Archive for May 2017
Roadside Inspections After a Commercial Trucking Accident
When you’ve been in a truck accident with a commercial vehicle, you should take care to understand that this industry is pervasively regulated. When there is a truck accident involving a commercial vehicle, it is treated as an equipment failure. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations are the governing body of commercial trucks and have…
Read MoreMotorcycle Accidents: Recovering Claims and Wearing Helmets
Any time a person is in a motorcycle accident, there is a significantly higher risk of injury or fatality than if they were in an accident in a different type of vehicle. While 47 states have motorcycle helmet laws, Illinois does not currently have one. This means that if you are in a motorcycle accident…
Read MoreHow Truck Driver Fatigue Impacts Potential for Accidents
Beloved comedian Tracy Morgan was hit a few years ago by a commercial Wal-Mart truck and suffered terrible brain injuries from which he is still recovering. In August 2015, the National Transportation Safety Board determined that the driver’s fatigue was one of the leading causes of this accident, which also killed fellow comedian James McNair.…
Read MoreCan Children Recover Compensation After a Chicago Car Accident?
Car accidents can be dangerous, and sometimes fatal. If there are children involved, there is a higher likelihood of debilitating injuries. Unfortunately, car crashes are a part of everyday life in Chicago, and there are almost 800 car accidents per day in the state of Illinois. Car crashes cause one out of every four unintentional…
Read MoreAre Single Vehicle Crashes Always the Fault of the Motorcyclist?
Motorcycle accidents are not always the most common on the road, but they are the most likely to result in very severe injury, brain trauma, and death. You are dozens of times more likely to die in a motorcycle accident than in a car crash. At least 25% of motorcycle accidents are between the motorcyclist…
Read MoreFiling a Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Illinois
Death may be inevitable, but it’s never easy. When a loss is the result of another person’s negligence, however, the pain can be even harder to bare. A wrongful death is when one person dies due to another person’s negligence or malice, and has a variety of causes, including vehicle crashes, medical malpractice, boating accidents,…
Read MoreCar Accidents, Uninsured Drivers, and Underinsured Drivers
Car accidents, sadly, happen everywhere – and big cities like Chicago see a lot of them. That’s why we’re all supposed to carry car insurance on our vehicles. Some drivers have less auto insurance than other drivers do, or some people drive without insurance altogether. When you get into a crash with an underinsured or…
Read MoreGreat Dane Improving Rear Impact Guards
Commercial trucks are required to have a number of safety features, but that doesn’t mean that those features can’t fail to do their jobs. Truck crashes and collisions can be really dangerous no matter where they occur, but they’re especially dangerous on the streets of big, busy cities such as Chicago. Whether tractor-trailers are rumbling…
Read MoreTraffic Fatalities Are Increasing Faster Now Than Ever Before
Cars are smarter and safer than ever before, but traffic fatalities are increasing at a rate not seen in more than half a century. Data from the National Safety Council first revealed this disturbing trend last year, when an analysis of 2015 data showed a 7.2% increase in deaths from the previous year. Now, a…
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