Pedestrian Accidents: Chicago Takes Aim
Chicago has just completed a five-year study on pedestrian crashes with an eye to protecting pedestrians against the increasing number of pedestrian injuries and fatalities occurring in Chicago each year. The focus of the study was to pinpoint crash hotspots and identify high-risk patterns that cause or contribute to pedestrian accidents. Chicago through a Chicago […]
Personal Injury: Will I Have to Go to Trial?
Almost all personal injury cases are settled out of court and before trial begins, some are settled after the start of a trial but before its conclusion. It is always better and faster to avoid a trial but not always the best course to recovering the most in damages for a client. That’s where our […]
Workers’ Compensation: Highlights of 2011 Rewrite
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act: Your Personal Injury Lawyers at Grazian and Volpe (now Lloyd Miller Law) have been blogging extensively about the 2011 rewrite of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act. The outcome of such broad changes in law are difficult to predict and it will be up to lawyers, IWCC arbitrators and commissioners and up […]
Good News for Workers’ Compensation: Doctor’s Detailed Histories to Go Online
Workers’ Compensation claims finally get some good law in Illinois. On August 5th, I wrote about the need for a worker, injured on the job, to know that he or she has the right to choose their own doctor if they are not satisfied with treatment or diagnosis rendered by the company chosen physician (grazianandvolpe.com […]
Personal Injury and Police Brutality: New Ruling Adds Mayor Daley
Personal Injury and Police Brutality: A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that former Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued for alleged police brutality conspiracies that happened under former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge. Daley was the Cook County’s state’s attorney during most of the 1980s. It was during this time period that Burge […]