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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 Sims Perry & VanOverloop alleges that the truck driver failed to properly hitch his […]

Chicago, Illinois, July 27, 2016 Rapoport Sims Perry & 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 Sims Perry & 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 Sims Perry & 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 Sims Perry & 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 Sims Perry & 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 Sims Perry & 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 Sims Perry & 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 Sims Perry & 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 Sims Perry & 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 Sims Perry & 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 […]

Attorneys David Rapoport and Matthew Sims filed a lawsuit this morning in Chicago on behalf of the wife of a 48-year-old man who was killed as a result of a worksite accident that occurred on September 12, 2013, at a road resurfacing project on the Southside of Chicago on the 6200 block of South May […]

Attorney David Rapoport of Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop in Chicago was honored to be the first presenter in the new Lunch and Learn webinar series hosted by the Injury Board. During the webinar, titled “You Wouldn’t Use a Doctor Who Wasn’t Board Certified, Would You? The Importance of Board Certification in the Legal Profession,” […]

Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop filed a medical malpractice lawsuit today in the Circuit Court of Cook County against a Chicago-area hospital for causing a baby to sustain a traumatic brain injury during delivery. According to the lawsuit and the attached physician’s certificate of merit, an otherwise healthy baby was being delivered by cesarean section, […]

Attorney David Rapoport, President of the National Board of Legal Speciality Certification, attorney Gary McNeil, Executive Director of the Texas Board of Legal Speciality Certification and Joan Eagle, a Chicago lawyer and current Chairperson of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, co-presented at the ABA National Specialization Roundtable held in Denver, Colorado, last weekend. The […]

Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop, filed suit against a construction company and its employees today in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The action arose out of an injury that occurred when a large box truck struck a pickup truck in a local scrap yard. The collision threw down a roofer working in the […]