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(314) 500-HURTPersonal Injury Attorney Quincy, Illinois. When you or someone you love have been harmed by someone else, the Quincy, IL personal injury attorneys of Burger Law demand justice on your behalf. Call us at (314) 500-HURT or fill out our online form right away when you or a loved one have been injured by another person’s negligence.
When your day to day life or entire future are thrown off course because you were injured in an accident caused by someone’s negligence, you deserve to be made whole again. You have a chance to recover compensation in an Illinois personal injury claim, but in most cases you need a skilled and reputable Quincy, IL personal injury attorney representing you, fighting fiercely for you and your future and demanding maximum payment for your injuries and damages.
Burger Law’s team of Quincy, IL personal injury attorneys has worked for more than 70 combined years standing up for those who have been wronged and holding negligent people accountable. We will demand justice for you. Having recovered more than $170 million for our deserving clients, we are the Quincy, IL law firm you want on your side.
A personal injury case can arise from all kinds of situations. If you suffered injuries because of something another person did or did not do, you could have a personal injury claim in Illinois. Personal injury cases are cases of preventable injuries that are caused by negligence. If it was not for that person’s inattention or recklessness, you would not be injured.
When you have been injured through no fault of your own, it is important to get prompt medical care and speak to an experienced personal injury attorney in Quincy, IL as soon as possible. If you have been hurt, call (314) 500-HURT now. Some of the most common types of personal injury claims our Quincy, IL attorneys handle and win are described below.
Any time one or more vehicles crash, injuries often occur. If another person’s actions, such as another driver, caused your accident that injured you, you may be able to make an Illinois personal injury claim. This category of personal injury cases includes many various types of accidents. Your accident could involve cars, trucks, busses, motorcycles, pedestrians, bicycles and other modes of transportation.
Car crashes and other traffic accidents are caused by many different factors and behaviors. The top common causes of car accidents include speeding, distracted driving, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and drowsy driving. While many of us have seen figures that tie human error to something like 95% of car crashes, there are sometimes additional failures leading up to the accident such as poor weather, low visibility and issues with surroundings. No matter what other factors were at play, if another driver or other individual caused you to be injured in a motor vehicle accident in Quincy, IL, you should be compensated for your personal injury damages by the responsible party’s insurance company. Burger Law’s personal injury attorneys in Quincy, IL possess decades of experience fighting for victims of car accidents. Our legal team ensure that you receive the best possible recovery in your Quincy, IL car accident personal injury case.
Construction accidents are one of the top causes of unintentional injuries in Quincy and the United States. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the U.S in 2020 there were 74,520 job-related injuries resulting in missed work just in the construction industry. And of all workplace violations recorded by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2021, half of the top ten most frequently cited violations applied to the construction industry. It is important to recognize that people can be injured in any setting, but construction sites typically present a significant risk of injury and accidents in construction often lead to serious injuries.
Some of the most common types of injuries and fatalities on construction sites are fall injuries (including slips and falling from a height), being struck by an object, being crushed or stuck between two objects and equipment malfunctions. If you were working on a construction site when you were injured, you will likely be able to file an Illinois workers’ compensation claim through your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance.
In many cases of those who have been injured on construction sites in Illinois, the majority of their recovery will be from making a Illinois personal injury claim. If you were working at the time, you may be able to make another claim against a third party — a negligent person involved in the cause of your accident, and if you were injured outside of work, a personal injury claim will be your sole way to be compensated. Your Burger Law personal injury attorney in Quincy, IL will help you make sense of your options and make sure you receive the highest possible compensation from any and all negligent parties. When you have been injured on a construction site, turn to a personal injury lawyer in Quincy, IL who is experienced in construction accidents. Burger Law’ s expert personal injury team in Quincy, IL will deliver justice in your claim.
Fall injuries can happen anywhere. Even the most coordinated people will trip or stumble at some point. As far as personal injury claims go, most fall injuries happen due to a dangerous condition that the person in control of the property did not properly address or provide adequate warning about. Premises liability cases can be the result of a slip and fall accident — such as when the gas station attendant neglects to get a sign up in a timely manner to warn about a wet floor or a shopping complex owner or manager fails to clear ice and snow from the parking lot after a storm — or a fall from a height — maybe there is a large hole with no markings, covering or rope around it to make visitors aware of it or a broken piece of wood on an old deck or staircase gives way under a standard amount of weight.
