New workers’ compensation claims have continued to pile up this year at Menard Correctional Center despite ongoing probes by federal authorities, a newspaper reported Sunday. According to the Belleville News-Democrat, which has published a series of reports based on its …
A southwestern Illinois chiropractor already sentenced to federal prison for health-care fraud and money laundering has been ordered to pay nearly $1.9 million in restitution. Forty-one-year-old John Hardimon of Shiloh pleaded guilty last October in federal court in East St. …
The father of a 36-year-old New Mexico man who died in the federal prison in Pekin says he wasn’t surprised the Department of Justice denied a wrongful death and personal injury claim filed by the family. Juan Montoya of Albuquerque, …
Authorities are investigating a Chicago accident involving a tour bus that left 20 people with minor injuries. Authorities say the accident in the evening on June 5 on Chicago’s Dan Ryan Expressway involved a tour bus and two other vehicles. …
It took two tries, but lawmakers approved a major overhaul of Illinois workers’ compensation system Tuesday in an effort to save businesses hundreds of millions of dollars. The measure now goes to Gov. Pat Quinn, who said he “absolutely” will …
A veterans’ health care center in North Chicago has received 33 notices of unsafe working conditions from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA Chicago North area office director Diane Turek said Monday that the center “failed to properly ensure” …
A distraught mother who claims in a wrongful death lawsuit that Four Loko alcoholic drinks contributed to her 15-year-old son’s death appeared in Chicago on Thursday to publicize the suit and warn others about the dangers the drinks pose. Karla …
A woman has filed suit against Frito-Lay and Costco for at least $50,000, charging that the Ruffles potato chips she ate contained some objects such as straight pins or needles that led her into surgery. Zahra Kashani became “acutely ill” …
Quinco Steel Inc., located in Chicago Heights, has been cited by OSHA for four repeat safety violations after people were observed working at heights without fall protection during a January job site inspection in Chicago. The steel erection contractor faces …
State Farm plans to close two dozen field offices in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan where 1,300 people work to save $8 million over the next five years. The Pantagraph newspaper in Bloomington reports the insurance company said Monday some of …