Transportation Liability, Auto, Truck & Motorcycle Accidents:

The most common type of personal injury or wrongful death claim involves car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents and bus accidents. Millions of people are on the move every day, taking both public and private transportation. Sometimes, these routes of travel and pleasure lead to tragic accidents on roads, waterways, and rail systems and put passengers and drivers at great risk of being injured or even killed. Accidents may be caused by many factors such as driver negligence, defective equipment, or faulty warning systems. People traveling in these vehicles, however, are not the only ones at risk of being injured or killed. Thousands of innocent bystanders, including pedestrians and bicyclists, are killed each year by vehicles of all kinds.

Unfortunately, this does not mean that all car accident cases are easy to settle, that insurance companies can be depended on to do the right thing, or that attorney representation is unnecessary.  Someone who has been involved in a serious car accident needs to ask two questions:  The value of a car accident case depends upon two main factors:  liability and damages.   Liability generally refers to proving that an accident resulted from someone’s negligent conduct.  Under the law, negligence means doing something that a reasonable person under similar circumstances would not do, or not doing something that a reasonable person would do.  Once responsibility is proven for an accident, the value of your injuries need to be determined.  Did you have surgery? Did you undergo physical therapy?  How quickly did you recover?  How much time did you miss from work?  For how long were you incapacitated?  How do you place a figure on the pain and suffering you experienced? Will you require future medical treatment?  Will you develop painful arthritis in the future?  All of these questions, and more, will be answered by the attorneys at our law firm.



Then there may be questions about the adequacy of insurance coverage.  What happens if the offending driver has only the minimum coverage ($20,000) required by law, but your medical bills are $40,000?  Can anything be done?  Have you ever heard of underinsured motorist coverage?  Most people haven’t and are surprised to learn that this coverage is automatically part of the liability car insurance you purchase to protect yourself in the event you cause an accident.  

If you are involved in an accident and think you have a claim, it is best to first speak to an attorney before discussing the matter with strangers or outside parties. Call our law firm today for free consultation on your Chicago car accident or Chicago truck accident at 312-588-3384.