Each year, there is an average of 8 million emergency room visits in the United States due to slip and fall accidents. While a slip and fall might sound like a minor, albeit embarrassing incident, that is unfortunately not always so. In fact, slip and fall accidents lead to more than half a million hospitalizations and 20 thousand deaths every year in the United States. While anyone can fall when a property is unsafe, older adults are most vulnerable and likely to be severely injured or killed in slip and fall accidents.
Slip and fall and other falling accidents can happen anywhere: at someone’s house or apartment, at work or in another setting like a retail store, an attraction or restaurant. If you have been harmed because of a hazard on someone else’s property, you can make a recovery through a premises liability personal injury claim in Illinois. The Quincy, IL personal injury lawyers of Burger Law have over seventy years of experience helping slip and fall and other premises liability victims receive full compensation.
Like many, all of us on the Burger Law team are major dog lovers. In fact, some of us, including Gary Burger, regularly foster pets in need of good homes. Still, we are aware that dogs sometimes bite, and those bites can lead to major injuries. According to the CDC, there are an average of 4.5 million dog bites in the country annually. Not all are severe enough to warrant no medical care; about 800,000 dog bite injuries are damaging enough to require some kind of medical attention. If you are bitten by a dog without provoking them, and the bite causes you injuries that require medical care, an experienced personal injury attorney in Quincy, IL will lead the way in your recovery to get you maximum compensation.
Dog bites can cause a number of different injuries, depending largely on where on your body the dog bit you. The resulting wounds from a dog bite can be anything from light surface scratches to severe puncture wounds, bone fractures and organ damage as well as scarring and disfigurement. It is important to know, whatever initial injuries they inflict, dog bites come with a high risk of complication due to infection. It is imperative to follow your doctor’s directions to care for your wounds and take steps to avoid infections.
We humans can have a hard time interpreting what an animal like a dog is thinking or feeling, and it can be shocking when a dog bites. Understanding dog behavior can mitigate the risk of dog bite injuries. Dogs bite to protect against a perceived threat; they might feel scared, startled, cornered, in pain, or could be protecting or guarding something they care about — including a human family member. Even an innocent situation could make the dog feel threatened and prompt the dog to attack. This is especially true in dogs who live with the trauma of abuse. We all have a duty to give dogs love and respect and protect them from an environment that could be threatening, but that does not mean that all dog bites are warranted. If you were bitten and injured by a dog near Quincy, IL, you may have an Illinois personal injury claim. Burger Law’s personal injury attorneys in Quincy, IL possess winning histories in dog bite injury cases and will demand that you get a great recovery for your dog bitedamages.
When you receive medical care from a professional, they must adhere to a certain standard of care. Health complications happen, but you should be confident that your doctor is qualified to treat you and will treat you to the best of their ability. You should not have to worry about suffering a preventable injury or illness. When your medical care provider fails to perform the care that “a reasonably prudent and careful health care provider would have under similar circumstances,” causing you to be injured or get sick in a way that you would not have otherwise been, you can make a medical malpractice claim in Illinois. Burger Law’s Quincy, IL medical malpractice lawyers have helped those in Quincy injured by their medical providers recover millions of dollars in compensation and will do a great and complete recovery for you.
Medical malpractice injuries are preventable, and an error or failure on the part of your doctor or nurse can be expensive and can be lethal. In fact, current estimates attribute up to 400,000 deaths per year, which makes medical errors the number three cause of death in the US. When a doctor prescribes the wrong dosage or medication, fails to document critical information to another treating physician, makes an error during surgery or failed to make a diagnosis or identify a treatment method that any other doctor would have, and in turn you are hurt or made sick, contact a personal injury lawyer in Quincy who has worked and won cases involving medical errors. Claims and lawsuits against medical professionals and entities are very complex, and you need an attorney in Quincy, IL who has experience winning cases like your and will demand full compensation.
