Drivers who drive while impaired continue to be a traffic safety problem.  Such impairment can be caused by either the consumption of alcohol or drug usage.  Sometimes the impairment involves both the consumption of alcohol as well as drug usage. Drivers who are impaired by drug usage (also called “drugged drivers”) can have many challenges in controlling their vehicles.  There can be many complex impacts of drug use on coordination and motor skills.  These impacts vary substantially depending upon many different factors, including the drugs involved.  As well, if two ..read more

A Hickory Hills car accident resulted in four people being fatally injured.  This Hickory Hills accident also injured two others.  The crash involved a single vehicle. This accident is being attributed to a loss of vehicle control.  Loss of vehicle control remains one of the leading causes of serious vehicle accidents.  Loss of vehicle control is further discussed on the “Cook County Loss Of Control Accidents” page. The NBC Chicago article of July 19, 2021, titled “Driver charged in Hickory Hills Crash That Killed Four Teenagers.”  An excerpt from the article: The 17 ..read more

A remote civil jury trial – the first in Illinois, to be conducted in Lake County – will occur next week. The Elman Joseph Law Group will serve as plaintiff attorneys in this first-ever remote civil jury trial. This “virtual” trial is discussed in the February 10, 2021 Lake Forest – Lake Bluff Patch article titled “Jury Trials Returning To Lake County For 1st Time Since COVID-19.” An excerpt from this article: In-person jury trials are set to resume in Lake County next month for the first time since the emergence of coronavirus in Illinois. But first, the county is scheduled to make “virtual ..read more

A Garfield Ridge head-on collision has led to one fatality and several people being seriously injured.  According to Chicago Police, this Garfield Ridge head-on collision occurred Wednesday (January 20, 2021) evening at approximately 9:35 p.m. in the 4900 block of South Cicero Avenue.  The accident occurred after a Chevrolet Impala crossed the center line and ran into an oncoming Cadillac SUV. An excerpt regarding this collision, from the January 21, 2021 Chicago Sun-Times article titled “Girl, 12, dies in Garfield Ridge crash that injured 4 others; person arrested“: A 12-year-old g ..read more

A fatal Tri-State Tollway crash occurred Saturday (September 12, 2020) afternoon in Willow Springs.  This I-294 fatal crash involved 6 vehicles, resulting in one person being fatally injured and four other people being injured. The crash is discussed in a variety of media sources, including the September 12, 2020 Chicago Sun-Times article titled “Woman killed, 4 injured in 6-vehicle crash on I-294.”  An excerpt: The crash started about 12:10 p.m. after a Chevrolet Impala sideswiped a Volkswagen Jetta while driving at a high rate of speed in the left lane of southbound I-294 in Willo ..read more

A Park Manor car crash that occurred Thursday (April 16, 2020) night led to the death of a girl and a man.  Additionally, a woman was critically injured. According to Chicago Police, this Park Manor car crash occurred at approximately 10:45 p.m. and involved a collision between a SUV and a car. An excerpt concerning the collision, from the April 17, 2020 Chicago Sun-Times article titled “Park Manor crash:  2 killed, including 14-year old girl“: The man was driving a Chevrolet Avalanche SUV about 10:45 p.m. in the 6900 block of South State Street when he ran a red light and struck a ..read more

Accidents that occur in adverse weather can occur for many reasons.  Often, drivers are driving too fast for conditions, i.e. the drivers are negligent in the operation of the vehicle.  However, other reasons can cause or contribute to an adverse weather crash, such as the existence of black ice, which can be very difficult if not impossible to see.  As well, other icy conditions can occur if the roadway has not been sufficiently cleared of snow or the roadway has not been sufficiently salted. While such adverse weather crashes can occur on any roadway, often they occur on expre ..read more

Frederick Joseph III, a Partner and winning personal injury trial lawyer at the Elman Joseph Law Group, LLC, has settled a motor vehicle injury case involving an ambulance for $350,000. The $350,000 settlement was achieved by the Elman Joseph Law Group after the final settlement offer by the ambulance company was only $6,000. The underlying accident happened when the plaintiff, Michalia Agins, 22 years old, was driving back home to Chicago after visiting her parents. When traffic slowed down on the expressway (eastbound I-90) Ms. Agins was rear-ended by an ambulance. The ambulance was transpor ..read more

A fatal Edens Expressway crash occurred early Sunday (August 4, 2019) morning.  This Edens Expressway crash involved three vehicles. According to the Illinois State Police (ISP) the crash happened on the Edens near Gross Point Road, in the northbound lanes. The crash is discussed in a variety of media sources, including the August 4, 2019 NBC Chicago article titled “Police Reveal Details in Fatal Eden Expressway Crash Sunday.”  An excerpt: Authorities say that three vehicles, a BMW sedan, a Chevrolet sedan, and a Toyota taxi, were traveling northbound near Gross Point Road at approx ..read more

There was a fatal crash on Chicago’s Near West Side early Sunday (June 23, 2019) night.  The crash, which involved a fire, led to the death of three people in a car.  The three people appear to have been trapped in the car after the accident. Details on this fatal crash on Chicago’s Near West Side remain somewhat limited at this time. An excerpt regarding the fatal crash, from the Chicago Tribune article of June 24, 2019 titled “3 killed in crash on Near West Side“: A Chevy Malibu traveling east from near Western Avenue and Oakley Boulevard struck a Mitsubishi Outlander heading sou ..read more