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When a commercial truck is involved in an accident, the collision happens in seconds. The accountability fight may last months or years. One regulation often decides whether the injured person can identify the right defendants quickly enough to preserve evidence and build a clean liability story. 49 CFR 390.21T requires…
In trucking cases physics matters, but evidence often decides the outcome. The federal regulations, 49 CFR Part 390 include a set of record rules that sound administrative, but are important for trucking injury litigation. This requirement drives operational behavior. A compliant carrier trains safety staff to maintain centralized records or…
Truck A serious truck crash in Chicago and elsewhere can look simple in the first headlines and blame the truck driver. A few sentences, a few quotes, and the news moves on. However our experienced trucking injury attorneys know from experience that personal injury cases rarely start and end with…
What happens if you are driving in Chicago and you are driving through a green light when all of a sudden a police car from your and comes through the red light and crashes into your car and you are injured. Can you make a claim against the city if…
Chicago has made major investments in bike lanes—especially protected lanes designed to separate cyclists from vehicle traffic. These projects aim to reduce crashes, improve safety, and encourage alternative transportation. But as winter sets in, a serious question remains: If Chicago expects people to keep biking in winter, are the bike…
Zneimer & Zneimer P.C. – Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers Illinois winters mean snow piles, slick sidewalks, and black ice in parking lots and on outdoor stairs. Falls on ice can cause serious injuries – broken hips, wrist fractures, concussions, and worse. A common question the Chicago slip & fall lawyers…
Chicago winters have a way of turning the familiar into the unpredictable. Streets you’ve driven for years suddenly feel unfamiliar beneath fresh snow, visibility narrows to a frosted tunnel, and road conditions shift hour by hour. The personal injury lawyers of Zneimer & Zneimer P.C., see firsthand how winter weather…
Tractor trailers do not “come out of nowhere.” When a driver says that, it often means the truck did not appear visible enough soon enough to give them a fair chance to react. That idea has a name in federal law. Regulators call it conspicuity. Injury lawyers translate that as “Can…
By Chicago bike injury lawyers Zneimer & Zneimer P.C. My partner and I, while sitting at the Perfect Cup coffee shop at the corner of Leland Ave. and Damen Ave. decided to conduct an unscientific survey to see how many of the bicyclists passing through the intersection stop for the…
As temperatures drop and snow begins to fall, many Chicagoans pack away their bikes for the season. Yet, an increasing number of dedicated cyclists continue to rely on bicycles for transportation—even through the harsh Midwest winter. While winter biking may not be for everyone, it is becoming more common, and…