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Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop attorneys have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on behalf of the daughter of a 59-year-old man whose wrongful death was the result of metastatic malignant melanoma. At issue is the care and treatment provided by a Lake County, Illinois, internist and dermatologist which resulted in delayed cancer diagnosis too advanced for the man’s life […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop attorneys have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on behalf of the daughter of a 59-year-old man whose wrongful death was the result of metastatic malignant melanoma. At issue is the care and treatment provided by a Lake County, Illinois, internist and dermatologist which resulted in delayed cancer diagnosis too advanced for the man’s life […]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit sent a strong message to the airline industry and its insurers today, rejecting Southwest Airlines’ continuing effort to take away airplane crash victims’ rights to choose where their cases will be heard. Exactly two months ago, the Court of Appeals ruled the claims of those […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop reached a $1.315 million motor vehicle negligence lawsuit settlement on behalf of a father whose 10-year-old daughter suffered fatal personal injuries after the vehicle she was riding in was hit by a semitruck that had crossed the median of an interstate highway and entered the oncoming lanes of traffic. The […]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an important decision today in favor of air crash victims’ rights, ruling the claims of those injured in the Southwest Airlines crash at Midway Airport in Chicago on December 8, 2005, must be heard in the court the victims selected instead of the one […]

A $2.3 million settlement has been negotiated in a work injury case involving a construction superintendent who was injured on January 21, 2002, when he slipped and fell on ice next to a downspout. The lawsuit superintendent claimed that the downspout had been constructed in such a manner that it drained water onto a shared […]

A semitruck traveling north on Illinois Route 394 in Crete, Illinois, passed through a red light at the intersection at Steger Road, striking an eastbound vehicle. The driver of the vehicle suffered significant personal injuries as a result of the semitruck crash. The motor vehicle negligence attorneys at Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop have filed a lawsuit […]

A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the family of a 34-year-old woman whose wrongful death was the result of the ingestion of the drug meperidine, commonly referred to as Demerol, which was being administered through a PCA (patient controlled analgesia) pump. A physician prescribed the medication following the victim’s admission to […]

A pedestrian was traveling west on the sidewalk on Ohio Street in downtown Chicago when the driver of a Chevrolet C1500 drove his vehicle out of an alley and onto the sidewalk, striking him. The motor vehicle negligence attorneys at Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the victim, who suffered serious […]

Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop is representing the family of a Bloomington, Illinois, woman who died, along with four other people, when the airplane they were in impacted terrain while on approach to the Wheeling Ohio County Airport near Wheeling, West Virginia. The aviation negligence lawsuit, which was filed in Cook County, Illinois, alleges that […]

An article including an interview with Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop attorney Paul D. Richter was featured in the Jacksonville Journal Courier on June 10, 2006. Mr. Richter is one of the attorneys representing the family of a 60-year-old woman who died while residing in an Illinois nursing home. The nursing home neglect lawsuit claims alleged failures […]

Lawyers from Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop have filed a medical negligence lawsuit on behalf of the next of kin of a woman who died from dehydration while residing in an extended care facility. The medical negligence lawsuit alleges that the nursing home facility in which the woman lived was negligent and did not provide […]

A $2.9 million settlement for a client of Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop whose 1-year-old baby died as a result of injuries sustained at birth, was noted in the Crain’s Chicago Business Illinois Largest Verdicts and Settlements 2005. The baby was born sick and depressed at a Chicago-area hospital. He was resuscitated and transferred to […]

While a machine operator was wiping residue off of the upper plate of a press used for heat sealing packages, the press plate closed trapping the operator’s hand under hundreds of pounds of pressure and temperatures in excess of 400 degrees Fahrenheit. The press, which was manufactured and installed by Universal Machine, was in emergency […]

The Forbes Magazine, May 9, 2005, issue quotes aviation negligence attorney David E. Rapoport in an article titled Flight of Fear . The article focuses on the increasing number of accidents involving chartered airplanes. The Forbes Magazine article features a lawsuit handled by Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop in which $2.2 million settlement was reached on behalf of the […]

The Lexington, Kentucky, April 21, 2005, Herald-Leader news article, Judge Okays Punitive Damages Suit — Woman Died in Blue Grass Airport Crash, reveals favorable ruling allowing aviation negligence attorney David E. Rapoport to seek punitive damages against the air carrier and co-pilot in a wrongful death lawsuit being handled by Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop in which a woman was […]

Crain’s Chicago Business, February 28, 2005, edition, featured an interview with attorney David E. Rapoport. In the article titled Following the Money: It’s Not Just Lawyers Getting Rich Off of Litigation, Mr. Rapoport discusses the anatomy of a medical malpractice lawsuit arising out of a delayed diagnosis of a breast cancer case which resulted in a $2.5 […]

By David E. Rapoport The Bahamian government may find it difficult to answer questions the families of passengers killed in last month’s seaplane accident are likely to ask once they realize the Bahamas failed to file an important document that could affect their legal rights. At stake is whether the arbitrary damages caps set forth […]

On December 1, 2004, aviation negligence attorney David E. Rapoport , founding partner of Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop a Chicago, Illinois, personal injury and wrongful death law firm which has represented victims and families of victims from both domestic and international aviation disasters, was interviewed in an article appearing in the Montrose Daily Press concerning the crash of […]

On October 24, 2004, portions of an interview with attorney David E. Rapoport appeared in an article in the Orlando Sentinel concerning the Learjet-35 crash that killed famed golfer Payne Stewart and five others. Mr. Rapoport is the founding partner of Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop is a personal injury law firm […]