Be Wary of Illinois Social Host Liability Law During the Holidays
The last thing we want to worry about during the holiday season is personal injury and wrongful death. However, every host and parent needs to be aware of a premises liability doctrine known as the Illinois’ Social Host Liability Law and how it may effect the manner in which you conduct your next holiday party. […]
Research Shows Drunk-Driving Incidents on the Decline
In a recent survey, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that there were 112 million incidents of drunk driving in the United States in 2010. And, while this number is staggeringly high, it represents the CDC’s lowest estimated total of incidents of drunk driving in nearly 20 years, and a decline of nearly 30 […]
Seriously Hurt in a Bicycle Accident: You May Still Get a Ticket in Illinois
Personal injury lawyers and their clients are all too painfully aware that where a bicycle is involved in a serious bicycle accident – the bicyclist is the driver who sustains the worst injuries (see myaccidentlaw.com/blog “bicycle accidents.”) Of course, motorcycle accidents share the same dynamic (same at “motorcycle accidents.”) A recent verdict reported notes the […]
Worker Falls Through Skylight and Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury
Personal injury attorneys who represent the victims of traumatic brain injury never feel satisfied that their client received just compensation-no matter how large the settlement. As Grazian and Volpe (now Lloyd Miller Law) has expounded on numerous occasions on myaccidentlaw.com/blog – the extent and ramifications of any serious brain injury is not always readily apparent […]
Government Held Liable in Serious Bus Accident
Every personal injury attorney knows how difficult is is to hold any government, whether local, state or federal in a personal injury lawsuit. Even if a plaintiff is able to survive the immunity defenses the difficulty in proving the standard of negligence often leaves a very seriously injured plaintiff with no recourse and no reward. […]