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New Illinois Laws Target Senior Care Complaints
Lake County Nursing Home Negligency Lawyers
As medical technology makes it possible for Americans to live longer lives every year, more and more individuals and their families turn to long-term care facilities to provide assisted living and on-site medical care during their later decades. These long-term care facilities are frequently known as nursing homes and can house disabled and injured individuals alongside the elderly.
You might be one of the thousands of Illinois residents who have had to face the decision to move an elderly parent or other relative into this type of facility. This process can be stressful for everybody involved and might cause you to have doubts about your decision and the conditions in your loved one's new home. Reports of neglect and abuse in nursing homes throughout Illinois and the rest of the nation might cause you to wonder if your relative is safe and what you can do if he or she suffers a personal injury.
New Illinois Law Focuses on Youth Head Injuries
Lake County Personal Injury Attorney
Head injuries are among the most dangerous types of injuries. The body's most vital organ, the brain, sits encased within the skull and can easily be affected by impact to the head. A brain injury can lead to profound brain damage that can result in cognitive or physical disability, permanent mobility or speech issues, or death.
When a child sustains a head injury, the results can be more severe than those found in an adult victim because a child's brain is still developing and, in the case of very young children, the skull might not be fully fused yet.
Illinois Workers' Compensation Rates Fall to 5.5 percent in 2015
Lake County Workers’ Compensation Lawyers
Illinois recently took another step in a series of reforms that ultimately lower workers’ compensation rates for employers. Since 2011, the price of mandatory workers’ compensation insurance dropped nearly 20 percent. This significant cost-savings is turning our economy around—allowing Illinois to compete with other Midwestern states and achieve a six-year low in unemployment rates.
Workers’ compensation is mandatory insurance that nearly all public and private employers must carry. This type of insurance will pay portions of wages, medical bills, and other expenses during a time of inability to work due to a workplace-related injury. While good policy for both employers and employees, workers’ compensation can be expensive for employers. This is particularly true in dangerous-condition occupations such as construction and other contracting or labor-intensive jobs. The result of high premiums for employers though, can be high burdens on the taxpayers and employees that ultimately pay into the programs.
Salvi & Maher Wins $264,000 Arbitration Award for Client
Waukegan personal injury law firm Salvi & Maher, LLP wins an arbitration surrounding a 1998 Lake County car accident.
The personal injury lawyers at Salvi & Maher, LLP are pleased to announce they have recently won an arbitration involving a Lake County car accident that occurred back in 1998.
Salvi & Maher, LLP received the Lake County car accident case, Parks v. American Country Insurance (14 MR 642), in December of 2010. Salvi & Maher, LLP was the fourth personal injury law firm to handle the case for the plaintiff because no other attorney could convince the defense to agree to move the case to arbitration. The defense attorneys wanted more discovery and up to that point had ignored prior arbitration requests.
New Illinois Boating Laws Aimed at Boater Safety
This summer, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed three new laws directed at increasing boating safety and boating accident prevention on Illinois waterways. As of July, state officials have reported 16 boating fatalities on Illinois waterways in 2014. This year’s total of boating fatalities is up two from last year when 14 people were killed and the boating season has not even come to a close yet. The new Illinois boating laws will mandate safety courses, determine new rules for towing occupants on water tubes and enforce new DUI penalties.
New Requirements for Illinois Water Skiers and Tubers
The first new law addresses a requirement for boats towing water skiers or tubers. Illinois SB 2731 amends the Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act and requires that operators of a boat towing a person or persons to display red or orange flags on their watercraft. The law says that flags must be orange and the flag must be displayed at the highest point of the area surrounding the boat’s helm. This display will ensure that the flag is visible from all directions.
Contact a Lake County Vehicle Accident Attorney Who is Ready to Help You
If you or a member of your family has been injured in a motor vehicle accident, contact our office. Call 847-662-3303 to set up a free initial consultation at one of our four convenient locations. There is no risk because we only collect fees if you collect compensation. With offices in Libertyville, Waukegan, Richmond, and Chicago, we represent clients in Lake County, Cook County, DuPage County, and McHenry County.
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