Injury Lawyer Geneva, IL

Injury Lawyer in Geneva, IL. If you were injured because somebody else broke the rules, the Geneva, IL injury lawyer firm of Burger Law will stand by your side to get you the recovery you are owed. Reach out to us today at (312) 500-HURT or fill out our online form to discuss your case for free.

The rules that govern us as a society are in place so that we can keep each other safe. But there are always rulebreakers, either by negligence or intentionally bad behavior, are responsible for injuring others. If someone broke the rules and injured you, the law allows for an avenue for you to receive compensation. However, too often people try to deny any wrongdoing and insurance defense attorneys try to avoid their obligation to award you a financial recovery. That is when Burger Law’s Geneva, IL injury lawyer team will take up your case and aggressively pursue every legal option to get justice. We are trusted by our clients, and feared by Geneva, IL insurance companies. We start working on your claim from the moment you hire us, and do not stop until you are paid.

Do not delay your demand to be compensated. An injury happens in an instant and leads to a lot of anxiety about when and if you will ever feel like you again, and if you are going to be able to be present for your Geneva, IL family. At Burger Law, our injury lawyers are not afraid to take on complex cases. We know how to get great results. With our committed legal representation, you will always know the status of your claim. Let us take on the legal battle so you can spend your energy on recovering. If you are not sure if you have a case, we will answer any questions you may have for free. Reach out to an injury lawyer today at (312) 500-HURT.

If you were injured by someone else’s negligence in Geneva or anywhere in Illinois, discover the value of your claim by filling out our free personal injury calculator.

Injury Claims We Take on in Geneva, IL

The Geneva, IL injury lawyers of Burger Law represent the injured in all types of personal injury claims, including but not limited to:

• Auto accidents, such as:
  • Car accidents
  • Trucking accidents
  • Motorcycle crashes
  • Bus accidents
  • Fatal car accidents
  • Drunk driving accidents
  • Distracted driving accidents
  • Hit-and-run accidents
• Slip and falls and other premises liability claims
• Product liability
• Dog bite
• Medical malpractice, such as:
  • Nursing home negligence
  • Birth injuries
  • Misdiagnosis and failure to diagnosis
  • Leaving objects in after surgery
  • Hospital system errors
• Construction accidents

In the most tragic of cases, we represent Geneva, IL families of those who perished in a wrongful death.

Who Can My Geneva, IL Injury Lawyer Hold Liable?

Who your injury lawyer can hold liable depends on various types of liability in tort claims and how they apply to your injury case. Your Burger Law injury lawyer in Geneva, IL has experience winning maximum compensation in the following liability claims:

• Ordinary negligenceIt is likely that your claim will be based on ordinary negligence. That is when a person injures you through general carelessness, such as a driver texting and driving and rear-ending you or fix clearly dangerous conditions on their property. While most of these cases are honest accidents, those people still broke the rules and need to be held accountable.
• Gross negligenceIn Illinois, the definition of gross negligence is “a course of action which … shows an utter indifference to or a conscious disregard for a person’s own safety and the safety of others” (Resolution Trust Corp. v. Franz, 909 F. Supp. 1128 (N.D. Ill. 1995)). Examples of gross negligence include drunk driving, a doctor operating on the wrong part of the body or a nursing home failing to move bedridden patients.Gross negligence in Illinois is important for two reasons: First, it opens up an avenue to seek punitive damages, which increases your financial recovery. Second, it is often the only way you can sue the government or a public employee for negligence, pursuant to 50 ILCS 750/15.1.
• Vicarious liabilityVicarious liability is when someone who oversees someone else, for example an employer, take responsibility for what the people under them did if it occurred while they were performing their job duties. For example, if a Lyft or Uber driver causes an accident. While it may be the employee’s fault, the employer and their insurance company would need to compensate you.
• Third-party liabilityThird-party liability is often an avenue for higher compensation in workers’ compensation claims. If you were injured during the course of your employment, the state gives you an opportunity for guaranteed compensation from your employer. However, more compensation may be available if someone besides your employer caused or contributed to your accident. For instance, you could sue a manufacturer if a dangerous product injured you while working.While Burger Law’s injury lawyers do not take workers’ compensation claims in Geneva, IL, we do offer free consultations to go over whether we can make a claim against a third party.
• Strict liabilityUnder the doctrine of strict liability, an entity has to reimburse you for your damages that were caused by an activity even if they did not necessarily do anything wrong. The most common examples are pet owners who are responsible for animal bites and anyone involved in the chain of distribution having to compensate you for a defective product or someone who carries out an abnormally dangerous, for example keeping a wild animal as a pet.
• Negligent EntrustmentNegligent entrustment occurs when one person trusts another person to do something or use a device when they are not capable. This is common in car accidents, if a vehicle owner allows someone to drive their care even when they knew the other person was too young to drive.

