When you leave your home, you begin to share the sidewalks, roads, streets, and highways. Whether you’re driving, walking, or pedaling, you are responsible for your safety and, to a certain extent, the safety of the people on all those byways. In legal terms, that responsibility is referred to as duty of care. That accountability […]

The 100 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day are the deadliest for teen drivers. That may seem alarming. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the risk of car accidents is higher in teenagers ages 16-19 than among any other age group. A leading cause of those crashes is losing […]

“The drug Zantac can elevate the risk of a person developing cancer. The active ingredient, ranitidine, contains a contaminant called NDMA, which is a probable human carcinogen.” That stark warning was issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when it requested to remove Zantac from the market in 2020. Unfortunately, the risk of developing […]

The Illinois Secretary of State oversees enforcement of the mandatory auto insurance laws. Coverage for every car that is in use is verified twice a year. If a car owner is found not to have insurance, they can be fined up to $500. Despite those checks, there are still plenty of car owners who, for […]

Last week, attorney David Barber of Thomas Law Offices filed a second lawsuit against River Breeze Apartments, alleging negligence and failure to ensure tenant safety after residents were attacked and sexually assaulted in Louisville. What Happened at River Breeze Apartments? According to the complaint, the survivor was “brutally attacked, beaten, kidnapped, robbed, and sexually assaulted […]

Maintaining an automobile insurance policy offers many benefits for car owners. In Illinois, it is also the law. A recent report on ABC 7 Chicago Eyewitness News found that insurance costs spiked in the last year from $1,806 to $2,310. In addition to those regular increases, your car insurance can also go up after an […]

There are over 2,716,450 people who call the Windy City home, according to the City of Chicago. This is a city that teems with traffic and pedestrians who share miles of streets and roads. The hope is that everyone gets to where they’re going safely. To make that happen, everyone needs to be aware and […]

No one leaves home thinking that today is the day they will get into a car crash. However, based on data collected by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, there is a car accident somewhere in the country every 13 seconds. If you get into an accident, your first thought will be, “Am I okay?” Your […]

A workplace injury can occur in the office or the construction site. According to data compiled by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, there were 38,600 nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses in 2021 across Kentucky’s private industries. At some point, every one of those injuries reached the maximum medical improvement (MMI). What does the […]

  When you suffer negligence at the hands of a medical provider, obvious physical issues arise in the aftermath. Your illness is worse instead of better, or you have a new injury that you didn’t have before. The stress and frustration of your situation might feel overwhelming and unstoppable, and you may begin to feel […]

According to a study published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as many as 35.5 million hospitalizations occur in the United States annually. Research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) comparing hospitalization rates among 1-64-year-olds between 2009 and 2018 shows that just 5.2% of Americans in that age range were […]

When we decide to move our loved ones into a nursing home or long-term care facility, we expect the staff there to take care of our family members as if they were family, too. But unfortunately, all too often, our loved ones are taken advantage of or neglected while under the care of nursing home […]

After an accident, your top priority is to get medical help. When that’s done, what’s the next step? If you are ready to start the claims process, you must notify your insurer. But how soon after an accident should you notify your insurer? You don’t want to wait to initiate a claim in most situations. […]

While the 2024 PGA Championship over this past weekend should have been a joyous occasion given how golfer Xander Schauffele won the first major of his career, for many others, it will be remembered instead for the tragic event that happened there. This past Friday, May 17, just before Round 2 of the tournament was […]

On April 12, two former University of Kentucky swim and dive team members filed a sexual assault lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Lexington. In the filing, not only was former Kentucky swim coach Lars Jorgensen sued for sexual assault, but another member of the coaching team, Gary Conelly, the university’s athletics director, Mitch Barnhart, […]