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When you need to make a trip to the hospital, you do so with faith that you will receive proper treatment and come home healthier than you left. When medical negligence is at play, however, your hospital visit could become damaging or even deadly to your health. While medical negligence and malpractice remain an…

If you’ve been injured, you certainly blame the person who caused those injuries to begin with. But you may also be considering other factors that had an impact on the situation. This isn’t to absolve that first individual of guilt, but simply to look at how the overall situation influenced your health – and…

With everything that’s been going on, you haven’t been able to lay eyes on your Dad as regularly as you’d like – but you thought he was being cared for pretty well in the nursing home. Now that you’ve finally been able to make the trip to see him in person, however, you’re quite…

In Illinois and across the United States, a catastrophic injury has occurred if your life is disrupted to the point where you can no longer hold down a job. Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), spinal cord injuries and severe burns illustrate a few examples. These injuries typically arise from car accidents, defective drugs or medical…

It’s extremely common to see stores have wet, slick floors when it has been raining outside. For the most part, they take care of this problem by mopping up the water regularly and using rugs and mats in the front entrance to allow people to dry their shoes. Some stores add in additional protections,…

If you live in or around Chicago, you’ve probably seen your fair share of aggressive driving. It can be easy to run into in a larger city. However, even if you see it more often, the reckless habits of other drivers can still put you and others in significant danger. Road rage isn’t the…

Traffic deaths in Illinois and the rest of the nation are on the rise. This is a fact that has experts at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) very worried. The stats are pouring in and they show a grim tale of increased injury and death. New measures are being proposed to offset…

Family members expect their elderly loved ones to receive the attention they need while in the care of a nursing home staff. The staff must carefully monitor the patient to ensure they are comfortable and healthy no matter their underlying condition. When there is abuse or neglect, however, the nursing home can become a…

If you have a loved one who is living in a nursing home, it’s important to be aware of the issues with which he or she may be dealing. One of the most common problems your loved one can face is nursing home neglect. This abuse can take several different forms, and it can…

Property owners have the responsibility to maintain their premises, keeping them safe and secure for tenants. Repairing lighting, furnaces, broken windows, leaking pipes, floors and stairs are among the tasks that owners/landlords must perform on the homes and apartment complexes they own. If they fail to do so, injuries from assaults, slip and falls,…