Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog

An Illinois wrongful death lawsuit was recently filed on behalf of a man who died while working for a railroad company in Norfolk Illinois, earlier this year. According to The Madison St. Clair Record, the decedent’s wife alleges that her husband was pinned between two railcars, causing him to suffer severe injuries and pain before a gruesome death.

At the time of the accident, the man was acting in the scope of his job while riding the side of a gondola car and training another conductor. The family of the deceased has filed suit against the railroad company, saying that it negligently failed to provide him with safe tools and a safe work environment.

Because of the incident, not only did the man sustain conscious pain before his death and mutilation to his body, but it left his family incomplete as well. His family, including a wife and two sons, now suffers from the loss of his companionship and the financial support he would have been able to provide for his family.

Our Chicago personal injury attorneys have handled a number of cases representing employees who have been injured because employers failed to maintain safe working environments. For example, we obtained a $5.7 million settlement for a 27 year-old roofer who suffered paralysis from a workplace injury as a result of a general contractor’s failure to provide appropriate safety devices, and a $4.5 million settlement for a deckhand whose leg was crushed between two barges, which forced him to undergo an above-the-knee amputation. Work injury lawsuits allow victims to recover compensation and send a message to employers that workplace negligence is unacceptable. If or a loved one has been seriously injured at work due to negligence, we can fight for your rights too.

Our Chicago food poisoning attorneys recently learned of a new food recall. According to a report on CNN this week, the Chicago-based food company, Vita Food Products, is recalling more than 8,000 packages of its smoked salmon as a result of contamination. The recall specifically targets the Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon, which the company says may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Listeria monocytogenes is a food poisoning bacteria that causes a condition called Listerosis. Listeriosis affects mainly pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and adults with lowered immune systems. When pregnant women are infected with Listeria monocytogenes the infection can result in premature delivery, miscarriages, or stillbirth. Additionally, if a pregnant woman is exposed to contaminated food during pregnancy, the child can be born with Listeriosis.

The salmon packages were sold across the country, to different chains of grocery stores in multiple states. According to CNN, grocery stores that are known to have received the salmon include Publix in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida; Safeway in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia and California; Genuardi's in Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; and Winn Dixie in Florida. Nevertheless, Vita Food Products is a Chicago-based company, and the enormous range of distribution may mean that other grocery stores have contaminated packages.

Although no cases of infection have been reported to date, symptoms of Listerosis include fever, muscle aches, nausea, diarrhea, and other flu-like symptoms. If the bacteria is allowed to spread to the central nervous system, the individual may experience symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or even convulsions.

A doctor will be able to diagnose if you have been infected with Listerosis, but if you or a loved one have suffered serious injuries as result of having been exposed to contaminated foods, our Chicago personal injury attorneys may be able to help you determine your rights. Our Illinois food poisoning lawyers have the skill, knowledge, and experience to fight for your rights.

Our Chicago personal injury attorneys understand the dangers that are often associated with swimming pools. However, many Illinois residents are unaware that the same risks come with portable pools, including inflatable pools, or what many people call kiddie-pools.

Although portable pools may seem like a low-cost, harmless source of summer fun, our Illinois pool injury attorneys read with sadness a study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy, citing the fact that these pools may be much more dangerous than parents realize. Because of the pools’ small size, and because they are targeted for use by children, parents are often unaware of the potential dangers posed by these pools.

In the study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy, researchers studied a number of case files in which children had drowned or been seriously harmed when using a portable pool. Devastatingly, the majority of children whose cases were studied were younger than five years-old. At this age, children need a higher level of supervision, and are far more likely to sustain injuries or drown, if left on their own.

However, even if an adult is supervising, that may not be enough. The adult in charge of watching the child must be able to give his or her undivided attention. In 18 percent of the cases analyzed in this study, a short lapse in the adult’s attention was enough time to put the child in danger. Even if the adult only looks away for a moment to answer the phone or socialize with neighbors, “it only takes a couple of minutes and a few inches of water for a child to drown,” says Dr. Gary A. Smith, senior author of the study.

