When you began using Essure to prevent pregnancy, you didn’t sign up for organ damage, a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy, or any of the other side effects linked to the device. You had no idea how much harm a supposedly safe birth control implant could cause.

Yet tens of thousands of women have now experienced major adverse events from Essure tubal sterilization. For years, the best thing these

Future attorney Ethen Inren Chen makes a point of following his passions – and law is just one of those passions.

“Whether I’m rapping music or wrapping dumplings, I will continue to expand my skill set,” the first-year law student at the University of Iowa College of Law says of his other favorite pastimes, hip-hop music and cooking.

Chen, a 22-year-old from Cerritos, CA, graduated from the

Ethan Inren Chen, a 22-year-old from Cerritos, CA, was selected as the winner of the Console and Associates P.C. Legal Scholarship 2017-2018. Chen, a graduate of Gretchen Whitney High School, earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of California-Riverside in June 2017. The impressive young man now joins the 2018 first-year class in the University of Iowa’s College of Law.

Chen, whose

You Will Get Better

Ever since your accident, you don’t feel like yourself anymore. You wonder if you’ll ever get back to not having constant pain to being able to live your life again.

That’s why you’re doing all of this filing a claim, pursuing a lawsuit, seeing your doctor. Yes, getting compensation for your injuries matters. But what you want most of all is to get

Accidents can happen anywhere, and when you have been injured in one you know the profound effect it has on your life. This is especially true when it is an injury such as a torn meniscus. Our knees are the largest joints in our body and needless to say, are imperative to our mobility.

Injuries to the knee can result in a variety of ways including workplace

When you,ve been in an accident that has resulted in significant neck, arm, back, or leg pain, it could be caused by inflamed or damaged spinal nerves. An epidural steroid injection (ESI) is a temporary procedure to help relieve this pain so you can resume your normal lifestyle. This procedure is minimally invasive and often very helpful, but it can still be costly. If the accident wasn’t

Electrocuted, is a frightening word. For those who have been electrocuted, or have a family member who was, you know exactly how much damage it can do. No human body is meant to withstand that type of power, and the injuries are often devastating, sometimes fatal.

Before your injury, you may have associated electrocution with being struck by lightning during a storm. Now you have experienced firsthand

If you,re in pain after an accident, you need help right away. Read on! The information our attorneys provide is essential to your personal injury claim and your recovery.

An injury from an accident in one location of your body can actually cause a variety of symptoms in other areas, including your extremities. What might feel like a tingling sensation in your hands a day after the

If an accident left you with a herniated disc, years of shooting pain and incapacitating weakness could be in your future. Your physical well-being and your lifestyle may never be the same. It’s essential that you get the right medical care at the right time to make the best recovery possible, and it’s just as essential that you have legal help to protect your family from the

Congratulations to Emily Brewster on being awarded the 2017 Console & Associates P.C. Legal Scholarship!

After receiving more than 150 applications from well-qualified students across the country, the law firm of Console & Associates P.C. has selected a winner to receive our Legal Scholarship: Emily Brewster of Matteson, Illinois.

A Winning Ambition

Life wasn’t easy when Emily Rae Brewster was growing up in South Chicago. In an

When your doctor put you on Xarelto, the medication was supposed to protect you, not harm you. Yet the blood thinner that’s intended to prevent strokes, blood clots, and other medical problems can cause severe side effects.

Console and Associates have 25 years of experience handling personal injury claims. Over that time, we’ve worked with law firms across the country, including those that handle Xarelto claims. If

When your doctor first recommended an IVC filter to prevent blood clots, you might have felt relieved. The procedure should have protected you from life-threatening health risk. But it turns out that IVC filters, the devices doctors sometimes implant to prevent blood clots in bedridden and immobilized patients, can be just as dangerous.

Hundreds of patients have sustained serious injuries from these implants. Some have even

Avoid an Independence Day disaster with these Firework Safety Month tips.

With Independence Day on the horizon, it won’t be long until fireworks light up the night sky across the nation. There may be few things more American than watching the rockets’ red (and blue, green, and gold) glare, but remember that even the smallest sparklers are still explosive – and dangerous – pyrotechnics.

It doesn’t take

Sometimes it doesn’t matter how careful you are – another person’s reckless behavior puts your safety at risk. In general, slip and fall cases can be difficult to pursue. Unlike a car accident, where property damage can illustrate the severity of the collision, there’s often no concrete proof that the fall happened where and how you say it did – or that it happened at all. If

Don’t mistake the pain you feel after slipping and falling on ice for just a little soreness. Unfortunately, it could indicate an injury much worse than you realize. If your injuries are more than minor bumps and bruises, no amount of rest, cold compresses, or over-the-counter painkillers will do enough to rehabilitate you. You must see a doctor to diagnose and treat your condition – before it