A Trusted Ally for the Injured
In Illinois, caring for elders should be priority. In older Americans, one in 10 suffers abuse every year, according to the National Council on Aging. Some of this abuse occurs inside a nursing home, where elder patients should expect safety. A study featured in the...
When a loved one stays in a nursing home in Illinois, you should be able to expect that he or she have the best possible care. Unfortunately, falls and injuries in nursing homes are still relatively common. Falls should always be preventable. Elderly adults are at a...
Halloween is a fun time for kids and adults in Illinois. While candy and costumes come to mind for most people when they think of this holiday, for law enforcement it is drinking and driving that comes to mind. That is because this holiday is one of the top ones for...
Arlington Heights residents like you depend on nursing homes to provide proper care for your loved ones as they grow older. Unfortunately, not every nursing home will offer the quality of care you deserve. At the Law Offices of Jeffrey E. Martin, LLC, we will discuss...
As a resident in Arlington Heights who has left your loved ones in the care of a nursing home facility, you expect them to be treated like family. But what if that isn’t the case? Here are some signs of abuse and neglect to look out for, as well as what...
More than 200,000 children visit the emergency room every year because of playground-related injuries, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These incidents usually occur at public parks or school playgrounds, and most often include...
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Illinois are designed to provide care for those who can no longer care for themselves. They are a valuable option for family members who are unable to care for their aging relatives but want them to still have the...
Collecting motor vehicle crash data helps authorities to identify patterns and the sources of hazards so they can address them. The Illinois Department of Transportation maintains an up-to-date SnapShot View of fatal crash data for the current year. The information is...
Even drivers who are well aware of the dangers of inattentive driving sometimes become distracted behind the wheel. Whether attention to the road flags because of a coffee spill or an incoming text message, distracted driving accidents resulted in more than 3,100...
The surge in popularity and the success of ride sharing introduced bike sharing, which requires drivers in Illinois to be mindful of cyclists and yield for them as they do with pedestrians. Block Club Chicago reported on the nation's first highly publicized bike-share...