In the early hours of June 20, 2011, a house caught fire in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. The fire left the family homeless and killed a two-month-old baby girl.

The fire started on a mattress and became so hot that family members could not get Tiniya Coleman who was in a first floor bedroom of the house on the 800 block of North Laramie. A firefighter grabbed the girl and she was transported to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park.

The house had a fire detector but the battery in the device was dead. The fire remains under investigation by the Chicago Fire Department.

The residents of the home, nine adults and four children, are left without a home. The girl’s family are being put up temporarily by the American Red Cross.

Fires can become very hot, very fast and lead to loss of life. If you or a loved one has lost someone to a house fire, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to find out your legal options. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

Unilever, the company that owns the Skippy Brand of peanut butter, announced in a press release that they were recalling the Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter and Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter as they may have been contaminated with the salmonella bacteria.

 
Stores in sixteen states in the Midwest and the New England Atlantic coast, including Illinois, were sent the jars of peanut butter. The affected jars have the UPC numbers of 048001006812 and 048001006782, and have “best if used by” dates of May1612LR1, May1712LR1, May1812LR1, May1912 LR1, May2012LR1 and May2112LR1.
 
According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms of salmonella poisoning include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pains and diarrhea. In healthy people the symptoms are mild but for the young, old and frail salmonella poisoning can be very serious or fatal in some cases.
 
If you or a loved one has suffered from ingesting contaminated food, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to find out your legal option. Visit our website at www.spiroslaw.com.

Several people were injured when boats collided on Lake Mattoon on Saturday, October 9, 2010. One man lost his life as a result of the accident.

According to the Mattoon Journal-Gazette, Gary Enyart of Mattoon died Saturday at a local hospital after two boats crashed into each other just before 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning.  At least seven other people were on the boats when the accident occurred.

Lake Mattoon is 60 miles south of Champaign, Illinois. The accident was being investigated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police.

If you or a loved one has had injuries due to a boating accident, call Spiros Law to find out your legal options at 815-929-9292. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com

Officials have said that after four days, oil has stopped leaking from the failed pipeline that caused 6,100 barrels of crude oil to be spilled onto the street of the industrial park.

A spokesperson from Enbridge Energy Partners announced that crews have been working to remove the broke pipeline, but that they have drained the remaining oil that was in the pipe. Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency have been investigating the incident to see if an environmental impact will have been made.

Officials have announced that the oil has been collected in a retention pond and have not reached the river.

The entire cleanup and excavation process will take at least a month, but will likely take longer. Businesses that are affected by the oil will be compensated.

If you or a loved one has been injured and need representation, contact the Kankakee personal injury lawyers of Spiros Law by calling 815-929-9292 today.

A well-known former ONU chaplain is recovering after a motorcycle accident last week left him with a fractured skull and three broken ribs. The accident occurred shortly after noon on March 16th at the Indian Oaks road and Career Center intersection, when a vehicle turned into him while he was riding his motorcycle in the northbound lanes.

The driver of the other vehicle received a traffic ticket at the scene of the accident.

If you have been hurt in an accident caused by a reckless or negligent driver, contact the Kankakee personal injury lawyers of Spiros Law, P.C. at 815-929-9292 to discuss your legal options.

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that caps limiting the amount that can be awarded in medical malpractice suits are against the state’s constitution.

The limits were passed by the Illinois General Assembly in 2005, but the court has ruled that the legislation infringed on the power of the state’s judicial branch. Doctors’ advocacy groups are quick to criticize the ruling, stating that malpractice damages caps have made healthcare more widely available and less expensive. However, studies have indicated that medical malpractice lawsuits do not significantly increase the cost of medical care, contradicting this assertion.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of medical malpractice, contact the Kankakee personal injury attorneys of Sprios & Wall today by calling 815-929-9292.

A woman from Tazewell County had died as a result of a three-car accident on Interstate 74 Friday evening in Champaign County.

27-year-old Minier resident Jennifer Kautz was a passenger in a pick-up truck that crossed the center median and struck a westbound semi head-on.

According to information released by Illinois State Police District 10 in Pesotum, 28 year-old Chad Kautz was driving the pick-up truck eastbound on I-74, near Mahomet, shortly before 6:00 p.m when he collided with a semi-truck driven by Terry Eugene Chamberlain.

Authorities did not disclose Chamberlain’s age or place of residence.

After crashing into Kautz’s pickup, the semi-truck also struck a vehicle driven by Winella Howard. No information on Howard is available.

If you or someone you know has been injured in an Illinois car accident, please contact a Kankakee personal injury lawyer of Spiros Law by calling 815-929-9292.

On Sunday morning, the Illinois Department of Public Health and Safety issued a consumer warning about sausage products made by Daniele International Inc. A federal recall has been initiated to remove nearly 1.2 million pounds of the sausage products due to possible salmonella contamination.

Daniele International, Inc produces a variety of sausage products under different brand names, so it is important to check the USDA label to identify which products are being recalled.

If you or someone you love has fallen ill due to the ingestion of contaminated sausage products, contact the Kankakee personal injury lawyers of Spiros Law, P.C. at 815-929-9292 to discuss your legal options.