In order to prevent these tragedies, “it is important for parents to realize that portable pools can be just as dangerous as in-ground pools,” advises Dr. Smith. So what can you do to protect yourself? Know the dangers associated with portable pools, and if you decide to let your child enjoy a portable pool, make sure you set aside enough time to give them your complete attention. By following these two simple rules, you can save yourself the agony of the potential injury or death that is otherwise provided by this fun, summertime activity.

Our Chicago personal injury attorneys recently read about an update recently issued by the FDA regarding serious complications associated with transvaginal placement of surgical mesh. According to the FDA’s website, surgical mesh is a medical device that is generally used to repair weakened or damaged tissue, and can be used to repair a weakened vaginal wall, or support the urethra or bladder neck during a procedure for urinary incontinence.

However, the FDA’s latest updated analysis shows that complications and adverse effects are not rare in cases involving the use of surgical mesh in vaginal surgical procedures. Based on this study, results show that problems associated with the use of surgical mesh for transvaginal repair may be a cause for serious concern.

The most common complications reported in the analysis were mesh erosion through the vagina, pain, infection, bleeding, pain during sexual intercourse, organ perforation, and urinary problems. There were also reports of recurrent prolapse, neuro-muscular problems, vaginal scarring/shrinkage, as well as emotional problems. Many of these problems require additional or supplemental surgical and medical treatment, and may incur costly medical bills.

However, these difficulties aren’t limited to the women who experience the pain first-hand; the study revealed that male sexual partners may also experience irritation and pain to the penis during sexual intercourse when the mesh is exposed in mesh erosion.

To date, there has not been any brand of surgical mesh in particular that appears to cause harmful results more than any other – all brands of surgical mesh seem to have equal rates of failure, and are equally likely to cause pain and suffering to the patients who are the victim of this faulty product.

When defective products cause consumers or patients to suffer serious injuries or death, victims have a right to hold manufacturers, medical device and drug companies responsible. Women suffering from complications may be able to file a claim to recover compensation for their injuries If you or someone you love is suffering from complications from surgical mesh, our Illinois personal injury attorneys may be able to help you understand your rights. Our Chicago medical malpractice attorneys are diligently researching the prognoses of injuries from transvaginal surgical mesh complications, and are well qualified to fight for your rights.

Our Chicago personal injury attorneys read with interest a new study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy that has revealed a frightening statistic: each year in the United States alone, approximately 5,200 children sustain injuries in falls from windows.

That’s roughly 14 children every day who suffer injuries from window falls. Although on the surface windows may seem like an obvious hazard for small children, many parents may not be aware of the seriousness of the risks involved and the damage that may occur.

According to the study’s senior author, Gary Smith, MD, PhD, one out of every four children in the study was hospitalized as a result of the fall from the window, and two-thirds of these injuries occurred among children younger than five years-old. Younger children are at the highest risk and suffer more brain injuries than older children. These accidents have the potential to be devastating.

This study is the first of its kind, demonstrating the potential and consequences of these injuries nationwide. Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy collected and analyzed data from emergency rooms across the country from 98,415 injured in window falls between 1990 and 2008.

The study further suggests that the problem is not just limited to urban high-rise structures, and showed that many children were harmed in falls from first- and second-story windows. In fact, One- and two-story falls made up 94 percent of the cases where the height of the fall was recorded. "This is more than just a big-city problem," said Smith.

In order to solve this problem, public awareness needs to be raised, and steps need to be taken to prevent falls. Our Chicago injury lawyers know that home and property owners have a responsibility for maintaining the safety of their homes; it’s what’s known as premises liability law, and it covers injuries that occur on the property, including falls from windows. Once people become aware of the potential danger of window falls, they can take the steps necessary to prevent the falls from occurring. Parents should warn children of the dangers of sitting or standing near windows, and can purchase window guards for their own homes to avoid falls.

If you or someone you love has a child who has suffered injuries from a fall from a window, our Illinois personal injury attorneys may be able to help you better understand your rights.

Falls from windows can be a devastating occurrence, but with careful precautionary tactics, they don’t have to happen to you.

