Nursing home residents are vulnerable to neglect and abuse at the hands of their care providers. And when a resident passes away from a preventable accident or illness, these negligent parties can responsible for a wrongful death. Families struggling with this...
Whether you work or live in Chicago, chances are you encounter some road construction whenever you are behind the wheel. It could be frustrating and confusing for drivers, but these work zones can also be highly dangerous. Unfortunately, the last year has proven that...
If your loved one lives in a nursing home, you want to be sure they are safe and treated with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, this does not always happen. In some facilities, staff and medical workers neglect residents, leaving them vulnerable to physical,...
Summer is nearly here, and restrictions on travel and social gatherings continue to ease up as vaccination rates climb. After being isolated for over a year, people are eager to take a trip and stay somewhere besides their house. Whether you stay in a hotel close to...
Car accidents can be an ordeal to manage, but colliding with a city vehicle can make things even more complex. Additional rules and limitations may apply, and securing experienced help may be the best way to traverse the extra hurdles. Starting line The first step...
An appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that tossed out an Ohio family’s lawsuit over a genetic cancer test error in 1999. The decision allows the lawsuit by Michael and Susan Lonsway to proceed against Yale University and Michigan Medicine, which was...
Inadequate and neglectful care for many nursing home residents in Illinois and across the country existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. But the virus has provided a stark reminder of the shortcomings of providers. In just over a year, 174,000 long-term...
The roads grew more dangerous over the last year, and now there is data to show why. While trends indicated a more hazardous turn for months, it’s now easier to understand where the risks came from. Illinois saw more fatal accidents on the roads in 2020 than in the...
A five-star rating system designed more than a decade ago to assess the quality of care at U.S. nursing homes is badly broken. That’s the conclusion of an in-depth New York Times investigation, which concludes many of these facilities manipulate the data to improve...
No reasonable person who engages with traffic in the vast and varied Chicago metro area underestimates the road risks routinely linked with its constant flow. Candidly, the myriad streets, state highways and interstate corridors that crisscross one of the nation’s...