Recent Articles

Traumatic Brain Injury-Release Signed-Mutual Mistake of Fact

Edmund Scanlan
March 17, 2012 00:40

Recently I settled an Illinois traumatic brain injury lawsuit immediately before trial for $800,000. This case was complicated by the fact that the 19 year old male passenger in a car struck by a truck pulling off a stop sign actually signed a release settling his claim with the claims adjustor...

Online Prescriptions Are Becoming A Public Health Threat

Edmund Scanlan
March 04, 2012 21:12

Purchasing prescription drugs over the internet without a valid prescription is shockingly simple. An internet connection, a credit card and basic Google skills are all you need to have prescription drugs delivered to your front door. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) issued...

Illinois Wrongful Death - "In-Concert Liability"?

Edmund Scanlan
February 13, 2012 17:01

A tragic accident on Interstate 290 in Addison, Illinois occurred early Saturday morning February, 11, 2012, when a 32 year old intoxicated man, leaving a work-related event, drove his car into a stopped squad car that had been waiting for a tow truck as a result of a previous collision.. A 42...

Keeping Illinois DePuy Hip Implant Lawsuits in State Court

Edmund Scanlan
February 12, 2012 23:47

Illinois attorneys representing clients who have had recalled DePuy hip prosthesis implanted, should be aware that these lawsuits can be kept in the state courts. Care must be taken in drafting the complaint and attention should be paid to federal civil procedural deadlines regarding remanding a...

Online Malpractice Is Criminal

Edmund Scanlan
December 06, 2011 00:04

The business of prescribing and shipping prescription medications over the internet has been used by physicians and pharmacists to ship medication out of state based solely on an online questionnaire. This can be and frequently is a violation of federal law, and if it is intentional it is a...

DePuy Hip Implant Dangers and Recall

Edmund Scanlan
April 05, 2011 18:56

Illinois product liability lawyers need to be aware of the August 2010 recall by DePuy Orthopedics of its defective metal-on-metal hip implant systems. The two hip implant systems recalled are the: (1) ASR XL Acetabular System, and (2) ASR Hip Replacement System, which first became available in...

Online Physician and Pharmacy Malpractice

Edmund Scanlan
March 16, 2011 00:55

Physicians who prescribe drugs over the internet without seeing the patient and the pharmacies that fill and ship the drugs have sought to evade criminal and civil liability by prescribing non controlled substances. The DEA enforces the Federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 80 et seq.)...

Illinois Enshrines "The Natural Accumulation Rule"

Edmund Scanlan
December 11, 2010 22:31

Illinois personal injury lawyers representing clients who are injured slipping on snow or ice will now find that the likelihood of obtaining compensation for the client is remote. In Krywin v. Chicago Transit Authority, 238 Ill. 2d 215, 2010 WL...Illinois personal injury lawyers representing...

Illinois Enshrines "The Natural Accumulation Rule"

Edmund Scanlan
November 12, 2010 17:24

Illinois personal injury lawyers representing clients who are injured slipping on snow or ice will now find that the likelihood of obtaining compensation for the client is remote. In Krywin v. Chicago Transit Authority, 238 Ill. 2d 215, 2010 WL 2780319, (2010), the Illinois Supreme Court held: ...

Illinois Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims

Edmund Scanlan
September 04, 2010 01:24

Illinois car accident attorneys should be aware of two recent opinions which expand the rights of injured parties to recover in uninsured motorist and underinsured motorist claims: (1) Uninsured Motorist claims - Nicholson v. State Farm Ins. Co., 2010 WL...Illinois car accident attorneys should be...