Summer holidays offer a chance for people to enjoy the weather and get together with friends and family. Unfortunately, they also come with a spike in car accidents and other personal injury incidents. Police throughout Illinois are preparing for an enforcement push meant to cut down on drinking and driving, failure to wear a seatbelt and other […]
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The Dangers Of Distraction
A study conducted by Ohio State University researchers showed, among other things, that 33 percent of people do not put down their cell phones before crossing a busy street. Overall, the study concluded that pedestrians suffer even more injuries due to distraction than drivers. The data analyzed in the study came from the National Electronic Injury […]
Distraction Caused By Hands-Free Devices
Legislation designed to ban the use of handheld devices has the potential to reduce distracted driving incidents. Critics contend that it also has the potential to encourage the use of hands-free devices, which may be even more distracting than their handheld counterparts leading to additional car and truck accidents. A recent study conducted by AAA found […]
A Designated Drunk Driver?
When a person agrees to be a designated driver, what are they agreeing to? Are they agreeing to refrain from drinking in order to provide a safe ride home? Are they agreeing to refrain from getting drunk? Are they agreeing to arrange for a safe ride home for the people who are drinking? The understanding […]
An Incentive To Police Texting Bans
During the 1970s, many states lowered the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. In 1984, the federal government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act which required states to make 21 the legal purchasing age or risk losing millions of dollars in federal highway funding. Needless to say, all 50 states and the District […]
Warning About Allergy Medications And Driving
Allergies are a common problem during warmer months. Pollen, ragweed and other allergens fill the air during allergy season. The use of many allergy medications can lead to drowsiness. This raises the problem of drowsy driving if a person takes allergy medication and gets behind the wheel. The Food and Drug Administration has released a reminder to […]
David Rapoport Co-Presenter at American Bar Association National Specialization Roundtable
David Rapoport and Paul Gibson presented on the topic “ABA-State-National Marketing Efforts for Attorney Board Certification” as panel members during the American Bar Association National Specialization Roundtable held in conjunction with the 39th National Conference on Professional Responsibility in San Antonio, Texas. Paul is President and David is President Elect of the National Board of […]
Handheld Cell Phone Ban May Have Reduced Evanston Car Accidents
With Illinois considering a statewide ban on the use of handheld cell phones by drivers, the measures already enacted by individual communities are drawing attention. Three years ago, the Evanston City Council passed a handheld device ban in an effort to curb distracted driving accidents. Cell phones are considered a primary culprit in the nationwide increase […]
Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop, P.C., Files Medical Malpractice Case for Negligence in Failing to Diagnose and Treat a Stroke
Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a doctor and medical group today in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, on behalf of a 21-year-old woman for injuries sustained as a result of the failure to diagnose and treat a stroke. The lawsuit alleges the defendants took an incomplete medical […]
Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop, P.C., Settles Construction Accident Case for $4.192 Million
Last October, Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop went to trial in the Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois, against the City of Elmhurst to recover damages on behalf of a man who sustained a fractured femur and also claimed injuries to his back after falling 16 feet from a forklift. Shortly before trial, the City […]
David Rapoport Attends American Association for Justice Leaders Forum 2013
Last weekend, attorney David Rapoport attended the tenth annual retreat of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Leaders Forum. The retreat brings together a premier network of plaintiff attorneys from across the country. The AAJ, formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association, was created in 1946 by a group of nine plaintiffs’ attorneys. Today, […]
Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop, P.C., Files Product Liability Lawsuit for Defective Drug Pump
Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop filed a product liability lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against a medical device company on behalf of a 40-year-old woman who suffered severe withdrawal injuries and lost a pregnancy as a result of a defective SynchroMed II System drug pump. According […]
No Simple Fix To Drowsy Driving
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that drowsy driving caused more than 11,000 fatalities from 2000 to 2010. Unlike car accidents caused by drunk drivers, drowsy driving accidents can be difficult to identify and punish. How tired is too tired to drive? Unless a driver admits to falling asleep behind the wheel, how can authorities prove […]
How Much Alcohol Is Too Much For Safe Driving?
At present, every state in the nation counts a blood alcohol rate above .08 as illegally impaired. Some states have additional laws with a zero alcohol tolerance level for underage drivers. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the year 2000 saw an estimated 69,400 crashes caused by drivers with blood alcohol levels above 0, but […]
Drunk Driving, Texting And Teen Car Accident Rates
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 2,700 teens are killed each year in car accidents where a teen driver was under the influence of alcohol. In addition, an estimated 282,000 injuries are suffered in such accidents. According to recent research, that makes drinking and driving the second most deadly behavior among teen […]
NTSB Releases Personal Electronic Device Safety Guidelines
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued new recommendations regarding the use of personal electronic devices. The new guidelines were, in part, the result of the NTSB investigation into the August 2011 crash of Eurocopter AS350 B2 in Missouri. That crash claimed four lives. The NTSB issued nine new recommendations, including seven sent to the Federal Aviation […]
Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop, P.C., Attorney David Neiman Appointed to Leadership Positions for ITLA and ISBA
David Neiman has been appointed to serve on the boards of two separate organizations within the Illinois legal community. He has been elected to the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Board of Managers. ITLA is the statewide organization for trial lawyers representing injured consumers and workers. Founded in 1952, the organization currently has over 2,000 […]
Collision In Newark Raises Runway Incursion Question
The Federal Aviation Administration lists the reduction of runway incursions among its top priorities. The FAA defines a runway incursion as an “unauthorized presence on a runway, regardless of whether or not an aircraft, vehicle or pedestrian presents a potential conflict to an aircraft authorized to land, take off, or taxi on a runway.” Runway incursions range […]
Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop, P.C., Settles Four Cases for Passengers Injured Aboard an Aircraft for Amounts in Excess of $1 Million
Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop, P.C., Reaches Partial Settlement in Workplace Injury Case
Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop announced it has settled with one of the two defendants sued arising out of a workplace accident in which the firm’s client sustained serious and permanent injuries to his left hand. The lawsuit alleges the factory worker’s injuries were caused by a defective machine. The settlement was reached with the […]
