09/15/2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this month that it is revoking all “tolerances” for chlorpyrifos, a widely used agricultural pesticide linked to neurological development issues in children. The agency's action is an overdue response to a 2007 petition by environmental advocacy organizations and several States in efforts to better protect human health, especially tho...
View More08/19/2021
Meyers & Flowers is proud to announce that seven of the firm's attorneys were recognized for their legal excellence in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Best Lawyers is universally regarded as a renowned guide to legal excellence, providing lists in more than 75 countries. Attorneys recognized in the 28th edition of the Best Lawyers are acknowledged for their professional ...
View More07/26/2021
Meyers & Flowers is proud to announce the appointment of Founding Partner Peter J. Flowers as the co-lead counsel by the federal judge in the US District Court Southern District of Illinois paraquat multi-district litigation. In an order filed on July 8, 2021 Judge Nancy Rosenstengel named Mr. Flowers as the co-lead plaintiffs' counsel, alongside co-counsel Khaldoun A. Baghdadi of Walkup, Melo...
View More07/08/2021
Meyers & Flowers is pleased to announce that six of our firm's attorneys have been nominated and named to the prestigious 2021 list of Illinois' top practitioners. Their distinction is highlighted in the annual publication of the Leading Lawyers magazine - an honor that speaks to the respect and high-regard our attorneys have established among their peers. Since 2003, Leading Lawyers, through...
View More06/24/2021
Meyers & Flowers and Rockford-based Clark Frost Zucchi have filed some of the first lawsuits against Chemtool Incorporated and owner Lubrizol Corporation representing residents living near the Rockton industrial grease manufacturer. The suit alleges the company was negligent and failed to exercise reasonable care that would have prevented last Monday's catastrophic chemical fire that forced re...
View More06/03/2021
Meyers & Flowers is currently investigating potential Ocaliva chronic liver disease lawsuits for individuals with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) who have suffered serious liver injuries after taking the drug. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently restricted the use of the liver disease medicine Ocaliva in patients that have primary biliary cholangitis with advanced cirrhosis of th...
View More05/24/2021
Thomas M. Connelly - Associate Trial Attorney Thomas M. Connelly's interest in the law formed as a young child, watching both his grandfather and uncle work as police officers in the Chicago Police Department. When his uncle left the police force to become an attorney, Tom knew that he wanted to follow in his footsteps. Taking the next step towards pursuing his passion, Tom earned his undergradu...
View More05/14/2021
Meyers & Flowers trial attorneys Craig D. Brown and Peter J. Flowers recently finalized a $12 million medical malpractice settlement for a 7-year-old boy after his physicians negligently failed to diagnose and stop his seizures while he was a patient at a northern Illinois hospital for 36 hours. Adam was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was 2 years old. His cerebral palsy caused many ...
View More05/11/2021
Craig D. Brown and Michael W. Lenert of Meyers & Flowers obtained a $7,000,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 6-year-old Illinois boy struck by a commercial semi-tractor trailer while he was riding a motorized scooter. On September 19, 2017, six-year-old Charlie went over to his friend Johnny's house in rural Illinois to play after school. Johnny lived on a truck route in a residential neighbo...
View More05/10/2021
A 57-year-old father of four was awarded a $1,000,000.00 settlement after sustaining serious injuries due to the negligence of a semi-trailer truck driver. On February 12, 2020, Jose and his friend were driving eastbound on I-88 at approximately 3am on their way back to Aurora after picking up scrap paper in Dekalb when without warning a truck violently struck the back of their van. Jose was se...
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