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New policy guidelines aim to protect children from sexual abuse by doctors in Illinois, and elsewhere

Chicago sex abuse attorneys at our firm are taking note that the nation’s largest pediatricians’ group has released their first policy on protecting children from sexual abuse by healthcare professionals in response to a disturbing case in Delaware where a pediatrician filmed himself molesting his young patients. The American Academy…

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Chicago Woman Killed in Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse — Raising Concerns of Premise Liability in Illinois

The weekend collapse of a concert stage at the Indiana State Fair took the life of a Chicago woman and at least four other people. It also injured at least 45 other visitors. The governor is referring to this incident as a “fluke.” Four were killed instantly when metal scaffolding…

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New City Report: Pedestrian Accidents in Chicago on the Rise

There are about 3,000 car-pedestrian accidents in Chicago each year. A new study concludes that roughly 80 percent of all these accidents happen at intersections when pedestrians are using the walk signal to cross. Most of these accidents involve vehicles that are turning. The high rate of these accidents has…

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Aging Adults in Metro Area at Increased Risk for Pedestrian Accidents in Chicago

According to Transportation For America, the metro region of Chicago has more than 8 million travelers. In 2000, nearly 10 percent of this population was urban seniors that were 65-years-old and older and had poor access to transit. Another 61 percent of suburban and exurban seniors faced poor access. What’s…

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Could Illinois Plates Soon Increase Risks of Distraction-Related Car Accidents in Chicago and Elsewhere?

There may be more than your plate number on your license plate if the Illinois Secretary of State approves corporate logos in license plates. The office will be studying the possibility of placing corporate logos on license plates under a measure (SB 1360) that Gov. Pat Quinn recently signed into…

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New Parking Corral Raising More Awareness of Riders and Reducing Risks of Bicycle Accidents in Chicago?

Last Friday, Chicago’s Department of Transportation (CDOT) celebrated the installation of the city’s first on-street bicycle parking corral. The parking lot is located on Milwaukee Avenue just south of North Avenue. The new, multi-space corral allows space for more than 12 bicycles in a single space that would have otherwise…

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Simple Theory Aims to Reduce Bicycle Accidents caused by Dooring in Chicago

Dooring! It’s a careless event that’s causing serious injury to bicyclists in Chicago and around the world. Dooring is a dangerous collision caused by the doors of parked vehicles opening into the path of bicyclists. These accidents were, for the first time, counted as crashes in Illinois thanks to the…

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