A mechanic is the defendant of a recent personal injury lawsuit filed after he allegedly set fire to a transient man because he was upset that the man would not leave the area. He is contended to have committed the unthinkably horrendous act against a 64 year-old military veteran who spent half of a year in the hospital after the fire attack. The 64 year-old veteran fire victim suffered third-degree burns over almost fifteen percent of his body, primarily on his hands and face. The fire victim personal injury lawsuit was filed last week and seeks punitive damages for negligence, intentional tort, negligent infliction of emotional distress and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the 33 year-old man and his employer, the Firestone Complete Auto Care. The defendant was working as a mechanic at the Firestone when he saw the plaintiff in an alley behind the auto shop. He became irate because he had warned the plaintiff to leave and not return two days prior.

The 64 year-old victim’s medical expenses incurred exceed $1.5 million to date. The lawsuit contends that the physical pain, scars, and emotional distress caused in the horrific fire incident will be with him for the rest of his life. The personal injury lawsuit alleges that the employer should be held responsible for the actions of the defendant since his actions were performed within the course of their employment. In a statement, the employer denied any responsibility for the fire attack on the veteran. They further acknowledged that the incident was appalling and senseless, but further described that “it was the result of a personal dispute between [the plaintiff and the defendant], who was sent to prison after being convicted of the criminal acts.” As such, they allege that the personal injury lawsuit filed against the employer is without merit.

Read more about the personal injury lawsuit by visiting The Orange County Register.

A Chicago man recalled his experience of sustaining personal injuries from the dangerous flaming gel fuel. He told the Chicago Tribune that he remembered seeing a fireball go towards him and when he tried to shield his face, the flaming gel covered his face, arm, and shirt. The 31 year-old Lakeview Chicago man was merely attending a housewarming party for a friend in Chicago. The friend had his deck decorated for the housewarming party, including a decorative table to hold a flame in the middle. The dangerous flame is fueled by a gel that comes out of a bottle and burns without a wick. When the flame went out or got low, his friend added more gel, causing the explosion to occur and spraying burning gel onto the Chicago personal injury victim as he sat a few feet away.

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Just after 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 15, Aurora firefighters responded to an apartment fire that left nine families homeless and killed six individuals. The fire broke out at 760 Claim Street, and though ten people were rescued from the three-story apartment building, the damage left behind is devastating.

This past Wednesday, our Illinois personal injury attorneys filed suit on behalf of the victims of the Aurora Claim Street Fire alleging that the owners and operators of the apartment building maintained a defective structure that didn’t have enough smoke detectors or other precautionary implements to prevent fires, or reduce the damage caused once a fire started.

The complaint was filed on behalf of the families of the six people killed in the fire — Cristina Dominguez and her 8-month-old son; Micaela Perez, her husband Francisco Marcos Sr., and their sons, kindergartner Francisco Marcos Jr., and fourth-grader Jose Marcos — as well as two other children who sustained injuries from the fire.

The Aurora personal injury lawsuit holds Wisconsin-based building owners Jose and Lucilla Ayala and maintenance employees Ruben Renteria and Rodolfo Corral responsible for the damage caused by the blaze. The lawsuit alleges that Ayalas, Renteria and Corral are liable based on the fact that they knowingly ran a defective and improperly designed building, failed to instruct residents on what to do in a fire emergency, as well as a number of other deficiencies listed in the claim, such as “failing to install, maintain and inspect smoke detectors; failing to provide occupants with “adequate and appropriate instructions on the use of the required smoke detectors; failing to provide emergency instructions to occupants of each unit; and for allowing a negligent and careless design to the buildings’ top two floors.”

In general, owners and operators of a building have a responsibility to maintain safe premises, and if they fail to do so, can be held liable for injuries that occur on the property. Premises Liability Law is the body of law that holds a person responsible for injuries that occur on his or her property. In this case, the victims of the fire have the right to file suit against the Aurora apartment building owners and operators because by failing to maintain a safe facility, the owners and operators are responsible for the damage caused by the resulting fire.

Our Chicago personal injury attorneys will continue the investigation as they persist in fighting for the rights of the victims of this devastating tragedy.

