Last October, Rapoport Weisberg Sims & 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 […]
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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 Law Offices, P.C., Files Product Liability Lawsuit for Defective Drug Pump
Rapoport Weisberg Sims & 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 Law Offices, 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 Law Offices, P.C., Settles Four Cases for Passengers Injured Aboard an Aircraft for Amounts in Excess of $1 Million
Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., Reaches Partial Settlement in Workplace Injury Case
Rapoport Weisberg Sims & 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 […]
Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop Files Suit Based On Failure Of Stryker Rejuvenate Modular Hip System
Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop has filed a product liability lawsuit against medical device maker Howmedica Osteonics Corp., doing business as Stryker Orthopaedics, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The lawsuit alleges that Stryker Orthopaedics designed, manufactured and sold a defective medical device called the Rejuvenate Modular Hip […]
NTSB Questions FAA, Boeing Over 787 Battery Testing
The National Transportation Safety Board recently concluded a two-day hearing into the problems with the lithium ion battery system used in Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. After several incidents involving the system, all 787s were grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year. The hearing did not reach a conclusion as to the cause of the overheating batteries. […]
Missed, Delayed And Incorrect Diagnoses And Medical Malpractice
Recent research has shown that diagnostic errors were the most common basis for successful medical malpractice claims from 1986 to 2010. A study of such claims in the National Practitioner Data Bank revealed that incorrect, missed or delayed diagnoses made up 29 percent of the nearly 350,000 successful malpractice claims filed during that period. The study was […]
Surgical Errors May Increase Profits For American Hospitals
According to a study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, surgical errors can greatly increase the profit margin for the hospitals where they are committed. The research was conducted using data from more than 34,000 surgical patients who were operated on in selected Texas hospitals in 2010. The study looked at Medicare patients, privately […]
NTSB: Helicopter Pilot Was Texting Before Deadly Crash
Federal investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board have indicated that text messaging by the pilot in a fatal 2011 medical helicopter crash contributed to the accident. Texting and flying was not the only contributing factor to the aviation incident listed by the NTSB, but it did mark the first time that text messaging was cited as […]
Truck Drivers And State Marijuana Laws
Individual states have taken steps to legalize medical and even recreational use of marijuana in recent years. While the states have the right to make these decisions, commercial drivers, pilots and operators are still bound by federal regulations concerning safe operation of buses, trains, planes and trucks. Truck drivers are still in violation of these […]
Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., Reaches Partial Settlement in Medical Malpractice Case
Drowsy Driving And Caffeine Intake Among Truck Drivers
Long, uninterrupted stretches of driving can challenge a person physically and mentally. Boredom and exhaustion set in and can increase the likelihood of a serious accident. These stretches are the working reality for many commercial truck drivers. Rules limiting the hours of service in which a truck driver can work do not ensure that the driver […]
General Aviation Accidents Concern Safety Organization
The National Transportation Safety Board has listed general aviation safety on its Most Wanted List of safety improvements for three consecutive years. Following last month’s fatal plane crash in South Bend, Indiana, the NTSB issued five safety alerts intended to make general aviation safer. The NTSB cited the fact that more than 1,500 GA accidents occur per […]
