Easter Food Safety: Keeping Your Celebration Happy and Healthy From Your Friends at VanDerGinst Law Easter is a time for celebration, family gatherings, and delicious meals. Whether you’re serving up a honey-glazed ham, dyeing Easter eggs with the kids, or enjoying a backyard brunch, food is often at the heart of the holiday. But nothing…
Read MoreAlarming Link Between Firefighting Foam and Cancer: What Firefighters Need to Know At VanDerGinst Law, we are committed to raising awareness about health risks faced by those who bravely protect our communities. Recent studies have highlighted concerning links between certain types of firefighting foam, particularly those containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and an…
Read MoreLawyer Life Hacks: Simple Ways to Protect Yourself Legally Every Day At VanDerGinst Law, we believe that a little bit of knowledge can go a long way in protecting yourself and your loved ones. Here are some quick and simple legal life hacks you can use to stay safe and prepared—without needing a law degree! …
Read MoreVanDerGinst Guide to Urban Legends: Legal Edition Ever heard of the infamous McDonald’s Hot Coffee case? Or tales about burglars suing homeowners for injuries sustained during a break-in? Legal urban legends spread like wildfire, but what’s the real story behind them? At VanDerGinst Law, we’re here to set the record straight and have a little…
Read MoreNew Verdicts in NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis) Cases Show Promise for Future Litigation Recently, a St. Louis, MO jury awarded the family of an Illinois girl a $495 Million verdict. The lawsuit claimed Abbott Laboratories failed to warn their baby formula could cause NEC, which is a potentially fatal disease affecting premature infants. This verdict sheds…
Read MoreFirefighting Foam (AFFF) Under Scrutiny for Health Risks: Legal Claims Being Investigated The firefighting foam known as Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) is under intense scrutiny after numerous firefighters and individuals exposed to the foam reported serious health complications. Potential claims against the manufacturers of AFFF are currently being investigated by our team. If you or…
Read MoreHow Social Media Can Impact Your Personal Injury Case ~M. Ernat It should come as no surprise that social media usage has increased significantly since we entered the pandemic. Communicating via social media, for many, has become their only form of communication with family & friends as we found ourselves quarantined and socially distanced. In…
Read MoreWHAT’S NEW IN 2022 @ VLAW ~M.Ernat Blog Post #1 (02/10/2022) We are now one month into 2022, and I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling like it’s very much still 2021. It seems every time I pick up a newspaper or get a notification from an app or website with “breaking news” it’s…
Read MoreA wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a deceased Walmart employee in Evergreen Park, Illinois (near Chicago), after the employee died due to coronavirus-related complications on March 25, 2020. According to the article, the employee allegedly told store managers that he was showing symptoms and was then ignored by store management….
Read MoreVanDerGinst Law is fortunate to continue to serve our clients during this time despite the government ordered “shelter in place” and business shutdown.
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