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Escrito y revisado por Peter Zneimer En los últimos años, Chicago ha invertido mucho en mejorar la seguridad en los cruces peatonales. La ciudad ha agregado señales en muchos de los cruces. Algunos incluyen advertencias de que es una violación de la ley estatal no detenerse para los peatones en…
Written and Reviewed by Peter Zneimer Chicago in recent year has invested heavily in improving cross walk safety. The city has added cross walk signs to many crosswalks. Some have included warnings that it is a violation of state law not to stop for pedestrians in a cross walk. The…
Sofia Zneimer, Zneimer & Zneimer, PC In a recent decision, the Appellate Court of Illinois distinguished immunity from liability. According to the facts as stated in Williams v. Village of Berkeley, the plaintiff filed a premises liability lawsuit against the Village of Berkeley following an incident in which a large…
A recent study done by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety indicates that the rise of pedestrian deaths in recent years could be attributable to the rise in popularity of larger vehicles. The authors of the study conjecture that poor visibility and blind spots that these vehicles have could be…
The Chicago Tribune recently published an article with the results of a study they conducted which seem to indicate that Chicago police tend not to issue tickets in pedestrian and cyclist crash cases. The Tribune study of Chicago police data shows that out of more than 4,000 crashes between…
Chicago personal injury lawyer, Peter Zneimer of Zneimer & Zneimer P.C. notes that one of the most common causes of pedestrian injury cases is when a driver makes a right turn on red and strikes a pedestrian or pedestrians who are walking in the crosswalk to the right of the…
Our personal injury lawyers handle many accidents caused by impaired driver. Many impairments result from intoxicating substances recently taken or still lingering in the driver’s body. According to Illinois Secretary of State statistics, in 2020 254 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes, which was approximately 21% of the 1,195 total…
The Chicago personal injury attorneys of Zneimer & Zneimer have seen an increase in serious car crashes that involve the use of pot. Recently the Chicago Sun Times reported that Illinois traffic deaths increased by 24%. According to the organization Parents Opposed to Pot, since 2016, when Illinois legalized marijuana, traffic…
The new Chicago public spot Ainslie Arts Plaza near the Lincoln Avenue McDonald’s where Ainslie, Western, and Lincoln cross, featured picnic areas with colorful tables, vibrantly painted planters, and mosaic street mural. It was opened on May 21, 2021, and was designed to be an open public space where people…
Our personal injury law firm has seen an increase in pedestrian injuries as a result of vehicles turning left and failing to see pedestrians even in a crosswalk. This increase in pedestrian injuries is a result of many factors, including more traffic, larger vehicles with bigger blind spots, and more…