Judge Orders Retrial for City Hall Hiring Scandal
U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman ordered a new trial for former Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Al Sanchez and Chicago police officer Aaron Delvalle, ruling that prosecutors violated disclosure rules by failing to reveal the extensive arrest record and gang membership of a key witness. Gettleman says that the error prevented defense lawyers from cross-examining the [...]
Leer MásDolan Supports Fight Against Expansion of Facility for Sex Offenders
West Haven residents are complaining about St. Leonard’s house, a facility that provides transitional housing for ex-offenders. Residents claim that St. Leonard’s in the 2100 block of West Warren never notified the neighborhood that sex offenders live nearby. Earlier this year, a convicted rapist walked out of the center and allegedly raped two women in [...]
Leer MásBloomberg article exposes insurance companies’ cheating scheme
The September 2007 issue of Bloomberg Market Magazine entitled The Insurance Hoax by David Dietz and Darrell Preston has wreaked havoc on the insurance industry as a whole as the two authors claim that some major insurance companies in the United States, specifically Allstate and State Farm, practice what the authors call as cheating on [...]
Leer MásDolan fights for domestic violence victims
Martin Dolan of Dolan Law Offices in Chicago was disappointed with the ruling rendered by U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve on victims of violence as constituting a so-called “suspect class” whose members are entitled to extra protection under the U.S. Constitution.
The decision of the judge was made in the light of the violation made [...]
AAJ: Do Not Include Medical Malpractice Reform in the Health Care Overhaul
According to the Institute of Medicine, as many as 98,000 people die in hospitals each year as a result of preventable medical errors. The American Association for Justice (AAJ) has launched an ad campaign to inform lawmakers about the inclusion of medical malpractice tort in the healthcare reform bill.
According to the Government Accountability Office and [...]
