A traffic accident occurred this past Thursday that took the life of a Japanese researcher temporarily working at the University of Illinois Chicago in the cardiology department.

36-year-old Dr. Yuichi Ohki was killed near campus this week when he was struck by an oncoming semitrailer truck.

According to police reports, Dr. Ohki was leaving the school and was only a few blocks away from the lab where he worked when, at approximately 8:45 p.m., he walked into the back portion of a trailer and was struck by the back wheels. 

Medical reports state that Dr. Ohki died from multiple injuries suffered during the accident.  As of right now, no citations have been issued against the truck driver for Dr. Ohki's death.  Police and colleagues suspect that Ohki's accident may have resulted from his lack of familiarity with Chicago's streets and / or with dangerous icy road conditions.

If you or someone you know has been involved in an automobile accident, contact the Chicago automobile accident lawyers of Friedman & Bonebrake, P.C. today at 312-466-8200.

Madison County, Illinois has seen a rise in asbestos cases over the last two years after declining from 2003 to 2006.  Part of the rise has been attributed to cases from outside of Madison County coming to Madison County, which has a large blue collar workforce that make up juries favorable to plaintiffs in the face of corporate defendents.  Additionally, the rise in asbestos cases is expected to continue to rise, as it has over the country.

Although steps have been taken to curb the number of asbestos cases, the numbers still increase.   As a result, new law firms haw spawned just to take advantage of the expected new asbestos cases.  Although a host of factors have contributed to the rise of asbestos cases in Madison County, plaintiffs still have favorable circumstances.

If you live in Chicago and have been affected by asbestos, contact the Chicago personal injury attorneys of Friedman & Bonebrake.  Call us at 312-466-8200 or send us a message here.

Sunday night there was a tragic accident in Chicago. A woman from the Chicago suburb Hoffman Estates is responsible for the crash, which police believe was drinking right before the accident happened.  The woman being charged is twenty-seven year old Stephanie Buzek.  Police are charging her with a DUI, as well as some other serious crimes involved with the death h of the man.

After the accident, Buzek and Sergio Correa were both taken to the Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.  Buzek did not have any major injuries, while Correa was pronounced dead later that morning.

Police are still investigating the crash, but they believe that Buzek, driving drunk rear-ended Correa’s car, forcing him off the road. The crash ended with his death.

Contact a Chicago Accident Lawyer

If you or someone you know has been harmed or injured in an accident, contact the Chicago accident attorneys of Friedman & Bonebrake, P.C. today at 312-466-8200.

On December 14, 2008. the United States Supreme Court ruled that lawsuits against tobacco companies for misleading advertising in relation to light cigarettes are constitutional.  Specifically, the Supreme Court ruled that a state's laws can be used in fighting a tobacco company's claims of lights cigarettes.  The tobacco company defendents were arguing that because federal law prohibits states from regulating aspects of cigarette advertising relating to smoking or health, the claims of the plaintiffs were not allowable.  The majority Supreme Court opinion, however, was that the federal law did not apply when cigarette companies misrepresented their products.

The lawsuit against the tobacco companies was a class action lawsuit.  Three residents from the state of Maine had filed the suit against Altria Group and its Marlboro subsidiary, claiming that the company knew for a very long time that people who smoke light cigarettes take longer puffs.

Cigarettes are a major health risk, and tobacco companies have to make sure that peopel know that and that they do not intentionally mislead the tobacco companies.  For more information, contact the Chicago personal attorney lawyers of Friedman & Bonebrake at 312-466-8200 or by sending them a message from here. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued press release about the urgent nationwide recall of a dietary supplement.  Balanced Health Products, Inc. has recalled its Starcaps Dietary Supplement Capsules due to an undisclosed ingredient, Bumetanide.

Bumetanide is a diuretic that is only available by prescription and is used to treat edema in association with congestive heart failure, hepatic diseases, and renal diseases.  Bumetanide has the potential to cause serious fluid and electrolyte loss and should not be taken by individuals who are allergic to sulfonamides.

The recall affects the following products:

•  lot numbers 12/2009–82866 sold from March 2006 toApril 2007
•  lot numbers 12/2010-83801 sold from May 2007 to June 2008

All of the affected products were sold both in-stores and online, and were all distributed in 30 capsule plastic bottles.

If you or someone you know has been harmed or injured in any way by medication error, contact the Chicago product liability attorneys of Friedman & Bonebrake, P.C. today at 312-466-8200.