Wallace Miller has the skills, resources, and experience to handle a wide range of personal injury cases. Here are a few of the types of claims we can help you with.
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Chicago Personal Injury LawyerAre you dealing with the aftermath of a serious injury in Chicago, IL? Perhaps a careless driver hit you, or you slipped and fell on a slick floor at the grocery store. Maybe your neighbor’s dog bit you, or a doctor misdiagnosed an illness. Regardless of the specific circumstances, if you’ve been hurt because of something someone else did, you could be owed compensation for what you’ve suffered—including your medical bills, lost wages, physical pain, and emotional suffering. Let the Chicago personal injury lawyers with Wallace Miller help you demand it. Call (312) 261-6193 or contact us online for a free consultation.
In Illinois, personal injury law is based on a simple concept: someone who hurts another person is legally responsible for the consequences. In other words, if you can prove that someone else is at fault for your injuries, you can hold them liable for your:
Perhaps unsurprisingly, though, this simple concept becomes far more complicated in practice. Here are a few things you should know about the legal landscape in Illinois regarding personal injuries and how that landscape can affect your claim.
In Illinois, you can establish liability on a number of legal concepts. The three most common are as follows:
Illinois adheres to a modified comparative negligence rule in personal injury cases. This legal doctrine allows you to recover compensation even if you are partially at fault for your injuries. If your case goes to court, the judge or jury will review the evidence and assess you a percentage of fault. If that share of fault is not more than 50%, it will still award you compensation, though it will also reduce the amount of compensation you can recover in proportion to that fault. However, if the court finds you more than 50% responsible for the accident, you cannot recover any compensation at all. Personal injury lawyers train to minimize their clients’ percentage of fault and maximize the compensation they can recover.
The statute of limitations for personal injury claims in Illinois is generally two years from the date of the injury. If you attempt to file a lawsuit outside this period, the court will likely dismiss your case as untimely. However, there are exceptions that could extend or shorten this timeline. For example, Illinois law provides a discovery rule for injuries that might not be immediately apparent. This rule extends the filing period to two years from the date you discovered or should have discovered your injury. Still, time is of the essence in pursuing your rights, so there’s no time to waste in contacting an attorney.
When results matter, so does your choice in a personal injury firm. You need to be able to trust your Chicago personal injury lawyer to do whatever it takes to get you the money you deserve. Here are six reasons to select Wallace Miller for your case:
Need more reasons? Our attorneys are members of prestigious, members-only organizations, including Best Lawyers, Leading Lawyers, and Super Lawyers, as well as National Trial Lawyers and the American Association for Justice.
Wallace Miller has the skills, resources, and experience to handle a wide range of personal injury cases. Here are a few of the types of claims we can help you with.
At Wallace Miller, we believe in two things – Relationships and Results. Whenever people are seriously injured or killed by the negligence of others or are the victims of fraud, there’s a story to tell. Our firm builds relationships with our clients, making sure to collect information that is tailored to each case so that we can properly tell your story in order to produce results.
