At the summer convention of the American Association for Justice, attorney David Rapoport, founding partner of Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop a plaintiff personal injury law firm in Chicago, was voted onto the Board of Directors of the The National Board of Legal Specialty Certification (NBLSC). Mr. Rapoport served as the Illinois state coordinator for the organization […]
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Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., Aviation Negligence Lawyers Retained in Continental Airlines Denver Airplane Crash
URL: http://www.ntsb.gov The aviation negligence lawyers at Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop have been retained by an airplane passenger, who was injured when Continental Airlines Flight 1404 crashed following takeoff from Denver International Airport in Colorado on December 20, 2008. Continental Flight 1404, a Boeing 737-500 (N18611), came to rest in a ravine and burst into flames, with […]
Continental Airlines Flight 3407 Airplane Crash Buffalo, New York
At about 10:15 p.m. (EST) on Thursday, February 12, 2009, a Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 twin-engine turboprop airplane, registration N200WQ, operated by Colgan Air, Inc., as Continental Connection Flight 3407 from Newark, New Jersey, crashed into a house during an instrument approach to Buffalo International Airport. All 49 people aboard the aircraft lost their lives and […]
Appellate Court Rules Against Sea-Doo Personal Watercraft Manufacturer in $2 Million Wrongful Death
Document: Appellate Court Ruling Against Personal Watercraft Manufacturer On May 25, 2007, following a two-week wrongful death trial, a 12-member Rockford, Illinois, jury returned a record-setting $2 million verdict in favor of the parents and sister of a 9-year-old girl whose wrongful death was caused in a collision with a 1994 Bombardier Sea-Doo personal watercraft. During […]
Continental Airlines Flight 1404 Airplane Crash
URL: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6192207.html. At Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop the firm’s aviation litigation attorneys have represented aircraft disaster victims and their families in legal venues across the country. Our aviation lawyers’ experience spans a broad range of commercial, corporate and recreational aircraft incidents, including those associated with aviation negligence. Our attorneys’ understanding of aviation safety regulations, operation, […]
Continental Airlines Flight 1404 Airplane Crash at Denver International Airport in Colorado
The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a Go Team to Denver, Colorado, to investigate the crash of an airliner on takeoff. On December 20, 2008, at 6:18 p.m., Mountain Standard Time, Continental Airlines Flight 1404, a Boeing 737-500 (N18611), suffered an accident while on its takeoff roll for a scheduled flight to Houston, Texas. Investigators are […]
Products Liability Lawsuit Alleges Client Implanted With Defective Hip Replacement System
Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop filed a product liability lawsuit today on behalf of a 54-year-old woman who had a defective hip replacement system implanted into her during a right total hip replacement surgery on March 21, 2007. According to the product liability lawsuit, defendants Stryker Corporation, Stryker Ireland, Ltd., and Howmedica Osteonics Corporation have been manufacturing, […]
$9.858 Million Jury Verdict for Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., Client – Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
A Chicago jury returned a $9.858 million verdict against the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and the doctor running the Fellows Clinic of the college in Downers Grove, Illinois, on behalf of a Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop client who was formerly a medical student at that school. Now 31 years old, our client was […]
$1 Million Settlement Reached for Construction Worker Injured After Falling at Construction Site
Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop obtained a $1 million settlement today on behalf of a worker who was seriously injured during a roofing replacement project on a single-family home in Mt. Prospect, Illinois. According to the worker, he was hired by the roofing contractor to assist with the roofing work. During the job, the roofing […]
Contaminated Heparin Syringe Recall Expanded As More Lawsuits Are Filed
Much has happened since a Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop client filed a lawsuit against Chicago-based AM2PAT, Inc., on December 21, 2007. AM2PAT is a company that manufactured contaminated heparin syringes used by hospital outpatients with cancer and other serious illnesses. On January 18, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration announced an expanded nationwide voluntary […]
Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., Files Product Liability Lawsuits Against Manufacturer of Contaminated Heparin Syringes
Much has happened since a Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop client filed a product liability lawsuit against Chicago-based AM2 PAT, Inc., on December 21, 2007. AM2 PAT is a company that manufactured contaminated heparin syringes used by hospital outpatients with cancer and other serious illnesses. On January 18, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration announced an expanded […]
FDA Issues an Expanded Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Contaminated Heparin and Saline Flush Syringes
Document: 2008 Safety Alert: Heparin and Normal Saline Pre-Filled Flushes Click on the link above to view the Food and Drug Administration’s expanded nationwide voluntary recall of heparin and saline flush syringes manufactured by AM2 PAT under the brand names Sierra Pre-Filled and B. Braun. Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop is a personal injury law firm […]
Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., Attorneys Distinguished Among Top Personal Injury Lawyers in Illinois
In recent months attorneys David E. Rapoport and Paul D. Richter of Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop in Chicago, Illinois, have both been distinguished as among the top Illinois personal injury lawyers. On October 18, 2007, Chicago attorney David E. Rapoport was once again selected as a top personal injury lawyer in Illinois. This designation, from the Law […]
Chicago Lawyer Paul D. Richter Named Among Top Personal Injury Attorneys in Illinois January 9, 2008
Chicago-based personal injury and wrongful death law firm Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop is pleased to announce that Paul D. Richter has been selected as a Rising Star among Illinois attorneys for 2008 by Super Lawyers Magazine. This honor, given to attorneys in each state as rated by their peers and through the independent research of […]
Contaminated Heparin Syringes Products Liability Lawsuit Filed by Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop in Chicago
Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop filed a product liability lawsuit today against AM2PAT, INC., d/b/a Sierra Pre-filled, a company that manufactured contaminated heparin syringes used by hospital outpatients with cancer and other serious illnesses. The plaintiff, a 30-year-old leukemia outpatient of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, became violently ill after using the tainted syringes […]
Nationwide Recall of Pre-Filled Heparin Lock Flush Solution USP 5 mL in 12 mL Syringes
Document: AM2 PAT, Inc., Issues Nationwide Recall of Pre-Filled Heparin Lock Flush Click on the link above to view the December 20, 2007, posting on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website “AM2 PAT, Inc. Issued Nationwide Recall of Pre-Filled Heparin Lock Flush Solution USP (5 mL in 12 mL Syringes).” Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop […]
Attorney David E. Rapoport Named Illinois Leading Lawyer
Chicago, Illinois, personal injury and wrongful death attorney David E. Rapoport has once again been selected as a top personal injury lawyer in Illinois. This designation, from the Law Bulletin Leading Lawyer Network, is the result of thousands of contacts with Illinois lawyers asking them which of their peers they believe comprises the top lawyers in our […]
Explosion Victim Hires Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop
A downstate Illinois man has hired Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop to prosecute a claim on his behalf for severe personal injuries he suffered in an industrial plant explosion. Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop is a personal injury law firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The personal injury attorneys at Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop have […]
$1.125 Million Settlement in Van Roll-Over Case
Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop reached a $1.125 million motor vehicle negligence lawsuit settlement on behalf of a 30-year-old Chicago man who was injured on January 7, 2006, when the driver of a van lost control while traveling westbound on Interstate 80 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. In deteriorating weather conditions with freezing rain, sleet, and […]
Family of Victim Whose Wrongful Death Was Caused by a Semitruck Accident Retains Rapoport Law
Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop has been retained to represent the family of an Addison, Illinois, man who was killed when a semitruck struck the car he was driving. The truck driver had failed to yield the right-of-way at a suburban intersection, resulting in the accident that caused the man’s wrongful death. Rapoport Weisberg Sims […]
