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- 2011-10-10 05:43:23 - Dui lawyers
- A first offense DUI is generally a misdemeanor punishable by jail or a fine. The Illinois DUI statute criminalizes all driving, of nearly any type of vehicle, while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or any intoxicating compound. The Illinois DUI statute also criminalizes “actual physical control” of a vehicle while under the influence. Therefore the law does not require that a per...
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- 2011-10-06 13:17:21 - Illinois wrongful death claim attorneys
- A wrongful death action refers to a death that was caused as a direct result of the negligence of another individual, company, or entity. For example, deaths caused by drunk driving, the manufacture of a dangerous or defective product, failing to diagnose a fatal disease, or improper construction of a building, may all be considered under the law as wrongful deaths. Relatives, siblings, or member...
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- 2011-08-07 15:54:58 - What is a workers compensation injury - what injuries are covered
- For an injury to be covered under the Illinois Workers Compensation Act, your Illinois workers compensation attorney must determine if an accident or accidental injury arose out of and in the course of the worker’s employment. It is very common for the employer’s insurance company to argue about whether the worker’s injury meets these requirements. If the employer's insurance c...
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- 2011-05-14 00:10:12 - Controlled substance
- Illinois law recognizes numerous controlled substances. These substances include such drugs as prescription pills, steroids, cocaine and heroin. The penalties associated with drug possession vary greatly depending on the drug and the amount. Possession (PCS) of certain types of drugs or certain amounts of drugs may trigger mandatory sentencing provisions. Furthermore, a conviction for the manufact...
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- 2011-03-16 10:16:00 - Who can collect workers compensation
- Sounds like an easy question. You work for someone else, so you must be considered an employee. But it’s not always that easy. Under Illinois workers compensation law, the determination of who is an employee and who is an employer can be a complicated question. It is very important for your attorney to establish that you are an employee for workers compensation purposes in order to file ...
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- 2010-11-26 17:25:34 - What is retaliatory discharge
- In our earlier article called "How to properly protect yourself", we explained how common it is for a worker to contact Illinois workers compensation lawyers and explain to them that they were injured, and their employer has already started taking care of the workers compensation case. The worker often tells compensation lawyers that that their employer has acted immediately and has contacted the ...
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- 2010-10-27 08:33:19 - Gastric bypass malpractice lawyers of chicago
- Gastric-Bypass surgery is a surgical operation which involves the rerouting of or stapling of the stomach and intestines. As a result, nutrition and food bypass the usual route that food normally travels through the body. This surgical procedure is not recommended for every overweight person, but due to recent medical advances in weight loss treatment, a huge increase in the popularity of such bar...
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- 2010-10-24 22:57:34 - What you need to know about credit card laws
- Even though it may sometimes seem that credit card companies can do anything they way, there are credit card laws that regulate what they can and can't do, as well as how they can and can't go about it. Apart from when major changes are made, you don't regularly hear about these laws. One of the reasons for this is that a lot of the laws are fairly basic, but there are some exceptions. In fact, so...
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- 2010-10-24 22:55:33 - Can a credit card company sue you - yes or no
- In today's troubled economy, people are finding themselves accumulating more credit card debt than ever before. Unfortunately, more of those same people are not able to make payments towards their outstanding balances. This leads to the question: Can a credit card company sue you? To be blunt, yes they can. While it doesn't seem fair for them to sue you for a few thousand dollars when they have bi...
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- 2010-10-21 08:53:45 - Chicago spinal cord injury lawyers
- Spinal cord injuries happen when a traumatic event results in damage to cells within the spinal cord or severs the nerve tracts that relay signals up and down the spinal cord. The most common types of cord injuries are contusion (bruising of the spinal cord), compression (pressure on the spinal cord), lacerations (severing or tearing of some nerve fibers), and central cord syndrome (specific damag...
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- 2010-10-19 21:24:27 - Illinois construction accident attorneys
- Some of the most dangerous working conditions faced by employees in any job industry are faced by construction workers. Construction is dangerous work and many things can happen which may result in a serious accident. Most of the time, standard safety precautions do their job and keep construction workers safe from serious harm, but when accidents do occur, sometimes they are the result of neglige...
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- 2010-10-19 03:48:23 - Domestic violence lawyers
- Domestic violence can include assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, kidnapping, false imprisonment, stalking or murder. A domestic violence charge is a serious allegation involving life-changing consequences. Imprisonment, probation, counseling, substance abuse treatment, and orders of protection are just a few of the many serious sentencing provisions associated with domestic violence...
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- 2010-09-08 21:01:07 - Deleware incorporation - 7 benefits for delaware incorporation
- For many people the idea of incorporating their business in any state other than the state they live in or have their business in may seem odd, but there are many advantages to using Deleware incorporation as I will explain in this article. Please remember that I'm not an attorney, nor do I play one on t.v., so I'm not giving you legal advice, that is your lawyers job, I'm just giving you some fa...
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- 2010-09-07 22:01:24 - Llc articles of incorporation - 4 step overview
- LLC or limited Liability Company is a merging of the best aspects of corporations and partnerships. While and LLC isn't technically a corporation, the LLC articles of incorporation are the documents used when starting the company and they lay out the specific legal rights and responsibilities of the LLC. Now, I must tell you, I'm not a lawyer and I'm not giving you legal advice, just an idea of w...
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- 2010-09-06 21:02:45 - Incorporation definition and basic steps
- No matter what type of corporation you are planning to form, it will be guided by the rules set up by the incorporation definition. For example, if you form an LLC the rules will be slightly different than if you form a C corporation. Also whether you're forming a for profit or a non profit will matter when it comes to incorporating.
