Kent M. Lucaccioni, Ltd.

Deviations from standard care in a medical facility could be defined as negligence. When a 30-year-old man came to an emergency room, he claimed he had a skin rash. As such, he waited over eight hours for medical attention.By the time someone checked on him, he was...

A tragic incident involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck near Bloomington, Illinois, has claimed the life of a LeRoy woman. Bloomington Fire Department arrived at crash site to provide assistance to officers.Investigators attempted to reconstruct the scene of the...

In the state of Illinois, as in many other parts of the U.S., patients rely on reliable and competent medical care. While medical errors and negligence may be rare, there are times when the odds catch up with us.Recently, there has been some attention on proper...

In the state of Illinois, many injuries on the job are caused by construction negligence. Construction negligence may lead to death or accidents on the job, followed by workers' compensation claims.There are other situations resulting in workers' compensation. Some of...

Construction deaths and injuries are rampant in Illinois. Falls from ladders and scaffolding, the most common cause of accidents on the job, are also the most preventable.Recently, a roofing company was fined almost $50,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health...

The state of Illinois is one of the largest states with high construction costs and equipment. So as other states began focusing on amending a piece of legislature that would affect accidents on the job, workers and contractors in the land of Lincoln sat up and took...

A 37-year-old female is currently being held at county jail in connection with her involvement in an auto accident that resulted in the death of a senior exercise science major at Illinois State University. She has been charged with a drunk-driving felony.The young...

A fatal accident on the south side of Chicago took the life of one passenger after what appeared to witnesses to be a high-speed joy ride between two vehicles. The 18-year-old, college-bound man involved in the accident was charged with reckless homicide and...

The second shooting at yet another military base has again focused the nation's attention on consequences of mental illness. The National Institute of Mental Health reports there are more than 50 million Americans over the age of 18 who suffer from some type of mental...

Emergency vehicle sirens broke the silence of the early morning as they raced towards a quarter-mile long collision on the Edens Expressway near Touhy Street.A Minnesota man was killed when the Chevy Tracker he was operating was rear-ended by another car. The vehicle...