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Illinois Injury Law Blog

Features coverage, news and information about car accidents, wrongful death, workers' compensation, nursing home abuse and medical malpractice.
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Last Entry: March 24, 2011 at 15:03:04

Illinois nursing homes continue to be raided in search of wanted felons

Posted on August 14, 2010
Rockford's Alden Park Strathmoor Nursing Home is the latest elder-care facility that has been raided by the Illinois Attorney General's Office. The surprise inspection resulted in the arrest of two residents, Stateline reported. Our Illinois nursing home negligence lawyers continue to field calls from people who are concerned about the conditions of a nursing home or elder care facility...

Chicago school bus accidents a common danger

Posted on August 06, 2010
An Illinois school bus accident last December occurred after the driver fell out of the moving bus while leaning out the door to vomit, WLS-TV reported. The allegation is made in a lawsuit filed this week in Cook County Circuit Court against Illinois Central School Bus...

Sprinklers in fraternity houses need now -- not in 10 years; Illinois premise liability claims should hold landlords responsible

Posted on July 31, 2010
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a measure into law this week that requires fraternity and sorority houses to install automatic fire sprinkler systems. The law will also require housing units to have backup power supplies for all smoke detectors. ?Fire safety starts at home...

Government's plan to forbid sale of drop-side cribs will reduce risk of Illinois child injuries

Posted on July 24, 2010
The federal government has taken the long-overdue step of mandating new safety measures for baby cribs and essentially ending the manufacture and sale of drop-side cribs, CNN reported. Our Illinois child injury lawyers encourage parents to check their baby cribs frequently for dangerous safety hazards...

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Motorists at increased risk for railroad crossing accidents in Chicago

Posted on July 13, 2010
A Chicago railroad crossing accident forced a trucker to bail out of his rig on Monday morning. The truck became wedged on the tracks, with traffic both in front and behind him, when an approaching train forced him to run for his life. The crossing at Nagle Avenue near Avondale Avenue is on the Northwest Side and was featured that same day on the front-page of the Chicago Tribune as one of the area's most dangerous...

Illinois fireworks injuries can result from consumer mishaps or professional shows

Posted on July 03, 2010
The Consumer Products Safety Commission estimates that 200 people a day will be seriously injured by fireworks over the Fourth of July holiday and the National Fire Protection Association reports that fireworks were responsible for 22,500 fires in 2008...

Motorists pleads guilty to intentionally causing Chicago bicycle accidents

Posted on June 25, 2010
A second defendant has pleaded guilty to charges accusing him of purposefully hitting bicycles with his car in Brookfield. The 20-year-old pleaded guilty to aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and leaving the scene of an accident. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to two years of probation, according to the Chicago Tribune...

Teen faces DUI charge for Chicago pedestrian accident; young drivers at high risk for traffic crashes

Posted on June 20, 2010
A New Trier High School student is facing misdemeanor DUI charges after a Chicago pedestrian accident that seriously injured a fellow student. The Sun-Times reports the defendant admitted to smoking marijuana the night before the accident. She is accused of hitting a sophomore student on May 14 as the teen crossed the street in front of the school...

New law aimed at reducing risk of Illinois nursing home abuse and negligence

Posted on June 10, 2010
Advocates for elder care and safety continue to await the governor's signature on a law aimed at reducing the risks of Chicago nursing home neglect. "Nursing homes should provide safe, caring environments for residents and peace of mind for their family members," said Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...

Take an active role in preventing Chicago boating accidents this summer

Posted on June 05, 2010
Memorial Day weekend typically ushers in the beginning of the Illinois boating season and authorities are urging everyone on the water to practice safe boating in an effort to reduce serious and fatal Chicago boating accidents. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports that 25 people were killed and 71 injured in more than 100 Illinois boating accidents last year...

Chicago-Area Agencies Conclude ?Motorcycle Awareness Month?

Posted on June 01, 2010
Today marks the end of May?s ?Motorcycle Awareness Month??a period during which local law enforcement agencies try to make drivers aware of the motorcycle riders who share the road with them, and to remind riders to take safety precautions as motorcycle riding increases during the summer months...

Plainfield North High School Students Hurt in West Chicago Bus Crash

Posted on May 25, 2010
Six students from Plainfield North High School were transported to Central DuPage Hospital with minor injuries Wednesday after a three-vehicle crash in West Chicago that involved two school buses. Police said that roughly 90 students from the Plainfield North were on the buses at about 9:15 a...

Helping Families Recover after a Child Is Injured

Posted on May 24, 2010
A recent study conducted by the Children?s Hospital of Philadelphia, published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress, looked at parents whose children had been hospitalized due to injuries suffered in traffic accidents. According to the study, 37% of those parents were themselves suffering from ?acute stress disorder? a month after their child?s injury, and 15% of them had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder that lasted even longer than six months...

6-Year-Old Chicago Boy Injured in South Side Hit-and-Run

Posted on May 18, 2010
A 6-year-old Chicago boy was injured after being struck by a vehicle going the wrong way on a one-way street on April 27, 2010 near 76th and Michigan Avenue. The driver did not stop after striking the boy. The boy?s father, Mark Williams, says he parked his car on the 7600 block of South Michigan Avenue, a one-way street going north...

Medical Care and Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Posted on May 17, 2010
Earlier this month, National Public Radio reported that at least nine patients died in 2006 and 2007 as a result of mistakes made by medical staff at the Marion V.A. Medical Center in Illinois. According to the report, some of the doctors at that hospital were performing procedures for which they were not qualified; one of those doctors was already, at the time, under investigation for malpractice in a different state...

