Joliet Man Receives Over $2 Million for Police Induced Traumatic Brian Injury

A Joliet Man was riding his bike westbound across Chicago St at Patterson Rd. There he was struck by a Joliet Police Department Squad car driven by a Joliet Police.

According to the Police Department, the officer was responding to a pursuit that had just ended.

After the accident the 57 yr old victim was treated at two separate hospitals for multiple head injuries including multiple fractures and a traumatic brain injury.

Surgical Mesh Causes Contoversey, Death.

In 2002, the FDA Used shortened approval process to approve the a type of Johnson & Johnson surgical mesh. The mesh supports the muscles in the pelvis that can no longer support the pelvic organs and keep them in place. Plantiffs in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson complain of pain so intense it is interfering with their ability to go to work, sleep or live a normal life.

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Driver's Family Recieves $5 Million Dollar Settlement

In December 2009 an Illinois driver was traveling northbound on Route 23. The Driver came to the intersection of Route 23 and Route 17. He proceeded through the intersection. At the same time a semi-trailer owned by OSF St. Francis Health Care Systems approached the intersection. The driver of the semi did not stop at the intersection, as required, and changed many lives forever.
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