Accidents on our highways are as common as they are dangerous. The impact of two vehicles crashing into one another at highway speeds can lead to life-threatening injuries and extensive financial, physical, and emotional damages. If another motorist leaves you injured in a highway crash, seek the professional legal counsel of an experienced Joliet personal injury attorney today.  Driver Negligence The truth is that traffic accidents on our highway are often caused by driver negligence. When we take to the...

Have you noticed all the delivery trucks zipping up and down the streets of Will County recently? This is especially true right now as we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, and more people are having products shipped directly to their door. We depend on these delivery truck services for our businesses and our personal lives, but we don’t often think about the risk they impose on our personal safety. One of these risks is the increased likelihood of being involved in...

Every year, 1.1 million people suffer burn injuries severe enough to require medical attention, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Approximately 20,000 of these burn victims sustain major burns that cover 25% or more of their bodies. Nearly 4,500 burn victims die each year from their injuries, while 10,000 Americans die annually as a result of infections that develop from their burns. Clearly, these statistics are scary, and many of these burn injuries occur right here in Illinois....

Like millions of other Americans, the COVID-19 lockdown has likely changed your life more than you could have imagined. You’re working from home, your kids are not going to school, you can’t go socialize with your neighbor, and your dentist even had to cancel your routine dental exam. While many people are staying in their houses waiting for life to return to normal, drivers are still on the roads. Essential workers still need to go to work, households still need...

Accidental injuries can change your life for the worse in both short-term and long-term situations. Some accidental injuries can have a mild to a significant impact on your life for a short time period, such as a sprained ankle or a bruised wrist. Other accidental injuries have far-reaching consequences that will change your life forever. If you have experienced the latter type of injury, you need a personal injury lawyer in Illinois that will represent your case tirelessly to seek...

Motorcycle helmets are not the perfect protection, and you can still sustain head injuries with a motorcycle helmet. Although it is important to note that according to information provided by the United States Centers for Disease Control, in 2016 alone, helmets saved an estimated 1,859 lives. Wearing helmets could save over $1 billion in economic costs if all motorcyclists wore helmets as they reduce the risk of death by 37 percent and the risk of head injury by 69 percent. ...

The New Year brings a chance to reevaluate and reset many areas of our life. From our driving habits and our homes to our workplaces and our children, now is the time to make some resolutions for the New Year that are related to safety. You never know what types of accidents and injuries you could avoid by doing so. Unfortunately, your own renewed commitment to safety cannot keep you 100 percent safe. If you are injured at any point...

It’s that time of year again where the neighbors are putting up their Christmas lights, Christmas trees are on the tops of cars as you drive home from the holly-decorated mall, and the libations are flowing freely at holiday parties and gatherings. Sadly, while you are wondering what to get your children for the holiday or what food to serve at your family party, you must also worry about drunk driving accidents during the holiday season.  If you or your...