Posts tagged Accidents

• Hard to Call Slip-and-Fall: Workers’ Compensation for Working from Home?

  Nick Avgerinos | August 13, 2008 9:35 AM | 2 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Everyone’s talking about the struggle to fuel our nation: where to find the cheapest gas, techniques for getting the most out of your gas, what car to drive for the best mileage, etc. But some...

• Stay in Touch with the Cell Phone / Cancer Debate: 5 Tips to Limit Your Risk

  Nick Avgerinos | August 01, 2008 11:34 AM | 1 CommentRockford & Moline, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  With cell phones pressed to our ears, clipped to our belts, and putting email at our fingertips, it’s becoming hard to imagine life without them. And with our busy schedules, we don’t often take...

• Grown-Up Gaming: More than a “Wii” Personal Injury Liability

  Nick Avgerinos | July 24, 2008 4:12 PM | 2 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Most parents lament the passage of bygone days where kids played freeze tag and rode bikes till dusk in the summer; nowadays, there’s more inside play, focused around television, video games, and...

• Look Out Below: Potholes Prevalent and Seemingly Permanent

  Nick Avgerinos | July 23, 2008 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We have certain traditions for summertime in Chicago: the Crosstown Classic, the Taste, and construction. We all know about construction season in the city, and while most of us mark it by...

• Something to Chew Over: Are You “On-the-Job” During Your Lunch Break?

  Nick Avgerinos | July 21, 2008 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Workers’ compensation is probably something you don’t know a whole lot about, until you or a close friend suffers an on-the-job injury. Then it comes at you all too quickly. What’s the...

• Creative Commuters: Many Turn to Scooters and Motorcycles to Ease Pain at the Pump

  Nick Avgerinos | July 14, 2008 11:07 AM | 2 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Our slowing economy and climbing oil prices explain the panic that many people are feeling when it comes time to fill up at the pump. Some are driving less, others are carpooling , and a...

• Worker Safety Incentive Programs: Worker vs. Co-Worker?

  Nick Avgerinos | May 07, 2008 2:23 PM | 1 CommentRockford & Moline, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Promoting workplace safety is as non-controversial as promoting firearm safety, safe-driving, and energy efficiency. However, when the advancement of workplace safety pits worker against...

• Protect your family before an accident happens.

  Steve Smalling | March 29, 2008 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  All too often a client's inability to be fully compensated for personal injuries boils down to a lack of insurance coverage. While you can't control the actions of other drivers on the roadway, you can financially protect yourself from the damages they cause. You have the ability to decide for yourself the amount of coverage that is necessary to protect you and your family in the event of a...

• Two Workers Killed in Millstadt Construction Accident

  Chrissie Cole | March 13, 2008 9:21 PM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A construction worker, 38, of Ellis Grove was killed in a construction accident, Monday, when a ditch he was digging collapsed on him in Millstadt, Illinois.Also killed in the cave-in was another worker, 48, of Benton, Illinois. Both men were employed by Midwest Petroleum and Excavating Inc. A trench approximately eight to ten feet high collapsed on two construction workers. Emergency crews from...

• Rockford Man Arrested for Hit-and-Run

  Chrissie Cole | March 01, 2008 2:09 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Rockford man who alleged struck a pedestrian, in a hit-and-run car accident, is behind bars.The driver, 31, struck a 26-year-old woman who was walking down School Street just after 1:30 a.m. this morning when the accident occurred. The victim's name has not yet been released pending family notification. Officials confirmed she later died at the hospital from the serious injuries she sustained...