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Safe Used Cars for Teenage Drivers

Are you looking to buy a safe and affordable used car for your teenage driver? Wondering where to begin?read more →

Jun 21

Illinois State Police Use Semi-Trucks to Bust Distracted Drivers

OAK BROOK, IL (June 21, 2019) – The Illinois State Police has launched a unique new safety initiative called “Trooper in a Truck” in hopes to make the roadways safer from distracted drivers.read more →

Jun 20

Driving High: Marijuana-Impaired Drivers are Twice as Likely to Crash

OAK BROOK, IL (June 20, 2019) – In the past 30 days, an estimated 14.8 million drivers reported getting behind the wheel within one hour of using marijuana. With Illinois joining Colorado, California and Michigan by legalizing recreational..read more →

Jun 05

What 5 Chicago Hospitals Earned “D” Hospital Safety Grades?

CHICAGO (June 5, 2019) – A new report was put out by Leapfrog, a nonprofit company that provides grades for American hospitals on 28 measures of safety, including hand hygiene, intensive care unit physician staffing, bedsores, and falls. In the..read more →

May 31

USPS Self-Driving Trucks: Innovative & Cost-Cutting– But is it Safe?

A two-week pilot began this month involving the United States Postal Service and a contracted out San Diego-based self-driving truck company called TuSimple. They decided to test the route from Phoenix to Dallas using autonomous trucks. Their goal:..read more →

May 22

Uninsured Driver Crashes Into Home Hitting Sleeping Spring Grove Woman

OAK BROOK, IL (May 19, 2019) – A reckless and uninsured driver crashed through the wall of a Spring Grove, Illinois home in the middle of the night and fled the scene leaving a 71-year-old woman pinned down by his GMC pickup truck.read more →

May 20

Was an Illinois Worker Electrocuted at Pop’s in Indiana?

DYER, IN (May 20, 2019) – Emergency officials were attending to a 62-year-old contractor, Terry Mirkov from Crete, IL who was found dead on Sunday just before noon at Pop’s Italian Sausage and Beef on Joliet Street in Dyer, Indiana. It is believed..read more →

May 16

Car vs Bike Accidents: Who has the Right of Way?

It’s a recurring question — who has the right of way when it’s car vs bike? And with the weather warming up, there are even more bicycles on the roads. Truth is whether you love them or hate them, these cyclists have road rights, too.read more →

May 14

Hospital Room Cameras Secretly Record 1,800 Women Having Gynecological Procedures

SAN DIEGO, CA (May 14, 2019) – Roughly 1,800 women were secretly recorded by hidden hospital room cameras installed in Sharp Grossmont Hospital’s gynecology operating rooms in La Mesa, California, and 81 of the women are now suing the hospital.read more →

May 10

Uber Driver Accidents: The Victim Resource Guide

In Chicago, there was recently an Uber driver accident where the drunk driver, Rami Matariyeh, killed 23-year old Uber passenger, Jamie Poulos, and seriously injured two other passengers and then fled the scene of the crime. As a result, Palermo Law..read more →

Recent Outcomes

$1.3 Million

Mr. Palermo obtained $1.3 million dollars for an airline employee who was injured on the job.

$800,000

Palermo obtained $800,000 for the family of 63-year-old woman who died after gallbladder removal surgery.

$400,000

Palermo obtained $400,000 for a 28-year-old woman from Aurora that was the victim of a hit-and-run.

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