Category: Auto/Car Crashes
Dixon Law Office Welcomes a New Legal Assistant
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Serious Injury, workers compensation, wrongful death We are happy to announce that Terry has joined the Dixon Law Office team as Legal Assistant. Terry comes to us with more than 20 years of experience in the legal field. Her job duties and responsibilities include managing theContinue reading
Bike Laws Series Part 7 Treatment as a Vehicle
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Bicycle Crash, Bike Accidents, Serious Injury We wrap up our focus on National Bike Month and our series on Illinois Bike Laws with a final topic: “Treatment as a Vehicle.” Bicycle advocates have fought hard for the right to the road and continue to shape ourContinue reading
Driscoll Family Files Lawsuit
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Pedestrian Injuries, wrongful death, Young Adults The Driscoll Family, which Dixon Law Office represents, filed a lawsuit on March 20 against the driver who struck and killed their daughter as she walked across an intersection with her dog on November 9 in Naperville, as reported inContinue reading
Broken Railroad Signals
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, injury, Pedestrian Injuries, Train Crashes It is always shocking to hear about accidents involving trains hitting cars, particularly at crossings when the signals are broken. It is a reminder of the severe danger you and your loved ones face when near train tracks. According toContinue reading
Catherine D. Cavenagh Joins Dixon Law Office
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, injury, Serious Injury, workers compensation, wrongful death We are happy to announce that Catherine D. Cavenagh has joined Dixon Law Office as a trial attorney. Cavenagh is focusing her practice on representing injured workers in complex worker’s compensation cases. She also will represent office clients in catastrophicContinue reading
Paralyzing Injury
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Children, Older Adults, Pedestrian Injuries, Serious Injury, wrongful death, Young Adults It is never a good thing to hear your doctor discuss paralysis. It is, frankly, very scary. Paralysis means the loss of ability to move some body part. It might be a finger after a wrist injury. It might beContinue reading
Pedestrian Struck After Crash
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Children, Older Adults, Pedestrian Injuries, Serious Injury, wrongful death, Young Adults A child is standing at a corner, waiting for the light to change so she can cross. As she is waiting, a car runs the red light and crashes into another. The momentum from the crash causes the two carsContinue reading
Seat Belt Malfunctions
The primary function of a seat belt is to protect the wearer from imminent danger from the crash. And for the most part a seat belt does its job, creating relatively small injury as the result of a crash. ButContinue reading
Substance Abuse and Teen Driving
While it is true that substance usage by teens is on the rise in the new generation, statistics done by the National Young Driver Survey (NYDS) show that 90% of the teens that took the survey said that they rarelyContinue reading
Child Mortalities in Car Crashes
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Car Seats, Children, Infants, injury, Product Liability According to a study done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor vehicle traffic crashes were the leading cause of death for age four and every age 11-27. This statement is based on the available 2009 data given byContinue reading