A woman is suing a Niles, Illinois movie theater for injuries she says she sustained after the armrest struck her in the head when she bent down to answer her telephone.
Taj Showers says that on June 14, 2008, while at the Kerasotes Niles Showplace 12 for the matinee viewing of the "Incredible Hulk" with her son, she bent down to "discreetly answer her telephone" when the armrest of her seat "suddenly dropped from its upright position and struck her on the head."
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The city of Chicago filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for damages after a vessel allided with the 92nd Street bridge in July of 2008.
According to the complaint, on July 21, 2008, the vessel Algowood engaged the vessels South Carolina and the Colorado for a winding operation outbound on the Calumet River to Lake Michigan. The complaint states that at 9:01PM, the South Carolina radioed the 92nd Street bridge tender to open the bridge, which he did. While within the draw of the bridge, Algowood's stern "canted to port at a high rate of speed" and the bridge tender radioed the vessel that it was going to hit the bridge, which it did, the complaint states.
The city states that it then had to close the bridge to all heavy vehicles and spent $415,915.53 in repairs. (The complaint states that the allision took place on July 21, 2008 and then states that repairs took place between January and June of 2008.)
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A woman is suing Starbucks for injuries she said she sustained after drinking coffee with shards of glass in it.
According to the complaint, Jacqueline Syzc did not notice anything unusual when she began drinking the coffee she purchased from a Starbucks in Addison, Illinois, but when she was nearly finished with the beverage, she noticed shards of glass in the bottom of the cup.
The complaint further states that as the day went on Syzc began to experience stomach cramps and pains in her upper abdomen. X-rays performed the same day revealed the presence of glass in her intestine and Syzc was admitted to Northwest Community Hospital where she stayed for two days, the complaint states.
According to the complaint, Syzc continues to experience pain and suffering.
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A young man with Leukemia and his father are suing Walgreens after the pharmacy misfilled his prescription.
According to the complaint, the young man was supposed to receive 1mg/ML solution of dexamethasome but the Walgreens in Winfield, Illinois filled the prescription with 1mg/10ml solution of dexamethasome, which is only 1/10th of the solution prescribed by his physician.
As a result, the complaint states the boy was required to undergo additional, invasive and dangerous medical treatment that would have otherwise been unnecessary.
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A Chicago man is suing McDonald's for injuries he sustained when he swallowed a gold earring that was in his sandwich.
According to the complaint, on August 11, 2009, Boguslaw Nedza was eating at the McDonald's at Navy Pier when he swallowed an earring while consuming a sandwich. The earring became lodged in plaintiff's throat and stomach and efforts to remove it by emergency personnel were unsuccessful, the complaint states.
The complaint further describes the object as "a gold colored earring with a sharp needle and clasp rendering it unfit for consumption."
The complaint asserts, among other things, that the sandwich "lacked any warning of the fact that it contained the gold earring" and that McDonald's "failed to prevent foreign objects not fit for human consumption, including but not limited to earrings, from being offered to the general public in the food being served."
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