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1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury, Car Accidents and Construction Law for Illinois on
Q: Is there a minimum bridge clearance for a unposted overpass in the city of Chicago

I hit an unmarked overpass that belong to the railroad with my semi trucking done considerable damage to the trailer

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Apr 26, 2023

An Illinois attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for two weeks. Until you're able to consult with a local attorney, you could look into whether the Chicago Department of Transportation has information on this. Good luck

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury for Illinois on
Q: What if after 10 years another Dr tells you that you had unnecessary surgery
Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Apr 22, 2023

An Illinois attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for four weeks. No one here can say whether your surgery was unnecessary, or whether your situation is a matter of differing medical opinions. You'd need to consult with an Illinois med mal firm to discuss - a health care... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice for Illinois on
Q: Thanks for reading! I'm wanting to know if I should speak to a lawyer about my father's care in a skilled nursing..

Facility. I ordered his chart after he passed away to see if any testing was done that could've provided treatment needed and found that the issue of a failing liver was not addressed with any of us and additional testing was never ordered. Upon request of myself the nursing home called 911... View More

Joel Gary Selik
Joel Gary Selik
answered on Mar 19, 2023

Yes you should Consult with experienced nursing home/medical malpractice attorneys in your state.

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!

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Oct 18, 2022

I do not know anything about your situation. If a law firm has confirmed to you that the physician's actions constituted medical negligence, you can always file a complaint with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. That is the State agency that licenses all... View More

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1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury and Appeals / Appellate Law for Illinois on
Q: Can't find the decision before Ill Appellate Court First District in 1997: Moll v. Mt. Prospect Fire Dept.Pension Fund.
Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Oct 18, 2022

There are no reported Decisions involving a litigant by the name of "Moll" and "Mount Prospect" from the late 1980's, to present. It would be helpful to know why you are looking for it/what proposition it stands for. Please provide that information and I'll check.

1 Answer | Asked in Domestic Violence and Personal Injury for Illinois on
Q: Victim lures defendant to place where no contact order is to humiliate cyber bully attack and cause distress to cause ha
Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Sep 18, 2022

You only provide part of the scenario. The way this works is that you need to ask a question so that we may respond. Please repost with a question.

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury and Education Law for Illinois on
Q: My son is in 1st grade, today he was hit multiple times by another student who he doesn’t even know.

He’s never even spoken to this kid. He walked up to my son during lunch and started kicking him and hitting him. There is supposed to be lunch attendants making sure this stuff doesn’t happen. No body helped until my son was crying. His friend was screaming and asking for help. A teacher came... View More

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Aug 31, 2022

There have always been bullies. There probably always will be bullies. There is no law to invoke. If the school has a zero-tolerance policy about violence, the aggressor should be reprimanded. Request a meeting with the principal to express your concern and to request that the student be... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury for Illinois on
Q: Could screaming be assault if directed at a stroke victim in a real estate office owner doing the screaming
Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Jul 23, 2022

There are no lottery winners in personal injury. If you have a doctor who provides a nexus between the screaming and the stroke, THEN we can ask if the stroke was a foreseeable consequence of the screaming. Probably not.

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury, Civil Rights, Identity Theft and Land Use & Zoning for Illinois on
Q: First of all house. My house at 7229 South Harvard in Chicago they took me to court I w o n of my case a rule 23 return

The managers in the work program man have stole all my stuff then I got me to the other building they change my rent to $1,000 or $37,000 I they won't take me to court and I can't get nobody help me how to build a change my property my unit told me I wasn't the owner but they... View More

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Jun 23, 2022

Please read:

You must ask a coherent question or NOBODY can help you.

Reciting rambling facts with no syntax wastes your time and ours because it is unintelligible.

Never use proper names in an online post. Your question is supposed to be anonymous.

2 Answers | Asked in Contracts, Personal Injury and Construction Law for Illinois on
Q: A guy wants to take my old barn down. What can I do to make sure I'm not liable for accidents etc? ILLINOIS

Agreed he could have half the wood.

Bryan R. Bagdady
Bryan R. Bagdady
answered on Jun 20, 2022

Make sure that you have a written agreement. Although I don't see this work as falling under the Home Repair and Remodeling Act, the act requires written contracts for work in excess of $1,000. That should be a tip that a written agreement may be useful here. Have the contractor agree to... View More

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1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury and Civil Litigation for Illinois on
Q: What are considered disrespectful attorney acts in context of failing to answer a complaint timely?

Illinois appeals cases for default judgements based on untimely answers have generally cut slack to the untimely Defendant it appears. However it does add a caveat that the attorney cannot be disrespectful in doing so.

Is not the fact that the attorney failed in a case to file answer until... View More

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Jun 9, 2022

I'm not really certain as to what you are asking. If you are the client and a default judgment was entered against you, the only aspect of the attorney's conduct that would ever be examined is whether the attorney was able to vacate the default judgment. So long as that is accomplished,... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury and Landlord - Tenant for Illinois on
Q: Would I be able to sue neighbor for smoking or landlord for not evicting neighbor that abuses no smoking policy.

