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State officials and senior advocates are warning nursing home and long-term care residents, as well as seniors aging in place about stimulus check exploitation. Many seniors are being exploited for government funds dispersed in COVID-19 stimulus checks.

When negligent actions by nursing home staff members contribute to COVID-19 infections for residents, a negligence lawsuit can provide compensation for illness or death.

To our valued clients, friends and business associates:
Our firm is open and operational during the state-imposed shelter-in-place order. In order to comply with the order and to protect the health of our employees, which ultimately affects the welfare of the general public, we will have limited in-office staff.

Passengers that suffer in-flight injuries may be entitled to compensation, but the injured party must prove that the airline was negligent and failed to exercise a proper standard of care.

Studies show that 38 percent of high school students, 4 out of 10 teens, admit to regularly texting while driving. Texting and driving is a leading cause of traffic accidents for teen drivers, with accident statistics that now rival drunk driving and speeding.

Employees who work in retail and service industries sometimes encounter violent customers who threaten their safety. Customer actions range from angry outbursts of verbal abuse to physical assaults that cause employee injuries.

Under Illinois workers’ compensation laws, a worker may be qualified as permanently and totally disabled when injuries are so severe the worker can no longer perform any work duties.

The development of inner-city measures to promote walking paths and biking lanes for residents has created a steep rise in traffic deaths for pedestrians and cyclists.

With standard GPS features now installed in most new model vehicles, car crashes, injuries, and deaths related to GPS systems are on the rise.

In 2019, the Illinois Department of Public Health released a report that showed 111 state nursing home facilities cited for various safety violations. Facilities failed to comply with mandatory regulations that ensure the safe care of residents.