Medical Negligence
As a patient, you trust your healthcare to physicians, hospitals, pharmacies and other providers with the expectation that they will follow appropriate “standards of care.” When that trust is violated, you need a team of lawyers with the extensive experience in medical negligence cases. Miroballi Durkin & Rudin LLC has that experience and an impressive record of settlements and verdicts to support it.
Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain injury litigation is an emerging and complex field of law. Our attorneys have vast experience and understand the intricacies of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Brain injury cases are hard for juries to understand because they cannot directly observe the injury. However, people with brain injury often experience many difficulties including trouble communicating, struggles with accurate judgment, personality changes, and short -term memory loss. These complications greatly diminish their quality of life.
Motor Vehicle Incidents
One of the most common types of negligence cases in Illinois involves motor vehicle incidents. If you are involved in a collision, immediate action and counsel is recommended for you to protect your rights and achieve the best possible result. Automobile incidents sometimes will involve faulty design or construction of a vehicle or a defect in road design or maintenance. Therefore, these cases demand that evidence be preserved and that comprehensive investigations be conducted to determine the cause or causes of the collision.
Transportation Litigation
Our attorneys at MDR have successfully litigated transportation related matters involving common carriers. Common Carriers are individuals, companies or public utilities that are in the business of transporting passengers for hire. These include buses, trains, airplanes, and taxicabs. Since such carriers offer their service for pay to the traveling public, they owe a higher duty of care toward their passengers than the average private citizen. Because they are paid for their services they must take extra precautions for the safe transport of their passengers or suffer the financial consequences when their failure to do so leads to a passenger injury.
Construction Litigation
Accidents on the job can occur when worker’s conditions are unsafe. It is essential to contact a lawyer if you have suffered an injury in a construction environment in order to properly pursue your case.
Typically, injuries suffered on a construction site are covered under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act. Additionally, “third party” claims against entities other than the injured worker’s employer may be applicable. These may include architects, engineers, inspectors or contractors.
Product Liability
Individuals who have suffered as a result of faulty design, manufacturing, mislabeling or incorrect installation of a product have a right to compensation. Often these cases result in improved product safety or the removal of dangerous products from the market. At MDR, we have successfully litigated product liability cases and will continue to work hard to force companies to accept accountability for the safety of their products.
Nursing Home Negligence
The abuse of the elderly in nursing homes is not a new phenomenon, and it is increasing as our population ages. MDR is committed to making nursing homes safer. We believe our elders should be treated with respect, not improper health care, inadequate nutrition or physical abuse.
Personal Injury Matters
Other areas of personal injury include, but are not limited to, premises liability.
Premises liability arises from injuries caused by unsafe conditions or activities on someone else’s property. The circumstances that give reason for a claim may include injuries from a slip-and fall or inadequate security.
At MDR, we have the experience to successfully litigate or mediate these cases.