Drunk Driving Car Accidents In Illinois Can Mean a Big Verdict
Drunk Driving Car Accidents can mean a big verdict for the plaintiff. A jury awarded more than $11.8 million last month to a driver whose car was rear-ended by a repeat drunk driver. The plaintiff developed a painful and debilitating nerve condition as a result of the crash that has confined him to a wheelchair. Plaintiff […]
Bicycle Accident: Don’t Buy Your Helmet at the Flea Market
Bicycle Injuries: Don’t Buy Your Helmet at the Flea Market. Summer is in full swing and yard sales and flea markets are running at full tilt. Summer is also biking season in Chicago and the bike lanes and lake front are running fast with cyclers out to take advantage of Chicago’s short bicycle season. It’s […]
Illinois Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Laws
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for teen drivers in America and have become a serious public safety and health issue. In 2007, many states-including Illinois-enacted a number of stringent laws affecting teen drivers. Prior to these laws, teens in Illinois accounted for about 6 percent of the state’s licensed drivers but […]
Workers’ Compensation and Machine Guarding Hazards
Workers’ Compensation and Machine Guarding Hazards: No one wants to get hurt on the job. Injuries sustained on the job are covered by worker’s compensation and should allow an employee to be compensated for lost wages and medical bills. However, no employee wants to become injured and it is always best to avoid injury by […]
Bicycle Accidents: Joliet to Appeal $2 Million Award
Bicycle Accidents and Injuries: Joliet to appeal $2 million award to bicyclist hit by police car. Poor Cedric Bacon, 57 was struck by a Joliet police car traveling more than 60 mph at an intersection in South Chicago. Bacon suffered severe trauma and several skull fractures. Bacon now lives with his son in Atlanta had to […]