Blog Posts in 2011
Posted on Dec 14, 2011 By Steve Morton
Recent statistics from the Department of Labor indicate a surprising fact: workers at hospitals, doctors' offices and residential care facilities are more likely to be injured on the job than ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2011 By Steve Morton
According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety administration, teenagers sending text messages on their cell phones account for the greatest number of distracted drivers on the road. ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Steve Morton
If a doctor were to die unexpectedly, a colleague would typically cover the practice for a period of time and take responsibility for access to any medical records. State law frequently requires a ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2011 By Steve Morton
A report released on Monday, October 31 st 2011 by the National Transportation Safety Board finds that curbside buses have an accident rate markedly higher than that of other types of interstate bus ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By Steve Morton
The Illinois General Assembly decided to change the workers' compensation system this year. This legislation was has been in the works for several years and has finally passed. The old version of ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2011 By Steve Morton
Sadly, car crashes account for more than one-third of deaths in U.S. teens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and are the leading cause of death for that age group. Most ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Steve Morton
The Illinois Supreme Court announced the creation of a pilot e-Records program on August 3, 2011. In conjunction with the pilot program announced on August 3 rd , the Illinois Supreme Court formed an ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Steve Morton
In 1986, the 1 st District held in Pertillo v. Syntex Laboratories , 148 Ill.App.3d 581, (Ill. 1 st Dist. 1986), that defendants may not have ex-parte communications with a plaintiff's physician. ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2011 By Steve Morton
You got into a car accident, now what…. As a personal injury attorney, I am often contacted by people who have just gotten into a car accident and they do not know what to do. These people are ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2011 By Personal Injury Attorney
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Chicago personal injury web site and law blog! We have an RSS feed available for you here .
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