Updates: Illinois

April 17, 2014

Project Lawsuit Abuse Newsmakers

Tort reformers have been turning up all over the internet recently. We took the liberty of rounding up some of the standouts. You may recognize a few friends of Project Lawsuit Abuse in there. Here are some of the newsmakers from around the country.

Too many ridiculous lawsuits
Who can forget the infamous McDonald’s coffee lawsuit where trial lawyers took advantage of the court system for a big pay day? I’m reminded of it every day when I read about ridiculous lawsuits in the news. – The Sun Sentinel

April 15, 2014

This Lawsuit Is Bananas…Literally!

You’ve probably heard of a lawsuit where someone sued over slipping on a banana peel (or “slipping” as happened in this fraudulent case), but have you heard of a lawsuit over a banana costume?

April 4, 2014

Lawsuit Lending Lunacy

Editor’s Note: Project Lawsuit Abuse regularly highlights lawsuit abuse news from across the country. Today, Travis Akin, Executive Director of Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch, contributed a guest post for Project Lawsuit Abuse.

The “lawsuit loan sharks” have taken a bite out of another victim.

Chicagoan Debbie Crim injured her spine, neck, shoulders and arms in 2001 when a Metra train she was riding on hit a car at a Chicago railroad crossing.

March 24, 2014

Blood is thicker than water (except when a lawsuit is involved)

Editor’s Note: Project Lawsuit Abuse regularly highlights lawsuit abuse news from across the country. Today, Travis Akin, Executive Director of Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch, contributed a guest post for Project Lawsuit Abuse

New Jersey teen Rachael Canning made national news when she filed a lawsuit against her parents demanding they pay her outstanding tuition bills and pay her $654 per week for living expenses. 

The case will likely be dismissed at some point but it does make one wonder how we got to a point in our society when a child has chosen to use the court system to resolve a family dispute.

February 25, 2014

Chicago borrows money to settle lawsuits

Editor’s Note: Project Lawsuit Abuse regularly highlights lawsuit abuse news from across the country. Today, Travis Akin, Executive Director of Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch, contributed a guest post for Project Lawsuit Abuse

The Chicago City Council recently rubber stamped Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to borrow $900 million in bonds. The money will be used to restructure debt, pay for construction and other building costs and to cover legal settlements.

That’s right – the City of Chicago is borrowing money to pay for lawsuit settlements!

February 24, 2014

Project Lawsuit Abuse Newsmakers

Tort reformers have been turning up all over the internet recently. We took the liberty of rounding up some of the standouts. You may recognize a few friends of Project Lawsuit Abuse in there. Here are some of the newsmakers from around the country.

Attorney says AG grandstanding with price-gouging suit
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has filed a lawsuit against a Putnam County business that allegedly was gouging customers in the wake of last month’s chemical spill that polluted the water of 300,000 residents. – The West Virginia Record

January 21, 2014

Project Lawsuit Abuse Newsmakers

It’s a new year and tort reformers have been turning up all over the internet. We took the liberty of rounding up some of the standouts. You may recognize a few friends of Project Lawsuit Abuse in there. Here are some of the newsmakers from around the country.

The Land of Lincoln has become Land of Lawsuits
The release of the annual “Judicial Hellholes” report from the American Tort Reform Foundation (ATRF) once again paints a grim picture of Illinois. – Quad-Cities Online

January 7, 2014

Project Lawsuit Abuse Newsmakers

It’s a new year and tort reformers have been turning up all over the internet. We took the liberty of rounding up some of the standouts. You may recognize a few friends of Project Lawsuit Abuse in there. Here are some of the newsmakers from around the country.

October 8, 2013

Stopping Lawsuit Abuse Starts With You

Editor’s Note: Project Lawsuit Abuse regularly highlights lawsuit abuse news from across the country. Today, Travis Akin, Executive Director of Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch, contributed a guest post for Project Lawsuit Abuse.

Every year during the month of October, Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch sets aside a week dedicated to creating public awareness about the very serious issue of lawsuit abuse in Illinois. “Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week” is an opportunity to educate citizens about the tremendous economic and social cost we all pay as the result of personal injury lawyers who game the state’s legal system to try to hit the “lawsuit lottery.” 

September 23, 2013

Project Lawsuit Abuse Newsmakers

Tort reformers have been turning up all over the internet recently. We took the liberty of rounding up some of the standouts. You may recognize a few friends of Project Lawsuit Abuse in there. Here are some of the newsmakers from around the country.

September 20, 2013

Our litigious society finds a new low

Editor’s Note: Project Lawsuit Abuse regularly highlights lawsuit abuse news from across the country. Today, Travis Akin, Executive Director of Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch, contributed a guest post for Project Lawsuit Abuse.

While former NFL offensive lineman Brian Holloway was at his Florida home, hundreds of teens were gathering at his other house in New York.

At first Holloway thought the pictures on Twitter he saw of teens partying at his house were a joke but the tweets kept coming and he saw kids dancing on a table he bought with his Super Bowl winnings and he soon realized that it was no joke. Teens had broken into his house and were trashing the place. 

September 19, 2013

Use Common Sense, Don’t Sue!

Just when we think we’ve heard it all, we get word of another ridiculous lawsuit. This one’s out of Illinois, where a man was injured while riding as a passenger with a drunk driver. The driver, Nikolas Becoat, had consumed alcohol purchased at Shop N’ Save, a grocery store, shortly before getting in the accident. 

The logical conclusion would be that the injured man, Jalen Smith, made a poor decision in deciding to be a passenger in a car driven by an intoxicated man. And, while it’s terribly unfortunate that he became injured, he should take personal responsibility for his injuries. 

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