Firm News

Harrisburg, Illinois A record-setting settlement has been reached in a lawsuit arising from a tractor-trailer truck crash that occurred on July 12, 2013 on Route 34 at its intersection with DeNeal Road in Saline County. Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop client suffered severe injuries after a Tison & Hall coal truck crashed into the rear of a […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop is proud to announce that its lawyers have again been selected by Thomson Reuters for its 2017 Edition of Super Lawyers. Partners David E. Rapoport and Joshua L. Weisberg were selected as Illinois Super Lawyers. Mr. Rapoport has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer every year since the program […]

Chicago, Illinois Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop was proud to sponsor the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) civil litigation dinner on Wednesday night November 9 during which 45 WBAI members heard Judge Lynn Egan speak on the topic of how to give an effective and engaging opening statement. Trial lawyers Adria Mossing and Sammi Renken joined […]

David Rapoport, founding partner of Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop and Martin Whittaker, Senior Counsel, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility, presented a continuing legal education program at the Chicago Bar Association’s Trial Practice Committee Meeting entitled “Board Certification for Trial Lawyers.” Mr. Whittaker is the attorney responsible for supporting the ABA Standing Committee […]

A lawsuit has been filed in LaSalle County, Illinois, by a gentlemen who suffered severe injuries after his vehicle struck the trailer of an 18-wheeler that had become unhitched and abandoned on a dark Illinois roadway. The lawsuit, filed by Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop alleges that the truck driver failed to properly hitch his […]

Chicago, Illinois, July 27, 2016 Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop participated in the annual Injury Board Day of Action. Backpacks filled with school supplies were prepared and donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Chicago. Many thanks to the Injury Board staff for organizing the effort. Injury Board members nationwide helped children in their […]

On September 19, 2014, following a two-week trial, a DeKalb County jury returned a $4.3 million verdict in favor of the two adult children of a 57-year-old woman who died of internal bleeding in the recovery room following a hiatal hernia surgery at Kishwaukee Community Hospital. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reported after the verdict […]

April 28, 2016 – Chicago, Il. Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop attorney Lindsey A. Seeskin was honored to have been selected by the River North Business Association to moderate a panel discussion at last week’s annual River North Business Expo. The event focused on the economic outlook for Chicago and River North. The River North […]

Chicago, Illinois Today Jan Brown, the lead flight attendant on United Air Lines flight 232 (which crashed at Sioux City, Iowa on July 19, 1989), American Airlines Captain and Aviation Attorney Charles Barnett and Attorney David Rapoport, who represented many of the crew members in the Sioux City case, presented a program for the Aviation […]

Urbana, Illinois April 1, 2016, Urbana, Illinois – Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop filed a lawsuit today in the Circuit Court of Champaign County, Illinois, for the wrongful death of a 33 year old mother of two who died during a hospital admission. The lawsuit alleges that due to the negligence of the hospital and […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop filed a lawsuit today in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, for the wrongful death of a 37-year-old mother who died of a pulmonary embolism during a hospital admission after undergoing surgery for a fractured shinbone. The lawsuit alleges that due to the negligence of the hospital and physicians […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop is proud to announce that partners David E. Rapoport and Joshua L. Weisberg have again been selected by Thomson Reuters for its 2016 Edition of Super Lawyers. Mr. Rapoport and Mr. Weisberg have consistently been recognized by Thomson Reuters in previous editions of Super Lawyers, with Mr. Rapoport having been […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop and Stephen Rapp recently filed suit against a school bus driver and his employer after the school bus driver failed to yield the right of way at a stop sign and pulled in front of an oncoming motorist, a schoolteacher, in a Jeep traveling at highway speeds. The schoolteacher did […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop recently filed suit in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas against US Airways and other defendants including the pilots of US Airways Flight 1702, which crashed in Philadelphia after the pilot aborted the takeoff after leaving the ground. The lawsuit alleges that the pilots failed to enter necessary takeoff […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop filed a medical malpractice case today in the Circuit Court of Kane County, Illinois, on behalf of a 43-year-old woman for the delayed diagnosis of her ovarian cancer. Despite an ultrasound revealing findings suspicious for ovarian cancer, medical providers failed to take action to diagnose and timely treat the cancer. […]

The 2015 National Board of Trial Advocacy Tournament of Champions semi-final and final rounds took place at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis last weekend. The three-day invitational tournament pits the trial advocacy teams from the 16 law schools with the top winning records in national trial advocacy competitions averaged over the last three years […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop filed a lawsuit today in the Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois, for the wrongful death of a 48-year-old mother of teenage girls who died of a pulmonary embolism after developing blood clots during a hospital admission. Although the woman’s doctor suspected she had blood clots in the days before […]

David Rapoport was pleased to attend the morning program presentation by ADA25 Chicago hosted by the Economic Club of Chicago. The topic — what businesses can do for people with disabilities and why they should do it — was both informative and inspiring. The three-member presentation panel included Kareem Dale, Director and Senior Counsel, Discover […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop recently filed suit against numerous adults who handed over the keys to a dangerous piece of farm equipment to two teenagers without driver’s licenses, one of whom was seriously injured after the vehicle rolled over at high speeds. The lawsuit alleges that the adult defendants encouraged the two teenagers to […]

At Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop we are committed to helping people and the community both inside and outside of the courtroom. As part of that commitment, the firm spent the day gathering and donating supplies for the Ronald McDonald House in Chicago. A Ronald McDonald House provides a comfortable place for families to stay […]