Anyone of legal age can consume alcohol. Drivers, on the other hand, understand that drinking and driving is not legal. Drunk drivers can make poor decisions while on the road, such as running a stop sign, driving too slow or too fast and other erratic, dangerous...
Nursing homes provide care for aging individuals or people with disabilities. Some elderly people are reluctant to move into care homes because they don't know if the nursing home staff will take care of them and their overall well-being. If you are living in a...
While the death of a family member or a relative can devastate a family, the pain can feel amplified if the death is a result of a motor vehicle accident, particularly when it stems from a negligent or reckless driver. When someone dies in a preventable accident, the...
Collisions between two cars are the most common type of traffic accidents on roadways in most of the country, including Illinois. These auto accidents often produce catastrophic injuries and deaths. Naturally, after any car accident, the question of who was at fault...
In Kane County, Illinois, and across the country, people are more likely familiar with car accidents as they are more common than truck accidents. However, truck accidents often lead to more catastrophic outcomes compared to common traffic accidents. By driving next...
Auto accidents happen every day in Illinois. Unfortunately, too many result from an especially bad type of driver negligence -- drunken driving. Drunk driving accidents often injure and kill, but they are considered largely preventable because drivers can choose...
Auto accidents in Illinois have the potential to severely injure victims, or even result in death. Some accidents occur because of weather and road conditions, but others are the result of negligent actions on the part of drivers, whether they involve recklessness,...
Illinois residents often turn to nursing homes when they can no longer care for older loved ones. An estimated 100,000 seniors now live in 1,300 nursing homes in the state. Unfortunately, a recent study shows that 12,000 seniors are at risk of getting abused each...
Illinois residents who have lost loved ones know the grief that follows. When death is sudden and unexpected, the pain is even worse, especially when the death was avoidable, as is often the case with fatal motor vehicle accidents. Most fatal accidents are...
To say the highway is a dangerous place is an understatement considering one recent day some 40 miles southwest of Chicago. In the space of just a few minutes and barely 3 miles apart, two accidents involving semi-trailers killed five people.The first crash occurred...
