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(314) 500-HURTCar Accident Lawyer in Elk Grove Village, IL. If you were harmed on the road due to another’s irresponsible actions in Elk Grove Village, IL, call a Burger Law car accident lawyer right away at (312) 500-HURT or contact us online for a complimentary case evaluation. We help our clients in Elk Grove Village and throughout Northern Illinois collect full compensation for their injuries. We do not charge any fees until we win your case.
In a perfect society, everyone would drive in a safe manner and no one would get injured. In a somewhat less perfect world, when people cause others harm they would admit blame for their behavior and their insurance company would give you equitable compensation without you having to fight for it. In the real world, irresponsible drivers frequently do not want to be held accountable for injuring you and their insurance companies will do anything possible to devalue your financial recovery. That is when Burger Law acts. Our car accident lawyer team empowers the injured and vulnerable in Elk Grove Village and throughout Northern Illinois to demand the best possible compensation for their damages, and we do not stop until you receive it. Your life can be altered in a split second because of another person’s reckless actions, and Burger Law will fight by your side to make sure you get the justice and financial certainty you are owed for your injuries.
In over three decades of defending the rights of the vulnerable, our car accident lawyer team has delivered more than $175 million in verdicts and settlements for our Illinois clients. If you were harmed because another driver broke the rules of the road, see how much your case may be worth by using our free personal injury calculator.
According to reporting from Illinois Department of Transportation, in 2020 there were 246,752 traffic wrecks in the state, resulting in 72,989 injuries and 1,195 fatalities. In 2021, close to half of deadly wrecks transpired in metropolitan locales such as Chicago and Cook County. Over 25 percent of Chicago and Illinois wrecks involved alcohol and over one-third of the drivers who died had drunk alcohol before the wreck. Illinois is the 10th most hazardous state for winter driving, and the 10th most hazardous state overall.
While there is the atypical crash that may be unpreventable, such as an animal leaping out in front of your automobile, pretty much every Elk Grove Village, IL auto wreck is avoidable. Human error is the main cause of motor vehicle wrecks, as it causes 94 percent of wrecks. When you are left to pick up the pieces after you are injured due to a driver’s inattention or reckless behavior, you may feel a variety of emotions, such as vulnerability, panic and doubt about how you will get out from under the rising pile of the medical costs, particularly if you have to miss work. You do not have to go it alone. Every car accident lawyer at Burger Law has committed their career to offering professional and compassionate advocacy and legal representation to injured individuals and families in Elk Grove Village, IL. We will help safeguard you and your family’s future by getting you a full financial recovery not just for your medical bills, but for any emotional or physical agony and inconvenience you experienced. Call us straight away at (312) 500-HURT to start on your road to recovery.
There are myriad ways in which people can get hurt on the road. The National Safety Council has identified 23 factors that commonly cause car wrecks. Below are some of the most common causes that your Burger Law car accident lawyer sees in Elk Grove Village, IL:
Drunk driving and drug-impaired driving are chief causes of fatalities and injury in traffic collisions cases. About 28 people die every day because of drunk driving, or one person each 52 minutes. Drunk driving accidents are one of the only cases in personal injury lawsuits where you might also be able to recover punitive damages. When we sue drunk drivers on your behalf, we do it so they understand just how dangerous and irresponsible their actions were.
Multitasking is a lie. While we may trust ourselves to multitask when driving, frequently as a time saving mechanism, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration attributed 3,142 deaths to distracted driving in 2020. It is never worth those two extra minutes to finish getting dressed in the car.
Texting and driving can reduce a driver’s reaction time worse than when they are drunk.
According to reporting from 2020 Illinois Crash Facts and Statistics, of the 246,752 auto collisions in Illinois, a third entailed speeding, including 37.3 percent of accidents that led to injury and 44.9 percent of deadly wrecks. Speeding is dangerous because it greatly reduces the reaction time of both the at-fault driver and others on the Elk Grove Village, IL roads, and it causes more force in collisions.
While many people know about the risks of distracted driving or driving while impaired, driving while drowsy has similar effects to drunk driving. Losing merely two hours of sleep is the equal to having three beers. Drivers should always pull over to the side of the road and rest if they are feeling fatigued.
