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Being partially at fault does not automatically prevent you from recovering damages in Illinois. A plaintiff may still recover when their contributory fault is 50% or less, although the damages proved are reduced by that percentage. If the plaintiff’s fault is more than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage, recovery is […]

What is Texas dram shop law, and where does it come from? What must a plaintiff prove under Chapter 2 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code? What does “obviously intoxicated” mean in practice? What does “clear danger to himself and others” require? What is the safe harbor defense, and how can a bar use it? […]

How does burn severity and total body surface area affect a Texas injury claim? What do graft surgeries and revision procedures mean for the damages timeline? How are prosthetic replacement cycles and lifetime costs documented in a claim? Is disfigurement a separate category of damages under Texas law? How do courts account for the psychological […]

What Is a Spinal Cord Injury, and How Is It Classified? What Is the Difference Between a Complete and Incomplete Injury? What Does the ASIA Classification Scale Mean in Plain Terms? How Does Injury Level Change What a Person Can Do? What Does a Texas Spinal Cord Injury Claim Have to Prove? What Goes Into […]

What is the eggshell plaintiff rule, and does Texas follow it? What is the difference between causing a new injury and aggravating an old one? How do doctors and attorneys build a medical baseline from prior records? How do treating physicians separate new crash damage from pre-existing findings? Does degenerative disc disease eliminate a car […]

What is whiplash, and how do courts treat it as an injury? Why does soft-tissue damage not show on X-ray? What imaging and evaluations actually document soft-tissue injuries? What causes delayed neck pain after a Dallas crash? Does low property damage mean low injury in Texas? How do treatment gaps hurt a soft-tissue injury claim? […]

What Do PTSD and Mental Anguish Mean Under Texas Law? What Is the Texas Legal Standard for a Compensable Mental Anguish Claim? Why Do Insurers Discount Psychological Injury Claims After a Crash? What Does a Compensable PTSD Diagnosis Need to Show in the Record? What Role Do Treating Psychologists and Neuropsychologists Play? How Does Collateral […]

  Why do CT scans and MRIs so often miss a mild traumatic brain injury? What does diffusion tensor imaging actually show that a standard MRI does not? What does neuropsychological testing measure, and why does it matter in a brain injury claim? How do accounts from family members and coworkers prove cognitive and behavioral […]

To prove negligence in a Chicago car accident case, a lawyer generally must establish four elements under Illinois law: duty of care, breach of duty, causation, and damages. Evidence such as police reports, photographs, witness statements, medical records, and expert testimony may help show how the crash occurred and how the other driver’s actions caused […]

Yes, a police report can affect how an Illinois injury claim is investigated and evaluated because insurers may review it for details about the crash, the people involved, witness information, citations, and statements made at the scene. However, a police report does not automatically determine who was at fault, and an injured person may still […]