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(314) 500-HURTCar Accident Lawyer in Jacksonville, IL. If you were injured on the road due to another person’s negligence in Jacksonville, IL, call a Burger Law car accident lawyer immediately at (312) 500-HURT or contact us online for a complimentary case review. We help our clients in Jacksonville and anywhere in Northern Illinois secure great financial recoveries for their damages. You do not pay until we win your case.
In an ideal society, everyone would drive carefully without injuring anyone. In a somewhat less perfect world, when people cause others injuries they would take responsibility for their behavior and their insurance company would offer you equitable compensation without you having to argue with them. In the real world, liable drivers often do not want to be held accountable for harming you and their insurance companies will do anything possible to undervalue your financial recovery. That is where Burger Law steps up. Our car accident lawyer team empowers the injured and vulnerable in Jacksonville and throughout Northern Illinois to demand full and fair compensation for their injuries, and we do not rest until you collect it. Your life can be upended in the bat of an eye because of another driver’s negligence, and Burger Law is here to make certain you get the justice and financial certainty you deserve for your accident.
In more than 30 years of experience, our car accident lawyer team has gotten upwards of $175 million in verdicts and settlements for our Illinois clients. If you were harmed because another driver was negligent, find out the value of your case by filling out our complimentary personal injury calculator.+
According to data from the Illinois Department of Transportation, in 2020 there were 246,752 motor vehicle wrecks in the state, resulting in 72,989 injuries and 1,195 deaths. In 2021, almost 50 percent of deadly crashes transpired in metropolitan areas like Chicago and Cook County. Over one-fourth of Chicago and Illinois collisions involved alcohol and over one-third of the drivers who died had drunk alcohol before the crash. Illinois is the 10th most dangerous state for winter driving, and the 10th most hazardous state in general.
While there is the rare accident that may be inevitable, such as an animal running out in front of your automobile, close to every Jacksonville, IL motor vehicle accident is preventable. Human error is the primary cause of traffic wrecks, as it is a factor in 94 percent of wrecks. When you are left to pick up the pieces after you are harmed owing to a driver’s inattention or thoughtless actions, you may go through a variety of emotions, which could include vulnerability, anxiety and uncertainty about how you will get out from under the rising pile of the medical expenses, particularly if you have to miss work. You do not have to go it by yourself. Every car accident lawyer at Burger Law has devoted their life to offering qualified and empathetic support and legal representation to injured residents of Jacksonville, IL. We will help safeguard you and your family’s future by securing you the best possible financial recovery not only for your medical bills, but for any emotional or physical pain and suffering and inconvenience you experienced. Call us right away at (312) 500-HURT to start on your road to recovery.
There are countless ways in which people can get injured on the road. The National Safety Council has established 23 factors that commonly cause traffic accidents. Below are some of the most frequent causes that your Burger Law car accident lawyer sees in Jacksonville, IL:
Drunk driving and drug-impaired driving are chief causes of fatalities and injury in car collisions cases. About 28 people lose their life each day because of driving while intoxicated, or one person every 52 minutes. Drunk driving accidents are one of the only cases in personal injury claims where you may also be able to be awarded punitive damages. When we sue drunk drivers on your behalf, we do it so they understand precisely how dangerous and reckless their actions were.
The idea that we can multitask is a myth. While we may think we can multitask behind the wheel, often as a time saving mechanism, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration attributed 3,142 fatalities to distracted driving in 2020. It is never worth those two extra minutes to finish getting dressed in the car.
Texting and driving can slow a driver’s reaction time worse than when they are impaired by alcohol.
According to data from the 2020 Illinois Crash Facts and Statistics, of the 246,752 auto wrecks in Illinois, a third involved speeding, including 37.3 percent of wrecks that led to injury and almost half of fatal crashes. Speeding is hazardous because it substantially reduces the reaction time of both the negligent driver and others on the Jacksonville, IL roads, and it generates more force in collisions.
While many people are cognizant of the risks of distracted driving or drunk driving, driving while drowsy has analogous 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 sleepy.
