Customers and citizens throughout the United States are in an uproar over the latest revelations about the abhorrent conduct of Toyota motor company. First, we learned that Toyota waited at least four months, after learning that its accelerators could become stuck, before informing U.S. authorities. Then, it came to light that Toyota waited at least… Read More
受傷的車禍乘客必須獲得保險不足的駕駛者保險
One topic that makes our Chicago personal injury lawyers blood boil is motor vehicle insurance. All Illinois drivers are required to carry liability insurance with a minimum coverage of $20,000 per person, $40,000 per accident. This mandatory minimum amount of motor vehicle insurance is woefully inadequate. Time and again, our car accident attorneys are faced… Read More
聯邦政府對危險的豐田缺陷採取更多行動
This month, federal regulators announced a second investigation into Toyota’s conduct surrounding the discovery of defects in its vehicles. This time, the regulators are again probing whether Toyota willfully delayed before notifying the U.S. government of a problem. The Chicago car accident attorneys of Passen & Powell are troubled to hear yet another story of… Read More
分心駕駛導致嚴重傷害和過失致死
Countless lives are lost and destroyed each year through auto accidents. The experienced Chicago car accident attorneys of Passen & Powell are all too familiar with these types of losses, and are increasingly concerned by the amount of motor vehicle accidents caused by “distracted driving”: eating, using cell phones and smart phones, and even performing… Read More
創傷性腦損傷以驚人的速度上升
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently released new data on traumatic brain injuries in the United States. This new information comes as the CDC updates its in-depth 2004 survey of brain injury in the United States with a new report, titled “Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalization, and Death.” … Read More
腦損傷的巨大社會成本
For the past month, our brain injury attorneys have been conducting an ongoing series on the various types and causes of brain injury. As national Brain Injury Awareness Month comes to a close, today we take a step back to look at the dramatic societal costs of these various neurological conditions. Brain injuries are more… Read More
肯塔基州卡車事故凸顯卡車運輸安全問題持續存在
As Chicago personal injury lawyers with substantial experience handling trucking accident cases, we are familiar with the devastation caused by crashes involving tractor-trailer trucks. Yesterday was a brutal example of such devastation. A trucking accident in Kentucky claimed the lives of at least eleven people and injured many more. The accident, which happened just before… Read More
運動及其他領域的腦震蕩和創傷性腦損傷
This week, the Chicago personal injury lawyers of Passen & Powell continue our month-long discussion of traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury in connection with national Brain Injury Awareness Month. Today we take a closer look at concussions, a typically mild form of traumatic brain injury that has drawn the focus of many Chicagoans thanks to… Read More
TBI的癥狀和永久性後果
Our Chicago brain injury lawyers continue this week’s discussion of traumatic brain injury (TBI), in honor of Brain Injury Awareness Month, with a discussion of the symptoms and effects of TBI. As discussed previously, traumatic brain injuries are caused by a blunt trauma to the head — often a result of motor vehicle accidents, falls,… Read More
瞭解創傷性腦損傷 (TBI)
March is national Brain Injury Awareness Month. This week, our Chicago brain injury lawyers will discuss various aspects of traumatic brain injury (TBI), including causes, symptoms, statistics and prevention. Traumatic brain injuries are sudden, devastating and life-changing events. In the context of a catastrophic truck accident or several-story construction fall, the magnitude of the brain… Read More