Pharmacy's Prescription Med Mix-Up Sent Woman to Hospital: Lawsuit

A woman claims she overdosed on her thyroid medicine because Walgreens screwed up.

Pharmacy's Prescription Med Mix-Up Sent Woman to Hospital: Lawsuit

A woman claims she overdosed on her thyroid medicine because Walgreens screwed up.

A woman claiming a medication miscalculation landed her in the hospital is suing Walgreens. An attorney representing plaintiff Ginger Joseph filed the lawsuit in Will County court. The suit claims Joseph's doctor called a prescription for the thyroid drug liothyronine in to the Walgreens on Lily Cache Lane in Bolingbrook on May 10, 2011. But instead of providing the prescribed dosage of liothyronine, the pharmacy gave Joseph "one thousand times greater than the dosage prescribed" by the doctor, the lawsuit said. When Joseph took the medication, she "suffered thyrotoxicity causing severe injuries requiring in-patient hospitalization, and including pain and suffering, increased heart rate palpitations, tachycardia (and) severe fatigue," …

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Drew Peterson Lawyer Takes Three-Month License Suspension: Tribune

Accused of stealing a client's money, one of Drew Peterson's attorneys agreed to a three-month suspension of his law license, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Drew Peterson Lawyer Takes Three-Month License Suspension: Tribune

Accused of stealing a client's money, one of Drew Peterson's attorneys agreed to a three-month suspension of his law license, the Chicago Tribune reported.

A member of convicted wife-killer Drew Peterson's defense team took a three-month license suspension to settle a disciplinary case brought against him, the Chicago Tribune reported. Clarendon Hills attorney David Peilet agreed to the suspension, according to the Tribune. Peilet did not join Peterson's defense team until after the disgraced former Bolingbrook cop was found guilty of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in September. Peilet was part of a failed effort to win a new trial for Peterson. According to the Tribune story, Peilet was accused of stealing $4,000 from a client he represented in a Cook County drug case. A complaint was filed against him with the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission. "The ARDC …

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Bolingbrook Man Gets 12 Years in Prison For Deadly Crash in 2012

Jay Cox could have gotten two years more.

Jay Cox faced up to 14 years in prison if convicted of driving drunk and killing a man in a crash. His guilty plea saved him two years of time. Cox, 36, took the 12 year hit Thursday morning. Will County Judge Daniel Rozak pointed to Cox's "substantial record" before handing down the sentence. Cox's attorney, Michael Renzi, noted that Cox's trouble with the law was more than 10 years ago and that he was never arrested on drug charges or for driving under the influence. "Not for the grace of God go many of us," Renzi said. Cox pleaded guilty in February to aggravated driving under the influence. Cox, a resident of Bolingbrook, was arrested in February 2012 after a crash at the intersection of Rockhurst Road onto Monterey Drive. Efren Garcia…

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10:22 am on Monday, April 29, 2013

Two families have been devastated by this tragic accident. Please, wear your seatbelt and don't drink and drive! There is never an excuse for driving when you've been drinking.   more ›

Court Supervision: 11 Days in Jail For Sex With 16-Year-Old Boy

A former Plainfield North gym teacher pleaded guilty to meeting a teen for sex. And that was just one of the things going on in court this week.

More than two years after the police caught her in a car with a half-dressed student from the high school where she was a teacher, Ashley Blumenshine copped a plea. Blumenshine, a 30-year-old former Plainfield North gym teacher, will have to do 11 days in jail. She will also spend two years on sex offender probation and 10 yeas on the Illinois sex offender registry. She tearfully apologized before she was taken into custody to start doing her time. Let's look at what else was going on in the area's courthouses this past week: Check out all these stories and more on our Facebook page.

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Court Supervision: Not The Pedro Hernandez You Were Looking For

A New Lenox man spoke of his "horrific" ordeal in the county jail after he was arrested for a murder someone else was wanted for.

We started the week off by talking with the New Lenox man jailed for two weeks for a murder allegedly committed by someone else with the same name. Pedro Hernandez, 67, said his time in the Will County jail was "horrific," and that he's looking for a lawyer to talk to about filing a lawsuit. But Hernandez's ordeal was just one of the things going on last week. There was also: Check out all these stories and more on our Facebook page.

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Trial Date Set For Bolingbrook Man in Attempted Kidnapping Case

Bolingbrook resident George Smith is looking at a June trial.

Trial Date Set For Bolingbrook Man in Attempted Kidnapping Case

Bolingbrook resident George Smith is looking at a June trial.

A Bolingbrook man charged with trying to lure an 11-year-old girl into his truck learned Wednesday that his trial was set to start in June. George Smith, 66, has been free on bond since May. He was arrested in February 2012 after allegedly trying to entice a young girl into his vehicle. Smith first was charged with disorderly conduct, but that was boosted to felony attempted child abduction in April. According to court papers, Smith served four years active duty with the Marines and suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Smith was under the care of a doctor at a Veterans Affairs hospital and was also taking medication for post-traumatic stress syndrome, the April filing said. Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak scheduled a June 3 trial for …

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