You cannot sue the weather, but the Illinois Rules of the Road establishes clear safety measures that drivers must obey in poor conditions, for example signaling long before making a turn in fog or increasing following distance when it is snowing. If somebody else in Jacksonville, IL does not drive appropriately for weather conditions and causes you injury, your Burger Law car accident lawyer will be able to hold them liable for negligent driving.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that faulty parts were the leading factor in around 2 percent of auto crashes. Manufacturers must safely design vehicles, test them and issue recalls whenever a defective parts is found. If your injuries were because of faulty brakes or an airbag that did not deploy, your Burger Law car accident lawyer will help you make a claim against a manufacturer.
Regardless of the cause of your injuries, the Jacksonville, IL car accident lawyer team of Burger Law will discover the reason your crash transpired, determine who is to blame, hold them accountable and get you maximum compensation for your damages. We pride ourselves on offering skilled and understanding legal counsel to Jacksonville, IL residents who have been hurt through no fault of their own, regardless of of their economic standing. If a thoughtless driver harmed you, get in touch with a Jacksonville, IL Burger Law car accident lawyer now at (312) 500-HURT.
Have a look at some of the following links to see the great results Burger Law’s Jacksonville, IL car accident lawyer team has gotten for our clients:
In order to win your case, your car accident lawyer will need to show the five elements of negligence found in tort law:
If you were partially at fault for your car accident in Jacksonville, IL, your car accident lawyer will still be able to get you a financial recovery, although the sum will be less. Illinois is a modified contributory fault state, which means that your compensation will be reduced by the portion of blame you share in your wreck.
Meaning, if you are granted $100,000 for damages sustained 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 are over 50 percent responsible for the accident, you will not be able to collect any financial recovery in Jacksonville or anywhere Illinois.
Transferring blame onto you is a familiar trick insurance adjusters use to diminish claims or get out of paying them altogether. The Jacksonville, IL car accident lawyer team of Burger Law pushes back against bullies like insurance companies who employ dishonest tricks to eschew their responsibility to reimburse you what you rightfully deserve. If an insurance company in Jacksonville, IL is wrongfully trying to place blame for your crash on you, call a Burger Law car accident lawyer now at (312) 500-HURT.
After an injury in a motor vehicle accident, the state of Illinois’s statute of limitations lays out how long you can wait after you sustain your injuries to file your claim.
If you have been injured in an auto wreck, the clock is already winding down for when you can bring your claim. Do not wait, contact a Burger Law car accident lawyer now at (312) 500-HURT to get justice and the maximum financial recovery for your damages. We get to work on your claim at once and do not let up until we win your case.
Over three quarters of people who die in auto wrecks are drivers. Every Burger Law car accident lawyer has seen with their own eyes the devastation that a careless driver can cause. While you cannot always control how other people drive, there are several measures you can take to protect yourself as well as others on the Jacksonville, IL streets.
You can take every precaution imaginable when you get behind the wheel, but unfortunately the careless behavior of irresponsible drivers can still hurt you. When you get hurt because someone else broke the rules of the road, you are entitled to full compensation for all of your damages. Every Jacksonville, IL car accident lawyer at Burger Law takes on and wins the tough cases, and knows how to achieve great results.
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You should never have had to bear the economic, physical and emotional hardships of someone else’s bad decisions and irresponsible behavior. Fortunately, the law offers a path to restitution, but you only have one opportunity to get it. Trust in a car accident lawyer in Jacksonville, IL who has achieved results and won the hard cases before. Burger Law persistently pursues lawsuits so insurance companies know we will take nothing less than the best possible financial recovery. Insurance companies fear us because they know we use our hard work, savvy, experience, determination and devotion to regularly get the best possible results for our Jacksonville, IL clients and see them made whole again. When you hire a Burger Law car accident lawyer, we begin working on your case at once and do not rest until you get the full financial recovery you are owed. Call a Burger Law car accident lawyer in Jacksonville, IL immediately at (312) 500-HURT or fill out our online form for a free case evaluation.
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