In the race for governor of Illinois, one GOP candidate has come under the public microscope following allegations that his business investments were linked to mismanagement and patient neglect in the state's nursing home facilities. Bruce Rauner, a well-off, Winnetka...
Month: January 2014
Family of sepsis victim counts their blessings
It was a typical day when the vibrant, 8 year-old-girl bumped her knee at school. Normally athletic and spirited, she complained about the nagging pain in her leg. When the child did not improve after two days, the concerned mother took her to the University of...
Collapse of equipment results in 2 construction deaths
Two construction workers were killed when they fell 90 feet after a wagon lift they were riding in collapsed. The workers were on a perch off Interstate 85 near Montgomery while they worked on the Montgomery Outer Loop. The family has filed a wrongful-death...
Family questions suspicious death of disabled uncle
When an elderly uncle passed away at a state institution, his niece had no idea it was due to horrific neglect on the part of the staff. In 1955, the patient had a radical brain operation, or lobotomy, which had severed connections in his head, resulting in...
Worker killed in demolition accident
A member of a demolition crew was killed when he was hit by falling debris from a collapsed wall at Westfield Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills. The twenty-five year-old accident victim had graduated Stagg High School and University of Illinois and was a resident of Palos...
