Legal Justice

COURTS & COVID-19 CHALLENGES Our Lawyers Continue to Take Cases & File Cases This has been a challenging year. There is no other way to say it. Our lawyers and staff have adjusted by working from home when necessary. We have maximized our use of our case management software, electronic communications and remote technology to […]

Jim Coogan Recognized by Peers Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Announced their 40 Under 40 Attorneys to Watch The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin announced their Annual list of 40 Attorneys under the age of 40 to Watch this week. The list names young attorneys practicing in the Chicagoland area who are achieving success for their clients […]

Jim Coogan Discusses the Supreme Court Listen to Latest Constitutional Law Decision Discussion In “How Is This Legal,” an ongoing podcast series of discussions on the law, trial attorney Jim Coogan joins Ben Joravsky to discuss the legal issues in the news of the day. Ben Joravsky is a columnist for The Chicago Reader and […]

Police Conduct and the Law Jim Coogan Joins The Ben Joravsky Show to Discuss Police Immunity Since the tragic death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis Police Officers, the concept of “Immunity” for police conduct has been a national topic. The disturbing manner in which Mr. Floyd died at the hands of officers […]

Change In Illinois Work Comp Law Protects Front Line Workers ***UPDATE II: Illinois General Assembly Passes Law May 21, 2020*** On Thursday, May 21, 2020, the Illinois Senate passed HB2455 to create the “Presumption” noted below: that exposure to COVID-19 Coronavirus will be presumed to have arisen out of and occurred in the scope of […]

The Ben Joravsky Show – Bonus with Jim Coogan “How Is This Legal?” Segment Discusses Defamation, Barr, Impeachment The Ben Joravsky Show (click here) is a news and politics podcast hosted by Chicago Reader columnist and journalist Ben Joravsky. The show kicked off 2020 right by hosting a discussion with our own Jim Coogan. This […]

A GREATER HARM RECENT STUDIES CONFIRM THAT PATIENTS INJURED FROM MEDICAL ERRORS SUFFER MORE THAN PHYSICALLY In the United States, medical errors are estimated to be the third-leading cause of death. Indeed, a study in the Journal of Patient Safety published in 2013 criticized outdated estimates, and put the number at approximately 440,000 annual deaths […]

Be Careful Where You Park In a surprising decision from Illinois’ First Appellate District, the Court dismissed the case of a person who injured themselves stepping into a 5-foot pothole. The basis for the ruling? The location of where she parked her car. Her lawsuit was against the City of Chicago for negligent maintenance of […]

Laws Capping Damages Hurt the Injured Patients, Consumers, and Victims pay the price when Juries are Capped. It is one of the most difficult questions for an injury lawyer to answer: “what is my case worth?”  So, if lawyers who do this work on a daily basis cannot answer it, how is a jury of […]

Governments Taking Steps to Protect Riders Coogan Gallagher Injury Lawyers Know Risks to Riders Every single day, millions of Americans hop in a ‘rideshare’ vehicle to get where they are going.  You know the companies: Uber, Lyft, Via…  And you know they are a way to save money on transportation.  Rideshare transportation has changed the […]

“Ask An Attorney” on The Ben Joravsky Show Our very own Jim Coogan has been making monthly appearances on WCPT 820 AM since May, 2017.  The Ben Joravsky Show is a daily talk show that focuses on political and news developments in the Chicago area, Illinois and nationally.  Ben is a columnist for The Chicago […]

ITLA launches women’s caucus to foster leaders Photo provided by Rebecca E. Neubauer The newly formed women’s caucus of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association at the state Capitol in Springfield last month. Front and center is caucus chair Margaret P. Battersby Black, partner at Levin & Perconti; to her left, caucus co-vice chair Sarah F. […]