Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog

A mechanic is the defendant of a recent personal injury lawsuit filed after he allegedly set fire to a transient man because he was upset that the man would not leave the area. He is contended to have committed the unthinkably horrendous act against a 64 year-old military veteran who spent half of a year in the hospital after the fire attack. The 64 year-old veteran fire victim suffered third-degree burns over almost fifteen percent of his body, primarily on his hands and face. The fire victim personal injury lawsuit was filed last week and seeks punitive damages for negligence, intentional tort, negligent infliction of emotional distress and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the 33 year-old man and his employer, the Firestone Complete Auto Care. The defendant was working as a mechanic at the Firestone when he saw the plaintiff in an alley behind the auto shop. He became irate because he had warned the plaintiff to leave and not return two days prior.

The 64 year-old victim’s medical expenses incurred exceed $1.5 million to date. The lawsuit contends that the physical pain, scars, and emotional distress caused in the horrific fire incident will be with him for the rest of his life. The personal injury lawsuit alleges that the employer should be held responsible for the actions of the defendant since his actions were performed within the course of their employment. In a statement, the employer denied any responsibility for the fire attack on the veteran. They further acknowledged that the incident was appalling and senseless, but further described that “it was the result of a personal dispute between [the plaintiff and the defendant], who was sent to prison after being convicted of the criminal acts.” As such, they allege that the personal injury lawsuit filed against the employer is without merit.

Read more about the personal injury lawsuit by visiting The Orange County Register.

A Chicago man recalled his experience of sustaining personal injuries from the dangerous flaming gel fuel. He told the Chicago Tribune that he remembered seeing a fireball go towards him and when he tried to shield his face, the flaming gel covered his face, arm, and shirt. The 31 year-old Lakeview Chicago man was merely attending a housewarming party for a friend in Chicago. The friend had his deck decorated for the housewarming party, including a decorative table to hold a flame in the middle. The dangerous flame is fueled by a gel that comes out of a bottle and burns without a wick. When the flame went out or got low, his friend added more gel, causing the explosion to occur and spraying burning gel onto the Chicago personal injury victim as he sat a few feet away.

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The Attorney General of Illinois, The Honorable Lisa Madigan, issued an urgent request today about a dangerous product. She is calling on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban the sale of gel fuel products used in portable fire pots. The ceramic fire pots that use the gel fuel have been around for nearly two decades; however, more recently, they have been popularly used to create ambience and repel mosquitoes and other bugs. You have probably seen them or maybe your friends have them. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan told reporters yesterday during a press conference at the State of Illinois building (Thompson Center) in downtown Chicago that the problem with the fuel gels is that they are usually sold in conjunction with a fire pot. These fire pots have a metal container that you pour the fuel gel into and then you ignite that fuel gel and put it outside. But, for many people, they do not think the fuel gel is lit when it actually is and they end up pouring more of the fuel gel into the fire pot. When they have done this, Madigan says, “it has horrible consequences.”

Attorney General Madigan addressed that an alarming number of people in the state of Illinois and across the country have been gel fuel victims. One of them was Chicago resident Jeff Sipple who received serious personal injuries while he was an innocent bystander at a social gathering. The Chicago personal injury lawyers were shocked to read that he was probably seven to ten feet away from the fire pot. Mr. Sipple stated that he thinks it is important for people to know that it was not somebody playing around. He was distanced from the fire pot and it burst into a ball and actually lit the left side of Mr. Sipple’s body on fire, causing serious Chicago burn injuries. Mr. Sipple explained that when he was trying to put out the fire, he also tried to stop, drop, and roll. The most haunting part of the Chicago personal injury victim’s story is describing how hard it was to put the fire pot out. He explained that “it’s lighting the stuff that we’re touching on fire. It’s a pretty harrowing experience.” There are several manufacturers of the fuel gel on the market and Illinois Attorney General Madigan is calling on the safety commission to ban all of them immediately.

Watch the video of Illinois Attorney General Madigan’s press conference about the dangerous product below.

