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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 […]

Putting a Dollar Figure on Invisible Injuries After an Illinois Crash Key Takeaways: The multiplier method estimates pain and suffering in Illinois by multiplying your total economic damages by a number generally between 1.5 and 5, with the factor reflecting injury severity, permanence, and disruption. Illinois law separates these intangible, […]

Steps to Take After Being Hit by a Car as a Pedestrian in Chicago Being struck by a vehicle as a pedestrian can leave you disoriented, in pain, and unsure of what to do next. Every year, thousands of pedestrians suffer serious injuries or lose their lives in traffic collisions. […]