• Autmobile Accidents
• Medical Malpractice
• Cerebral Palsy
• Erb's Palsy
• Aviation Accidents/Plane Crashes
• Nursing Home Accidents
• Wrongful Death
• Product Liability
• Premises Liability/Slip and Fall
• Workman's Compensation
• Vaccine Cases
• Dog Bites
• FELA
• Dram Shop Cases
• Train Accidents
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Electrocution Accidents
• Trucking Accidents
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Slip, trip and falls are the second leading cause of injuries and deaths after automobile accidents.

Lack of proper maintenance, building code violations, lack of proper lighting, and other forms of neglect by property owners, business owners, and landlords are actionable under Illinois law. In certain instances, if you are a victim of a criminal assault and battery there may be a remedy you can bring against the property owner for negligent security.

We make it our practice to obtain photographs of the scene of the accident as soon as possible and to investigate each case thoroughly so that your rights are protected.

Everyday 25,000 slip and fall victims require medical attention. 65% of these injuries require absence from work. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, 37 people a day aged 65 or older die from falls; 1.8 million Americans are treated in Emergency Rooms for their injuries; and 460,000 are hospitalized.

Statistics from the Bureau of Labor reported 303,800 workplace accidents resulting in a disabling injury. According to the National Safety Council over 9 million disabling slip trip and fall accidents occur per year. The National Floor Safety Institute found that every year more than 1 million guests and 3 million food industry employees are injured as a result of a slip and fall accident. It is estimated that the United States annually spends more than $60 billion on Slip and Fall costs.

The majority of bathroom floors, bathtubs, and showers tested using OSHA, ADA and several other industry standards, proved that the vast majority of establishments achieve a rating result of "Dangerous" or "Very Dangerous".

Many of slip and fall injuries are preventable through proper maintenance by the landowner. A landowner must reasonably expect and anticipate reasonable foreseeable hazards. It is the property owner’s duty to take the precautions necessary to eliminate hazards such as repairing dangerous areas which might present a trip hazard or timely cleaning areas covered with debris. Structural damage such as pot holes, cracked sidewalks, uneven steps, torn carpeting, broken floor tiles, and missing hand rails can pose dangers for customers and renters. Many of these dangerous conditions violate City building codes and other federal and state statutes. The City of Chicago remains the only municipality in America today that continues to use a code developed on its own as a part of the Municipal Code of Chicago.

Should you, or a loved one, require the services of attorneys who for many years have successfully handled these types of cases please call our office at (312) 977-9900.