Category: Personal Injury

Winter's icy breath has descended upon the Great Lakes. This has increased the risks pedestrians face as they navigate city streets, parking garages, and public parks. Ice and snow, sand and salt, crumbling concrete, and potholes can all cause slips and falls. In the winter, there is no shortage of obstacles that pedestrians can find themselves tripping over. That is why pedestrians should use caution while they are walking so that they don't experience a slip and fall accident that can derail their holiday plans.

In the state of Illinois, the law requires drivers to carry auto insurance to help protect themselves and other drivers/ passengers in the event of an accident. Unfortunately, however, an estimated 15 percent of drivers in the state are uninsured. In January of 2012, Illinois increased the penalties for driving without auto insurance and now has some of the stiffest penalties in the nation, but uninsured driving remains a problem.

August 21, 2015 marks a date that is certain to make history in personal injury cases in the state of Illinois. It is on that day that Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed a bill that advocates claim will help prevent occurrences of abuse and neglect in the state's nursing homes. House Bill 2462, also known as The Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long Term Care Facilities Act, takes effect on January 1, 2016, and enables residents of nursing homes and their families to install video and audio surveillance equipment in their rooms.

A Chicago family recently lost their 5-year-old boy after he was brutally attacked by a dog. In a case often seen by a dog bite attorney in Chicago, the boy, his mother and a sibling were visiting a neighbor’s home when the dog suddenly attacked for no reason. According to the Chicago Tribune, the dog took the boy by the neck and began shaking him like a rag doll. Despite attempts by the mother and neighbors to remove the dog from the boy, it still refused to let go. It was only after the boy’s mother pulled the dog and boy outside and neighbors were able to use random objects to beat the dog that it finally let go of the child. The little boy died at the scene.

Truck accidents can be some of the most devastating, damaging accidents that occur on the nation’s roads. Due to the exceptionally large size of most commercial trucks in relation to other vehicles, trucks tend to sustain minimal damage while other vehicles are severely mangled. An Illinois lawyer may see many drivers in their careers who were critically injured in this type of car accident. State lawmakers are hoping that a new bill taking a tougher stance against negligent truckers will help to stem the tide of these accidents and keep more residents safe.