An Illinois man alleges that he was hurt by a falling piece of concrete while working at a refinery. The man filed an Illinois personal injury lawsuit earlier this month in Madison County Circuit Court against the construction company and other defendants. He was working as a pipefitter and welder and was working in a trench when a large section of concrete built to hold the excavating machinery broke off and fell into the trench. The personal injury plaintiff alleges that he was unable to escape the falling debris and it knocked him to the ground. He states that he sustained serious injuries to his back during the injury. The Illinois plaintiff is asking to be paid more than $400,000 in damages for medical expenses and lost wages along with court costs.

Individuals have a right to a safe and healthful workplace and may receive benefits under workers’ compensation if they have suffered an injury on the job. Employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance coverage and should give their employees a workers’ compensation claim to complete and return. According to state law, a workers’ compensation claim is the remedy when an employee sustains an on-the-job injury, which means that an injured worker cannot file a negligence lawsuit against his or her employer or co-worker. But, if a workers’ compensation claim arises as the result of the negligence of another person, a door opens to another area of recovery. A personal injury lawsuit can be filed against the third party in addition to the workers’ compensation claim. For example, our Chicago personal injury lawyers represent clients in cases where negligence caused their serious personal injury or wrongful death. We recently represented a 27 year-old roofer in an Illinois workplace injury who was paralyzed when he fell from a roof as a result of the general contractor’s failure to provide appropriate safety devices. The workplace negligence lawsuit was resolved with the 27 year-old injured man receiving a $5.7 million settlement.

To read more about the Illinois personal injury lawsuit, visit the Madison Record.

At least five people died and more than 40 were injured when a concert stage collapsed during a storm at a state fair in Indianapolis. Many of those injured were said to have suffered brain injuries and broken bones.

The cause of the collapse has been attributed partly to a sudden gust of wind that toppled the rigging and caused the steel scaffolding to fall into the front section of the audience. According to witnesses, moments before the storm struck an announcement was made that severe weather was possible and instructions were given to the crowd on what to do if an evacuation was required.

Some speculate that the failure to adequately secure a concert stage rigging caused its collapse in the face of strong winds. In situations like this, concert promoters are typically responsible for providing the staging and may bear some responsibility for the tragic events. Much speculation has arisen in regards to whether concert promoters were aware of the potential dangerous weather that day. According to the article, Indianapolis Tragedy Not a Fluke, meteorologists maintained that the threat of damaging and powerful winds was known days before the fair. In fact, a severe thunderstorm watch was issued for all of central Indiana on the day of the event.

If the whether was foreseeable, as stated by numerous meteorologists, then the question remains – was appropriate outdoor stage rigging in place?

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Our Chicago personal injury lawyers were so sad to read about the three year-old Illinois boy who is now hospitalized after being pulled from a swimming pool late last week. The Illinois pool accident happened near Collinsville, Illinois in the 1200 block of South Clinton Road in St. Clair County, Illinois. Illinois fire personnel indicated that the drowning victim was unconscious and unresponsive. No further information was available about the boy’s health and condition at the time.

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A Chicago medical malpractice lawsuit involving a former police officer against the nurses who treated them has been settled for $17.7 million by a Cook County judge. Represented through his brother by Chicago personal injury lawyers Steven M. Levin and Margaret P. Battersby, the settlement marks the end of a five year road after the Illinois police officer plaintiff suffered an injury that put him in the neurosurgical intensive care unit at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago. The victim was taken to the UIC Medical Center after suffering a personal injury he received while on the job. He had hit his head on a curb after being thrown over a car while responding to a disturbance call outside of a local bar. Later, the victim suffered a stroke and was taken to the hospital. To drain excess fluid from the victim’s brain, physicians inserted an external ventricular drain. The nursing staff, however, failed to properly monitor the victim’s intracranial pressure during this period. The victim’s brain pressure rose to a dangerous level overnight and the staff failed to notify the physician on duty until the plaintiff victim had already suffered a major brain injury.

