Archive for May 2011

Illinois Subway Restaurant Faces Food Poisoning LawsuitA Subway restaurant became the defendant of a food poisoning lawsuit when 41 people allegedly became ill after eating at the same Illinois location. MySuburbanLife.com reports that two couples had filed suit against the same Subway after discovering their food had been infected with the potentially lethal Shigella sonnei bacteria.…

A woman whose husband died from a house fire has filed a wrongful death claim against the Pontoon Beach, Illinois man who started the nearby bonfire. According to an article in The Telegraph, the late husband was visiting his friend and had fallen asleep inside his friend’s house when a bonfire the host had started caught…

A Dupo, Illinois man shot by a municipal police officer is making plans to obtain legal counsel and file a police violation lawsuit against the officer and the police department. According to an article in the Belleville News-Democrat, a police officer arrived at the man’s house due to a domestic disturbance call. At first, the…