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.
Why Did Car Crash Fatalities Increase in Illinois during COVID?
Car crash statistics took an ironic and tragic turn during the Covid-19 pandemic. Roadway fatalities went way up in 2020. According to the National Safety Council, an estimated 8% more people died in traffic accidents as compared to 2019. Illinois fared even worse than the national average. According to IDOT (Illinois Department of Transportation), Illinois…
What It Means When Your Car is Totaled in Illinois
Serious car accidents often result in having your car totaled. This is insurance speak for a total loss on a vehicle. Totaling out a car is the result of a mathematical formula. It is used to decide that your car is no longer worth repairing because it would cost more to fix than what it…
Can I Use a Medical Lien to Pay Bills After a Car Accident?
When faced with medical bills after a car accident, many people prefer to have a medical lien placed on their bills. When a lien is placed on a bill, this means that the bill does not have to be paid until a case is settled or until the end of a court case. This scenario…
Fault in Car Accident Cases
Car Accident is the term most often used when there is a crash. The word accident implies that it was no one’s fault, but that cannot be true. Determining who was at fault for a car accident becomes especially important under Illinois law, if someone was seriously hurt. Who Decides Fault Following a Car Accident?…
What do Do if Hit by a Distracted Driver
Distracted driving is the cause of a vast majority of today’s car accidents. If you think that you were hit by a distracted driver, Illinois law is on your side. You still need to prove that the distracted driver actually was negligent, meaning that they did something wrong. Most distractions will be legally considered to…
You Can’t Have Enough Car Insurance in Illinois
There is no such thing as having too much car insurance. Even though it is illegal to drive without insurance in Illinois, people still do it. It’s important to have at least the legal minimum auto insurance, but more is usually better. Purchasing additional insurance will protect you against drivers who did not buy enough…
I was hit by a car and feel blamed
If you were hit by a car while walking or jogging, the last thing on your mind after a serious pedestrian accident is having to defend yourself from blame. Don’t think that just because you were a pedestrian that the driver’s insurance company won’t try to blame you for the accident. Insurance companies are required…
Is shoveling required of Illinois homeowners?
Falling on a patch of ice is painful and can be downright dangerous. Who is legally responsible for a fall when ice or snow is involved? This is a question that comes up every winter in Chicago. Victims of un-shoveled or badly shoveled sidewalks want to know if the homeowner can be held liable, and…
Do Online Personal Injury Calculators Work To Tell Me My Case Value?
Online injury award calculators are misleading. If you were hurt in a serious car accident, slip and fall accident or other kind of accident in which you were injured because of someone else’s carelessness or negligence, it is normal to wonder how much money you can expect to see by way of compensation. Don’t be…
Me caí en una tienda y me culpan por ello. ¿Ahora que?
Slip and fell in a grocery store. No es raro que lo culpen injustamente por su caída u otra lesión en un lugar de trabajo. Si se cayó en una tienda, lugar de negocios u otro lugar público y se lesionó hasta el punto en que requirió tratamiento médico, con suerte se hizo un informe…