Category: Personal Injury Blog
Our personal injury blog was written for people who have been hurt in an accident. If the accident was not your fault, you have legal questions. Topics include dealing with insurance, paying medical bills, the legal process, and more. While nothing takes the place of talking to a personal injury lawyer about the specifics of your claim, gathering general knowledge first can help organize your thoughts after an accident.
You Were Just in a Car Accident in Illinois. Here’s What to Do Next.
The moments after a car accident are chaotic. You’re shaken up. Maybe you’re in pain. Other people are talking at you — the other driver, witnesses, maybe a police officer. Your mind is racing, and your body is in shock. What you do in those first hours and days matters more than most people realize.…
Traumatic Brain Injuries in Illinois Personal Injury Case: The Invisible Injury
If you or someone you care about hit their head in an accident in Illinois and things haven’t felt right since, your doctor might diagnose you with a traumatic brain injury. Every year, roughly 2 to 3 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury, according to the CDC. The exact number is hard to count…
Facial Injuries and Scarring After an Accident in Illinois
Some injuries are invisible. Facial injuries are not. A scar on your face changes how the world sees you — and how you see yourself. It shows up in the mirror every morning. It’s there in photos of your kids’ birthday parties. It’s what people look at when they’re talking to you. For many accident…
Broken Bones After a Car Accident in Illinois: What You Need to Know
A broken bone sounds straightforward. You fell, you crashed, something snapped. The X-ray confirms it. The cast goes on. You heal. If only it were that simple. The truth is, fractures from car accidents are often far more serious than people initially understand. And the way you handle the weeks and months after the injury…
Bike Accidents in Elgin: Where They Happen and What to Do
Elgin is a city of neighborhoods, river paths, and busy commercial corridors — a place where cyclists share the road with heavy traffic on some streets and ride alongside the Fox River on others. For all its appeal as a place to ride, Elgin has stretches of road that are genuinely dangerous for cyclists, and…
Back and Neck Injuries After a Car Accident
Back and neck injuries are among the most common consequences of car accidents — and among the most misunderstood. They do not always announce themselves dramatically at the scene. They do not always show up clearly on an X-ray. And they do not always resolve on their own in a few days, no matter how…
When Other Drivers Lie after a Car Accident
Few things are more infuriating than being hurt in a car accident that you know was not your fault, and hearing the other driver lie. The driver might lie to the police, to the insurance company, or to you. They might lie about how the accident happened or try to blame you. Lies of the…
The Truth about Full Coverage Car Insurance
Full Coverage car insurance is a term that I often hear when people decide to call a personal injury lawyer. Car accident victims want to know who will pay for what, after being hurt in an Illinois car accident that was not their fault. They want to know if the driver responsible for the accident…
Med Pay covers medical bills in IL car accidents
Medical Payments Coverage, or ‘Med Pay’, is often used to cover medical bills after a car accident in Illinois. It is an optional coverage that every driver should have on their car insurance policy. Med Pay coverage is not required in Illinois but it is a good idea. Med Pay pays the medical bills of…
Medicare payments after a Car Accident
If you are on Medicare, then Medicare might pay some medical bills after an injury in a car accident. Unfortunately, Medicare’s involvement with your personal injury case does not end there. Medicare holds a lien on your case. A lien is a legally enforceable right of payment. If you have a personal injury claim, Federal…