A recent study highlighting the litigation costs that the city of Chicago endured in 2010 has been called a public relations stunt by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA). A recent study released by a group called I-Law (Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch) claims that Chicago spent almost $85 million for litigation in 2010. The organization’s Executive Director announced that the city’s litigation expenditure of just under $85 million could have been better spent on other things, such as public safety, health, education, senior services, and road projects. The Executive Director claimed that the city has earned a reputation as “The City That Settles” Chicago personal injury lawsuits, rather than the “City that Works.” The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association president aptly called the report slanted, pointing out that the I-LAW is an anti-consumer group and spins very limited information into a conclusion that fits their bias. ITLA president Mr. Latherow addresses that the I-LAW study fails to mention the type of Chicago lawsuits brought against the city and instead highlights one specific case that was a lawsuit between family members.

Of course, such attacks are not new to Chicago personal injury lawyers. Tort reform groups incessantly attack consumers and protect their big corporations avoid any liability, pointing out the most egregious cases and not focusing on the facts. Statistics can be twisted to paint a picture in any way one would like. In this case, I-LAW wants to paint an unfair and inaccurate picture of the courts in Cook County and paint our neighborhood to be one replete with Chicago personal injury lawsuits. But, in fact, as Mr. Latherow pointed out, many of the Chicago lawsuits filed involving the city of Chicago are eminent domain cases, zoning and other business matters totally unrelated to personal injury lawsuits and wrongful death claims. They also neglect to account for the hundreds of lawsuits filed in response to the police torture from years ago.

Read more about the Illinois personal injury lawsuit report at the Madison Record.

An personal injury lawyer has filed a lawsuit for a client against the Cahokia School District after he sustained severe injuries to his back, right pelvis, and left hip in a fall from the top of a school roof. Cahokia is a village located in St. Clair County, located close to St. Louis. The Cahokia school district operates 9 schools in the area. The Illinois personal injury plaintiff alleges that he was working on top of the roof at 800 Range Lane in Cahokia, operated by the Cahokia School District, about a year ago when he fell through the roof. His body hit machinery as he fell and eventually landed on the school’s floor.

The Illinois personal injury victim has experienced a great deal of physical pain in addition to his actual physical injuries. Further, he has had suffering and emotional distress. Additionally, according to the complaint the personal injury victim filed last month in St. Clair County Circuit Court, the personal injury plaintiff incurred medical costs, suffered disability, lost his normal life, and lost wages. The lawsuit further alleges that the Cahokia School District negligently allowed its roof to exist in an unsafe condition, failed to maintain its roof, and failed to provide the Illinois workplace injury victim with a safe place to work. The Illinois workplace injury lawsuit further alleges that the school district failed to reasonably inspect its property, failed to warn the worker of the condition, and failed to barricade the unsafe section of the roof. The Illinois workplace injury lawsuit seeks a judgment from the Illinois school district of more than $50,000, plus costs and other just relief from the court.

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A recent editorial by Ken Connor published in the Center for a Just Society delved into a heavy and interesting topic – the public opinion of jury trials following the acquittal of Casey Anthony in the murder charge of her child. As Mr. Connor pointed out, many of those individuals who watched the trial on TV and were not constrained from taking into consideration the mounds of inadmissible evidence or the overwhelming public sentiment against Ms. Anthony have been audibly critical of the jury’s verdict. The indignation of TV personas Nancy Grace and Bill O’Reilly have loudly shared the sentiment of those feeling that the not guilty verdict represents a gross miscarriage of justice.

As Chicago personal injury lawyers, our attorneys are frequently defending our nation’s right to a jury trial. Cases like this one call the value of trial by jury into question for some people. But, some critics need to take some important points into consideration. Here, in our great country, an accused wrongdoer is presumed innocent and the burden lies on the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Where Chicago medical malpractice lawyers are concerned, the plaintiffs must prove liability by a preponderance of evidence. The jury, unlike those of us who just play jury by watching television, is not permitted to consider evidence that does not reach a certain level of reliability and they are not permitted to take into account matters outside the evidence. They cannot discuss the case amongst themselves or even form an opinion about the case until all of the evidence is in. Once the evidence is in, they cannot discuss the case with anyone other than their fellow jurors. If any reasonable doubt exists about the crimes charged, they cannot convict. The charges must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

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With Memorial Day passed and the “unofficial” start to summer here, our Chicago personal injury lawyers want to share some tips to our neighbors on how to avoid personal injuries this summer. Many Chicagoans and Illinoisans hit the road to the lake or other roadtrip destinations, so driving safely is essential. Please drive defensively and always wear your seatbelts to avoid serious personal injuries in motor vehicle accidents.

