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Category: Illinois Personal Injury Lawyers
Are You Shopping for an Attorney?
Helpful Tips for Choosing the Right Personal Injury Lawyer How reliable are those online and offline resources? Can you believe attorney reviews online? Any more than you can gain meaningful support for a lawyer’s ability from a billboard, TV commercial, and/or placard on the side of a bus? Big and bold ads are not enough to select the right attorney …
Category: Pedestrian Injuries
Senior Alert: Watch Where you Walk – Pedestrian Fatalities on the Rise
Watch Where You Walk: Pedestrian Fatalities on the Rise Pedestrian deaths surged by 10 percent in 2015, according to estimates based on state traffic data. That is of special concern to older walkers: the death rate for those ages 70 and older is 1 ½ times the rate for younger pedestrians, previous studies have found. Part of that has to do with fragil …
Category: Insurance Claims
Whose Side is Your Auto Insurance Carrier Really On?
The risks of relying on insurers when pursuing financial recovery following auto crashes We receive calls on a near daily basis to our law office with questions from drivers or passengers of cars who have been negligently injured by other drivers. As strange as it may seem, some of the largest auto insurance carriers (and most commonly on the TV and …
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8 Essential Facts to Know about Traumatic Brain Injuries for March 2016, Brain Injury Awareness Month
A Mount Vernon personal injury lawyer reveals essential facts to know for TBI awareness mo., March 2016. National brain injury awareness month kicks off in March 2016. Spearheaded by the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA), this awareness month is focused on educating the general public about the prevalence of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in t …
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The Costs of Traffic: How Much the Worst Traffic Bottlenecks in U.S. Cost
The high costs of the top traffic jams in the U.S. Sitting in traffic can be maddening – and costly. It can cost you in terms of time, gas, etc. While these costs can add up for an individual over the course of one year (or more), in the big picture, these costs are massive, according to the findings of a recent study conducted by the American Highway …
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4 Mistakes Motorists Should Avoid Following Auto Accidents
You never expect to get into a traffic accident. But, when one happens, knowing what to do to preserve your rights and interests in a future claim will be crucial. To this end, we have pointed out some of the more common and harmful mistakes motorists should try not to make following traffic accidents. After a Traffic Accident, Avoid… Mistake 1: Taking …
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What to Do after Hit-and-Run Accidents: 6 Tips (Pt. 3)
End our blog series, below, a few more interesting and important facts about hit-and-runs will be revealed. After Hit-and-Runs: More Steps to Take… 5 – File an accident claim with the insurance company. When you are ready for experienced help pursuing financial compensation after hit-and-runs, contact us. Our lawyers are ready to help you. If the …
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What to Do after Hit-and-Run Accidents: 6 Tips (Pt. 2)
Picking up from where we left off in Part 1 of this blog series, here, we’ll point out some more essential things to do if you are ever the victim of a hit-and-run accident. Following these tips can be crucial to tracking down the irresponsible motorist who hit you and/or to protecting your future claim to compensation. After Hit-and-Runs: More Importan …
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What to Do after Hit-and-Run Accidents: 6 Tips (Pt. 1)
Although traffic accidents in the U.S. have been on the decline, hit-and-runs have sharply increased over recent years, jumping up nearly 14 percent since 2011, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). After hit-and-runs, here’s what you can do to try to protect your claims to compensation. Contact us for expe …
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Determining Fault in Car Accidents: 6 Steps to Take (Pt. 2)
Picking up from where Determining Fault in Car Accidents: 6 Steps to Take (Pt. 1) left off, below, we will reveal some more things you can do to help pinpoint liability after motor vehicle accidents.Determining Fault in Car Accidents: More Things You Can DoStep 4 – Talk to any witnesses to the accident. While these steps can be helpful in determining fa …