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June 1, 2023

See more about our discount program for firefighters here.

Sept. 21, 2020

In 2018, nearly 70% of the 67,367 drug related deaths involved opioids.1 Opioids can be effectively used to manage chronic pain; however, opioid use is often coupled with significant risks such as addiction, major depression disorder, respiratory depression, and even death. Pharmaceutical companies have borne the brunt of the blame, but now doctors must also be held accountable for their actions in this epidemic.

July 21, 2020

Announcing the selection of John Larson among America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys® for 2020. Selection to America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys® is by invitation only and is reserved to identity the nation’s most exceptional litigators for high-value personal injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, product liability, and medical malpractice matters.

March 30, 2020

Has your business been interrupted or closed due as a result of the Coronavirus and social distancing measures? If you are a business owner and have experienced a decline of business resulting in lost potential revenue, your business insurance may have coverage available.

Oct. 3, 2019

Pro hac vice is a legal term, which allows an attorney from one state to practice law in another state for a particular case. For example, a lawyer in Indiana may have a client who has a case pending in Illinois, and the client wants his Indiana lawyer to represent him in Illinois. An Indiana attorney can find a local Illinois attorney, have that attorney file an appearance, and then file for Permission for an Out-of-State Attorney to Provide Legal Services in Proceedings in Illinois. This allows the Indiana attorney to represent his client in Illinois. The Supreme Court of Illinois clearly defines the rules in The Supreme Court of Illinois Rule 707 (renamed as Permission for an Out-of-State Attorney to Provide Legal Services in Proceedings in Illinois).

March 22, 2019

Driving down Illinois roads while drowsy is a dangerous thing to do. Many people are willing to risk driving while drowsy because they figure that they will be able to keep themselves awake long enough to make it to their destination. Unfortunately, the fact that one in five automobile accidents is connected to driving while fatigued shows that this problem is a lot more serious than people make it out to be.

March 14, 2019

An Illinois court recently found OSF Healthcare St. Francis Hospital guilty of committing medical malpractice. According to 25 News, a Peoria woman, Diane Arrenholz, passed away after the hospital rushed her surgery.

March 8, 2019

The citizens of Illinois may be surprised to learn that the number of pedestrians who have been killed by vehicles on the road last year has reached a high the nation has not seen since 1990. To be more concrete, around 6,227 individuals passed away due to a fatal accident while they were walking on foot, which is about 250 more fatalities than what 2017 saw. The majority of deaths took place late at night; in fact, about 90 percent of the total increase in the number of dying pedestrians over the past ten years can be attributed to nighttime accidents.

Feb. 22, 2019

Large commercial trucks travel throughout Illinois every day, and fatal crashes across the country involving big rigs increased 42 percent between 2009 and 2017. Road Safe America, co-founded by a man who lost a son in a truck accident, has joined other activists to petition senators and representatives to pass legislation that requires commercial trucks to use speed limiters and automatic emergency braking systems.

Feb. 12, 2019

Nearly one third of motor vehicle-related fatalities involve speeding, so Illinois residents may be wondering what is being done about this. At the root of the issue seems to be a lack of proper education on the dangers of speeding. Speeding raises the risk for a crash as well as the severity of those that occur, endangering pedestrians and bicyclists in particular. Conversely, a slight decrease in speed makes a positive impact on crash risk and severity.