While you cannot control other drivers’ behavior when they get behind the wheel, you can control your own. Pay attention to the road; do not fall victim to distractions. Please do NOT text or call and drive! Using a cell phone while driving, whether its hand-held or hands free, delays a driver’s reaction as much as have a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent!! According to the U.S. Department of Transportation and Distraction.gov, twenty percent of motor vehicle accidents resulting in personal injuries in 2009 involved reports of distracted driving. Of those who were killed in distracted-driving-related crashes, nearly a thousand of the wrongful deaths involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction! Further, some astounding numbers from 2009 should give you pause before you pick up that cell phone behind the wheel. 5,474 people were killed in U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes that were reported to have involved distracted driving.

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Our Chicago injury lawyers read about several Illinois children who were transported to area hospitals after sustaining personal injuries when an inflatable slide tipped over on a junior elementary school playground. Fortunately, none of the fifth-graders’ personal injuries were life-threatening. However, the school reported that one child sustained a head injury in the playground accident when their head hit the asphalt. That same child reported dizziness. Some students also had bloody lips. The students were on an inflatable slide that appeared to tip over, causing the children to fall onto the asphalt. The slide was roughly fifteen feet high and there were fifty students outside at the time.

While many head injuries are harmless, they have to be taken very seriously because of risk of brain injury. Often times, parents wonder if their child needs medical attention after a head injury. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents contact their child’s healthcare provider for advance for anything more than a light bump on the head. Additionally, children with the following symptoms should be evaluated by a healthcare provider: recurrent vomiting, seizures, loss of consciousness, headaches, behavioral changes, clumsiness, confusion, dizziness that does not resolve, or if the child fell from a height greater than five feet. These symptoms may indicate head injury complication.

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Famous actress Rosie Perez has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the production company for injuries sustained while taping an episode of Law & Order. Perez claims that she suffered severe personal injuries while taping an episode of Law & Order Special Victims Unit in 2009. The suit alleges that the production company was negligent in failing to use skilled performers or experienced stunt personnel in a scene wherein her character was significantly shaken by a school crossing guard. The lawsuit further claims that Rosie Perez was negligently, carelessly, violently, and recklessly pulled, grabbed, yanked, wrenched, and/or manhandled by an extra actor who played the crossing guard. The injury lawsuit alleges that Rosie Perez sustained severe and permanent personal injuries during the filming. Her personal injury attorney further reported that Ms. Perez underwent two surgeries for a herniated disc suffered during the filming. She had a spinal fusion procedure in July, where bone marrow from her pelvis was transplanted to her vertebrae in her back. However, despite the surgeries, she continues to have severe pain and numbness. The personal injury lawsuit also alleges that the actress has not been able to work in a year due to the injury.

The personal injury lawsuit seeks no specified dollar amount, but her personal injury attorney reported that the actress seeks substantial damages because she has not been able to work due to her personal injuries sustained in 2009. The producers of the Law & Order Special Victims Unit show did not respond to a request for comment from CNN and a spokesman for NBC, which airs the show, declined to comment on the personal injury lawsuit. Although this is a situation where the actress was hurt on the job, Ms. Perez did not file a workers’ compensation claim because such claims are different for artists injured on the job.

Read more about the actress’s personal injury lawsuit at CNN.

Over the weekend, our Chicago personal injury lawyers read about another tragic motor vehicle accident that involved a man driving under the influence. On Saturday afternoon, a Chicago nanny was walking with a stroller carrying a 20 month-old when she saw a white pick up truck swerving toward her on the sidewalk downtown. According to reports, the driver was a 61 year-old Chicago Streets and Sanitation laborer; he plowed into a group of people into the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago. He was driving a city Ford F-150 pickup truck with an open bottle of E&J Brandy next to him, said the Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney. His blood alcohol level was .183, more than twice the legal limit for driving in the state of Illinois. In addition to the nanny and the baby, five other people received personal injuries. All seven were hospitalized following the Chicago drunk driving accident.