The plaintiff, a former police officer in Stone Park, Illinois, is now a quadriplegic and cannot communicate. He filed Illinois medical malpractice lawsuits against several nurses and a health-care staffing company alleging that their negligence caused the Illinois medical malpractice victim’s quadriplegia. It is a tragic fact that the former Stone Park police officer will never be the same again. While money will not make the victim whole by reversing his injuries of brain damage and quadriplegia, it will help to afford his care. Chicago medical malpractice lawyer Steve Levin reported that he was happy that the adverse parties were able to reach a medical malpractice settlement with the assistance of Cook County Circuit Court Judge. He stated, “I think it’s a very sad and tragic case that could have easily been avoided had basic nursing functions been performed properly.”

Read more about the Illinois medical malpractice settlement, visit the Chicago Law Bulletin.

The Attorney General of Illinois, The Honorable Lisa Madigan, issued an urgent request today about a dangerous product. She is calling on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban the sale of gel fuel products used in portable fire pots. The ceramic fire pots that use the gel fuel have been around for nearly two decades; however, more recently, they have been popularly used to create ambience and repel mosquitoes and other bugs. You have probably seen them or maybe your friends have them. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan told reporters yesterday during a press conference at the State of Illinois building (Thompson Center) in downtown Chicago that the problem with the fuel gels is that they are usually sold in conjunction with a fire pot. These fire pots have a metal container that you pour the fuel gel into and then you ignite that fuel gel and put it outside. But, for many people, they do not think the fuel gel is lit when it actually is and they end up pouring more of the fuel gel into the fire pot. When they have done this, Madigan says, “it has horrible consequences.”

Attorney General Madigan addressed that an alarming number of people in the state of Illinois and across the country have been gel fuel victims. One of them was Chicago resident Jeff Sipple who received serious personal injuries while he was an innocent bystander at a social gathering. The Chicago personal injury lawyers were shocked to read that he was probably seven to ten feet away from the fire pot. Mr. Sipple stated that he thinks it is important for people to know that it was not somebody playing around. He was distanced from the fire pot and it burst into a ball and actually lit the left side of Mr. Sipple’s body on fire, causing serious Chicago burn injuries. Mr. Sipple explained that when he was trying to put out the fire, he also tried to stop, drop, and roll. The most haunting part of the Chicago personal injury victim’s story is describing how hard it was to put the fire pot out. He explained that “it’s lighting the stuff that we’re touching on fire. It’s a pretty harrowing experience.” There are several manufacturers of the fuel gel on the market and Illinois Attorney General Madigan is calling on the safety commission to ban all of them immediately.

Watch the video of Illinois Attorney General Madigan’s press conference about the dangerous product below.

As Chicago nursing home abuse lawyers who have brought nursing home lawsuits against defendant nursing home ManorCare, we were happy to see that a jury awarded a large verdict to a family who suffered the loss of their family member due to nursing home abuse and neglect. The jury awarded the $91.5 million in damages to the family of a 87-year-old woman who died after her stay at a Heartland, a facility owned by ManorCare, Inc.. The jury ruled that the ManorCare facility failed to feed and care for the 87 year-old woman, who later died of complications from dehydration after she departed the Heartland of Charleston nursing home. Lawyers for the wrongful death victim’s son argued that during the woman’s three-week stay at the ManorCare nursing home, staffers confined the 87 year-old woman to a wheelchair even though she was able to ambulate. The nursing home staff testified that the nursing home was so grossly understaffed that it was impossible to provide proper care for all nursing home residents. An attorney for the nursing home reported that the nurses did all they could to care for the 87 year-old woman.

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Our Chicago medical malpractice lawyers have always pushed for more public disclosure so that consumers can make reasonable choices as to their medical care. A new article stresses the importance of public disclosure even more so. A recent USA Today report exposed a significant discrepancy between the 120 hospitals given top marks by patients for providing excellent care and their darker distinction: they have high death rates for heart attacks, heart failure, or pneumonia. The USA Today analyzed Medicare data, offering insight into the relationship of patients’ and consumers’ perceptions of the quality of care that they receive from hospitals and more objective measures that influence medical malpractice, such as hospitals’ death and readmission rates. The director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services remarked that these findings are extremely important. He added that patient-survey data offers a look into how it feels to be a patient at different hospitals; however, he also stated that patients’ perceptions do not tell the entire story. Other factors can impact perceptions and performance. Over the past 10 years, patients, employers, insurers, and the federal government have demanded public disclosure of health care data due to rising healthcare costs and a flood of complex therapies. With this outflow of public information, patient consumers, insurance companies, and physicians can make better choices about where to obtain medical care.

