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Description: We are pleased to make available the Illinois State Nursing Home Safety Task Force's Final Report. The task force was formed to develop proposals to curb the epidemic of violence suffered by nursing home residents and to improve overall nursing home safety.
Nursing Home Resident on Resident Assaults in Illinois
Description: One reason that family members admit a loved one to a nursing home is to assure their safety from violence in the community. However, some nursing homes have an unsafe mix of geriatric patients and younger, but mentally ill, residents and then fail to properly staff the nursing and care plan for the residents to assure the safety of all residents. The end result is injuries and death to due to resident-on-resident assaults in Illinois nursing homes.
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect: Bed Sores or Pressure Ulcers
Description: Many nursing home residents suffer from unnecessary bed sores, also called pressure ulcers, due to poor care. Federal regulations require nursing homes to take necessary measures to prevent them from developing. When your loved one has developed bed sores or pressure ulcers, it may be due to nursing home abuse or neglect, and the Law Offices of Barry G. Doyle, P.C. is prepared to help you investigate any possible claim or lawsuit.
Medication Errors in Nursing Homes
Description: Many Illinois nursing home residents take several prescription medications to help them maintain or improve their health. Errors can occur in giving these medications which can result in serious injury or death to your nursing home resident.
Preventing Falls in Nursing Homes
Description: While the primary responsibility for preventing falls of residents in nursing homes falls on the nursing home staff, there are some steps that family members can do to prevent loved ones from falling in nursing homes and suffering devastating injuries such as hip fractures.

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Automobile Accident:

Uninsured Motorist Claims and Hit and Run Accidents
Description: While auto insurance is mandatory in Illinois, not every driver has insurance. Learn about your rights when you or a family member is injured by an uninsured motorist or hit and run driver.
Underinsured Motorist Auto Accident Claims in Illinois
Description: When you are seriously injured by a driver with inadequate insurance in order to pay the damages from the car accident, you may be entitled to recover the full measure of your damages by making an underinsured motorist claim. The experienced auto accident lawyers at our law firm will help you get the full compensation you deserve.
Our law firm carefully investigates all potentially liable parties in cases where we represent the victims of drunk driving accidents. Here are some of the things we consider in every case involving a drunk driver ....
Description: Every year, hundreds of Illinois residents are killed or injured by the negligence of drunk drivers. Many times thorough investigation shows that there are other responsible parties besides the drunk driver. Our law firm makes sure that victims of drunk driving accidents gets the compensation they deserve.
In many serious Illinois car accidents where there are serious injuries or wrongful death, there is frequently additional sources of compensation which can be identifies to make sure that the victims of the car accident are properly compensated. As experienced Chicago car accident lawyers, these are the steps we take in serious car accident cases.
Description: In many serious Illinois car accidents where there are serious injuries or wrongful death, there is frequently additional sources of compensation which can be identifies to make sure that the victims of the car accident are properly compensated. As experienced Chicago car accident lawyers, these are the steps we take in serious car accident cases.
Evidence that the defendant was using a cell phone or text messaging at the time of a car accident is critical in helping ensure that car accident victims get fair compensation for their injuries.
Description: Evidence that the defendant was using a cell phone or text messaging at the time of a car accident is critical in helping ensure that car accident victims get fair compensation for their injuries.

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Slip and Fall Accident:

