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Every year, many innocent victims are injured due to the negligence of property owners in Illinois. While the winter time usually receives more attention throughout Champaign Urbana and Central Illinois due to icy and snow-covered conditions, slips and falls are some of the most common types of accidents that befall premises liability victims year round.…

Despite the problems caused the lack of a state budget and the resulting disarray, Illinois has proven unwilling to wait for reform at the federal level, and has joined several other states considering laws that would protect student loan borrowers and heighten penalties against scammers targeting these individuals. With over $1.4 trillion in debt owed…

The diabetes drug Invokana (Canagliflozin) could actually be more dangerous than helpful to patients. An initial study of the drug, the CANVAS clinical trials in 2009, concluded that it caused “major adverse cardiovascular events, including CV death”. Although Canagliflozin was approved by the FDA in 2013, many medical professionals had unanswered questions about its safety.…

It’s that season again. In Illinois and across the Midwest from Wisconsin and int Texas and Colorado, spring and early summer usher in potentially dangerous weather. While the news usually reports major weather events that end in bodily hard and epic destruction, often times damage on a smaller level is over looked. In no case…

Spring is at long last upon us and as the weather heats up, many cyclists will be hitting the trail. However, before you jump on your bicycle and take off, you need to that your bike remains in an excellent condition. Whether or not you bike to school or your job, or you merely enjoy…

No one ever expects to be injured in an auto accident. Unfortunately, automobile accidents happen all the time.Regardless of whether you were driving home from work or going to the grocery store, you deserve to be compensated for your injuries if you are the victim of the negligence of others. The last thing you want…

On February 15, 2017, the NSC released a report on a safety poll conducted in late January and early February. Such data is frequently collected by the group which is part of the Department of Transportation, and the analysis applicable to this study is relevant to drivers in Central Illinois from Bloomington to Danville and…

Early morning tweets from the Commander in Chief are not the only interesting news coming out of our Nation’s Capital these days. There is a healthy supply of entertaining legal news as well. Legal news can be amusing, and this time it involves a very young child and a citation for littering. Details are emerging…

The steps you take in the immediate aftermath of a motor vehicle accident will go a long way toward determining theeventual outcome. This is especially true if you you are not the only one in the care and havepassengers. If you wan to protect your safety as well as your ability to pursue rightful compensation,…

One of the early lessons in any good university’s journalism program is that “dog bites man” is not a story while “man bites dog” has front-page potential. Why? Dogs biting people or getting into it with another dog is a common occurrence while the novelty of a man choosing to bite a dog is an…