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December 29th, 2011
Personal injuries can range from broken bones to the most devastating and life-changing of injuries. Common types of personal injury include:
- Brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Head injury
- Neck injury
- Back injury
- Paralysis
- Amputation
- Blindness
- Burns
In addition to these physical injuries, personal injury cases sometimes include emotional or mental harm. When you are facing missed work, lost income, and physical pain or disfigurement, you may also suffer depression, anxiety, emotional distress and mental anguish.
When caused by someone else’s negligence, these injuries can become the grounds for a personal injury claim. Common sources of personal injury include:
After suffering because of someone else’s actions – or failure to act – you deserve.
If you have been injured by someone else’s negligence, please contact the experienced Chicago personal injury lawyers at Harvey L. Walner & Associates, Ltd., to schedule a free initial consultation.
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December 21st, 2011
Personal injuries can range from broken bones to the most devastating and life-changing of injuries. Common types of personal injury include:
- Brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Head injury
- Neck injury
- Back injury
- Paralysis
- Amputation
- Blindness
- Burns
In addition to these physical injuries, personal injury cases sometimes include emotional or mental harm. When you are facing missed work, lost income, and physical pain or disfigurement, you may also suffer depression, anxiety, emotional distress and mental anguish.
When caused by someone else’s negligence, these injuries can become the grounds for a personal injury claim. Common sources of personal injury include:
After suffering because of someone else’s actions – or failure to act – you deserve.
If you have been injured by someone else’s negligence, please contact the experienced Chicago personal injury lawyers at Harvey L. Walner & Associates, Ltd., to schedule a free initial consultation.
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March 28th, 2011
Any action for personal injury or death against a physician or hospital must be filed within two years from the date the claimant knew or reasonably should have known of the injury. 735 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. Section 5/13-212. However, in no instance, may a claimant bring an action more than four years after the date on which the alleged act or omission occurred.
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March 9th, 2011
If you are involved in an automobile accident, immediately call the police. The police will talk to all parties and get necessary information (insurance info) to make a police report. You then must notify your insurance company within 24 hours and advise them of the details, i.e. damage to your vehicle, time, place, etc. If you are injured as a result of the accident, go directly to the emergency room for treatment.
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February 23rd, 2011
The typical attorney fee for personal injury cases in Illinois is 1/3 of the total settlement, or 33%. If the case goes to trial, the fee then goes to 40%.
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January 10th, 2011
As a general rule, property owners have no duty to remove natural accumulations of snow, ice and melt water from their premises.
Property owners also have no duty to salt walkways from natural accumulations of snow. If they create the accumulation, such as melting ice from the roof and gutters, then there may liability.
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August 19th, 2010
This week on CNN.com, it was reported by the Food and Drug Administration that over 1,742 recalls occurred in 2009 vs 426 in 2008, based on Gold Sheet, a trade publication on drug quality that monitors FDA findings.
Gold Sheet reported that Advantage Dose, accounted for more than half the recalls. Even excluding Advantage Dose, which has shut down, recalls jumped 50% last year.
The Gold Sheet report stated that 165 recalls in 2008 were drugs made or believed to be made, abroad. That was up 58% from 2008. The consequences of recalled drugs are not often seen until the damage has already been done, including:
- Hemorrhages leading to a stroke, which may prove fatal
- Heart attack
- Diabetes
- Internal organ damage
- Depression which may lead to suicide
Drug manufacturers expedite and cut corners to raise profits, so quality and safety is no longer the primary driver for manufacturing drugs. Increased competition from drug manufacturers abroad is also forcing US manufacturers to cut cost and research and we are here to help if you or a family member to assist with every step of pursuing a personal injury case. Our product liability lawyers have extensive experience in handling pharmaceutical injury claims, and can help you get on with your life with peace of mind, knowing you have been fully compensated under the law.
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July 27th, 2010
At the settlement hearing of 7/13/10, the Judge approved a total settlement amount of $7.65 million. This is Step 1 of a 2 step process, as now a plan of reorganization has to be confirmed. Therefore, the case is still pending.
To date, there are over 6500 claimants that have filed proof of claim forms in the bankruptcy court.
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July 23rd, 2010
Workers’ Compensation is a government program created to provide benefits to those injured on the job or made ill due to the workplace. Filing for Workers’ Compensation is no easy task. There is a great deal of paperwork and deadlines must be met. If there is one error in the forms you fill out or one deadline is missed, you will be denied claims. For this reason, we highly suggest that if you are injured on the job, you seek out the assistance of an experienced Workers’ Compensation attorney in the Chicago area such as the ones at Harvey L. Walner & Associates, Ltd.
An on-the-job injury is traumatic physically, emotionally, and financially. If you were the “breadwinner” in the family, you are probably fearful that you can no longer provide for your loved ones. We know the Workers’ Compensation law inside and out. We will work tirelessly to get you the benefits to which you are entitled. A staggering number of injured workers who apply without legal representation are denied. We will do everything we can to make sure your hard-earned benefits are not denied.
If you live in Chicago and were injured on the job, please contact the Workers’ Compensation attorneys at Harvey L. Walner & Associates, Ltd today to schedule a confidential consultation.
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July 22nd, 2010
Medical malpractice takes many forms. The Chicago medical malpractice lawyers at Harvey L. Walner & Associates have seen a variety of medical malpractice cases, some more egregious than others. The most disturbing medical mistake is the one that could have been avoided with a little extra time, care, and attention. Failing to diagnosis cancer, for whatever reason, is a common type of medical malpractice in the Chicago medical community.
While we fully understand the rigorous schedules doctors are forced to keep, and we admire choosing such an admirable profession, we must hold those accountable who cause harm to others. By misdiagnosing cancer, you are shortening someone’s life.
Some of the most oft-misdiagnosed cancers are:
- Brain cancer
- Lung cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Bladder cancer
Cancer misdiagnosis can be attributed to:
- A non-cancerous (or benign) tumor is identified as malignant (cancerous)
- A cancerous lesion is missed in the biopsy procedure
- A malignant mass is diagnosed as benign
- Failure to refer a patient to a specialist for further testing
- A malignant tumor is misclassified as to type or misgraded as to aggressiveness
- Specimens are mishandled by pathology, or improperly read or interpreted
- Failure to follow up with a patient if cancer should have been suspected
- Failure to adequately screen for increased risk patients
- Failure to understand or notice the nature of a patient’s complaints
If you have suffered medical malpractice in the Chicago area, please contact our Chicago medical malpractice lawyers today to schedule a no-cost, confidential consultation.
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