Chicago Accident Involving Several Vehicles Ends with Bus Crashing into School

Posted on May 11, 2010
According to various media reports, on Monday afternoon a succession of events ended with a Chicago bus crashing into the side of the Rowe-Clark Math and Science Academy. Ten ambulances responded to the scene, and 12 people were transported to hospitals for treatment?two of them in serious to critical condition...

Illinois Nursing Home Care during ?Older Americans Month?

Posted on May 04, 2010
May has been designated as the ?Older Americans Month? in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released new data offering a snapshot of the lives of older citizens in the U.S. today. In July 2008, 38.9 million Americans were 65 or older...

Illinois Statute of Limitation?s Impact on Chicago Personal Injury Cases

Posted on May 01, 2010
An individual who suffers a personal injury in Illinois, and decides to file a lawsuit to recover money damages for his or her pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost wages, and other costs faces a two-year statute of limitations. What that means is that, in most circumstances, the injured party must begin the lawsuit no later than two years from the date when he or she first found out about the injury and became aware of who caused it...

Plainfield North High School Students Hurt in West Chicago Bus Crash

Posted on April 30, 2010
Six students from Plainfield North High School were transported to Central DuPage Hospital with minor injuries Wednesday after a three-vehicle crash in West Chicago that involved two school buses. Police said that roughly 90 students from the Plainfield North were on the buses at about 9:15 a...

6-Year-Old Chicago Boy Injured in South Side Hit-and-Run

Posted on April 29, 2010
A 6-year-old Chicago boy was injured after being struck by a vehicle going the wrong way on a one-way street on April 27, 2010 near 76th and Michigan Avenue. The driver did not stop after striking the boy. The boy?s father, Mark Williams, says he parked his car on the 7600 block of South Michigan Avenue, a one-way street going north...

Chicago Bus-Car Accident Results in No Serious Injuries

Posted on March 20, 2010
No serious injuries were reported Thursday morning when a charter bus carrying 40 Monroe Middle School students struck a car in Glen Ellyn. Photo by tuneindoseout Two students were taken to Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, where they were examined and then released to their parents, authorities said...

Lake Shore Drive, Chicago Car Crash Not Because of Ice

Posted on March 03, 2010
There was no ice on Lake Shore Drive when a Chicago police officer?s squad car slid and crashed as he responded to a burglary. The crash took Sergeant Alan Haymaker?s life February 22, 2010. Police Supt. Jody Weiss said Wednesday, ?Unfortunately, he had a very tragic accident...

Chicago Man Injured After Car Erupts Into Flames on the Edens Expressway

Posted on February 02, 2010
A motorist was hospitalized after his car crashed into a guard rail and burst into flames January 22, 2010 on the Edens Expressway near north suburban Skokie. Illinois State Police responded about 1:20 p.m. to the accident on the northbound Edens (I-94) at the Gross Point Road exit in Skokie, Illinois State Police District Chicago Trooper Michael Bobko said...

IDOT Vehicle Crash Perhaps Related to Shooting Outside Chicago Club

Posted on January 31, 2010
No one was seriously injured when a vehicle crashed into an Illinois Department of Transportation vehicle following a fight at a club early January 24, 2010 on the West Side. Around 4 a.m., a vehicle struck a parked car in the 4800 block of West Flournoy Street, and then went on to strike an IDOT tow truck and a fence at the same location, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said...

Off-Duty Chicago Police Officer Involved In Fatal Car Accident

Posted on January 26, 2010
An off-duty Chicago police sergeant was involved in a two-car accident on January 2, 2010 that killed a woman in the Mount Greenwood community. The 65-year-old woman was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m., reported the Crook County medical examiner?s office...

$1M Settlement in Chicago Icy Road Crash

Posted on December 29, 2009
A Buffalo Grove woman has received a $1 million settlement for damages she received in a three-car collision over three years ago. Marissa Palmer, 22, was the plaintiff against defendant and former best friend Dana Horowitz of Highland Park, Illinois, according to attorney Francis Patrick Murphy, who represented Palmer along with Edward Willer of the Chicago law firm Corboy and Demetrio...

Chicago Sheriff?s Officer Cited with Reckless Driving for Hitting IDOT Worker

Posted on December 21, 2009
Cook County Prosecutors added another charge against a Cook County sheriff?s officer who drove into a highway worker on an Eisenhower ramp back in September. Offier Tony Lampkin, in uniform but off-duty at the time of the accident, allegedly hit Michael Ochoa, of Chicago, on an outbound Eisenhower ramp on September 2, 2009 after going around a car stopped at a traffic signal...

Two Injured in DeKalb County, Illinois Car Accident

Posted on December 03, 2009
A 4-year-old girl from Streamwood and a man from Huntley were critically injured in a head-on traffic accident November 24, 2009 on DeKalb County?s Plank Road, east of Lukens Road. DeKalb County sheriff?s deputies reported that the child, whose identity was not released, was listed in critical condition with life-threatening injuries as of that evening...

Chicago Expressway Partially Closed After Five-Car Crash

Posted on November 25, 2009
The Northbound express lanes of Chicago?s Dan Ryan Expressway south of downtown were closed the weekend before Thanksgiving after a five-car crash left several people injured. Thirteen ambulances responded to what turned out to be just a five-car collision on Saturday afternoon...

Five people hurt in Chicago Crash With CTA Bus

Posted on November 01, 2009
Four Chicago Transit Authority passengers and the bus operator were among those who sought medical attention after a CTA bus was rear-ended by a car outside Douglas Park on Chicago?s West Side. Two of the five injured were taken in serious-to-critical condition to Mt...

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