Chicago Car Accident Attorney Blog

According to investigators the scheme to defraud area insurance companies was simple. Most accidents involved only three people. One person would spill liquid on the floor of a store. Then another person would come along and pretend to slip and fall on the liquid. Sometimes it was paper.

Another person, acting as the lookout, made sure that no one was witness to the accident. The fall would then be reported to store management. Investigators say that the claim would be paid by the insurance company and the claims would cost between $4000 and $8000.

The fraud took place at "big-box" stores in Illinois and Wisconsin. Before insurance officials realized that something was suspect, almost sixty claims had been paid.

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The Chicago Sun-times recently published a report which revealed that there has been an increase in the number of motorycle related accidents.

According to the article the reason the number of accidents has increased is that there are more people riding motorycles. The increase in gas prices is a motivating factor in why people are choosing to ride motorcycles instead of driving cars.

Other studies reveal that of motorcycle riders who have been involved accidents, ninety-two percent have had no formal motorcyle training.

Riders who make too wide turns are the cause of most single vehicle motorycle accidents.

In Illinois, almost 50% of the motorcycle accident that resulted in deaths, were caused by riders who had been drinking.

Mt. Pleasant, IL - According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, close to 85% of drivers with cell phones talk on their phones while they are driving. Six percent of drivers talking are their cells are responsible for causing accidents. This means that people talking on their cell phones cause 330,000 accident injuries and 2600 deaths.

Two drivers came close to being another statistic on Monday when they cars collided, causing considerable damge to their cars. According to local authorities, one of the drivers, Alexander Lyles, of New London, who was northbound on Henry-DesMoines Ave., stopped on a traveled portion of the road to answer a text message. He was driving a 2003 Ford Focus.

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In May of this year, Carolina Landeros, 20 and Atit Mansuria, 27, were on the landing of a porch on a building in Chicago. The two were talking when the railing broke apart sending both of them falling to the concrete alley 20 feet below. The porch had not been inspected since it was constructed in the mid 1980'2.

Landeros suffered a fracture neck, but is recovering. Mansuria, suffered traumatic head injuries and is still in the hospital.

Their accident is one of 700 complaints which were called into Chicago's 311 system in 2009 alone. It is the Department of Building's best assessment of the dangers lurking beneath porch cookouts and deck parties.

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The Chicago Chapter of the American Red Cross issued a warning to IIllinois residents to practice water safety to reduce the chances of water accidents and drownings. Glen O'Sullivan, the aquatics instructor with the Red Cross says that the number one thing people can do to reduce the risk is to learn to swim.

Other tips to residents include avoid drinking alcohol while you are in the water. Parents also need to practice constant supervision of children while they are in the water of near water.

Illinois residents will be heading to neighborhood pools and to the lake this summer to beat the heat. Practicing the water safety tips provided by the Red Cross could reduce the risk of injury and or drownings at area waterways and swimming pools.