Some of our clients come to us with personal injury cases from injuries inflicted by the use of a product that should not have been on the market because it is dangerous. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is the U.S. agency responsible for enacting and enforcing the legal standards regulating consumer products in order to protect the public from harm. When a product is found to violate these laws or poses an unacceptable risk of injury when used, the product will be recalled by the CPSC. You have a right to further legal remedy. If you sustained an injury by a product that was dangerous, you deserve to make a recovery by filing a personal injury claim in Quincy, IL. When a manufacturer irresponsibly sells a dangerous product to the public, you have a product liability case in Quincy, IL.
Any kind of product could potentially be involved in a product liability case in Illinois and elsewhere in the U.S. If you used a children’s toy, piece of clothing, self-care product, sports equipment, household item or any other consumer good and it caused harm, Burger Law’s Quincy, IL product liability personal injury attorneys will make the manufacturer pay and demand a great settlement for you. You could even have a case if a part on an automobile fails and causes an accident or injures you on its own. Product liability injuries are also caused by medical equipment and pharmaceutical goods which are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. If your prescription medication or medical device damages and injures you, call Burger Law’s personal injury attorney right away to discuss your case.
While no exact data is available, the Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated that in 2005 – the last year with available data – about 26,950 civil cases went to trial. Sixty percent, or 16,170, of those cases were personal injury claims. As only four to five percent of personal injury cases go to trial, there are likely over 400,000 personal injury claims in the United States annually.
Our Quincy-based Illinois personal injury attorney team has seen injuries caused by negligence can occur in a variety of accidents and know how to build your case and demand your full compensation. Call our Quincy, IL personal injury team now at (314) 500-HURT to discuss your case for free with an experienced Quincy, IL personal injury attorney.
In personal injury claims, you are legally entitled to economic damages, noneconomic damages and, in some rare cases, punitive damages. The amount of compensation you receive will depend on the severity of your injuries, how they have impacted you financially, emotionally and physically and the skill of your personal injury attorney in Quincy, IL.
Economic damages have clear monetary value, and will typically be the sum total of all of the money you spent or lost because of your injuries. Examples of economic damages your Illinois personal injury attorney in Quincy, IL will help you receive are:
Noneconomic damages are less tangible, and are meant to compensate you for the physical and emotional pain you experience from your accident. According to 735 ILCS 5/ §2-1115.2, the state of Illinois states that noneconomic loss is, including but not limited to:
Punitive damages seek to punish the liable party for gross misconduct and to deter future misconduct. According to 735 ILCS 5/ §2-1115.5 stipulates that in order to receive punitive damages, your personal injury attorney must prove:
by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant’s conduct was with evil motive or a reckless and outrageous indifference to a highly unreasonable risk of harm and with a conscious indifference to the rights and safety of others.
The burden of proof is much higher than the preponderance of the evidence standard used to award noneconomic and economic damages. In Illinois, punitive damages cannot be more than three times the economic damages you receive.
The Quincy-based Illinois personal injury attorney firm at Burger Law investigates every aspect of your case and insists that you recover the maximum compensation possible. Only you know the full scope of the consequences your injury has had on your life. If you have been playing piano since you were a child and now no longer have use of your hand, it is impossible to put a true dollar amount on how your injury has affected you. The Quincy and Illinois personal injury attorney team at Burger Law does everything possible in order to help make you as whole as possible. We know how to put Quincy, Illinois insurance agents, judges and juries in your shoes and ensure you receive the best possible financial recovery for your injuries.
You did not deserve to be injured by a negligent actor. It is not fair that you now have to deal with pain and disability, the hassle of ongoing medical care, the emotional trauma of the incident, and many other consequences ranging from inconveniences to major limitations and life changes. You have a chance to recover and be made whole, but you have only one shot, limited time and will need the help of an experienced professional. Burger Law’s Quincy, IL personal injury attorneys will fight for your recovery and demand justice in the form of maximum compensation for you.
Our Quincy, IL personal injuries are committed to not only providing you the best available legal representation and advocacy from collecting evidence at the beginning of your case to securing full compensation by negotiating a great settlement to bring this matter to a close, but also to offering you the resources and education you need to feel confident and prepared as a plaintiff in your personal injury case. Check out our wealth of online resources from ebooks, podcasts, videos, a directory of resources in the state of Illinois.
Do not waste another moment; speak to a personal injury attorney in Quincy, IL today. Call (314) 500-HURT or reach us online to speak to an experienced lawyer about your case today.
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