Your Burger Law injury lawyer in Geneva, IL pursues every person who could possibly be liable. Holding multiple parties accountable is essential when the main defendant has policy limits.

How to Prove Negligence in Your Geneva, IL Injury Claim

The vast majority of personal injury cases will be based on negligence. In modern legal doctrine, there are five factors to proving negligence in a personal injury claim:

1. Duty of Care — That the other party has an obligation to value your safety. This can be another driver in a car, a doctor you established a doctor-patient relationship with or a property manager who needs to keep their property free of hazards.
2. Breach of Duty — That they did not hold up their end of the bargain. Was the other motorist not looking before going through an intersection? Did a doctor not get your consent before a certain treatment? Was the landlord aware of a loose floorboard but blow off repairs it?
3. Cause in Fact — That you would not have sustained injuries but for the breach of duty. Were you in a car accident, making you sustain a whiplash injury? Did you need costly emergency surgery?? Did you slip on black ice and sustain a hip injury?
4. Proximate Cause — This ultimately determines who is liable. Did a doctor misdiagnose you because they did not order a test that a reasonable doctors would have, or were inaccurate results given to the doctor?
5. Damages — Demonstrating losses is the last step to receiving compensation. That can be lost wages from time spent off work, or emotional and physical harm such as pain and suffering.

Our Geneva, IL Injury Lawyers Will Not Accept Anything Less Than Full Compensation For Your Injuries

Some injury claims are more complicated than others. Maybe various at-fault parties are pointing the finger each other or the manufacturer of a defective product is unable to be located. Or maybe your injuries were catastrophic. Our injury lawyers have taken on and won cases involving those complexities before. Injuries can happen in a variety of circumstances and we work everyday to help injured parties get justice for anything from minor to significant injuries, including:

• Head injuries
• Back, neck and spine injuries
• Spinal cord injuries
• Eye injuries
• Sepsis infections
• Internal injuries
• Burns
• Broken bones
• Amputated limbs
• Paraplegia or quadriplegia
• Dislocations
• PTSD

Whether your injuries caused you to need just a brace and a month of physical therapy or have led to permanent disability, you did nothing wrong, and should not have to pay for it. Call our office today at (312) 500-HURT.

How Much Money Will I Recover for My Injuries in in Geneva, IL?

Your compensation will be broken into economic damages and noneconomic damages. They attempt to determine a dollar amount equal to the financial, emotional and physical harm you have been caused.

Economic Damages

These damages are are the economic losses you can show on paper. They include:

• All of your medical expenses related to the accident, such as emergency room bills, procedures, occupational therapy and assistive devices such as crutches or wheelchairs. If you will have medical bills in the future, such as a replacement wheelchair, that will be accounted for to.
• Lost wages from not being able to work, or your loss of earning potential if your injuries prevent you from earning a living the way you are used to.
• Property damage, such as damage to your vehicle in an auto accident or damage to your home.
• Other miscellaneous expenses related to the injury such as household services and the cost of transportation you spent going to and from medical appointments.

In cases where you will have future economic damages, your Geneva, IL injury lawyer at Burger Law will utilize their network of medical and economic experts to precisely value how much you are owed.

Noneconomic Damages

These offer you a financial recovery for the less tangible effects on your life. Generally speaking, your noneconomic damages will be calculated by multiplying your economic damages by a number from 1.5 to 5, depending on the severity of your injuries. Commonly referred to as pain and suffering, noneconomic damages compensate you for:

• The physical pain and difficulties you had because of the injuries sustained
• Any scarring
• Loss of ability participate in the activities you once loved
• Mental anguish or depression
• Loss of companionship or affection from your partner because of your injuries

In cases of gross negligence or intentional harm, punitive damages may also be on the table. For example, when we sue drunk drivers, we often seek punitive damages so they are further punished and deterred.

