Sandberg Law has joined “Together and Together Again” - Benefit Concert for the Highland Park Community Foundation.

Craig M. Sandberg was recently installed as a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s Board of Advocates.

Today I am happy to report that we (Plaintiff's Trial Team) have successfully concluded our weeks-long medical malpractice trial. We were assigned to Hon. Lorna E. Propes on February 3, 2020.

Following the death of their mother (F-74) after surgery, a Chicagoland family sought out and hired Kansas-based Shawn Parcells (doing business as National Autopsy and Tissue Recovery Services Inc. d/b/a National Autopsy Services, LLC and National Autopsy Services (“National Autopsy”)) to perform an autopsy on their mother.

Last week, a Chicago-based team of lawyers obtained a record-breaking $101 million on behalf of a baby who suffered an injury during birth. Before the jury’s verdict, however, both sides agreed to a “high-low agreement” on any verdict; specifically, the parties agreed that the verdict would be capped at $50 million, if the verdict exceeded $50 million, and would be set at $20 million in the event…

Recently, a fellow attorney asked about ophthalmologic malpractice involving LASIK surgery. He knew many friends and colleagues who have touted the wonderful results experienced from their new-found "spectacle independence". LASIK is the most commonly performed laser eye surgery to treat myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism.

Etihad Airlines, P.J.S.C. ("Etihad Airlines") is owned 100% by the Government of Abu Dhabi. “[A] foreign state is presumptively immune from the jurisdiction of United States courts”. Saudi Arabia v. Nelson, 507 U.S. 349, 355 (1993). “The Emirate of Abu Dhabi is also known as Abu Zaby. It is one of several independent Arab states forming the federation known as the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.).

This case involves the August 20, 2014 high-speed police chase (topping more than 115 mph) initiated in Belvidere by Boone County deputy Robert Rosenkranz, continued into Winnebago County, and ended when the vehicle Deputy Rosenkranz was recklessly pursuing struck the vehicle occupied by a 42-year old lawyer/activist from Rockford

A 49-year old man filed his lawsuit alleging medical malpractice against Oak Street Health, LLC. This lawsuit results from a failure to care for and treat the plaintiff’s clinically-infected diabetic foot ulcer at Oak Street Health – Avalon Park (1715 East 95th Street, Chicago, IL 60617) on January 26, 2018.

Hector Saul Castro-Aguirre, 39, from Nogales, Mexico, was one of four alleged members of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel found guilty in federal court after a ten-day trial. Castro-Aguirre was found guilty of conducting a continuing a criminal enterprise (Count 2), in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 848(a) & (b)(1), conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more

Plaintiff argues that the Noble Network of Charter Schools d/b/a Noble Street Charter School, which is a privately-run Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation operating a “charter school”, is not entitled to the “immunities and defences” afforded to a “local public entity” under the Local Governmental and Governmental Employee Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/1-101, et seq.)

In today’s United States v. Burris. No. 16-3855 (6th Cir. 2019) (en banc)decision, the Sixth Circuit issued an en banc opinion finally reassessing whether Ohio’s aggravated-assault and felonious-assault statutes qualify as violent-crime predicates under the “elements clause” of the Armed Career Criminal Act and the Career Offender guideline.