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 […]

More Brain Injury Tragedy in the NHL

Not to sound like a broken record when it comes to brain injuries – but we don’t care if it serves to prevent more tragedies like that of former N.H.L star Rick Martin. On October 13, 2011 at myaccidentlaw.com, we wrote of the changes to N.H.L. regulations regarding prevention of brain trauma through hit limitations. […]

Rental Cars and Car Accidents: New Legislation Protects the Consumer

If a rental car is involved in a car accident due to a manufacturing defect – don’t expect the rental company to compensate for injuries or even wrongful death.This may come as a shock but current statutes and regulations don’t require rental car companies to have recalled vehicles repaired! Tragically, two wrongful deaths suffered in […]