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Keeping the Kids Safe on Halloween

Every Halloween brings horror stories about kids, families and pets that experience injuries and harm. The following tips from the personal injury lawyers...

Bullying Symptoms

Kids can be incredibly cruel to one another in and out of school and online as well as offline. Observant parents can...

Police Brutality In Chicago

In 2014 alone, the City of Chicago owed police brutality victims $100 million in lawsuit settlements. Police in Chicago have been videotaped viciously beating, strip-searching and stopping residents without cause. Police misconduct cases in Chicago have also involved torture in order to get confessions from individuals whether they were guilty or not. Chicago Police are notorious for violating the civil and constitutional rights of Cook County residents. The truth is that while only the most high-profile police brutality cases are...

Firefighter Injured In East Chicago Blaze

In our last post we discussed the death of a Hudson, Illinois, firefighter during a rescue operation. That firefighter died when a truck driver lost control and slammed into a car accident rescue scene. Another firefighter was recently injured on the job. A weekend commercial fire in East Chicago resulted in one firefighter being injured and the destruction of several businesses. The blaze was reported around 4:30 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Tod and Chicago Avenues. The cause of...

Teen Boy Starts a Police Brutality Lawsuit

In Waukegan, a federal lawsuit is brewing regarding a teen boy that claims his nose was broken by police brutality. The 13-year-old boy, along with his 14-year-old friend, had been arrested for being in supposed connection with a broken window. According to the boys, they were then harassed by a detectives into confessing (which, in the end, they still did not do). After they were arrested, they were put in separate rooms, and the interrogations began.  The boys asked to...

Trouble with Trains

Unfortunately, cars or trucks arent the only vehicles that can end up in a terrible accident.  As a reminder, public transportation, such as trains, can also be very dangerous. For example, over the weekend a 35-year old man decided to ignore the warning lights, bells, and crossing gates as he approached Metra tracks. He drove his black sedan around the lowered gates and was shortly thereafter struck by the oncoming train, which carried him down the tracks, ultimately killing him. ...

Man Murdered Over Road Rage

On September 18 of 2009, an innocent 30 year old man was shot and killed by another after unintentionally sending him into road rage. The men were driving on Torrence Avenue around 11 a.m. That morning. The victim had switched to the left lane with intentions of making a left turn afterward.  When he did this, he accidentally cut off the other driver and greatly upset him. The angered driver pulled up and yelled at the man. He tried to...

Metra Train Wreck in Barlett

Two people have been injured in Bartlett due to a train wreck that occurred October 21, 2013. Around 3:30 p.m., a semi truck was carrying a load of vehicles when the Metra Milwaukee District West Line train collided into it.  Several of the vehicles that were loaded on the truck fell out and damaged several parked cars that were in the Metra parking lot. Mike McGuigan is the Police Commander for Bartlett.  He states, Were really lucky no one was...

Four Injured In Lake Michigan Boating Accident

Four people were injured in a Lake Michigan boating accident Thursday evening according to CBS News Chicago. The happened around 10:20 p.m. And it took emergency crews almost an hour to pull everyone from the water. Authorities say that a boat capsized after hitting a break wall near South Mackinaw Avenue and East 85th Street. The current conditions of the boat accident victims were not reported although two were rushed to area hospitals with reportedly serious personal injuries. Many summertime...