Category: Personal Injury

Serious pedestrian accidents in Chicago and the suburbs continue to be a problem for a number of reasons: more people walking to work, an increase in traffic on the roads, and drivers failing to look out for pedestrians. Increasing cell phone usage and distracted driving are also putting pedestrians...

Young people are showing up at hospitals with lungs that look like those of 70-year-olds. Around the country, people of all ages are suffering from a mysterious lung illness, and vaping could be to blame. Federal health officials are looking into the cases of 450 people hospitalized with breathing i...

If you are taking Zantac, you should be aware that the FDA and the European Union are investigating whether the heartburn medication, as well as generic versions of the drug, contain high enough levels of the cancer-causing agent NDMA, (N-Nitrosodimeethylamine), to pose a danger to patients. Zantac,...

Imagine you’ve just gotten into your car. You turn it on and BOOM your airbag deploys for no reason. Or, your car hits a pothole, and BANG your airbag explodes from the steering wheel. During accidents, airbags save lives – the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that frontal ...

Some of the scariest moments on the road occur when a tractor-trailer suddenly decides to pull into your lane, oblivious to the fact that you are in the way, or turns in front of you, unaware that your car is there. At that moment, you realize that the truck is not going to stop because […]...

So, you bought a car with a five-star safety rating for your family. But, is the entire family actually safe? A new study has determined that a woman has a 73% higher chance of being seriously injured or killed in a car crash than a man, and crash-test dummies are to blame. A quick history […...

About one in every twenty patients is harmed by a medical mistake that could have been prevented. That is the finding of a recent report published in the medical journal, The BMJ. Understand, we are not talking about medical mistakes that sometimes just happen during medical care. We are talking abo...

Chicago recently began a pilot program allowing electric scooters on city streets. Within a mere six days, at least ten people were sent to emergency rooms, including one bicyclist who was left unconscious and badly injured after being struck by a scooter. The city’s e-scooter program launched Jun...

Throughout Naperville, there are miles and miles of trails and bike paths, perfect for a cruise on a summer day or training for your next triathlon. While many of Naperville’s bike paths are located within forest preserves or secluded trails, some of them cross over major roadways and through busy...

When you think about what’s in your makeup bag, you probably think foundation, mascara, eyeliner, etc. But let’s delve a little deeper. What ingredients are in your makeup bag? The answer may surprise you. Since 2009, 595 cosmetics manufacturers have disclosed that they’ve used 88 chemicals th...