Spiros Law, P.C. Blog

An Illinois manufacturing company has issued the recall of over 72,000 pounds of Bumble Bee chicken salad after customers complained of finding hard plastic pieces in the food. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Suter Company, which is based in Sycamore, Ill., has recalled the “Bumble Bee Lunch… Read More

A three-vehicle crash on Saturday afternoon left nine people injured. According to a state police report, the accident occurred when a 25-year-old man was driving westbound down Lincoln Avenue in Urbana and he lost control of his vehicle and struck the concrete wall. The car was then disabled in one of the lanes on Interstate… Read More

A 25-year-old woman from San Jose was killed in a one-car accident on Saturday. According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred on U.S. 136 when the woman went off the south side of the road and tried to over-correct her vehicle, but this made it flip and roll over. The car finally came to… Read More

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees has agreed to a settlement over a medical malpractice claim that was filed by a man that suffered a brain injury while under the care of the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center. The man, a former police officer, sustained a brain stem herniation after the hospital… Read More

A 20-year-old Burbonnais man was killed in a drunken driving accident in Iroquois County last week. The accident occurred on 4:13 a.m. on Route 52 as the 19-year-old driver of the car lost control and went off the roadway striking a tree on the passenger side. The 20-year-old passenger was killed in the accident and… Read More

A nursing home in southern Illinois will be closing its doors in 90 days after the state Department of Public Health ordered them to surrender their license for failing to comply to the standards of safety. The Orchard Court Nursing Home, that houses 15 residents, will also have to pay $12,000 as a part of… Read More

A 47-year-old man was killed after being involved in a rollover truck accident in Wayne County. According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred as the man was heading westbound on Route 15 and he swerved to the left in order to avoid striking a vehicle that was in front of him. The truck then… Read More

Police have said that alcohol may be a factor in the pedestrian accident that killed 20-year-old woman from St. Ambrose on Sunday morning. Authorities are waiting for toxicology reports to determine whether both pedestrian and driver had consumed alcohol before the accident. A 36-year-old man hit the woman as she crossed at the intersection of… Read More

An Illinois mother is seeking a class action lawsuit after the recall of millions of containers of Similac baby formula. The woman’s lawsuit states that the powdered baby formula that Abbott Laboratories Inc. produced caused her child and many others to become sick. Abbott issued the recall on Sept. 22 after there were reports of… Read More

Thirteen people in Illinois and Indiana have joined together to file a lawsuit against a hip replacement manufacturer company that produced a faulty product that required the patients to receive further surgeries. The company, DePuy Orthopaedics, announced a voluntary recall last month of a hip resurfacing and replacement device that was available worldwide. The company… Read More