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When your way of life is interrupted or completely derailed because another person’s behavior left you injured, you must be restored. In Illinois you can make a personal injury claim to recover financial compensation for your damages, but in most cases you need a trustworthy and experienced Westchester, IL personal injury attorney on your case, fighting fiercely for you and your family and demanding maximum payment for your injuries and damages.
The Westchester, IL personal injury attorneys of Burger Law have worked for more than 70 combined years fighting on behalf of the injured and vulnerable and holding negligent people accountable. We will demand justice for you. Having recovered more than $170 million for our deserving clients, we are the Westchester, 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 Westchester, 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 Westchester, IL attorneys handle and win are described below.
Any time one or more vehicles crash, injuries often occur. If someone else’s actions, such as another driver, caused your accident that injured you, you may have an Illinois personal injury claim. Motor vehicle-related personal injury cases can come from many various causes and can involve cars, trucks, busses, motorcycles, pedestrians, bicycles and other modes of transportation.
Car wrecks and other motor vehicle accidents occur due to many different factors and behaviors. Some of the most likely causes of car accidents include speeding, distracted driving, drunk driving and drugged driving and fatigued driving. While many studies cite figures that blame human errors for something like 95% of car crashes, often there are also contributing factors such as rain or snow, low visibility and other road conditions. No matter what other factors were at play, if another driver or other individual caused a motor vehicle accident in Westchester, IL that injured you, you may have a right to recover compensation in a personal injury claim. Burger Law’s personal injury attorneys in Westchester, IL possess more than 70 years of combined experience in car accident cases and the resulting injuries. We ensure that you receive a great outcome in your Westchester, IL car accident personal injury case.
Construction accidents are one of the top causes of unintentional injuries in Westchester and throughout the country. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the U.S in 2020 there were 74,520 cases of injuries on the job requiring missed work just in the construction industry. In the annual report of work safety violations recorded by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2021, five of the top ten most common violations were in the construction industry. While work can become injured on the job in any environment and accidents resulting in injuries happen in all kinds of workplaces, there is no denying that construction sites typically present a significant risk of injury and injuries in construction settings can often be quite severe.
Some of the most common types of injuries and fatalities on construction sites are falls, being struck by an object, being crushed between two objects and accidents involving 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 come from a Illinois personal injury claim. If you were on the construction site for work purposes, you may have an additional claim against a third party — a negligent person involved in the cause of your accident, and if you were injured outside of work, your only remedy will be a personal injury claim. Your Burger Law personal injury attorney in Westchester, IL will help you weigh your options and demand full compensation from any and all responsible parties. When you are harmed on a construction site, turn to a reputable Westchester, IL personal injury lawyer with experience in construction accidents. Our expert personal injury team in Westchester, IL will help you win your case.
Injuries caused by falls are numerous. Even the most graceful individuals are going to trip or slip at some point. In terms of personal injury claims, most injuries from falls happen due to a hazardous 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 — perhaps a grocery store attendant fails to put up a “wet floor” sign while mopping or a shopping complex owner or manager neglects to remove ice and snow from the parking lot after a storm — or a fall from a height — maybe a hole in the floor has no signage, covering or rope around it to make visitors aware of it or a broken board on an old deck or staircase falls through under a normal 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 a residence, on the job or in another setting such as a store, an attraction or a cafe. When you are harmed because of a dangerous condition that someone else was responsible for, you have a personal injury claim for premises liability in Illinois. Together, Burger Law’s Westchester, IL personal injury attorneys have decades of experience helping slip and fall and other premises liability victims recover full recoveries.
Like many, all of us on the Burger Law team are major dog lovers. In fact, some of our staff volunteer to foster pets in need of good homes. However, we also know that dogs sometimes bite, and those bites can lead to serious injuries. According to the CDC, there are around 4.5 million dog bites in the U.S. annually. Not all are severe enough to can be treated with simple over-the-counter home measures; about 800,000 dog bites are damaging enough to necessitate some level of medical treatment. If you are bitten by a dog that you did not provoke, and you become injured as a result, an experienced personal injury attorney in Westchester, IL will lead the way in your recovery to get you maximum compensation.
Many different injuries can occur in a dog bite attack, depending largely on where on your body you were bit by a dog. The resulting wounds from a dog bite range from light superficial scratches to serious puncture wounds, broken bones and internal bleeding and damage as well as permanent scarring and disfigurement. It is important to know, almost any dog bite injury comes with a high risk of complication due to infection. It is imperative to promptly and properly care for your wounds and do anything you can to combat infections.
