The following article was published on Lake & McHenry County Scanner on August 4, 2022. A lawsuit has been filed against an assisted living facility in Gurnee after an 82-year-old man with dementia went missing from the facility and drowned. Attorneys said it was “entirely preventable.” Jimmy Hedrich, 82, was reported missing early in the morning on July 30, 2021.…
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The following article was published on Chicago Sun Times on June 3, 2022. In 1990, a youth minister at an Episcopal church in La Grange was concerned about one of the teenagers who frequented the parish — an 18-year-old who’d been living out of a car, “acting strange and doing a lot of drugs.” She confronted him, and he shared…
The following article was published on Lake and McHenry County Scanner on May 5, 2022. A lawsuit has been filed against a gun range in Waukegan after an employee discharged a gun, shooting himself and a 19-year-old patron, causing the teen to suffer a “severe” hand injury. The incident happened around 2:15 p.m. on April 1 at Caliber Tactical Gun…
The following letter to the editor by ITLA President J. Matthew Dudley was published on Crain’s Chicago Business website on March 16, 2022. Who’s to blame for docs’ premium hikes? A recent article (“Illinois docs see big increases in liability premiums,” Health Pulse, March 11) states Illinois physicians will soon be faced with some of the largest insurance premium hikes in…
The following letter to the editor by ITLA President J. Matthew Dudley was published in the Daily Herald on February 8, 2022 A recent letter disparaging Illinois’ business climate relied on a biased study to bolster its misleading claims. Jeff Pope’s missive (“Laws make it hard to do business in Illinois,” Feb. 3, 2022) references the habitually wrong “Judicial Hellhole”…
via Corporate Crime Reporter Legislation introduced into the Illinois legislature last month would make corporations liable for punitive damages in wrongful death cases. As the law stands now in Illinois, if someone is seriously injured by reckless or criminal corporate action, they could sue and recover punitive damages. But if someone is killed by corporate recklessness or a corporate criminal…
via Patch ORLAND PARK, IL — A woman is suing Ultimate Massage in Orland Park and a massage therapist who previously worked there after she said he groped her sexually. Another woman had previously filed a police report accusing the same former employee of also touching her without consent.
J. MATTHEW DUDLEY, co-founder of the firm of Dudley & Lake in Libertyville, Illinois, will be installed as the 68th President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) on Friday, June 4, 2021, during its virtual board meeting. Dudley, 53, received his law degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1993 and his bachelor’s degree from the…
By Jessie M. Molloy Chicago Daily Law Bulletin May 19, 2021 Two Winnebago County motorcycle riders who were seriously injured in a 2019 crash have settled their case for $5.3 million. Cook County Circuit Judge Karen L. O’Malley dismissed the case on May 12 following a mediation before retired Cook County judge Michael Hogan of ADR Systems. Jeffery Rudd, of Machesney Park, and Kimberly Ingram, of…