer his services as a mediator, a facilitator mediator, arbitrator and evaluative mediator in civil…