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An employee at U.S. Steel Corp. in Gary, Indiana was injured in a workplace accident Wednesday morning according to company officials.  The accident occurred when the worker was operating a transfer car on a high line when it went off the tracks and near the plant’s blast furnaces around 12:30 AM.

Officials said the worker was initially taken to a local hospital, but later airlifted to Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago to be treated for unspecified injuries.

No other employees were involved in the accident and the man’s identity was not released.  A statement from the company reads, “Safety is our company’s key core value and a full investigation into the incident is under way”.

If you or someone you love has been injured in the workplace, contact the Chicago workers’ compensation attorneys of Friedman & Bonebrake, P.C. at 312-466-8200 to learn more about your rights.

A fisherman was killed in a boating accident on the Cal-Sag channel Sunday, June 20th when his boat was rear-ended by another boater.

A man and woman driving a boat swerved to avoid a log in the water and lost control, hitting 41-year old fisherman Bishr Swaiss’ boat and throwing him into the water.  Officials say Swaiss could not swim and was not wearing a life jacket.  Illinois state police officials also stated that they believe at least one of the boats was undergoing maintenance at the time of the accident.

The Department of Natural Resources is investigating the accident to determine whether any of the boaters will be charged.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Swaiss’ family and friends.

Earlier this month, the Obama administration made good on a promise made to Republicans in the fall to place funds in reducing medical malpractice lawsuits and costs.

25 million dollars worth of funds were approved to be distributed to universities, medical centers, and state health departments.  The funds are intended to promote better doctor/patient communication and reduce injury, and as a result reduce medical malpractice lawsuits and lower liability insurance premiums.

In an address to Congress last September, President Obama stated, “I don’t believe malpractice reform is a silver bullet, but I’ve talked to enough doctors to know that defensive medicine may be contributing to unnecessary costs”.

If you or someone you love has been a victim of medical malpractice, contact the Chicago medical malpractice attorneys of Friedman & Bonebrake, P.C. at 312-466-8200 to learn more about your rights.

Eight people were sent to hospitals after a car accident on the Near West Side of Chicago yesterday afternoon.

The crash occurred around West 23rd Street and South Western Avenue.  A Lincoln Navigator was traveling west on West 23rd when it was struck by a minivan traveling south on South Western Avenue.  Witnesses say that the collision caused the Navigator to flip over on its side.  The minivan’s only passenger was the driver, who left the scene uninjured.  The Navigator’s occupants included a woman driver and several young children.

The woman and children were transported to four Chicago area hospitals varying in fair to serious condition.

If you or someone you know has been injured in a car accident, contact the Chicago automobile accident attorneys of Friedman & Bonebrake, P.C. at 312-466-8200 to learn more about your rights.

An eight-car pile-up in Crestwood has resulted in at least one death and four injuries.  Police are considering pressing charges against the 52-year-old parolee who caused the fatal pile-up when he sped his car into the backs of seven cars ahead of him.

One man died at the scene, while four others were treated at local hospitals and have since been released.  According to police, the man was on parole following a 2006 case of reckless homicide.

If you or someone you love has been injured or killed by a negligent driver, contact the Chicago car accident attorneys of Feldman & Bonebrake, P.C., by calling 312-466-8200.