Chicago, Illinois Personal Injury Attorneys

Motor Vehicle Accidents in Chicago

On the roads and highways in the Chicago area, thousands of accidents take place each year. These can range from minor fender-benders to catastrophic collisions. When negligent driving or other factors lead to collisions and injuries, our lawyers work with victims to file insurance claims and secure full compensation. We can assist with:

• Car Accidents: Rear-end collisions, intersection crashes, lane-change accidents, drunk driving incidents, and other types of collisions can put the people involved at risk of serious harm. Our attorneys can investigate the circumstances surrounding an accident, review police reports, obtain traffic camera footage when available, interview witnesses, and analyze physical evidence to show that a negligent driver was responsible.
• Truck Accidents: Collisions involving commercial trucks such as 18-wheelers will often lead to severe injuries for people in passenger vehicles. These cases may involve violations of federal trucking regulations, including hours-of-service requirements, maintenance standards, and rules for loading and securing cargo. Our lawyers can examine driver logs, maintenance records, and company policies to identify the parties who were responsible for a truck accident, which may include the truck driver, trucking company, cargo loaders, or maintenance providers.
• Motorcycle Accidents: Motorcyclists will often suffer devastating injuries in collisions. Motorcycles have the same rights to the roadway as other vehicles, and many accidents are caused by negligent drivers who fail to see motorcycles or do not share the road safely. Our attorneys will work demonstrate that another driver caused a motorcycle crash, ensuring that they can be held responsible for a motorcyclist's injuries.

Medical Malpractice Claims

When people receive medical care, they trust healthcare providers to follow the correct procedures and take the proper steps to protect their health. Medical malpractice can occur when a healthcare professional's negligence causes harm to a patient. In these cases, patients can take steps to recover compensation from negligent medical providers and address the injuries they have suffered.

Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis is a common form of medical negligence. When a doctor fails to identify a condition such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, or infection, a patient may not receive the treatment they need. This may cause the condition to get worse, and in some cases, a person may suffer permanent harm or wrongful death. Our attorneys can examine medical records, review diagnostic tests, and consult with physicians to demonstrate that a misdiagnosis was responsible for a patient's injuries.

Birth injuries can result in lifelong challenges for children, and they may also affect the health of mothers. Injuries may occur because of a failure to monitor fetal distress, improper use of delivery instruments, delays in performing cesarean sections, or failure to recognize and treat complications. Conditions such as cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, and maternal injuries may occur because of negligent care during pregnancy, labor, or delivery.

Other forms of medical negligence include surgical errors, medication errors, anesthesia mistakes, failure to obtain informed consent, or infections in hospitals due to improper sanitary procedures. Our lawyers can investigate these cases to determine who was responsible, and we will work to ensure that patients can receive the compensation they need to recover and move forward with their lives.

Product Liability Cases

Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers are required to ensure that products sold to consumers are safe. When defective or dangerous products cause people to suffer injuries, victims can take steps to recover compensation for their damages. Product liability claims may address design defects, manufacturing defects, or the failure to provide adequate warnings about the risks of using a product.

Defective medical devices and pharmaceutical products can cause serious harm to patients who rely on these products for treatment. Defective hip implants, surgical mesh, heart devices, medical tools, or other products can have an ongoing impact on patients' health. Prescription medications with dangerous side effects may also cause harm to patients. Our team stays informed about product recalls and other issues related to dangerous medical products, and we work to ensure that patients can address the injuries caused by these products.

Food poisoning cases may address situations where contaminated food causes people to suffer serious illnesses. Restaurants, food manufacturers, distributors, and retailers can be held liable when negligent food handling or processing results in bacterial infections such as E. coli, Salmonella, Listeria, or norovirus. Our lawyers can take steps to investigate the sources of contaminations, identify all responsible parties in the supply chain, and help consumers recover compensation for the harm caused by foodborne illnesses.

We can address a variety of other product liability matters, including defective consumer products, children's toys, automotive parts, and household products. We work to hold manufacturers accountable and protect public safety by ensuring that dangerous products will be removed from the market.

Premises Liability Injuries

Property owners are required to maintain safe conditions on their premises, ensuring that visitors will not suffer harm due to hazards. Premises liability cases may address injuries caused by the negligence of property owners or tenants occupying property, including situations where they failed to repair hazards or warn visitors about potential risks.

Slip and fall accidents may be caused by conditions such as wet floors, uneven surfaces, poor lighting, defective stairs, or obstacles in walkways. Property owners are required to take steps to address these hazards or warn visitors about slippery floors or other safety concerns. Our attorneys can investigate the circumstances of a fall, document the dangerous conditions on the property, and show that the property owner knew or should have known about the hazard.

Dog bites or attacks can lead to serious injuries for victims. Under Illinois law, a dog's owner or a person who was in control of an animal may be held liable for injuries inflicted by a dog, regardless of whether the owner knew the dog had aggressive tendencies or had bitten anyone before. Victims of dog attacks may suffer serious injuries, including lacerations, scarring, nerve damage, and psychological trauma. Our lawyers can make sure owners will be held responsible for the injuries victims have suffered.

Other premises liability cases may include swimming pool accidents, inadequate security leading to assaults or robberies, negligent maintenance in apartment buildings, elevator and escalator accidents, and exposure to toxic substances on a property. Our attorneys can help injury victims demonstrate that a property owner was responsible for their injuries, and we will work to secure full compensation for the damages they have suffered.