On behalf of James P. Ginzkey, Trial Attorney posted in Car Accidents on Monday, May 14, 2012
Two people are dead after a horrific I-55 auto accident that has left investigators in Lincoln puzzled as they sift through the details. A 67-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman were the victims in this tragic truck accident.
At the time of a local report, investigators were still trying to determine exactly what happened. The Illinois State Police and the Logan County Sheriff's Department both received calls to check out an initial report of what appeared to be a stalled car in the roadway with no lights on. The first deputies on the scene found that a semi truck driven by the 67-year-old man had already collided with the stopped car.
On behalf of James P. Ginzkey, Trial Attorney posted in Wrongful Death on Monday, May 7, 2012
An accident on Interstate 94 has taken the life of an Illinois man who was on his way to work when his car was hit by a vehicle going the wrong way. Alcohol is suspected to have been a factor in the head-on collision, and that means the at-fault driver may be guilty of negligence.
Authorities could not determine where the other car entered the freeway, but the police verified that the vehicle was traveling in the wrong direction. The victim in the fatal accident was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The wrong-way driver was listed in critical condition.
On behalf of James P. Ginzkey, Trial Attorney posted in Car Accidents on Monday, April 30, 2012
Sometimes it doesn't matter how safely you drive or how much you pay attention to the road and your surroundings. When other drivers in Illinois are negligent or reckless, they end up causing personal injury to people who do their best to drive responsibly. Unfortunately, in many car crashes, the driver who suffers the severest injuries is not the person who caused the collision. That was the case recently in Macomb, where a man had to be extricated from his vehicle after being rear-ended by a negligent driver.
Up to a point, April 17 was probably a normal day for one 41-year-old Macomb man. But around 3:35 that afternoon, he slowed his vehicle to make a left-hand turn and was struck from behind by an SUV.
On behalf of James P. Ginzkey, Trial Attorney posted in Medical Malpractice on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Illinois residents know that health care professionals owe a responsibility to their patients to perform medical duties diligently and with due care. While the vast majority of doctors and nurses go above and beyond their duties to patients, some medical professionals make serious mistakes that change people's lives forever. Medical errors can be costly both in terms of money and physical well-being. That is why when a doctor or nurse makes a mistake that causes harm to a patient, a medical malpractice claim may be the best option for obtaining compensation for damages.
One medical mistake in particular may be of special concern to parents in the Bloomington area: vaccination errors. When children are young, they are usually given a vaccine that protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis. The vaccine is meant to prevent certain deadly diseases such as whooping cough. Adults and older children are also regularly given a similar form of the vaccine every 10 years.
On behalf of James P. Ginzkey, Trial Attorney posted in Car Accidents on Wednesday, April 18, 2012
A collision on Interstate 74 in East Peoria recently sent three people to the hospital. The auto accident occurred when a semi-truck drifted across lanes and struck the back of a smaller vehicle. Two adults from Pekin and one 2-year-old child were the injured occupants of the vehicle that was hit.
According to a local news report, the accident happened on April 10 at about 8:30 a.m. The semi-truck, driven by a 41-year-old man, was traveling eastbound on I-74 when the truck drifted into the center lane from the left lane. The semi then made contact with the back left quarter panel of the smaller vehicle.
On behalf of James P. Ginzkey, Trial Attorney posted in Car Accidents on Monday, April 9, 2012
A 36-year-old Illinois woman working with a cleanup crew on a Southern Illinois highway sustained serious injuries after being hit by a tractor-trailer. On March 30, the woman was working for an environmental services cleaning company in a construction zone. She and the rest of the crew were cleaning up a diesel fuel spill left over from a crash that occurred the previous week.
Sadly, the woman lost one of her arms in the auto accident. She also suffered a broken leg and a broken arm. As of April 4, she was still being treated at a St. Louis hospital.
On behalf of James P. Ginzkey, Trial Attorney posted in Wrongful Death on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
An Illinois family is grieving after a devastating car accident took the life of an 18-year-old from Peoria. The car in which the young man was a passenger left the roadway and crashed, and the driver of the car has now been charged with aggravated DUI.
The tragedy happened during the early-morning hours of March 25. At the time of the crash, the 18-year-old victim was one of five passengers in the vehicle, in addition to the driver. The exact condition of the other passengers was not available at the time of a local news report, although the coroner for Woodford County (where the accident happened) indicated that the driver and other passengers were given medical treatment and released.
On behalf of James P. Ginzkey, Trial Attorney posted in Products Liability on Monday, March 26, 2012
It is not necessarily unusual for residents in Central Illinois to buy a product that is somehow defective. Most of the time, the defect poses no danger, and the consumer may simply return it to the store for a refund. However, in some instances, the product's design may have an unintentional manufacturing defect that could cause injury to oneself or others. In fact, a defective product is a common concern for Illinois parents who buy toys and other items for their children to use.
It may come as welcome news then that recalls of children's products fell by 24 percent in 2011. Yet even as the number of recalls decreased, the number of injuries and other incidents due to the recalled products actually increased by 7 percent. Making the problem somewhat worse is that recalls associated with children's products do not necessarily receive the same amount of attention as something like a car recall.
On behalf of James P. Ginzkey, Trial Attorney posted in Car Accidents on Friday, March 23, 2012
A three-vehicle accident in Champaign recently left two people with minor injuries. However, the auto accident was severe enough that two of the vehicles were rendered inoperable. One of the drivers received a citation for failure to yield while turning left.
The accident occurred along Prospect Avenue near its intersection with Bloomington Road. The 27-year-old driver of a van was traveling northbound when he attempted to make a left turn onto Bloomington. That sent him into the path of an SUV traveling southbound on Prospect. Both vehicles then collided with a pickup truck that was stopped at a traffic light at the time of the accident.
On behalf of James P. Ginzkey, Trial Attorney posted in Wrongful Death on Friday, March 16, 2012
As readers in the Bloomington area know, when motorists drink and drive, the results are often tragic and heart-rending. On March 10, a DUI-related accident resulted in just such a tragedy that took the life of a 69-year-old Illinois woman. The single-vehicle accident also left the female driver in serious condition.
The car accident reportedly happened along Illinois 96 near Dallas City. The 51-year-old driver evidently lost control of the vehicle, causing it to travel off the roadway. That in turn caused the car to roll over several times. The 69-year-old woman who was sitting in the front passenger seat was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the car. Sadly, emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene of the accident.
