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3 Answers | Asked in Personal Injury and Products Liability for Illinois on
Q: while cycling a part of the fork shot into my eye, my eye had to be removed and could not be saved, is this case solvabl

While I was riding the thread on the right upper part got loose and part of the fork shot out. The pressurized part hit firstly my face (my cheekbone was broken) and then it hit my right eye so badly that it damaged my eye completely (eye nerve was damaged, eye was broken onto 3 parts, lower eyelid... Read more »

Lindsey Seeskin
Lindsey Seeskin
answered on Feb 13, 2023

I'm truly sorry to hear you were so badly injured.

John is correct about what we call "damages" (your injuries and what you have been through because of this incident) and that this falls under a category of personal injury cases called "products liability."...
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2 Answers | Asked in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury for Illinois on
Q: Piece of foley balloon left inside of my bladder after I had my C-section in December 2021

Doctors thought it was a tumor from ultrasounds I had until I had my cystoscopy done, and we seen that it was part of the foley balloon. So it was in my bladder for thirteen months.

Lindsey Seeskin
Lindsey Seeskin
answered on Feb 2, 2023

I'm very sorry to hear the ordeal you have experienced. The foley balloon, once left in your body after completion of the c-section and any further medical care, became what is known as a "retained foreign object". This should never have happened. A medical malpractice claim may be warranted.

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1 Answer | Asked in Insurance Bad Faith and Car Accidents for Illinois on
Q: My auto insurance denied my claim on a financed vehicle. How can they deny my claim if I had full coverage?

My insurance company denied my claim due to the EDR or black box in my car; it didn't show that any car hit my car. When it comes to the EDR system in the car, the only time it activates is when the airbags deploy. That being said, the vehicle that bumped me didn't hit me hard enough that... Read more »

Lindsey Seeskin
Lindsey Seeskin
answered on Dec 7, 2022

United Equitable's denial is technically legal, but that does not make it completely right. Unfortunately, United Equitable is one of several insurance companies in Illinois that come up with a myriad of reasons to deny coverage for their own policyholders. Those reasons are oftentimes very... Read more »

2 Answers | Asked in Insurance Bad Faith and Car Accidents for Illinois on
Q: I had full coverage insurance with United Equitable and they denied my claim on a financed vehicle. Is that legal?

I was driving to work when a car from the left lane swerved into my lane ended up bumping my front driver's side bumper and, making me swerve out of the way and having me lose control. My car hit the right side rail on the highway and then spun around, crashing into the median that separates... Read more »

Lindsey Seeskin
Lindsey Seeskin
answered on Dec 7, 2022

United Equitable's denial is technically legal, but that does not make it right. Unfortunately, United Equitable is one of several insurance companies in Illinois that come up with a myriad of reasons to deny coverage for their own policyholders. Those reasons are oftentimes very questionable... Read more »

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1 Answer | Asked in Animal / Dog Law for Illinois on
Q: My daughter purchased a puppy (American Bulldog) from a friend of ours. She ended up not being able to keep him

And I told her I would keep him until she could move & find a place where she could keep him. In the meantime I called the guy she purchased him from and let him know about the situation and he said he was coming to get the dog if she couldn’t keep him. So my daughter just took him back to... Read more »

Lindsey Seeskin
Lindsey Seeskin
answered on Oct 27, 2022

She may be able to sue him, but because your question pertains to an area of animal/dog law in which I do not practice, I will leave it to other practitioners to answer more substantively. Hopefully one of them does respond soon to your inquiry.

2 Answers | Asked in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice for Illinois on
Q: medical injury cannot find lawyer due to case won't net enough of money for their law firm any suggestions? arbitration?

i feel the doctor should be held accountable for causing me additional injury pain and suffering here in life!

Lindsey Seeskin
Lindsey Seeskin
answered on Oct 26, 2022

I'm so sorry to hear about what you've been through.

Law firms often analyze two main aspects of potential medical malpractice cases when deciding whether to pursue one on behalf of a client: (1) fault (e.g. Did actual malpractice occur or was this instead a bad but frequently...
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