Property Owner Liability for Elevator and Escaltor Accidents in Illinois
Description: Every year thousands are injured in accidents on escalators and accidents on elevators, usually due to poor maintenance of a heavily used elevator or escalator. Bring our experience to bear on your accident case to ensure that the negligent companies are held responsible and that you receive the compensation you deserve.
Types of Third Party Liability Lawsuits - Elevator Accidents
Description: Elevator accidents can be a source of workplace injuries in Illinois. Learn more about the third party liability suits lawyers in our Chicago law firm have handled involving elevator accidents.
Types of Third Party Liability Lawsuits - Illinois Slip and Fall Accidents
Description: When Illinois workers are injured on the job as a result of a slip and fall accident, there may be a basis for pursuing a liability case against the property owner where he was hurt, provided that it is not his employer. Learn more about the kinds of third party liability suits lawyers in our Chicago law firm have handled for slip and fall accident victims.
Evidence of repairs after slip-and-fall accidents in Illinois
Description: Evidence that a property owner fixed a dangerous condition is powerful evidence that a landowner was negligent before a slip and fall accident. But is it always admissible in evidence in an Illinois jury trial?
Liability for Slip and Fall on Snow and Ice Accidents in Illinois
Description: Each winter, hundreds of Illinois residents suffer serious injuries due to slipping and falling on snow and ice. This free information provides a guide for when a property owner can be held liable in Illinois for falls on snow and ice.

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Work Related Personal Injury:

What Does a Lawyer Do For Me In a Third Party Liability Suit
Description: The list of services that experienced Chicago personal injury lawyers offer to accident victims in third party liability suits is lengthy.
Protecting Your Third Party Liability Suit
Description: Workers who are injured on the job may be able to file suit against another person that is responsible for their injuries. Learn what steps you should take after an accident to best position yourself to win your third party liability suit.
The Lien: Where the Worker's Compensation Case and Third Party Liability Suit Come Together in Illinois
Description: Employers who pay out worker's compensation benefits to employees who also file third party liability suits in Illinois have a lien, or right of recovery, for the benefits that they paid out to the injured worker.
Can I choose my own doctor in my Illinois worker's compensation case
Description: Many injured workers are concerned about their ability to see doctors of their own choosing in Illinois worker's compensation cases. Free information provided to injured Illinois workers, courtesy of the Law Offoces of Barry G. Doyle, PC based in Chicago, Illinois.
Worker's Compensation and Third Party Liability Lawsuits
Description: When you are injured on the job in Illinois due to the negligence of someone other your employer or a co-worker, you have a right to file both a worker's compensation case and a third-party liability lawsuit to recover full compensation for your injuries. The Law Offices of Barry G. Doyle, PC assists injured Illinois workers in getting the compensation they deserve.

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Wrongful Death Lawsuits:

What Services Does an Illinois Wrongful Death Lawyer Provide?
Description: Experienced Illinois wrongful death lawyers provide a variety of services to make sure that their clients achieve the maximum possible recovery in a wrongful death suit.
Who Gets to File an Illinois Wrongful Death Suit
Description: When there is an Illinois wrongful death suit, it must be filed by the executor or the administrator of the estate. This article offers an outline on the powers and responsibilities of the executor or administrator in an Illinois wrongful death suit.
Importance of Insurance Coverage in Illinois Wrongful Death Suits
Description: Illinois wrongful death suits have the potential to bring in substantial compensation the surviving next of kin. However, the importance of having available insurance coverage cannot be underestimated.
Who Is a Beneficiary That Can Collect Damages in an Illinois Wrongful Death Suit?
Description: In an Illinois wrongful death suit, exactly who can collect damages under the Wrongful Death Act is an important question for survivors of a wrongful death accident. The answer is that the next of kin can recover those damages, but who is the next of kin may be surprising.
Overview of Illinois wrongful death suits
Description: The Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers at the Law Offices of Barry G. Doyle, PC offers thsi free information regarding the wrongful death suits resulting from medical malpractice, car accidents, construction accidents, and other wrongful conduct.

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Construction Accidents:

Types of Third Party Lawsuits - Construction Accidents
Description: Third party liability suits in Illinois frequently arise out of construction accidents. Our Chicago law firm gives examples of some of the kinds of construction site accidents that lawyers in our law firm have handled.

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Motorcycle Crashes:

Motorcycle Accident Suits Are Not Car Accident Suits
Description: There are key differences between a motorcycle accident suit and a car accident suit that make a big difference in how a motorcycle accident suit should be presented to a jury to help assure that the injured rider receives maximum compensation for his injuries.
Tips from Motorcycle Safety Foundation [PDF]
Description: The Law Offices of Barry G. Doyle is pleased to supply motorcycle riders with safety tips published by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. We hope that these tips help prevent future motorcycle crashes.