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Automobile accidents can happen at any time – one of the reasons why they are called “accidents” is because they are unexpected. Questions arise if one or both of the drivers do not have car insurance. But, Chicago drivers certainly hope that if they are victims in an Illinois motor vehicle accident that the other driver has insurance. As Chicago personal injury lawyer Susan Novosad reported, she recently represented five motor vehicle accident victims in Chicago motor vehicle lawsuit settlements for the limits of each policy. She pointed out that often times, defendants do not have sufficient coverage to compensate the plaintiffs for their personal injuries and advised drivers to protect themselves with uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage to their policies. While Ms. Novosad addressed the underinsured, what if the motorist has no insurance at all? Across the United States, chances are roughly one in seven that a driver is uninsured, according to estimates released in April.

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Our Illinois swimming pool attorneys know that summer always brings a string of drownings and near-drownings across our area. As local residents attempt to beat the summer heat, many people flock to wherever they can stay cool and enjoy afternoon fun. Often that means that they end in their backyard pools, public pools, water parks, and at similar places.

Unfortunately, far too many owners and operators of those public spaces fail to take the steps necessary to keep the water experience safe. When that happens, young children are often caught in the crosshairs. For example, the Beacon News reported yesterday on a tragic Illinois swimming pool accident that took the life of a two-year Aurora child. According to reports the young child was at a home apparently used for daycare services when she fell into an above ground swimming pool in the backyard. The home belonged to a 36-year old woman who was the only adult home at the time.

The woman noticed that the child was missing and then saw that an interior door leading to an attached garage was opened. She followed that to the backyard before eventually checking in the pool and finding the child in the water. She pulled her from the pool, called 911 and began administering CPR. Emergency crews rushed to the scene, but little could be done for the child. She died at a nearby hospital shortly afterwards.

Investigators descended on the scene after the accident. They noticed that the woman was caring for a total of seven children at the time of the accident—not counting three children of her own. According to the report, police believe that the woman may have been operating as a day-care without a license. As is common following accidents of this nature, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services are investigating the tragedy.

Our Chicago pool accident attorneys have represented families who have lost loved ones in water accidents. Even though the dangers posed by pools are known by most, many individuals who control swimming pools do not act appropriately to keep them safe.

The first line of defense when it comes to preventing swimming accident is proper supervision. All those charged with caring for children near the water—from parents to lifeguards and camp counselors—must keep an eye on the children at all times. Part of this duty involves insuring that there are not too many children in a pool at once that prevents proper supervision. Overcrowding is a common problem in many public pools which makes it impossible for lifeguards to properly monitor water conditions and identify when a child is in danger.

Besides supervision, pool operators must also keep the pool in safe condition. In part that means that all swimming pools need proper fencing and working locks on those gates. For example, this latest Aurora drowning accident might have been prevented if the toddler was unable to access the water through the pool gate. Even seemingly simple steps can be the difference between life and death.

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Our Chicago motor vehicle accident lawyers recognize that drugged driving is at least as dangerous as drunken driving and is not a risk worth taking on the road when operating heavy and dangerous machinery. A recent ruling issued by the Supreme Court of Illinois supports this contention and has given prosecutors a new weapon in driving-under-the-influence (DUI) cases. Now, prosecutors in the State of Illinois have the ability to upgrade charges against Illinois defendants when small traces of drugs are found in motorists’ systems after a crash, even if there is no evidence that they were impaired at the time. The Illinois Supreme Court Justices stated in their ruling that drivers even with the slightest remnant of an illegal drug in their bodies should be found guilty of a felony if their bad driving caused a Chicago car crash.

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