If you are injured in a car accident while running a work-related errand outside of normal business hours, can you receive workers compensation for your injuries? In Illinois, the answer is yes, depending on the particular situation. A case heard by the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission involved a car accident in which a director of>> Read More

Illinois has lately seen its fair share of factory explosions. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about an explosion in Cary, and now an accident at a plant in Pekin has left four workers injured. The explosion happened at an Enviro-Safe Refrigerants plant and is thought to have been caused by a malfunction in>> Read More

Throughout the scope of this blog, we have detailed what seems like countless workplace accidents across a variety of occupations in both Chicago and Illinois more broadly. While there are several safety regulations that should be closely adhered to in most workplaces, particularly those that are a construction or industrial setting, the reality is that>> Read More

CBS Chicago reports that a 71-year-old woman involved in a serious car crash this weekend died four days after the crash. Authorities say that the woman was involved in a North Side crash on Sunday afternoon around 4:25 p.m. The accident happened at the intersection of West Division Street and North Elston Avenue. The driver>> Read More

“The home is gone,” a South Bend woman recently told reporters. The woman said that she was at home with her 6-year-old son with a small twin-engine jet landed in her house. The woman vividly recalled the crash in an interview with the Chicago Tribune. She said that she heard a loud explosion Sunday afternoon>> Read More

A North Chicago police officer has been charged in connection with a fatal drunk driving car accident that happened on Lake Shore Drive last week. Authorities say that the 35-year-old off-duty police officer was drinking to celebrate his birthday when he drove the wrong way on Lake Shore Drive and hit a car carrying two>> Read More

In a recent post we discussed an explosion at a Caterpillar plant that seriously injured a worker. Unfortunately, a similar catastrophe has occurred at another Illinois factory, injuring three workers this time. The workers in the more recent accidents may face the same struggles, both in their physical recovery from burn injuries and their attempts>> Read More

Here are a few things about workplace injuries that employers and their insurance companies dont want to hear: that the full extent of your injuries may not be apparent at first; that you have the right to seek medical treatment from someone other than the company doctor; and that you have the right to deny>> Read More

Recently in Naperville, a construction worker had to be rescued from the roof of a new addition to Edward Hospital. The man had fallen while working on the site after he was struck by falling construction material. A news report doesn’t give the exact cause of the accident, though the worker was said to have>> Read More

Two Chicago police officers were hospitalized over the weekend after being involved in a drunk driving car accident. A 47-year-old Chicago man was allegedly intoxicated when he slammed into an unmarked squad car on Saturday night. The accident happened shortly after 8:30 p.m. at the 7500 block of South Western Avenue in Gresham. The officers>> Read More

A recent investigative report done by NBC Chicago indicates that several suburban Chicago police departments allow their officers to work with substantial amounts of alcohol in their systems. Some suburban Chicago police forces even have alcohol limits written into their employment contracts which forbid agencies from disciplining officers with blood alcohol levels as high as>> Read More

A workplace explosion in Southern Illinois is under investigation by the State Fire Marshal. One worker was critically injured in the blast, having suffered burn injuries that required his being airlifted to a St. Louis hospital. He was said to be in critical condition as of Feb. 11. The explosion occurred at a Caterpillar manufacturing>> Read More