The Process of a Personal Injury Claim in Geneva, IL

Immediately after being injured, the first two things you need to do are get your medical treatment and notify the liable party. With some simple claims with minor injuries, you may be able to negotiate a settlement with an insurance adjuster without legal representation. But it is always important to seek a free consultation with an injury lawyer in Geneva, IL before agreeing to a settlement. We will be able to tell you if they are being fair. If an attorney tells you the insurance company is not being reasonable and you decide to hire the attorney, a process begins that can take anywhere from a few months to two years. It is important to note, you need to continue your medical treatment throughout this process until you reach your maximum medical improvement.

Your Injury Lawyer Investigates Your Claim

We will collect any evidence you have such as photos or eyewitness contact info, and then your Burger Law injury lawyer in Geneva, IL will obtain more evidence like security footage, official crash or injury reports and more. We will use our network of medical and crash experts to reconstruct the accident and show how it caused your injuries. Finally, we will ascertain how much money you may need in the future to cover medical expenses and compensate you for lost earning potential.

Your Injury Lawyer Sends a Demand Package and Begins Negotiations

After determining how much money you are owed, we will send the liable party a demand package, which includes everything we need to win your claim, such as medical records, proof of wage loss, and everything we have demonstrating how the other party’s reckless actions caused your injuries. This begins the negotiation stage of your injury claim. Most insurance companies try to avoid paying injured people the full financial recovery they deserve. Insurance adjusters will try to utilize a variety of lies and ploys, but your Geneva, IL injury lawyer at Burger Law knows how to combat them.

In a perfect world, we can eventually get you the compensation you deserve during negotiations. But if not, we will start litigation.

Your Injury Lawyer Files a Lawsuit

Burger Law is begins litigation much sooner than most other Geneva, IL injury lawyer firms. We want to let the insurance company know that we will not settle for anything less than a full financial recovery. Filing a lawsuit officially starts the countdown for the case going to court. A settlement is still an option at this point, but often, an insurance company is more likely to settle when they see a lawsuit as they do not want a lengthy and expensive litigation process.

The Discovery Phase Begins

The discovery phase allows both sides to prepare their arguments for trial. Your Geneva, IL injury lawyer and the liable party’s lawyer will share the evidence they plan to present and make requests for certain documents. They will also take depositions — an out-of-court statement made under oath — of any person involved in the claim.

Your Injury Lawyer Begins Mediation and Continues Negotiating

After the discovery period, the attorneys will continue trying to reach a settlement. If they cannot agree, the last chance to avoid a trial is a mediation. In it, a neutral third party known as a mediator, often a judge or other attorney who is trained to come to a mutually satisfactory conclusion, facilitates a final negotiation. The mediator does not decide what happens in the case, but they are there to help resolve disagreements about who was at fault or the true extent of your damages .

Trial and Verdict

The vast majority of personal injury claims settle before trial, often in the discovery or mediation phase. We have had several cases where the defense attorney finally decides to be reasonable on the eve of trial. However, if your injury lawyer and the other side’s attorney are at a complete impasse, the claim will be overseen by a judge and decided by a jury. Burger Law’s injury lawyers are experienced Geneva, IL trial attorneys and know how to fight for your compensation from voir dire to you hearing a final verdict in your favor. Recently, we won a $133.7 million jury verdict in a class action lawsuit.

Resolving Liens

Your Burger Law injury lawyer’s job is not over after you are awarded full compensation. In Illinois personal injury law, any healthcare provider that treated you for your injuries is allowed to a percentage of your financial recovery for reimbursement. We use the law stipulated in Illinois Health Care Services Lien Act to continue fighting for you and resolve those liens and make sure they take the smalled portion possible.

Is There a Time Limit on Filing an Injury Claim in Geneva, IL?