Here are the basic steps you will go through wh...
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- 2010-09-05 21:02:25 - How to incorporate your business - 6 tips
- The size of your business doesn't matter, whether it's a small business that you run from your home or a larger business with many employees, it's always a good idea to learn how to incorporate your business. There are many benefits of incorporation, and many types of corporations for you to choose from. The one thing that you have to remember is that it doesn't really matter the size of the busi...
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- 2010-09-04 21:40:04 - Non profit articles of incorporation - helping others
- If you feel the calling to help others and you're wondering how to go about the process of filing non profit articles of incorporation this article may be able to give you some ideas of what the process entails. I'm not an attorney, and I want to be clear that I can't give you legal advice, which this isn't, so make sure to talk to your lawyer before you make any legal decisions.
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- 2010-09-03 23:23:50 - Sample articles of incorporation - your to do list
- Articles of incorporation will vary from one state to another, but all will contain many of the same types of information. If you want a sample articles of incorporation for your state, or the state you choose to set up your corporation in, you can simply do a search online for the incorporating body for your state. They will have all the forms as well as a lot of helpful general information avai...
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- 2010-09-03 23:20:33 - How to properly protect yourself when injured on the job
- Often, injured workers contact an attorney and tell them that they were hurt on the job, but their employer is already taking care of the workers compensation case. The worker explains that their employer acted immediately and contacted the company insurance adjuster, who then promptly jumped into action. This insurance company assured the worker that everything would be OK, that they would pay f...
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- 2010-09-02 21:09:58 - Limited liability company forms or llc forms for incorportating
- Many small business owners like to form corporations to keep their personal assets separate from those of the business. If something happens to the business and the creditors start calling at least your personal assets won't be on the table. For many, starting a limited liability company, or LLC, is a good option and many times the limited liability company forms you need can be found right onlin...
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- 2010-09-01 21:11:32 - Best state to incorporate in - hot tips
- A lot of people will just incorporate their business in the state that they live in and or do business in. Unfortunately that isn't always the best choice, some states are simply more business friendly than others and if you choose the best state to incorporate in you will save yourself some money as well as give yourself a lot of extra little perks.
Filing fees, legal issues, corp...
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- 2010-08-31 22:35:46 - Contract incorporation or articles of incorporation
- When it comes time to fill out the 'contract incorporation' or articles of incorporation, there are some basic things you need to consider. First of all you need to decide which state you want to set your corporation up in. You can choose, you don't have to establish your corporation only in the state you live in or even in the state you do business in. There are some very big advantages to settin...
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- 2010-08-11 03:31:40 - Birth injury
- A difficult birth or injury to the baby can occur as a result of the baby’s size or position during labor and delivery. A birth injury can be categorized as any type of injury or damage to an infant's body before, during, or just after the child's birth. Complications during the course of pregnancy or labor can also result in a wide range of complications for a newborn baby. Birth injuries v...
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- 2010-08-11 03:31:35 - Chicago railroad injury
- The Federal Employer’s Liability Act is a federal law that provides for benefits to workers who are injured on or around trains engaged in interstate commerce. There are many rules and exceptions that apply to whether an injury is covered by this act. Generally, an injured worker under F.E.L.A is entitled to receive damages if the road that he or she works for is involved in interstate comme...
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- 2010-08-04 23:59:31 - Traumatic brain injury - illinois
- Brain injury is damage to the brain caused by any physical trauma or prolonged lack of oxygen. Traumatic brain injury may also be referred to as intracranial injury. Some of the major causes of TBI are accidents or blunt trauma of any type. Such an impact may lead to permanent disability or in some circumstances, the death of the victim.
When should you consult “Illinois trau...
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- 2010-07-28 21:40:12 - Chicago medical malpractice injury lawyers
- Anyone can make a mistake. But, when doctors, nurses, and other health care providers make a mistake, the effects can be devastating. In fact, according to the National Academy of Sciences, nearly 100,000 Americans die from "medical mistakes" each year.
Medical malpractice is a form of negligence involving a medical treatment provider. If someone is injured as a result of a treatmen...
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- 2010-07-28 21:40:04 - Surgical error lawyers
- Each year, millions of surgical procedures occur in the United States. Yet, each time a person undergoes a surgery, there are serious risks of medical and surgical malpractice. Many thousands of people are severely injured or killed each year as a direct result of medical malpractice. Even though the medical profession is generally well regarded for its degree of knowledge and concern, unfortunat...
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- 2010-07-25 11:36:42 - Illinois nursing home injury attorneys
- Nursing home neglect and abuse occurs more often than most of us prefer to imagine. Currently in the United States, there are well over one million nursing home residents. This number is only expected to further increase in the future. Nursing homes across the country make billions of dollars every year for attending to elderly patients in exchange for social security and other benefits. But unfo...
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- 2010-06-24 15:57:34 - Insurance policy doesnt always cover against lawsuit
- INSURANCE POLICY DOESN’T ALWAYS COVER AGAINST LAWSUIT
Sometimes when a lawsuit is filed against you, your insurance company will provide you with an attorney to represent you but indicate that this is an “excess claim” and that it is defending you under a “reservation of rights”. An excess claim is one in which the amount sought exceeds the policy lim...
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- 2010-06-24 15:57:17 - What is chicago wrongful death lawsuit
- A wrongful death lawsuit is an action filed in court when the wrongful conduct of a person, a company, or some other entity results in the death of another person. Such lawsuits are generally based on state statute, and may allow the close relatives of a person who died as a result of such a wrongful act to recover monetary damages for lost financial and emotional support. Usually, the victim̵...
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