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Dog Bite Attacks:

Types of Third Party Liability Suits - Dog Bites
Description: Dog bites account for a surprising number of injuries to Illinois workers. Learn more about the kinds of dog bite third party liability suits lawyers in our Chicago law firm have handled on behalf of injured Illinois workers.
Fatal Dog Bite Attack Study [PDF]
Description: Dogsbite.org prepared a study of the fatal dog bite attacks in the United States from 2006-08. This showed among other things that adults were the most frequent victims of fatal dog bite attacks, and that pit bulls were the most frequent dog involved in fatal dog bite attacks.
Tips for Avoiding Dog Bite Attacks
Description: Dogsbite.org offers a series of tips about how to avoid a dog bite atatck and what to do in the event of a dog bite attack.

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Train Accidents:

Historical review of Chicago commuter train accidents and derailments
Description: This review of findings by the NTSB regarding recent Chicago-area passenger train derailments and accidents shows that accidents are due to negligent operations by railroads that are responsible for passenger safety.

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Prescription medication errors | Pharmacist malpractice:

4 Steps to Protect Your Rights After a Prescription Medication Error
Description: What should you do after a prescription medication error? Here are 4 steps that the experienced Chicago personal injury lawyers at the Law Offices of Barry G. Doyle, P.C. recommend you take.
Proecting Your Family Against Prescription Medication Errors [PDF]
Description: Each day, thousands of prescription medication errors occur in pharmacies across the country, some resulting in deaths and serious injuries. Learn 7 steps you can take to protect your family against prescription errors and pharmacist malpractice.

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Dangerous Industrial Products:

Types of Third Party Liability Lawsuits - Defective and Dangerous Industrial Products
Description: Many Illinois workers are injured by products they work with every day because the products have a design defect or insufficient warnings or instructions. Learn about the types of third party product liability lawsuits lawyers in our Chicago law firm have handled on behalf of injured Illinois workers.
Asbestos and Mesothelioma - The Basics [PDF]
Description: Asbestos was widely used in the manufacture of heat absorbing products such as insulation, brakes, and other industrial equipment. It generates tiny dust particles which when inhaled cause serious and fatal diseases such as asbestosis, mesothelioma, lung cancer, and stomach cancer. Learn more about it and the rights you have.
Preserving Defective Industrial and Work Products for Lawsuits [PDF]
Description: When accidents happen involving defective products, the natural instinct is to throw it out or fix it. Our Chicago personal injury law firm shows why that can be the worst thing for your defective work or industrial products case.

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General:

Making a good decision about who to hire for your personal injury or wrongful death suit is one of the most important things you can do to help yourself and your family in the wake of a serious accident. We are pleased to offer 8 common mistakes people make in hiring an Illinois accident attorney.
Guide to Parent's Responsibilities in Handling Injury Cases for Their Children
Description: Questions that many parents of children injured in accidents have include "What am I supposed to do?" "What responsibilities do I have" "what happens to the money from my child's settlement?" We try to answer those questions here.
Understanding Structured Settlements for Personal injury Cases
Description: Structured settlements can provide significant long-term financial benefits to injury victims. The Chicago Law Offices of Barry G. Doyle provides free information about the uses and benefits of a structured settlement in a personal injury case, courtesy of Paulette Jacobsmeier of EPS Settlements Group.
Importance of Insurance in Illinois Personal Injury Claims and Suits
Description: One question that any person who was injured in an accident in Illinois will be asked is whether the at-fault party had any insurance. The experienced Chicago personal injury lawyers at the Law Offices of Barry G. Doyle, PC offer free information as to why this question is important in determining whether you can get the compensation you deserve for your accident suit.
Settlement Values of Illinois Accident Cases
Description: We are frequently consulted by people who want to know what the fair settlement value of their Illinois personal injury suit is. Evaluating cases is more art than science, but we offer some guidelines for how experienced Chicago personal injury lawyers evaluate cases for settlement.