Injury Cases

Despite what insurance companies and some politicians like to tell people, it’s very hard to win a medical malpractice lawsuit in Illinois.  You need to show that the medical provider screwed up, that without their error you wouldn’t have suffered your harm and in most cases, that your damages are really significant. In other words, […]

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One of the most common questions that comes up in any Illinois personal injury lawsuit is should I settle or go to trial? This is of course a very sensible question.  The answer to it really depends on the case, the facts, your goals and some other things. For most cases, getting a settlement makes […]

Covid has greatly impacted everyone’s lives. That’s not breaking news or surprising to anyone.  Other than hand sanitizer manufacturers, most businesses are suffering as a result. Law firms are no exception to this impact although compared to the restaurant and bar industry, we generally don’t have it as bad. The most obvious impact in Chicago […]

Do you like secrets? I’ve got a great one about personal injury lawyers in Chicago and really attorneys in Illinois in general.  Want to know what it is? Ready??? Personal injury lawyers in Chicago or anywhere in Illinois love to make money?  Is that a surprise to you?  I’m guessing it’s not. Even though it’s […]

A caller to our office was pursuing a worker’ compensation claim for carpal tunnel.  They had a lot of questions, but one of them was wanting to know what the odds were of them winning their case. I get questions like that a lot about Illinois workers compensation law.  The honest answer is that every […]

We are straight talking, experienced Chicago attorneys who will talk to you for free. Call us any time at 312-346-5320 for a free consultation. A very nice woman contacted me about a possible medical malpractice lawsuit.  She had a previous breast implant surgery and was now in a lot of pain due to scar tissue […]

Before I talk about workers’ compensation law and Coronavirus, I want to talk about work comp law and marijuana.  Long story short, if you get hurt at work and test positive for marijuana, it creates a “rebuttable presumption” that you were high when you got hurt and allows the insurance company to deny your case.  […]

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I got a call from a very nice young woman who was injured in a car accident.  She was looking to sue her doctor for not diagnosing her injury, but it became clear pretty quickly that she did not have a malpractice case. I asked her if she had a lawyer for the car accident […]

Full disclosure.  I asked my assistant who is an avid motorcycle rider to contribute to this. She goes across country on her bike every summer and has taught me a lot that is relevant to helping people injured in a motorcycle accident in Illinois. If you would like a free consultation, please call us at […]

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There was a very sad case recently that lead to an Illinois wrongful death lawsuit where an 11 year old boy passed away after having an asthma attack and seizure at school.  The lawsuit alleged that the boy was unsupervised and his medical condition was known.  Regrettably, even though that had an outstanding law firm […]

It’s that time of year where even with the occasional nice day of weather, there has been a lot of snow, ice and slush. Depending on where you live in Illinois, there are different laws about whether or not you have to shovel.  There are also different outcomes when it comes to falling on ice […]

One of the common tactics big employers use in the state of Illinois when a worker gets injured on the job is to send them to a “company clinic.” These are legit medical facilities, but in my experience, they tend to favor the employer.  It’s not that they will ignore injuries, although that has happened.  […]

With the caveat that all of the information I get is from disgruntled patients or their family members along with from malpractice attorneys in Chicago, and just my opinion, I have to wonder how is St. Bernard Hospital in Chicago still in business. In the last month I’ve had six different people call me looking […]

I kind of hate writing posts like this because they seem insensitive.  That is not my intention at all, and I almost never do it if it happens in Illinois as I don’t want to be seen as trying to fish for a case. That said, I do find that events like the tragic helicopter […]

With a history dating back to 1842, Illinois railroads easily are the nation’s most important in terms of the region they serve and the volume of traffic which is handled. Chicago, where the East meets the West, has been coined as the nation’s railroad capitol. Illinois proudly ranks second in the country with the greatest […]