A semitruck traveling north on Illinois Route 394 in Crete, Illinois, passed through a red light at the intersection at Steger Road, striking an eastbound vehicle. The driver of the vehicle suffered significant personal injuries as a result of the semitruck crash. The motor vehicle negligence attorneys at Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. have filed a lawsuit […]
Medical Malpractice Results in Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleging Improperly Prescribed Medication
A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the family of a 34-year-old woman whose wrongful death was the result of the ingestion of the drug meperidine, commonly referred to as Demerol, which was being administered through a PCA (patient controlled analgesia) pump. A physician prescribed the medication following the victim’s admission to […]
Motor Vehicle Negligence Lawsuit Filed on behalf of Pedestrian Hit by Truck in Chicago
A pedestrian was traveling west on the sidewalk on Ohio Street in downtown Chicago when the driver of a Chevrolet C1500 drove his vehicle out of an alley and onto the sidewalk, striking him. The motor vehicle negligence attorneys at Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the victim, who suffered serious […]
Aviation Negligence Lawsuit Filed in Piper PA-32R-301T Airplane Crash Case
Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. is representing the family of a Bloomington, Illinois, woman who died, along with four other people, when the airplane they were in impacted terrain while on approach to the Wheeling Ohio County Airport near Wheeling, West Virginia. The aviation negligence lawsuit, which was filed in Cook County, Illinois, alleges that […]
Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., Illinois Nursing Home Neglect Case Featured in Jacksonville Journal Courier
An article including an interview with Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. attorney Paul D. Richter was featured in the Jacksonville Journal Courier on June 10, 2006. Mr. Richter is one of the attorneys representing the family of a 60-year-old woman who died while residing in an Illinois nursing home. The nursing home neglect lawsuit claims alleged failures […]
Nursing Home Neglect Results in Wrongful Death: Medical Negligence Lawsuit Filed
Lawyers from Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. have filed a medical negligence lawsuit on behalf of the next of kin of a woman who died from dehydration while residing in an extended care facility. The medical negligence lawsuit alleges that the nursing home facility in which the woman lived was negligent and did not provide […]
Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., Among Crain’s Chicago Business Illinois Largest Verdicts and Settlements 2005
A $2.9 million settlement for a client of Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. whose 1-year-old baby died as a result of injuries sustained at birth, was noted in the Crain’s Chicago Business Illinois Largest Verdicts and Settlements 2005. The baby was born sick and depressed at a Chicago-area hospital. He was resuscitated and transferred to […]
Machine Operator Suffered Severe Personal Injuries From a Faulty Heat Sealer
While a machine operator was wiping residue off of the upper plate of a press used for heat sealing packages, the press plate closed trapping the operator’s hand under hundreds of pounds of pressure and temperatures in excess of 400 degrees Fahrenheit. The press, which was manufactured and installed by Universal Machine, was in emergency […]
Forbes Magazine May 9, 2005: Flight of Fear
The Forbes Magazine, May 9, 2005, issue quotes aviation negligence attorney David E. Rapoport in an article titled Flight of Fear . The article focuses on the increasing number of accidents involving chartered airplanes. The Forbes Magazine article features a lawsuit handled by Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. in which $2.2 million settlement was reached on behalf of the […]
Judge OKs Punitive Damages Suit – Woman Died in Blue Grass Airport Crash
The Lexington, Kentucky, April 21, 2005, Herald-Leader news article, Judge Okays Punitive Damages Suit — Woman Died in Blue Grass Airport Crash, reveals favorable ruling allowing aviation negligence attorney David E. Rapoport to seek punitive damages against the air carrier and co-pilot in a wrongful death lawsuit being handled by Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. in which a woman was […]
Crain’s Chicago Business: Following the Money: It’s Not Just Lawyers Getting Rich Off of Litigation
Crain’s Chicago Business, February 28, 2005, edition, featured an interview with attorney David E. Rapoport. In the article titled Following the Money: It’s Not Just Lawyers Getting Rich Off of Litigation, Mr. Rapoport discusses the anatomy of a medical malpractice lawsuit arising out of a delayed diagnosis of a breast cancer case which resulted in a $2.5 […]
The Chalk’s Seaplane Crash in Miami Presents Many Legal Questions
By David E. Rapoport The Bahamian government may find it difficult to answer questions the families of passengers killed in last month’s seaplane accident are likely to ask once they realize the Bahamas failed to file an important document that could affect their legal rights. At stake is whether the arbitrary damages caps set forth […]
Challenger CL-601 Airplane Crash
On December 1, 2004, aviation negligence attorney David E. Rapoport , founding partner of Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. a Chicago, Illinois, personal injury and wrongful death law firm which has represented victims and families of victims from both domestic and international aviation disasters, was interviewed in an article appearing in the Montrose Daily Press concerning the crash of […]
Learjet-35 Airplane Crash Killed Famed Golfer
On October 24, 2004, portions of an interview with attorney David E. Rapoport appeared in an article in the Orlando Sentinel concerning the Learjet-35 crash that killed famed golfer Payne Stewart and five others. Mr. Rapoport is the founding partner of Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. is a personal injury law firm […]
Corporate Airlines Flight Crashes on Approach to Regional Airport in Missouri
Aviation negligence attorney David E. Rapoport was interviewed by the Kansas City Star concerning the October 19, 2004, airplane crash of Corporate Airlines Flight 5966, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport in Missouri. Mr. Rapoport is the founding partner of Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. is a personal injury law firm based in […]
Aviation Negligence Lawsuit Filed in Indiana Airplane Crash
An aviation negligence lawsuit was filed today by Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. on behalf of a passenger who incurred severe injuries on April 19, 2002, when the Piper PA-32RT-300T airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Porter County Airport in Valparaiso, Indiana. The aviation negligence lawsuit, which was filed in Valparaiso, alleges that the airplane […]
Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Hospital That Ignored a Woman Having a Heart Attack
Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. filed a lawsuit today in a medical malpractice case involving delayed treatment of a heart attack in a hospital’s emergency room. It is alleged that the delay lead to substantial heart muscle damage and permanent disability. The patient was treated and released from the Department of Emergency Services at a […]
Wrongful Death Suit Filed by Aviation Negligence Lawyers After Air Taxi Crash
December 20, 2002 Aviation negligence lawyers at Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. filed suit on behalf of the family of a man whose wrongful death occurred when a twin engine Swearingen SA227-AT air taxi crashed as it circled to land at the Beaver Island airfield on February 8, 2001. The pilot and a passenger were killed, […]
CBS Television Show 60 Minutes Features Aviation Negligence Attorney David E. Rapoport
Aviation negligence attorney David E. Rapoport was interviewed in a segment of the CBS news program 60 Minutes. The feature story, entitled “Open and Shut Case?” covered some of the unexpected issues airplane crash victims or their families may encounter in the aftermath of a disaster. The show was aired on May 26, 1996. Rapoport Weisberg & […]