Cyclists: One Way Not to Get Hit
Grazian and Volpe have litigated thousands of car and bike accidents over the last 30 years. Some are unavoidable but we are constantly reminded how many accidents are totally preventable. A growing area of our practice involves cyclists. Chicago strives to be a bicycle friendly city and we applaud the efforts. Cycling is healthy and […]
Premises Liability and Two Fallen Chicago Firefighters
The Chicago and South Chicago Premises Liability Lawyers have an interesting lawsuit involving a set of facts which are probably more common than reported in the news. In December of 2010 a dilapidated roof caused the death of two Chicago firefighters. Chicago firefighter, Edward Stringer was killed when the roof of an abandoned building collapsed during […]
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. […]
Prevent Car Accidents – Make Sure Your Vehicle is Winter Ready
Chicago winter is upon us and your personal injury attorneys at Grazian and Volpe would prefer you not be one of the thousands of victims of winter related car accidents. One of the best ways to avoid motor vehicle winters in the long and icy Chicago clime is to make sure your vehicle is winter […]
Car Accidents Pose Greater Risk for Women
It has been our experience as car accident lawyers that women seem to fare worse in car accidents than men. Our experience received scientific confirmation when researchers at the University of Virginia concluded a study this month which was published online on October 20th in the AMerican Journal of Public Health. The researchers at the University […]