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On February 15, 2019, one of the worst mass shootings in Illinois history occurred at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora, Illinois. The shooting resulted in the deaths of four employees and an intern. Five Aurora police officers were also shot in the ensuing gun battle. Numerous others were injured or must deal with the […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop is proud to announce that its lawyers have again been selected by Thomson Reuters for its 2019 Edition of Super Lawyers. Partners David E. Rapoport, Joshua L. Weisberg, and Matthew S. Sims were all recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers. Mr. Rapoport has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer every […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop is pleased to start off 2019 with news of a record-setting settlement on behalf of a 95-year-old client injured in Chicago while shopping for groceries. As she was shopping, a store employee crashed into her with a platform truck cart that had been so dangerously overloaded the employee could not […]

Rapoport Law Offices is proud to announce a firm name change to Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop The firm name changes recognizes the contributions of Joshua L. Weisberg and Matthew S. Sims, who have been named shareholders, joining David E. Rapoport as firm owners. David has been in practice since 1981, repeatedly winning multimillion-dollar jury […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop has filed a negligence lawsuit against a machinery company alleging that it modified a food processing machine in a way that led to a worker having his hand amputated at the wrist. The amputation lawsuit sets forth detailed allegations about how the machinery company improperly added a “clean-out door” to […]

We are proud to share that Best Lawyers has named David E. Rapoport, plaintiff personal injury lawyer and founding partner of Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop located in Chicago, Illinois, as one of the Best Lawyers in America. A persons recognition by Best Lawyers for his or her talent in the legal industry is based […]

On May 10, 2017, a Cook County jury returned a $4,800,000.00 jury verdict on behalf of Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop client in a medical malpractice wrongful death case. Trial attorney Joshua L. Weisberg of Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop has reported that the case has now been settled in exchange for full payment of […]

The Injury Board 2017 Summit in Sea Island, Georgia was a great success. The annual meeting was comprised of preeminent plaintiff’s personal injury law firms from across the country. Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop was invited to present and attorney Matthew S. Sims spoke on the importance of discovering and utilizing cockpit voice recorders in […]

5/10/2017 Following a week long trial, a Cook County jury has returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop client in the amount of $4,800,000.00 for the wrongful death of a 31 year old man due to medical malpractice. The jury verdict was featured in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Trial attorney […]

Yesterday, the Chicago Bar Association’s Aviation Law Committee kicked off a new season with a continuing legal education program entitled The Latest on Federal Preemption of Aviation Cases from Both Sides of the Table. The presenters were the Chair of the Committee, David E. Rapoport, a prominent plaintiffs’ aviation attorney, and the Vice-Chair of the […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop has reached a $3 million settlement on behalf of a young man who suffered fatal injuries while operating an automobile assembly machine at a Belvidere, Illinois factory. The settlement was funded by several defendants, despite their refusal throughout the course of litigation to admit liability for having caused the accident. […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop has reached a $6.4 million settlement on behalf of a woman who suffered bleeding complications following the use of a medical device at a hospital. The settlement was reached as the parties were in final preparations to begin a jury trial that was expected to last several weeks. The trial […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop has filed multiple federal lawsuits in Madison, Wisconsin on behalf of 43 workers who were poisoned by toxic lead exposure at Fraser Shipyards in Superior Wisconsin last year during the refurbishment work being performed aboard the vessel, Herbert C. Jackson. The Herbert C. Jackson, a 690′ bulk carrier ship, was […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop has filed a products liability and negligence lawsuit against the manufacturer and designer of an electric motorcycle that catastrophically failed while a stunt performer was using the motorcycle for its intended purpose. The lawsuit alleges the defective design and manufacturing of the motorcycle frame caused it to crack into pieces, […]

The parents of an infant who overheated and passed out on a delayed United Airlines flight last week has retained Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop to represent them. Read todays news story about the case in the Denver Post here For more information about the aviation practice at Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop click here, or call (312) […]

Attorney David Rapoport has been named the 2017/18 Chair of the Aviation Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA). Mr. Rapoport is honored to have the opportunity to work with the Aviation Law Committee to further its mission to serve as an interactive forum for all attorneys to become conversant and develop expertise in […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop has obtained a $1,800,000 settlement for their clients in a case involving the death of a 48 year-old hospital patient in Lake County, Illinois. Several days after the patient was admitted to the hospital, a physician ordered a STAT venous duplex ultrasound to investigate his suspicion that the patient had […]

On April 20, 2017 following a nearly six-week trial, a jury of citizens from the Northern District of Illinois returned a $3 million verdict in favor of the widow and two adult children of a 57-year-old man who died as a result of a prescription drug induced suicide. The drug at issue was paroxetine, the […]

Attorneys David Rapoport & Ursula Henninger led a workshop for the IIT Chicago Kent Solo and Small Practice Incubator titled Lessons Learned from a Combined 55 Years of Practice Building: Moves We’re Glad We Made and Those We Wish We Didn’t! The workshop was held at the IIT Chicago Kent College of Law as part of their […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop has filed a lawsuit against two Chicago area hospitals and their emergency room physicians for failing to timely and properly diagnose and treat a woman’s infection. After being sent home from the first hospital’s emergency room in a matter of minutes, her condition worsened and she was taken to a […]