The child’s father called the nanny an angel on earth and stated that there is no question that from the eyewitness accounts, she pushed the stroller away and took the hit herself. The nanny instinctively pushed away the stroller carrying the 20 month-old child, in a move that spared critical personal injuries to the infant. The 25 year-old nanny remained in serious condition yesterday. The Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney described that the nanny’s bones from the waist below were basically shattered. She fractured her pelvis, hips, and legs and her skin tissue was torn off her legs. She had hardware put in her body and is currently in traction. Additionally, there were a number of other people injured in the Chicago pedestrian accident.

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An Illinois bill that could save student lives is awaiting Governor Quinn’s signature. The bill was prompted after the death of a Chicago seventh grade student who died after suffering an allergic food reaction during a classroom party. The bill, that passed the Illinois legislature, allows school nurses to administer life-saving epinephrine injections even if the student has not been known to have been diagnosed with an allergy. Our Chicago wrongful death lawyers are happy to see this bill and hope that it is signed quickly. With young children’s current high rate of allergies, epinephrine injections could truly be lifesaving.

The thirteen year-old seventh grade student passed away of anaphylaxis in December after eating takeout food that was cooked in peanut oil at a school in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago. Anaphylaxis is a severe, whole-body allergic reaction to a chemical that has become an allergen. After being exposed to a substance that is an allergen, the person's immune system becomes sensitized to it. On a later exposure to that allergen, an allergic reaction may occur. This reaction happens quickly after the exposure, is severe, and involves the whole body. An injection of epinephrine, which is a hormone, can counter severe allergic reactions by opening constricting breathing tubes, which improves blood circulation and reduces swelling.

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Our Chicago personal injury lawyers recently reported about a puzzling Chicago-area car accident that resulted in Illinois personal injuries. The automobile accident occurred last week and involved a police officer in the Southwest Suburb of Chicago of Tinley Park. The police officer rear ended another vehicle in Frankfort, Illinois at around 1:00 in the morning and then fled the scene. The Tinley Park police officer was subsequently pulled over about ten miles away from the scene of the hit-and-run crash by local area police. At the time of the accident, the police officer involved in the motor vehicle accident was driving an unmarked squad car. Recent news reveals that the officer is a veteran Tinley Park police officer and has been charged in the hit-and-run personal injury crash. It further reveals that the officer had been drinking and driving and had a handgun between his feet when he was stopped in his unmarked vehicle by those local police.

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During yesterday morning’s commute, a serious collision occurred between the Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line and a trailer truck in the Mount Prospect neighborhood. The Union Pacific Northwest Line (UPNW) runs from Harvard to downtown Chicago and already makes several stops before reaching Mount Prospect. The collision between the truck and the train killed the truck driver and caused the front train car of the Metra train to derail. All of the train cars remained upright, but a few dozen passengers received personal injuries from the train accident and were taken to area hospitals or treated on the scene. None of the personal injuries received by the train passengers were believed to be life-threatening.

The derailment of the train car was caused by the impact from the trailer of the truck, which landed to the side of the intersection. The train came to a stop after clearing the crossing. However, the second car of the train was blackened from soot because the truck had caught fire. Passengers reported that the cars filled up with smoke; passengers popped out windows on the upper level of the train to exit. Many passengers apparently feared that the accident was a terrorist attack, but Mount Prospect Police Commander dismissed those fears, stating that the situation appears to be “a driver in a hurry.” One passenger noted that the impact was like an explosion.

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Our Chicago product liability lawyers frequently visit the Consumer Product Safety Commission website to review recent product recalls. Many consumers are unaware of product recalls, which leaves many people vulnerable to personal injuries due to dangerous products that may be in their homes. Two recent product recalls, bunk beds and light bulbs, are especially important. The bunk beds can result in injuries to children and the light bulbs are likely in a lot of homes!

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm that manufactured the bunk beds, Dorel Asia SRL has issued a product recall for bunk beds. The product recall states that consumers should stop using the recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. The products are wooden bunk beds and about 445,000 units exist in the United States. The wooden side rails that run from the headboard to the footboard and hold the bunk bed’s mattress in place may split and cause the bunk bed to collapse, which poses a fall hazard to consumers. The manufacturer and CPSC has received over twenty reports of the side rails cracking or breaking, resulting in at least seven cases where the user had minor bruises or abrasions.

