Daily Archives: April 19, 2012 - 3 results

WARNING: This video depicts shocking injuries of nursing home victims that are ordinarily never seen by the public. In 2010, Chicagoan Paula Lingo discovered that her uncle – a stroke victim receiving short-term rehab in a local nursing home — was covered in pressure ulcers… or bed sores. “It was horrific to see how severely injured his body was.”  Chicago lawyer Steve Levin of Levin & Perconti has represented Lingo’s family and hundreds of others in lawsuits brought against nursing …

A deadly blaze erupted in an abandoned warehouse in Philadelphia last week, killing two firefighters and injuring two others when a wall fell on them while they were extinguishing the fire. Yesterday the city announced a grand jury would convene to look into the possibility of criminal charges against the owners of the building, which had been the subject of numerous complaints and citations for disrepair. Could the owners also face civil suits stemming from their negligence and failure to …

When Kobe and Vanessa Bryant finalize their divorce, some celebrity watchers expect the basketball star’s ex to walk away with $75 million in cash and three mansions to her name. But if she’d filed for divorce a few months earlier, her potential pay-out could have been considerably less, thanks to California divorce laws that treat marriages lasting 10 years or longer differently than shorter-lived matrimonial alliances. The exact details of any alimony Vanessa Bryant receives will also depend, in part, …