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Mental Health Facilities Abuse Exposed

On February 6, 2002, Matthew Goodman died due to an alleged abused committed by mental health practitioners. His awful story starts when he was diagnosed with autism when he was still a toddler. When he was nine years old, Matthew was put under a resident... Read >

Employment Law and Equal Pay Act

The Industrial Revolution has brought radical changes in the working place. This historical phenomenon swept much of the world, especially Europe where it started and the Americas. One radical change it brought to the working place is the deterioration of... Read >

Civil Rights Violators, Chicago Police in Focus

The Chicago Police Force is the second largest police force in the United States. It has a total of 13,500 members, next to New York Police Force. However, the second largest police force in the United States has the highest average among the big police d... Read >

Illinois Truck Accidents and Trucking Laws

Trucking accidents in the United States claim at least 5, 000 lives annually. Over the last ten years, trucking accidents involving large vehicles have increased by about ten percent. In Illinois, 6,000 large truck crashes were reported in 2006. About 2,0... Read >

Illinois Police Misconduct Cases

Police misconduct is defined as any unprofessional actions made by an officer that result in a wrongful conviction or denial of rights to the injured party. Police misconduct may include police brutality, false arrest, racial profiling, falsified evidence... Read >

Nursing Home Abuse and Indications

Illinois State Police are currently looking into a possible case of nursing home abuse that took place at Golden Moments Senior Care Center in Jacksonville. The allegations include a nurse's aide threat to cut the throat of a 68-year-old man, slapping a w... Read >

Prison Death Case and the Eighth Amendment

On August 1, 2004, Micah Burrell died of asthma attack due to deliberate negligence of prison authorities to have him rescued from death. This case of prison death took place in Texas Department of Criminal Justice's McConnell Unit. Burrel was alone ins... Read >

Anaesthesia Errors and Why They Occur

We often perceive that the most dangerous stage of surgery is the procedure itself. Many of us who undergo surgery fear the process. More often than not, we do not realize that sometimes the anaesthesia used during the operation is the hazardous stage of ... Read >

Police Taser Injuries and Deaths in the United States

Police brutality has recently gained attention in the United States. Many of us have seen horrible videos of police brutality on television. Often, police brutality results in serious injuries and even wrongful death. And more often than not, Taser plays ... Read >

Don't Let Wrongful Conviction Happen to You

One of the greatest burdens in life is paying for a crime that you did not commit. Wrongful convictions happen everyday. It haunts the criminal justice system of every country like the United States. Wrongful convictions are indicative of failures of the ... Read >

Truck Accidents and Why They Happen

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, accidents involving massive trucks claim at least 5,000 lives and injure 130,000 more. In the United States more than 500,000 truck accidents occur annually. As a matter of fact, one in every eight traff... Read >

Pedestrian Accidents’ Alarming Statistics in the US

Pedestrian accident is a serious problem throughout the world, especially in the United States. When cars came in run into pedestrians, serious injury might occur. In the United States, this problem is quite serious in that 5,000 pedestrians are killed an... Read >

A Primer on Wrongful Termination

Understanding the governing employment law is central to understanding wrongful termination. There are circumstances where employers can not fire his or her employees but termination is not at all times illegal. More often than not, people who are laid of... Read >

The Risks of Mesothelioma

Medical malpractice in the United States has a disturbing statistics. It has been documented that about 225,000 people die due to different forms of medical malpractice. One common type of medical malpractice is surgical error. This occurs due to the neg... Read >

Wrongful Death and the Law

In Florida a widow claims that debt collectors who hounded her husband with persistent calls a day led to the death of her husband. She claimed that these debt collectors had caused stress that contributed to the fatal heart attack that killed her husban... Read >