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Rear-End Collision Injuries and What You Can Recover

CHICAGO, IL – Rear-end crashes are the most common type of car accident, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Rear-end crashes have a lower risk of causing fatal injuries than other types of collisions. However, these accidents can still cause serious head, neck and back injuries due to the whipping force your body experiences. […]

Understanding the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

CHICAGO, IL – Under the federal Older Americans Act (OAA), each state must have an Ombudsman Program that addresses complaints and advocates for improvements within the long-term care system. Every state has an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, headed by a full-time State Long-Term Care Ombudsman who directs the program statewide. Across the […]

What Constitutes as Police Brutality in Illinois?

CHICAGO, IL – Police brutality is a serious issue that continues to raise eyebrows around the Chicagoland area and the U.S. Police brutality can be summarized as the excessive use of force, misconduct by law enforcement officers towards civilians or abuse of power. If you have suffered a personal injury in Illinois because of police […]

How Bodycam Footage Can Affect Police Misconduct Cases

CHICAGO, IL – The struggles against police misconduct and brutality is felt in Chicago which is why bodycam footage has become instrumental in ensuring those charged with protecting and serving don’t overstep their mandate. If you’ve been a victim of police misconduct, bodycam footage is a crucial element in your civil rights lawsuit; however, this […]

System Exposed for Failing to Protect Patients from Sex Abusers

CHICAGO, IL – A detailed investigation by the Chicago Tribune shed light on systemic issues that allow abuse by doctors to occur, revealing a healthcare and regulatory framework riddled with gaps and inefficiencies. These shortcomings have allowed a number of abusive practitioners to evade scrutiny and continue their harmful practices unchecked. In some instances, healthcare providers accused […]

Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse; Determining Liability

CHICAGO, IL – A massive search effort is underway for six construction workers who were on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore when it was struck by a Maersk-chartered ship and collapsed into the Patapsco River around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, shutting down a critical artery for East Coast shipping. James Wallace, chief of […]

Hospital Fails to Follow Procedures Leading to Complications

The Dinizulu Law Group represented a patient against a local hospital who failed to follow the nationally accepted cancer guidelines by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network which resulted in the patient having their pancreas, spleen and part of their intestines removed without having a positive biopsy for cancer first. The local hospital failed to enforce […]

New Audit Report into DCFS Finds 30+ Compliance Failures

CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois State Auditor General’s Office is seeing more compliance failures in the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The nearly 140-page report was released in September 2023 outlining several delays of child abuse in the collection reporting, sometimes taking years to report incidents. The report found 33 compliance failures from […]

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