Our Schaumburg car accident lawyers know all too well that auto accidents frequently cause serious injuries and even death. If you or someone in your family were involved in a car accident in Illinois, you may be entitled to recover compensation for your personal injuries. We understand your pain — an experienced auto accident attorney can help you understand your claim. Call our car accident lawyers in Schaumburg for a free consultation at 847-434-3555.
We handle all the difficult aspects of your auto accident claim:
You concentrate on what’s most important — recovering from your injuries.
At SJ Injury Law, our team of skilled personal injury attorneys has years of experience helping clients get the money they deserve after a negligent driver caused an accident. We are tenacious, courageous, persuasive advocates who can break down complex legal issues in a simple, approachable way.
After an auto accident, you may feel stressed out, frustrated, and overwhelmed. Don’t act until you have an auto accident attorney on your side. We help you Claim Your Justice™, holding negligent parties accountable for their actions.
Car accidents can be classified into many different categories. These include:
Sometimes drivers lose control of their vehicles, colliding with a stationary object: parked cars, road barriers, walls, or ditches, for example. This could happen because the driver is trying to avoid another vehicle or object, or because of hazardous conditions.
If you were a passenger in this type of crash, the driver might be responsible for your injuries. Call us to Claim Your Justice™.
Getting rear-ended is never a welcome experience. In some situations, it can lead to catastrophic results. Reasons for rear-end collisions include:
When you get rear-ended, it’s almost never your fault. Call us to Claim Your Justice™.
Illinois drivers have a reputation for speed, but highways around Schaumburg aren’t always fast-paced. Things get backed up, especially during rush hour, and people get distracted. It is too bad people aren’t more careful, because even low-speed collisions can lead to injuries.
In addition to rush-hour highways, these so-called fender benders often happen in alleyways, side streets, parking lots, private driveways, and other low-speed places. Even at 10 miles per hour or less, there is still enough force to cause injuries to people and physical damage to vehicles. Call us to Claim Your Justice™.
A side-swipe collision is when a driver changes lanes or merges into other vehicles. It usually happens because the merging driver failed to check blind spots.
Some side-swipe collisions can be serious. Certain angles and strengths of impact can cause other vehicles to go spinning across the highway, striking others, or running off the road. Call us to Claim Your Justice™.
Intersection accidents happen when people fail to follow the rules of the road. When someone makes a left turn in front of an approaching vehicle, runs a stop sign, fails to obey a traffic light, or otherwise doesn’t yield, it often results in a front-to-side crash.
These T-bone collisions can cause serious injuries, even at low speeds. High-speed events are often catastrophic, especially if the passenger or driver is hit from the side directly. Call us to Claim Your Justice™.
Car crashes involve extreme forces, well beyond what our bodies normally have to handle. Seeing a doctor after a car accident is usually a good idea — even if you aren’t sure that you have an injury. Some problems take a while to demonstrate symptoms.
Whiplash is a quick back-and-forth motion of the head that commonly occurs when you have a violent impact, such as a car accident. While it’s technically not an injury by itself, it is the cause of many different types of neck, shoulder, and back injuries.
These injuries result in a variety of different types of symptoms. These include pain and numbness in the neck, arms, shoulders, upper back, or lower back. More severe cases reduce mobility, cause tingling sensations to shoot pain out to your extremities, and create a variety of other problems.
Although whiplash is not always severe, it is sometimes hard to diagnose. This leads to aggressive insurance company tactics. Without the right type of documentation, they might even deny your completely valid claim.
We fight for our clients, helping them access the level of care and compensation they deserve for their whiplash injuries. Contact us today at 847-434-3555.
There are many different types of spinal column injuries that commonly result from car crashes. These include:
Depending on your previous health, the type of injury, the site of the damage, and various other factors, spinal problems could range from moderate (requiring several months of recovery time) to a life-changing, permanent disability. Most insurance companies underestimate the cost of severe spinal injuries or attempt to minimize the impact of these devastating accidents on a person’s mental and emotional health.
Traumatic brain injuries include concussions, hematomas, and a wide range of neurological conditions. Like whiplash, they’re not always immediately obvious.
Insurance adjustors rush out as soon as possible to contact accident victims. They say this is to give their policyholders support, but the practice sometimes results in people accepting less than what they deserve for their injuries.
TBIs could potentially result in severe pain, lifelong complications, or even death. Symptoms include changing mood, certain types of headaches, dizziness, lethargy, and a number of other problems that most people associate with increased stress levels or other types of injuries. This is yet another reason that immediate medical attention helps car accident victims.
Burns from car accidents can be extremely expensive. Even moderate cases often require extensive hospitalization, costly treatments, and highly skilled care.
This economic cost is in addition to the pain. Burns are some of the most agonizing injuries possible. Do not let the insurance company succeed in minimizing your claim — let us help you pursue maximum compensation.
You might be able to Claim Your Justice™ for your family, even in the case of the death of a loved one. Essentially, you can start a case on the injured person’s behalf and benefit from settlements or awards.
There is no way to make your family whole again, but a successful case could help you get back on your feet. These are emotional situations, so our attorneys will focus on handling your case and allowing you to grieve. Contact us today.
The amount you could recover would depend mostly on the circumstances of the accident. For example, you might be entitled to compensation for:
These types of losses fall into a few general categories. The most straightforward one is economic damages. Economic damages are basically anything with a market value. Your time at work, lost opportunities, the cost of repairs to your car, your medical bills, and so on: These examples of economic losses.
Non-economic damages are more complex, especially since you have to estimate their dollar costs during a personal injury case. How do you place a monetary value on pain, suffering, or emotional trauma? To Claim Your Justice™, this is one of the things we help you do.
The final category is punitive damage. This does not usually apply to accidents. However, if someone acts in a completely unacceptable way, the court might see fit to penalize them. Cases involving driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, drag racing, or other reckless activity might result in an award of punitive damages, for example. This could be in addition to criminal fines.
If you were seriously injured in an Illinois auto accident, don’t waste time. Don’t let the negligent party get away without paying the money that you deserve. Claim Your Justice by contacting our Schaumburg office today at 847-434-3555 to schedule a free initial consultation. Home and hospital visits are available.
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We are highly experienced personal injury lawyers. We know how to help accident victims receive the full financial compensation they deserve. Our Winning Team is focused, dedicated, and sensitive to each of our client’s needs. We are here to help you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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