I have asthma. My Neighbor continues to smoke after complained to manager about it. There is no smoking policy here by HUD. I've complained to HUD abd the state health department smoke hotline.

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Jun 6, 2022

You cannot sue your neighbor because there is no privity of contract between you and your neighbor. If no smoking is a condition of your lease you can break your lease if the landlord refuses to enforce the no smoking policy. If you have complained to HUD, HUD will issue warnings. If the warnings... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury and Animal / Dog Law for Illinois on
Q: My pit got off his leash while walking run up to another dog, the other dog (pit) badly injured my dog Who's at fault?

Her dog would not let go of my dogs neck.

My dog ran home which was two houses down from the incident with the dog attached to him.

Neighbors came out trying to help get the dog off of mine.

I have paid her vet bill 1,200

And mine which has cost me about $4,000 and... View More

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Jun 1, 2022

Your instincts are correct. Your dog got out of its collar and caused injury to the other dog. When your dog got out of its collar, it was out of your control and any injury or damage that resulted is your responsibility. If the woman who was walking the other dog injured her finger, you are... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury for Illinois on
Q: Can my employer contact my personal doctor over a personal injury requesting for a note to be changed
Steven Sigmond
Steven Sigmond
answered on May 13, 2022

You have a right to privacy. However, often unrepresented people sign medical authorizations or waivers that specifically allow this type of contact without really understanding what they are agreeing to. You can insist that your employer and it's representatives have no communication with... View More

2 Answers | Asked in Employment Law, Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation for Illinois on
Q: How can I sue my job for mental distress? I asked 3 law firms and they all denied me. They never asked for proof for

anything. They were both Personal injury and employment law firms. What can I do to get what I deserve.

James G. Ahlberg
James G. Ahlberg
answered on Apr 29, 2022

You need to talk to a workers' compensation lawyer.

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1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury for Illinois on
Q: The mother claiming to be his guardian lied The couple was not married only one year before the accident 8 years later

8 years later she was still going to the hospital heart broken to see her husband. The marriage ended when the accident happened in October 1980 and Herbert never knew Sue ever again. So why was this lawsuit ever allowed to get to court to hurt Sue additionally financially and emotionally want... View More

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Apr 29, 2022

You need to ask a question. Mentioning that an unnamed person (who may or may not have been the at-fault driver) had an accident 42 years ago and then asking why his wife was sued is a commentary, not a question. If you want a legal analysis, you need to provide the requisite information. For... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury for Illinois on
Q: Do I have a case if I was in a fight when unprovoked another girl jumped in and attacked me as well? + evidence ?

I got in a fight which started when the other girl had grabbed me by the hair and I started defending myself. The girl I was fighting then signaled her friend to jump in ( who had been waiting) and attacked me. I did nothing to her friend and she started striking me . Also The original girl had... View More

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Apr 6, 2022

The girl who grabbed your hair committed a battery which is illegal and would have merited her arrest but you chose to fight with her rather than call the police.

Do you have hospital, ER, or other medical bills from the date of the incident? What is your permanent injury? Why didn't...
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1 Answer | Asked in Consumer Law, Personal Injury and Small Claims for Illinois on
Q: can a sue a car repair shop for breaking a part on my truck and not fixing it they have had it for 2 months

whatever they broke now its going to cost $5600 to fix and they will not take my calls and they have had the truck for over 2 months now I have already paid $1782.00 for the heater core and now the computer is not working and the truck will not start they still have the truck and said it will be... View More

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Mar 31, 2022

Maybe. Before you go down that road, your best advice may be to have the car towed to the dealer before anything else is done. The dealer can tell you whether the heater core was properly installed and they should be able to explain how it would be possible to damage the computer while performing... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law, Federal Crimes, Family Law and Personal Injury for Illinois on
Q: I live in central llinois, are there any laws regarding desecration/disrespect to a deceased ones ashes by other person

I was involved in a domestic violence dispute. My child's father had broke open the container of my(at the time) recently deceased dad's ashes, who had been dead less than 2 weeks, only having his ashes not even 48 hours.

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Mar 22, 2022

Your rights are stated in 755 ILCS 65/1, et seq. Please read to gain a better understanding of your rights.

1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law, Education Law, Contracts and Personal Injury for Illinois on
Q: can you sue a Montessori school if something happens to your child?

My son is attending a Montessori school and they had me sign a contract stating that I can’t sue them ever even if something happens due to their negligence

Charles Candiano
Charles Candiano
answered on Feb 28, 2022

It depends on the contract language and how your child was injured. ALL of the details and a copy of the contract need to be reviewed by an attorney before it is possible to provide a meaningful answer.

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