As of June 1. 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced new legislation that rental car agencies must fix any and all open safety defects prior to renting out vehicles to customers.
As a Personal Injury Law Firm, we believe it is important to keep people educated about news in our industry that might affect them. And while most people don’t think about elder abuse until it hits close to home, the issue is one that is getting more-and-more common in our country.
We collected a few articles that will shed light on this growing issue.
Many people think they can’t afford an attorney. And in many different situations in which you might need an attorney, that might be the case. Depending on the attorney and the type of case it is, a large amount of money might need to be paid to the attorney in order to have the attorney take on the case. This is called a retainer.
However, when it comes to our law firm and personal injury cases, we can work on a contingency basis. When we work on a contingency basis, we will represent you and help you without you having to pay us anything up front. We get paid through the settlement that we are able to get for you. [Read more…]
You get the summons in the mail and what are your first thoughts? Oh no! Why me? How do I get out of serving? I don’t have time for this.
If any of these responses ring true for you I hope that reading this will give you a different perspective and help you to look forward to the “opportunity to serve.” Yes, I said opportunity to serve. Instead of seeing jury service as an obligation that takes you away from your work, family or fun, think of it as your opportunity to participate in the greatest system of justice that exists. Think of it as your opportunity to ensure that the rights guaranteed by our constitution and justice system are not just promises, but a reality for you, your family members, friends, neighbors and all citizens of the United States. [Read more…]
Three darkly silhouetted “murderers” describe their gruesome crimes, and then tell viewers that “Judge Thomas Kilbride sided with us over law enforcement or victims.” Except that these were actors, not real criminals. And the groups funding these outrageous television attack ads – aired during a 2010 retention vote for the Illinois Supreme Court – opposed Kilbride’s record on protecting injured people, not his rulings on criminal cases. [Read more…]
