There is no question that vehicle airbags represent a life-saving feature of the modern car. They prevent injury in a large portion of the cases they are deployed in serious car accidents. However, airbags are ejected at high speeds, often with high heat and chemicals...
The term “medical malpractice” often summons up notions of incompetent medical professionals and haphazard care or treatment. And while it’s true that medical mistakes often give way to medical malpractice claims, not all mistakes in the treatment of patients rise to...
Typically, rear-end collisions are governed in Illinois courts by the “rear-end collision” rule. That rule states that the tailing driver in a rear-end collision is always responsible for the accident. This rule assumes the tailing driver would typically have enough...
The “Statute of Limitations” is a law that puts constraints on just how long people have to bring a lawsuit after they have suffered harm or loss. Each state has its own set of regulations regarding the deadlines set for bringing lawsuits of every kind. Depending upon...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 1.4 million people in the United States suffer brain injuries each year. Caused by everything from car accidents to toxic chemical exposure to sports injuries, brain injuries may give rise to...
Car accidents are can be exceeding difficult and traumatic to endure. The fact is individuals suffer serious injury or even loss of life in auto accidents every day. But what typically causes accidents on the roads. The truth is accidents often span from driver error...
Even though they are much smaller in size and powered by human activity (as opposed to an engine), bicycles do represent a potential threat on the roads. They share the roads with large vehicles and trucks and can be the cause of traffic accidents. As such, bicyclists...
When employees are injured on the job, often workers compensation becomes the first and only option that comes to mind for covering lost wages, medical costs and other damages. The fact is, however, employees injured on the job may be able to bring a personal injury...
Complications from food poisoning can range from something as mild as a cramp or two to kidney failure or worse. And those involved in the chain of distribution of contaminated food products are all fair game for liability in a defective products personal injury...
Quite often bicycle accidents happen on Chicago’s busy streets, leaving bicyclists injured and even in some cases killed. And as with many time-tested forms of travel, bicycling on city streets has been changed significantly by the introduction of the popular Divvy...
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