Our most recent blog posts and tweets. BELOW YOU WILL FIND OUR MOST RECENT BLOG POSTS. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY LEARNING MORE ABOUT US, BY READING OUR THOUGHTS ON CURRENT TRENDS IN THE LAW. Theodore McCarrick, once a high-ranking American cardinal, charged with sexually assaulting teen Jul 29, 2021 7 Common Misconceptions About Personal Injury Cases Insurance companies are not your friends, they are a business. These powerhouse corporations make billions of dollars in revenue a year and are extremely reluctant to minimize their annual profits. Jul 5, 2021 Texting While Driving is Dangerous, and It’s Getting Worse May 20, 2021 Who Is Liable When a Drunk Driver Injures a Passenger, Another Driver or a Pedestrian? Driving under the influence of alcohol is dangerous and irresponsible. An individual driving a vehicle while intoxicated will be held liable in Illinois for injuries caused by the intoxicated driver’s negligent acts. In some circumstances, additional persons or entities might be liable for the intoxicated person’s actions. For instance, the establishment responsible for overserving the intoxicated patron might be liable for injuries caused by the negligent actions of the intoxicated person. Apr 21, 2021 Injured Workers Should Notify Their Employers About a Work Related Injury as Soon as Practicable In order to be protected under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act, an injured worker must give notice of his injury to his employer as soon as practicable, but not later than 45 days after sustaining an accidental injury arising out of the employment. 820 ILCS 305/6(c). If the employee does not notify his employer that he was injured, the failure to give notice will bar the claim. Ristow v. Industrial Commission, 39 Ill.2d 412 (1968). Mar 12, 2021 Help Stop Nursing Home Neglect Long term care facilities and nursing homes need to provide reasonable and standardized care to patients, and the civil justice system is the key to ensuring that they do. Illinois passed The Nursing Home Care Act in 1979 to address concerns of poor, inadequate and degrading care of elderly patients in nursing homes and long- term care facilities. While this legislation was passed with honorable intentions in mind, and with the sincere desire to correct a dire situation, Illinois nursing homes and long-term care facilities continue to offer substandard care, in some instances. While Illinois continues to monitor nursing homes, and investigate their actions, the state cannot correct this concerning situation on its own. Nov 19, 2020 SEE OUR MOST RECENT TWEET: Nessler Law Learn more about how Nessler & Associates can help you in these extraordinary times. https://t.co/bmtzb5Cpsz Worke… https://t.co/Ena3aUWjVP Apr 14, 2020, 3:55 PM Nessler Law Fifty-five years ago today civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. https://t.co/gpKbtNeDdN Aug 28, 2018, 8:58 AM Nessler Law A former Vatican ambassador accuses Pope Francis of covering for Cardinal McCarrick despite knowledge of alleged se… https://t.co/s96iuI8Yrg Aug 26, 2018, 11:28 AM Nessler Law https://t.co/fYJCmp0plD Aug 24, 2018, 10:10 AM Nessler Law https://t.co/IKJGWOrtaD Aug 23, 2018, 11:18 AM Nessler Law #DidYouKnow Edgar Lee Masters a Central Illinois author also practiced law https://t.co/TSwj2yYjuD Aug 23, 2018, 8:29 AM Nessler Law Are you a football fan? 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These victims include victims of institutional sexual abuse, victims of sexual harassment at work, and victims of sexual harassment in a educational setting. Our office was recently asked to comment on sexual abuse claims for a local newscast. You can see the news segment by following the link below. Feb 27, 2016 Illinois Supreme Court in Chicago during Springfield renovations The next case, Venture-Newberg Perini Stone and Webster v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation et al, had that spare simplicity that makes some legal cases sound almost like Bible stories. A workman heading to a plant was hurt. Is he exempt from compensation because of the “coming and going” exclusion that keeps workers from being covered if hurt on their commutes? Or did the job of Ronald Daugherty require him to be near the plant? Did his job begin when he got there? “The employer didn’t send him, he was not hired until he had gone through the screening at the plant,” argued Michael Resis. “He was not on call that day and there was no emergency . . . he chose to travel to pursue a job opportunity.” Jonathan Nessler represented the compensation commission. “Ronald Daugherty testified he was to be within a half hour of the plant for emergencies,” Nessler said, deploying a gesture I immediately dubbed in my mind “the spider”— his right hand open, as if holding a ball from above, tapping his fingertips on one spot on the table, then another. The hopping spider then became a bouncing cup. Tap, tap, then swish to drive his point home. Jul 17, 2015 Families of plane crash victims sue pilot's estate The families of two men who died in a plane crash west of Springfield last December have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the estate of the pilot, who also was killed in the crash. Attorneys for the families of Richard Hohimer and John Crabtree filed the suit Oct. 8 against the estate of Rayford Wright, accusing him of failing to properly control the plane. The families are seeking damages for their loss and grief, as well as specific amounts to cover funeral costs for Hohimer and Crabtree . Jul 17, 2015 Defender of the faith His Internet name was "poppa bear," a chubby, sprawled-out-naked-on-the-couch elderly man attracted to slim, muscular males, ages 20 to 40. In the real world, his name was Father Francis Gera, a priest at Holy Dormition Byzantine Catholic Church in Ormond Beach, Florida. Gera was bold, or dumb--most likely both. The e-mail address he used at gayvill.porncity.net was the same he gave out to parishioners. Last winter one of them performed an Internet search of Gera's e-mail address and up popped poppa bear's personal ad. The parishioner alerted Gera's bishop. When the bishop didn't respond, the church member contacted Stephen Brady of Petersburg. Jul 17, 2015 Sex abuse lawsuits against former monsignor may be reinstated LINCOLN — Lawsuits involving child sex abuse allegations against a former Catholic monsignor from Lincoln may be reinstated after being thrown out by a judge in 2007. A new appellate court ruling involves legal complaints by individuals who claim that Norman Goodman sexually abused them from 1975 to 1979 while a priest at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lincoln. In 2007, about 10 similar cases filed against various clergy — including the Goodman cases — were thrown out when Peoria County Circuit Judge Kevin Galley ruled the victims had waited too long to file charges. Jul 17, 2015 Suit filed in Litchfield child pornography case A Litchfield man has filed suit in Montgomery County alleging he was sexually abused as a youth by Paul Kincaid, a 67-year-old Litchfield man currently serving a 30-year federal prison sentence for manufacture and possession of child pornography. The suit was filed May 4 on behalf of “John Doe” by Frederic W. Nessler & Associates of Springfield. The suit alleges that Kincaid sexually abused the victim, now 21, from 2000 to 2006. The plaintiff was a member of a church Kincaid was active in and worked at The Hair Clinic, which was operated by Kincaid and Steve Collins, Kincaid’s housemate, the suit said. 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