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Illinois families with elderly relatives may be interested in learning more about nursing home abuse, as described by the National Center on Elder Abuse. The term elder abuse was first defined by guidelines issued by the federal government in 1987, but each state still has its own regulations and statutes governing these types of…

Illinois readers may be saddened to learn that 147 children under 14 years of age died as a result of playground accidents in the decade between 1990 and 2000. Over 200,000 children in this age bracket are given medical treatment in emergency rooms for playground injuries, costing $1.2 billion in a single year. Playground…

There are approximately 1.6 million residents in nursing homes in Illinois and around the country. Several studies indicate that problems due largely to inadequate staffing plague some of the 17,000 nursing homes in existence. In 1987, a federal law was passed aimed at ensuring that nursing home residents receive adequate nutrition. Despite this, about…

Thousands of Illinois residents make the difficult decision to place a relative in the care of a nursing home each year. Families often carefully select a skilled nursing facility that is equipped to provide proper, professional care for their loved one. However, a new research study found that one in five nursing home residents…

Elder abuse is a large problem that may go unnoticed by professionals or unreported by victims. In many cases, victims refuse to report the abuse because they fear retaliation or don’t want to get a family member in trouble. Recently published statistics regarding elder abuse found that roughly 10 percent of elderly adults were…

An 80-year-old Illinois woman is asking for over $50,000 and court costs following a fall at a dialysis center. According to the woman, she was asked to step on a scale at the center on June 23 for the purpose of being weighed. The woman says the scale tipped over, and she fell to…

A woman who allegedly suffered injuries to her back, hand, left leg and left shoulder after tripping in a Hoffman Estate parking lot is suing multiple individuals and organizations, including AT&T, Harper College, a property manager and a record title owner. The lawsuit, which was filed on Oct. 29, 2012, claims that an overhead…

A Chicago bar was the scene of an altercation on Oct. 20, 2012, that has now led to a personal injury lawsuit by a man who claims to have been hurt by the security staff of the establishment. The lawsuit was filed exactly two years after the incident occurred. The suit states that the…

According to a civil complaint filed in Cook County Circuit Court, a Chicago-area charter school teacher is suing Otis Elevator, Schindler Elevator, Stonewater One North State Funding and Transwestern for damages in excess of $50,000. The complaint, filed Dec. 16, 2013, alleges that the woman’s hand and arm were badly injured when the elevator…

It was reported on Oct. 14 that an Illinois woman filed a lawsuit against her father’s landlord and the realty group that owned the building after a flood occurred in the basement apartment the father was renting. The woman claimed that the landlord refused to take care of the water, causing the woman’s father…