Each state has its own set statute of limitations, and in Illinois that is only two years, under 735 ILCS 5/13-202. The clock for those two years starts the day that you are injured. There are some notable exceptions:

• 735 ILCS 5/13-208 — If the party you were making a claim against stops residing in the state for a period, the the clock is paused until they return to the state.
• 735 ILCS 5/13-211 — If you or your loved one was under 18 or under a “legal disability” listed in 5 ILCS 70/1.06, you have until two years after the 18th birthday or the disability was removed.
• 735 ILCS 5/13-212 — You have two years from the date of the malpractice or two years after you discovered or should have discovered the injury to file a claim. However, the extension cannot go beyond four years unless you had an extension under the previous statute.
• 740 ILCS 180/2 — In wrongful death cases, the deadline starts at death, not when the injury occurred. If the death results in a criminal case for the person who caused the injury you have five years from the date of death or one year after the defendant is convicted, whichever is later.

Even if you think two years is enough time, claims take time and you should never delay in speaking to an attorney. If you were harmed because of the misdeeds of another, speak to a Burger Law injury lawyer in Geneva, IL today at (312) 500-HURT.

How Much Does it Cost to Hire an Injury Lawyer in Geneva, IL?

We know you are already worried about your finances because of medical bills and lost work, so we make our services available to anyone. Burger Law works on a contingency fee basis: our payment depends on how much your recover is, and you only pay when we win your case. That means that you can keep going to all of your medical appointments, and do not have to force yourself back to work when you are unable. You can spend your energy on healing without having to scramble to find the money to hire an expensive injury lawyer.

Other cases we take on in Geneva, IL include:

• Truck Crash Lawyers in Illinois
• Wrongful Death Lawyers in Illinois
• Semi-Truck Accident Lawyer in Illinois
• Car Accident Attorney in Illinois

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Geneva, IL Injury Claim Lawyer | Burger Law

Injuries are always unexpected and create immediate hardships for the injured party and their family. But this too shall pass. Every Geneva, IL injury lawyer at Burger Law has committed their lives to serving the injured and vulnerable by fighting back against the wrongdoers. In over 30 years of experience we have won our clients over $180 million in verdicts and settlements. For the justice and financial recovery you deserve, reach out to a Burger Law Geneva, IL injury lawyer at (312) 500-HURT or fill out the contact form on our website for a complimentary case evaluation.

Client Reviews

What our clients are saying about us

Juanita Matthews

Year of 2023

This law firm is absolutely amazing. They took on my case, when nobody else would! They fought hard for me when it seemed there was no hope. They kept me informed and always asked for my input before making decisions on my case. Gary puts himself into every case unlike most law firm owners. Gary and his team really care about every one of their clients, and fights hard to get you a fair settlement. They actually won my case out of court, and then reduced my fees to make sure I could get my car fixed and be able to get back to some normality. I would recommend Burger Law over and above any other firm! If you go somewhere else you aren’t getting the best!

Shaunda S.

7 months ago

I am very happy with the staff at Burger Law. I mostly worked with Michael Sheldon, and he did an amazing job. I trusted him completely with my case, and he did not disappoint. I would definitely recommend this team if your ever in need of good attorneys.

Emelia M.

3 months ago

Burger Law Firm is fantastic. Laura and Genevieve were so amazing and helpful throughout the entire process. They helped me with my personal injury case every step of the way and succeeded at getting me the results I desired.

Helen L.

a year ago

We had a great experience with Burger Law for representing us after a serious car accident. Truly impressed by how professional and supportive the entire team is. And, many thanks to Genavieve and Laura – you are amazing!

Judy M.

a year ago

They did an amazing job on my case! Communication with them was great!!! Kept me informed and in the loop with everything that was going on!!! Will definitely be the 1st ones I’ll call if ever I’m in another accident!!! Thank you very much!!!

Chelsea C.

5 months ago

Let me tell you something about Burger Law.. they are so attentive and kind. Jennifer is my savior!! I love the whole team!!! They are truly a miracle team!! I appreciate their business and would recommend it to others.

David D.

2 months ago

Absolutely the best law firm in the St. Louis area. No matter the size of your case you are treated as if you are the only client on the roster. Will explain anything thoroughly and they work around your availability. Very impressed and appreciative of the service.

Lisa B.

11 months ago

Gary and Casey took great care of me for 2.5 years as my lawsuit was finally settled. I feel he helped me achieve justice for me and my 4 children after their father died from medical malpractice and neglect. Thanks to Gary, my kids now have a great start to their college and adult lives. Thank you Gary and Casey, for fighting for us so hard at our most trying and difficult time in our lives thus far. Love and God bless from my family to yours!

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