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All Terrain Vehicle Accidents

All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) are 3 or 4 wheeled motorized vehicles used for off-road riding. ATV's are equipped with gasoline powered engines and are designed for one driver only. This type of vehicle is very popular and is commonly used for recreation, rescue efforts in emergency situations, and agricultural maintenance. Every year, many people, including children, are severely injured due to ATV accidents.

Aviation / Airplane Accidents

Although flying may be statistically safer than driving a car, we all know from the news, that commercial as well as commuter and private planes do not always safely make it to their destinations.

Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury, traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. These can be catastrophic injuries that lead to permanent damage requiring extensive medical care, not to mention cognitive disabilities and impaired motor function.

Burn Injuries

In medicine, a burn is a type of injury to the skin caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, or radiation.

Car Accidents

Car accidents in Chicago are not uncommon. Motor vehicle accidents can cause extreme physical injury to victims. And as most auto accident attorneys in Chicago and elsewhere will tell you, in addition to physical pain and suffering, these injured victims must deal with large and unforeseen medical bills, lost wages, and emotional trauma.

Cauda Equina Syndrome

Low back pain is common and usually goes away without surgery. But a rare disorder affecting the bundle of nerve roots (cauda equina) at the lower (lumbar) end of the spinal cord is a surgical emergency.

Construction Site Accidents

Due to it's very nature working a construction job can be dangerous and even life threatening. Personal injuries and wrongful death caused by construction accidents happen with surprising frequency in Chicago and the rest of Illinois.

Maritime & Boating Accidents

Boat crashes kill or severely injure hundreds of victims each year. Unfortunately, there are too many of these circumstances where injuries are suffered as a result of other’s negligence. In many cases, a lawsuit must be filed to recover damages.

Medical Malpractice

If you're looking for medical malpractice lawyers in Chicago or elsewhere, you should know that the statute of limitations (the time allowed to file a claim) is often shorter in cases involving medical malpractice than ordinary negligence.

Motorcycle Accidents

Unfortunately motorcycle accidents in Chicago are also very common. Riding a motorcycle poses serious risks-without the physical protection cars offer. Motorcyclists are more susceptible to serious injury posed by other drivers, defective roadway design, harsh weather conditions, and product defects.

Vehicle Rollovers & Tire Defects

Insurance industry statistics show that people in all but the heaviest SUVs have higher death rates in single-vehicle accidents, mostly due to vehicle rollover. Rollovers accounted for more than 10,000 fatalities in the United States in 1999, which is more than side and rear impact crashes combined. SUV rollovers accounted for 36% of all fatal crashes in the year 2000.

Tire manufacturers have known that a leading cause of tire tread or belt separation is due to the design and placements of the belts and overlying tread. Tread and belt separations can occur due to poor adhesion of the components from the use of old and expired adhesives, curing at improper temperatures, unclean manufacturing facilities or foreign objects in the tires such as rust, moisture, oxidation, grease and sawdust.

Train & Railroad Crossing Accidents

Railroad crossing crashes kill hundreds of victims each year. Thousands more are injured. To prevent these tragedies, railroads have a duty to exercise reasonable care in making crossings safe. This may require providing gates, lights, or other warnings to motorists. Failure to properly mark crossings or to maintain adequate protection creates an unacceptable risk for the motoring public. Accidents that result from defective crossings generally cause severe injuries or death. Victims and their families are entitled to full compensation.

Truck Accident

A trucking accident occurs when large trucks (10,000+ lbs.) collide with other vehicles or pedestrians. Around 500,000 trucking accidents occur every year in the United States. Of these, approximately 5,000 trucking accidents result in fatalities. In fact, one out of every eight traffic fatalities involves a trucking accident.

Workers Compensation Claims

In 1911, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act was enacted by the Illinois legislature to provide financial protection through the payment of
specified benefits, to any worker who sustains an on-the-job injury.

Wrongful Death

Losing a loved one is tragic, and even more so when you know it didn't have to happen. You should know that there is an option. When a death is due to someone else's negligence you have the right under law to file a wrongful death claim. Spouses, parents, children and other loved ones of the deceased are entitled to financial recovery for the economic value of the deceased person's life, as well as compensation other damages, such as emotional suffering.