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Filing a Crash Claim Without a Police Report in Illinois Key Takeaways: In Illinois, you can generally file an insurance claim without a police report because an insurer’s duty to defend and indemnify exists regardless of whether a report was filed, but the missing report shifts the burden onto you […]

Understanding Illinois’s "The Thing Speaks for Itself" Rule Key Takeaways: Res ipsa loquitur is Latin for "the thing speaks for itself," and in Illinois medical malpractice cases it allows injured patients to prove negligence through circumstantial evidence when the exact careless act cannot be identified, such as during surgery or […]

Understanding Your Rights When a Loved One Is Harmed in a Care Facility Key Takeaways: Nursing home neglect under Illinois law is a long term care facility’s failure to provide adequate care that results in physical or mental injury to a resident or deterioration of their condition. Illinois treats neglect […]

Understanding Deficient Certificate of Merit Filings in Illinois Malpractice Cases Key Takeaways: A deficient 2-622 report does not automatically doom an Illinois medical malpractice case. Minor technical errors, such as missing signatures, are typically treated as matters of form that courts allow plaintiffs to amend. Substantive defects, like reports failing […]

Why Fault in Illinois Rear-End Crashes Is Rarely Automatic Key Takeaways: The rear driver in an Illinois rear-end crash is not automatically at fault. Liability depends on whether each driver met the standard of ordinary care. While a rear driver who tailgates, speeds, or fails to brake is often primarily […]