It can be hard to know what an animal like a dog is thinking or feeling, and a dog bite attack can be an extreme shock. Studying dog behavior can help reduce the chances that you are bit by a dog and injured. Dogs bite to protect themselves; they might feel scared, startled, trapped, in pain, or could be protecting or guarding something they care about — even a member of the family. An innocuous action could be perceived as a threat and trigger the dog to strike out. This can happen with any dog, but is most likely in dogs with the trauma of abuse. The onus is on all of us to give dogs love and respect and avoid creating an environment where a dog could feel threatened, but this does not give dogs and dog owners an excuse or free pass to bite. If you were bitten and injured by a dog near Westchester, IL, you may have an Illinois personal injury claim. Burger Law’s personal injury attorneys in Westchester, IL possess extensive experience in dog bite injury cases and will get you maximum compensation for your dog bite-related losses.
The medical professionals we see must adhere to a certain standard of care. They may not always be able to cure us — human bodies and health are complex and there is still a lot we need to learn — but you should be able to trust that your physician 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 provide the care that “a reasonably prudent and careful health care provider would have under similar circumstances,” causing you to be injured or ill in a way that you would not have otherwise been, you have an Illinois medical malpractice case. Burger Law’s Westchester, IL medical malpractice lawyers have helped those in Westchester injured by their medical providers recover millions of dollars in compensation and will do the same for you.
Preventable injuries due to medical provider error can be expensive and can be deadly. In fact, medical errors account for up to 400,000 deaths per year, earning medical errors the designation of number three cause of death in the US. When a physician 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 you become sick or injured as a result, it is important to speak to a personal injury lawyer in Westchester with experience in cases of medical treatment failures. Claims and lawsuits against medical professionals and entities are very complex, and you need an experienced Westchester, IL attorney with talent and experience leading the charge in your recovery.
Some personal injury cases arise from the use of a consumer product that is defective and dangerous. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is the U.S. agency whose job it is to create and enforce laws and standards consumer products must follow t shield the public. When a a manufacturer releases a product that is found to violate these standards or causes an unacceptable risk of injury when used, the CPSC issues recalls. You can take further legal action. If you sustained an injury by a harmful product, you can be compensated for your damages in a personal injury claim in Westchester, IL. If a manufacturer irresponsibly sells a product to the public that is dangerous to use, you have a product liability case in Westchester, IL.
Any kind of product could potentially be involved in a product liability case in Illinois and elsewhere in the U.S. If you or a family member used a toy or game, piece of apparel, cosmetic product, sports good, homeware or a consumer good of any sort and were injured as a result, Burger Law’s Westchester, IL personal injury attorneys specializing in product liability claims 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 (314) 500-HURT right away to discuss your case with a Burger Law personal injury attorney.
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 Westchester-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 Westchester, IL personal injury team now at (314) 500-HURT to discuss your case for free with an experienced Westchester, 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 Westchester, 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 Westchester, 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 Westchester-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 Westchester 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 Westchester, 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 Westchester, IL personal injury attorneys will fight for your recovery and demand justice in the form of maximum compensation for you.
Our Westchester, 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 Westchester, IL today. Call (314) 500-HURT or reach us online to speak to an experienced lawyer about your case today.
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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.
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.
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!
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!!!
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.
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.
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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Genevieve and Laura have assisted me in my personal injury claim and have made the process so much less stressful. They are extremely knowledgeable, professional, and attentive. Laura is always on top of everything and very sweet. I had no idea how to navigate this process and they have made me feel at ease and like they truly cared about the outcome.
It has been a long 4 years, but it is finally over! Burger law did a great job handling my case. Grant Doty answered all my questions, promptly returned my phone calls, frequently kept me updated and insured me that he was fighting for me. Jennifer Zini also did a wonderful job, great customer service. It was pleasure getting to know the Burger Law team!
After a driver unexpectedly pulled out right in front of my motorcycle & I suffered injuries, the at-fault driver’s insurance company offered me a $10,000 settlement. I hired Burger Law & they won a $109,000 settlement. I was very happy with the outcome. They were easy to work with & fully explained each step of the process & kept me informed along the way.
At Burger Law | St. Louis Personal Injury Lawyer, we are a team of personal injury attorneys who have earned many distinctions and peer-reviewed awards for our civil litigation and trial work in Missouri and Illinois. A few of the honors we have earned include the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Top 100 Trial Lawyer Award, a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating, Super Lawyers selection as one of the top attorneys in the field of personal injury and board certifications in Civil Litigation.
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