Chicago and Cook County, like the rest of the nation, has seen fatal car crashes decline slightly over the last few years. Of course, any progress toward reducing the number of deaths in auto accidents is positive. The heartbreaking reality is that hundreds of people each year lose their lives in Chicago car accidents. Those…
Continue reading…Your First Step After Injured in an Uber Accident
Rideshare companies like Uber, Lyft, and other regional companies have disrupted the way we think about automotive travel. The convenience of using a cellphone to hire a private car to take you to and from your destination makes ride sharing incredibly popular, efficient, and convenient. But does ride sharing make traveling by vehicle safer? The…
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Filing a Successful Slip-and-Fall Claim Against Costco
Thousands of customers pass through Illinois Costco stores weekly. They purchase items in bulk from Costco’s warehouse-like store. Costco’s cavernous stores are filled with potential dangers. Like all other stores in Illinois, Costco must protect its customers from injury. That means the store must take precautions to guard against patrons slipping and falling on liquids…
Continue reading…Monetary Compensation for Inner Ear Injuries
Ears are complicated and susceptible to injuries in accidents. Sometimes ear injuries show few or no outward signs that indicate that anything is wrong. The symptoms of an ear injury can vary greatly depending on which part of the ear is injured. The symptoms include dizziness, hearing loss, and sensitivity to sounds. The inner ear…
Continue reading…Compensation For Basilar Skull Fractures in Illinois Car Accidents
A basilar skull fracture happens at the base of the skull. The skull has several points at which the joints are weaker than others, and those junctures are more likely to break when sufficient force is applied, some of these points result in basilar fractures. A basilar skull fracture, also known as a basal fracture,…
Continue reading…Compensation For Bone Fractures in Illinois Car Accidents
Broken bones are severe and painful injuries. Fractures require a long time to heal and rehabilitate. An accident victim who sustains a broken bone in an auto crash that was caused by the recklessness or negligence of another may have a right to pursue monetary damages against the other driver and any other person whose…
Continue reading…Illinois Governor, State Police Beg Motorists to Move Over
CHICAGO, Ill. — Illinois Governor JB Pritzker along with the Head of the Illinois State Police joined in a press conference to reiterate to the public that motorists in Illinois must move over when approaching a patrol car with the emergency lights on while roadside according to ABC 7 Chicago. Governor Pritzker and the State Police reminded…
Continue reading…Compensation For Vision Loss After an Illinois Car Crash
Of our five senses, people generally say that their vision is one they would never want to go without. Our eyes quite literally are our windows to the world. It is almost unimaginable how devastating losing one’s eyesight would be if the loss of vision happened naturally. The sense of loss might be that much…
Continue reading…Illinois Auto Accident Law Firm Discusses Facial Injuries
Facial injuries and scarring are common injuries that arise out of auto accidents. Anytime one vehicle strikes another car, or a vehicle hits a motorcycle, cyclist, or pedestrian, the people involved are at an elevated risk of sustaining a facial injury. Injuries to the face can be severe and the consequences of the injury far-reaching….
Continue reading…How to File a Slip-and-Fall Claim Against Mariano’s Grocery Stores
Every person who enters a store in Illinois to shop has the right to be protected by the store against injuries. Patrons of grocery stores like Mariano’s are particularly vulnerable to slip and fall incidents leading to severe injuries. The operators of Mariano’s should anticipate that food from its shelves will fall onto the floor…
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