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Nobody really wants to hire a lawyer. If you have to it usually means that something bad has happened or you are planning for something bad such as drawing up a will. We are necessary evils that help people, but I don’t blame you for never having wanted to work with an attorney. The […]
Each Wednesday, we put together five tips about an area of Illinois law. Today’s tips are about wrongful death lawsuits. There is a statute of limitations for almost every type of lawsuit. This means that there is a strict deadline for filing your case. In Illinois, you generally have two years from the date of […]
Dying without a will is called dying “intestate.” Illinois, like most states, has an intestate law that spells out what will happen to the estate of someone who dies without creating a will. Basically, after certain creditors get paid, the assets of the deceased are divided according to the plan set by this law. Here […]
If your attorney has mentioned using a forensic accountant, or if your spouse is using one, you’re probably wondering if it’s as serious as it sounds. For cases that involve a lot of assets, or a business, or if one person believes that the other person is hiding money, it might be a good idea […]
I don’t blame them really, but every day people lend friends or loved ones money on a verbal promise that they will be paid back. And if they don’t pay you back, the verbal promise is where all of the trouble starts. In any lawsuit, you have the burden of proving everything you allege. If […]
Every Wednesday we offer five legal tips on various areas of Illinois law. We’ve noticed lately that people are commonly confused on a bunch of Illinois work comp situations. Hopefully we can clear that up. You don’t have to show negligence to win your case. If you get hurt while performing job duties for you employer during working hours, your […]
So you discover that your girlfriend or ex-girlfriend is five months pregnant. She tells you the baby isn’t yours. Maybe she even tells you that she had a DNA test. You want to know the truth. Here’s how to properly handle things legally. Don’t freak out. The reality is that you can’t get a paternity […]
A wrongful birth case is not like a typical birth injury case. In a typical birth injury case, the parents are suing the doctor, hospital or other care provider for malpractice or negligence that resulted in an injury to their baby during labor or birth. A wrongful birth case, on the other hand, is […]
A lawsuit isn’t necessarily the right answer every time you are wronged. For example, if the harm is minor, it’s not always worth it. Lawsuits are time consuming and expensive. The frustrating part of this is that the wrongdoer seems to get away with what they did and escape responsibility. One answer is a class […]
More and more women are developing complications from an implant known as vaginal or pelvic mesh. Doctors use this product to treat Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) and Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI), both of which are a result of weakened or stretched pelvic muscles. Women who develop these conditions often find that it is attributable to […]
I’ve been somewhat stunned of late by the number of calls I’ve received where someone is alleging a breach of contract. When I ask them if there is a termination clause, I’ll often hear that there is not. Since I don’t yet have the contract in front of me, I ask them to look for […]
A concerned mother wrote me the following, but didn’t include her contact information, so I thought this would be a good place to respond. Here’s what she said: I need to know if I have a case against a man who is over 4 yrs older than my daughter, age of 16, now pregnant. […]
A caller to our office injured his arm and was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff. The good news for him was that he found an attorney that was able to secure benefits for him. The bad news is that his orthopedic doctor wants to do surgery and he’s not so sure that he wants […]
You can’t control everything in life, but when it comes to facing the inevitable, some preparation can give you a sense of control. At the very least, it can ease some of the stress that comes with caring for aging parents. Here are some common legal documents you may have heard about… Power of […]
When I started this service in 2001, any time the phone rang I would have my secretary answer it. We get a high volume of calls every day, so usually I’d be sitting at my desk, just waiting for the call to be transferred. I did this for no other reason than it was my […]
Imagine that you are driving down the road, obeying the speed limit, staying in the right lane because traffic is slower there and generally being as safe as you can be. Then imagine that you get pulled over for driving in that right lane and finding out that you can lose your Illinois driver’s […]
A reader sent us the following question: Not getting my workers compensation like I should, they owe me a lot of money still and I am getting tired of waiting for them to pay me. I get paid every once in awhile but nothing like I should. Wonder if I should sue because of […]
Every week we offer five tips on various areas of Illinois law. Insurance companies will often wrongly deny payment for a life insurance policy because for the most part they have nothing to lose. This requires you to get an attorney. Here are five things that you should know if you are in that situation. You […]
Some of my best memories as a kid are going to summer camp in Northbrook and later on in Glenview. No school, no homework, lots of dodge ball and floor hockey. Lots of swimming. Trips to Great America and the Indiana Dunes. Life didn’t seem like it could get much better than that. While a […]
Not a week goes by where we don’t get a phone call that goes something like this: I broke up with my girlfriend a week ago. She wasn’t happy about that, but I really sent her over the edge when she saw me with a new girl at a bar in Chicago. She screamed at […]