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The Illinois Dram Shop Act (235 ILCS 5/6-21) (the “Act”) generally imposes liability upon anyone whose sale or gift of liquor contributes to the intoxication of a person who hurts […]

Many new clients ask how long it will take to get to a jury trial?  The short answer is that it varies but be patient. The time to get a […]

New clients often ask upfront whether they are going to have to go to trial. The true answer is “it depends” on a variety of factors including: whether liability or […]

We work closely with clients on a daily basis who have been involved in a wreck, a fall or some other traumatic event.  Oftentimes, our clients don’t realize that they’ve […]

Last month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published an early-release of its annual Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts for 2017. The 118 page report details crash statistics for […]

The National Trial Lawyers Announces Brian Custy as One of Its Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Indiana For Immediate Release The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce […]

Railroads in the United States transported 623,473,905 passengers in 2018.  As we’ve seen on recent news, however, railroad operations can be dangerous or deadly. The Federal Railroad Administration reports that […]

A correlation between truck speeds and wrecks. Federal crash data shows that all but 6 states had increases in tractor-trailer related deaths between 2009 and 2017. The top five states […]

Due to their size and weight, truck wrecks are more dangerous and deadly than typical car crashes.  The average passenger vehicle weighs about 4,000 pounds while a semi-truck can weigh […]