A Trusted Ally for the Injured
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...
Many nursing home residents that did not get COVID-19 are also suffering the consequences of the virus. Patient neglect complaints have risen alarmingly in the wake of the pandemic. While COVID-19 is seen as the major threat to residents of long-term care facilities,...
MARTIN LAW, LLC recently secured a $700,000 settlement on behalf of a client who fell 25 feet from a recreational climbing facility when he was a young teenager. As a result of the fall, he suffered compression fractures in his spine. The fall was caused by the...
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) says women are more likely to be killed or seriously injured than men in motor vehicle crashes of similar severity. The nonprofit group released details of the study, which says, while men are involved in more crashes...
Many continue to work through the pandemic, but employers aren’t always transparent about the risks. Anyone in the family could pay the price when workers are exposed, and it can be hard to know where to turn. Businesses across the country could be responsible for...
Doctors may not always clearly define what ails you, and in some cases, that can lead to incredible hardships down the road. Recovering after their serious error could depend on getting your own definitions correct. Up to 80,000 people in the U.S. may die from...
Chicago is beginning to send kids back to the classroom despite ongoing COVID-19 complications. If your child gets sick when going to school, can you hold the education system accountable? Families face the first steps in returning to in-person learning after schools...