You cannot sue the weather, but the Illinois Rules of the Road establishes clear safety measures that drivers need to heed in poor conditions, for example signaling long before turning in fog or increasing following distance when it is snowing. If someone else in Elk Grove Village, IL does not adjust to weather conditions and causes you injury, your Burger Law car accident lawyer will be able to hold them accountable for negligent driving.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that defective components were the main factor in about 2 percent of auto crashes. Manufacturers must safely design vehicles, test them and issue recalls whenever a defective components is discovered. If your injuries were because of defective brakes or an airbag that did not deploy, your Burger Law car accident lawyer will help you file a claim against a manufacturer.
Regardless of the cause of your injuries, the Elk Grove Village, IL car accident lawyer team of Burger Law will discover the reason your crash transpired, discover who is liable, hold them accountable and deliver you the best possible compensation for your injuries. We pride ourselves on offering professional and understanding legal counsel to Elk Grove Village, IL individuals and families who have been hurt through no fault of their own, regardless of of their financial status. If an irresponsible driver harmed you, contact a Elk Grove Village, IL Burger Law car accident lawyer immediately at (312) 500-HURT.
Take a look at some of the following links to see the great results Burger Law’s Elk Grove Village, IL car accident lawyer team has gotten for our clients:
In order to prove your claim, your car accident lawyer will need to demonstrate the five elements of negligence found in tort law:
If you were partly to blame for your motor vehicle accident in Elk Grove Village, IL, your car accident lawyer will still be able to secure you compensation, however the total will be less. Illinois is a modified contributory fault state, which means that your recovery will be lowered by the portion of liability you share in your wreck.
Meaning, if you are awarded $100,000 for damages experienced in a rear-end collision, but a jury finds that you are responsible for 30 percent of the blame because you stopped abruptly, you will recover $70,000 in total. It is important to note that 735 ILCS 5/ §2-1116 states that:
The plaintiff shall be barred from recovering damages if the trier of fact finds that the contributory fault on the part of the plaintiff is more than 50 percent of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought.
That means that if you share more than 50 percent responsible for the crash, you will not be able to recover any compensation in Elk Grove Village or anywhere Illinois.
Shifting blame onto you is a familiar trick insurance companies employ to diminish claims or circumvent paying them at all. The Elk Grove Village, IL car accident lawyer team of Burger Law pushes back against bullies like insurance companies who implement unethical ploys to eschew their obligation to reimburse you what you are rightfully owed. If an insurance company in Elk Grove Village, IL is wrongfully attempting to place responsibility for your accident on you, call a Burger Law car accident lawyer now at (312) 500-HURT.
Following an injury in a motor vehicle crash, the state of Illinois’s statute of limitations dictates how long you can wait after the date of the injury to bring your claim.
If you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident, the clock is already ticking for when you can file your claim. Do not wait, get in touch with a Burger Law car accident lawyer now at (312) 500-HURT to get justice and the maximum financial recovery for your injuries. We start working on your case at once and do not let up until we win your case.
More than three quarters of people who perish in auto accidents are drivers. Every Burger Law car accident lawyer has seen with their own eyes the destruction that a reckless driver can cause. While you cannot always control other people’s actions, there are many measures you can take to ensure your own safety in addition to the safety of others on the Elk Grove Village, IL streets.
You can take every possible precaution when driving, but regrettably the reckless behavior of irresponsible drivers can still cause you harm. When you get hurt because another driver broke the rules of the road, you deserve maximum compensation for all of your damages. Every Elk Grove Village, IL car accident lawyer at Burger Law takes on and wins the tough cases, and knows how to attain great results.
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You should never have had to bear the financial, physical and emotional burden of somebody else’s poor choices and irresponsible behavior. Fortunately, the law provides an avenue for restitution, although you only have one opportunity to achieve it. Trust in a car accident lawyer in Elk Grove Village, IL who has achieved results and won the hard cases before. Burger Law aggressively pursues litigation so insurance companies know we will take nothing less than the best possible financial recovery. Insurance companies are afraid of us because they know we use our hard work, expertise, experience, tenacity and commitment to always secure the best possible results for our Elk Grove Village, IL clients and see them made whole again. When you hire a Burger Law car accident lawyer, we begin working on your case right away and do not stop until you get the full financial recovery you are owed. Call a Burger Law car accident lawyer in Elk Grove Village, IL today at (312) 500-HURT or fill out our online form for a complimentary consultation.
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