Personal Injury News (27)

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 →

Apr 15

Why Are Semi Truck Accidents So Catastrophic?

Semi truck accidents can be much more catastrophic than an accident between two passenger vehicles. A typical, fully loaded semi truck (such as a big rig, 18 wheeler with a tractor-trailer or dump truck) can weigh at least 25 times as much as a..read more →

Mar 07

Student Killed by Flying Semi Truck Tires while at Rest Stop

GAUTIER, MS (March 6, 2019) – A Tulane University student was killed after two tires flew off from a passing 18-wheeler tractor-trailer and struck her at a Mississippi rest stop on Tuesday.read more →

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

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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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