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Spring party season is just around the corner on college campuses all over the country. Greek Week and various fraternity and sorority social activities punctuate the landscape as students sprint to finish out the academic year. But there is an underbelly to this...

The pervasiveness of electronic communication, through emails and texting, or on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and the next new thing, is fraught with challenges for lawyers and litigants. Attorneys have to navigate the terrain on...

I am a ferocious and tireless advocate on behalf of plaintiffs. Some of my toughest battles are in the medical malpractice arena. Juries have a hard time seeing past that benevolent white coat perched atop that white horse even when the victim is a badly injured child...

Wednesday, January 12,  was a typical winter day in Illinois, waking up to the treachery overnight rain, turned to ice, turned to snow wreaked on the roads and sidewalks. Pedestrians and motorists alike face the hazards of snow and ice and the potential for personal...

Laird Ozmon Appears Before Illinois Supreme Court
In May Laird appeared before the Illinois Supreme Court as co-counsel in a seminal case involving a class of taxpayers and individuals and institutions who pay foreclosure fees in the State of Illinois.

The Illinois Appellate Court reversed a Lake County Court's dismissal of a personal injury and wrongful death action filed for the death of a child against the boat driver's girlfriend. The child fell off of an inflatable tube while tubing and was struck by a...

With every signature, every click and broken seal, you are potentially waiving a fundamental right—to have your dispute resolved by a jury. The American Association for Justice (AAJ), I am a former Parliamentarian, recently published a report revealing the extent to...

Stunningly high healthcare costs are a constant topic of public debate. The blame gamers cast aspersions far and wide targeting the claimed impact of medical malpractice lawsuits. Time and time again independent studies have disproved this theory. Most recently Johns...

Laird Ozmon recently attended the American Trial Lawyers (ATLA a/k/a AAJ) Board meeting and met with key candidates addressing compelling social justice issues, including Angus King of Maine and Joe Donnelly of Indiana, among others. We pledged our commitment to keep...

AAJ (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America - ATLA) closed its annual meeting today with the ascension of Laird M. Ozmon to the national office of Parliamentarian. AAJ is the national organization for plaintiff trial lawyers in the United States. Mr. Ozmon,...

Effective July 1, 2012 Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction 1.01 has been modified to permit jurors to ask questions of certain witnesses.  This instruction and corresponding comments are in line with the recent adoption of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 243 that authorizes...

The Law Offices of Laird M. Ozmon now represents former NFL players in lawsuits stemming from the NFL's conduct in actively ignoring and withholding medical proof that NFL players were subjecting themselves to long term health problems caused by concussions,...

JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) A weight-loss surgery turned into a nightmare and cost a woman both of her legs. CBS Chicago   CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini examines allegations that she was not properly monitored or treated, in part, because she was hospitalized during a...

Personal injury claims include motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall cases such as falls on sidewalks, in stores, restaurants, or other premises, products liability for defective or unsafe products, professional negligence such as the negligence of a doctor or...

#1 CONTACT THE AUTHORITIES. Depending on the type and location of the injury, you should contact the police or notify the manager of the premises immediately following the injury. Make sure that you obtain contact information for the authorities to obtain any...

In a heart-breaking case, the Illinois Appellate Court has decided that a six-week-old newborn who died of bacterial meningitis had no patient-relationship with the hospital that advised her parents to give her Tylenol and call her doctor in the morning. Even though...

The Herald News After two days of deliberations, a Will County Circuit Court jury returned a $2 million verdict Tuesday night for a Joliet carpenter who suffered severe left hand injuries on a power saw. The verdict for Robert Stukel, 52, of 631 Bethel Drive was...

By CRIS CARMODY Law Bulletin staff writer A federal jury has ordered Black & Decker to pay $12 million - including $10 million in punitive damages - to a man whose left hand was nearly severed in an accident involving one of the company's power saws. The jury also...

HERALD NEWS By Les B. Kerr, Herald-News Writer In 1983, bricklayer Jerry Ross cut off his left hand while using a power saw. The hand was reattached in surgery but Ross was disabled. In 1990, a lawsuit was filed in Will County Circuit Court for Ross, 51, of...

Joliet injury lawyer to become president of state association Reprinted from Chicago Tribune By Joseph Tybor TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Unlike other young lawyers just out of law school, Laird Ozmon did not have the concerns of where to work and what to do. His father, Nat,...

Reprinted from Chicago Daily Law Bulletin By John Flynn Rooney Law Bulletin Staff Writer Joliet lawyer Laird M. Ozmon steps into his term as president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association with a proud legacy, following in the footsteps of his father and making...

Prominent Joliet injury lawyer Laird M. Ozmon was chosen by his peers to be among the top five percent of all lawyers in Illinois, according to Leading Lawyers Network (Division of the daily legal publication known as The Law Bulletin). Laird Ozmon has concentrated...

SUCCESS STORIES Leading Lawyers Network Laird M. Ozmon has been helping injured people and their families find justice for nearly 25 years. His firm, the Law Offices of Laird M. Ozmon, Ltd., focuses solely on cases of personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful...

Malpractice suit settled for $8 million HERALD NEWS By Charles B. Pelkie HERALD-NEWS STAFF WRITER CHICAGO - A Joliet legal firm recently reached an $8 million settlement in a medical malpractice case involving a former Glendale Heights firefighter who was mistakenly...