How to Prevent a Distracted Driving Car Accident
Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers are becoming very rich from the increasing number of car accidents caused by distracted drivers. Cell phones are the leading cause of truck accidents and car accidents and the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) reports that banning cell phone use while driving has lead to marked decrease in car accidents in […]
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 […]
Crullers, Coffee and Car Accidents Are Not Tasty in Oak Park
Oak Park is taking aim at drivers distracted by dining while driving. Car accidents, crullers and coffee are a bad combination in any city but Oak Park is fed-up. While the proposed ban includes many forms of distracted driving – from hand-held cellphones to grooming to texting while driving – eating seems to be the […]
Bus Accidents: Beware the Low-Cost Carrier
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that so-called curbside bus companies, which pick up riders on sidewalks rather than in terminals, are involved in bus accidents involving fatalities at seven times the rate of traditional carriers like Greyhound. On September 8, 2011 Grazian and Volpe wrote of a recent NTSB study finding that bus […]
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 […]