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Police Misconduct: CPD Sergeant linked to Watts Probe stripped of Police Duties
Sergeant Alvin Jones, a veteran of the Chicago Police Department, has been stripped of his police powers and placed on administrative duty as part of an ongoing investigation into a CPD tactical team that operated on Chicago’s South Side. The investigation...
Funding Boost leads to more Chicago Nursing Home Resident Advocates
The City of Chicago operates an office called the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, which is housed within the City’s Department of Family and Support Services. Advocates within the office represent residents of 158 nursing homes in Chicago, and investigate a...
Illinois Passes Prejudgment Interest Bill
On May 28, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed into law a prejudgment interest bill. See 735 ILCS 5/2-1303. Under the new law, six percent interest will begin to accrue on all personal injury and wrongful death actions on the date the action is filed. However, the...
Nursing Home Owners Profit while many Residents Suffer during Pandemic
The Chicago Sun Times recently published a fantastic article written by several Illinois lawmakers about the tragic problems facing the nursing home industry in Illinois. Below are some important highlights: More than 10,400 Illinois nursing home residents died from...
Fatal Tesla Crash seen as Reality Check for Self-Driving Car Technology
On April 17, 2021, two passenger’s of a Tesla vehicle were killed in a crash in Texas. The crash occurred when the vehicle came around a curve at a high rate of speed and collided with a tree. Reports of the accident suggest that no one was in the driver’s...
Chicago Police fatally shoot 13-year-old Boy
A Chicago police officer has been placed on administrative duty after fatally shooting a teenager in the Little Village neighborhood on Chicago’s west side. The confrontation came after police responded to a call of “shots fired” around 2:00 a.m. on...
As Illinois COVID-19 Cases Drop, Nursing Homes begin allowing In-Person Visits
According to a report by The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, COVID-related cases and deaths in nursing homes are down since residents and staff have been receiving the vaccine. In December 2020, during the pandemic's peak,...
U.S. Supreme Court widens Ability to sue Police Officers for Excessive Force
Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in favor of a woman suing police officers for excessive force after they shot her while executing an arrest warrant. The case, Torres v. Madrid, arose after police officers in New Mexico attempted to arrested...
Illinois Legislature Passes Prejudgment Interest Bill
On January 13, 2021, the Illinois legislature passed House Bill 3360, which, if signed into law, will impose a nine percent annual nine percent prejudgment interest rate on personal injury and wrongful death actions. The bill provides that the nine percent interest...