Chicago Personal Injury Law Blog

Recent research in Illinois indicates traffic accidents hold a high percentage of accountability in the filing of workmans' compensation cases. This can be frequently compounded by the sharing of one vehicle carrying multiple workers, resulting in several claims for...

A fatality occurred in a construction zone in Southside, Chicago, after a 19-year-old driver struck a work site. According to police, the driver of the vehicle was charged with drunk driving. His charges include improper lane usage, excessive speed, failure to carry a...

An accident on Illinois Interstate 39 resulted in multiple injuries and one fatality. The incident was the second one in a five-mile radius on I-39. The accident claimed the life of a 74-year-old male from Pecatonica. His wife, age 71, was driving the sports utility...

Most injuries across the country occur from accidents on the job. While the most dangerous sites are typically construction zones, an average circus performance can visually stun the senses with dangerous acts of death-defying leaps -- or hair hanging.The female...

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...