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A 74 year-old man passed away over the weekend on Saturday morning after a car crash on I-57 in Chicago. The senior citizen Chicago car crash victim died of multiple personal injuries from a sport utility vehicle (SUV) crash. The death was ruled an accident with the secondary cause of death listed as a heart condition. Illinois State Police are currently investigating.

Though SUVs are advertised most frequently as tough vehicles, few have bumpers that are equipped to withstand a minor bump in a low-speed collision. Many SUVs earned poor ratings in crash tests. Almost 6 million car accidents occur yearly in this country. While these car accidents cause more than 3 million personal injuries, about 2/3 of these injuries are extremely dangerous and not reversible. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, there were 950 fatal car crashes in Illinois in 2008. In 2008, there were 1095 fatalities resulting from auto accidents in Illinois. The types of Illinois auto accidents that are most likely to be deadly include those wherein the driver is intoxicated or distracted, occupants are not wearing their seat belts, occupants are ejected from the vehicle that they are in, heavy trucks are involved in the accident, or seat backs or breaks fail when the driver loses control.

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A recent car accident in the southwest suburbs resulting in Illinois personal injuries left many Illinois residents puzzled. A local police officer in the Southwest Suburb of Chicago of Tinley Park has now been placed on administrative leave after he fled the scene of a car crash that caused another Illinois victim personal injuries. Over the weekend, the officer is alleged to have rear ended another vehicle in Frankfort, Illinois around 1:00 in the morning. He was pulled over roughly 10 miles away from the scene of the crash by local police. At the time of the Illinois car crash, the police officer was driving an unmarked police car. Charges are currently pending. According to the Tinley Park police department, the police officer is on administrative leave while the police department conducts an internal investigation. The village of Tinley Park is investigating whether the vehicle was being improperly used at the time, in violation of any department policies.

As for the Illinois car accident victim, the 49 year-old passenger of the vehicle that was rear ended was transported to a nearby hospital for the personal injuries sustained. The driver did not seek medical attention.

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A Chicago woman was struck by a private tour bus in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood near the lake and received serious personal injuries. She was hit by the motor vehicle during the evening rush hour around 6:50 p.m. at the intersection of Illinois Street and Columbus Drive. She was rushed to nearby Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition and later died due to her injuries. There have been a number of Chicago motor vehicle accidents in the Streeterville neighborhood in the past couple of years. The neighborhood is quite busy with a lot of pedestrians. In June of last year, two Chicago pedestrians received serious personal injuries when they were struck by a pickup truck in Streeterville. That pedestrian accident occurred only two blocks away from this one at St. Clair Street and Illinois Street. The Chicago pedestrians were attempting to cross the street and were midway through the crosswalk when a gray Silverado turned left onto Illinois Street. Those Chicago car accident victims were too transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where they were in serious to critical condition. Then, just in January of this year, a woman pedestrian was hit by a Chicago Transit Authority bus just three blocks north of this accident in the Streeterville neighborhood.

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Our Chicago personal injury lawyers have been very concerned about the relation between sports such as football and traumatic brain injury. Yesterday, scientists announced that they found signs of damage in the deceased Chicago football player’s brain, which may shed light on his recent erratic behavior. The findings, of course, add to questions about whether the ultimate cost of playing football could be higher than anyone imagined and poses a more significant question of whether the National Football League (NFL) should do more to protect its players.

The former Chicago Bears player, prior to shooting himself this past February, had expressed his desire for his brain to be studied for signs of traumatic brain disease. Scientific studies show that his brain tissue suffered from “moderately advanced” case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease that is associated with repeated blows to the head, which often occurs in football. The deceased football player’s brain showed pronounced changes in the frontal cortex amygdala and the hippocampus. These parts of the brain control judgment, inhibition, impulse, mood control, and memory. Overall, CTE has been found in more than two dozen deceased professional football players. The NFL expressed its sympathy to the victim’s family and stated its wish that the findings will contribute more to the understanding of CTE. The NFL has also reported that it is working to expand the support system for retired players and advocating laws to better protect young athletes in any sport who suffer concussions.

Not only have football players been affected by traumatic brain injury and CTE, but many of our armed forces overseas are returning home with traumatic brain injury. An important medical concern of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is the long-term effect of mild traumatic brain injury, particularly from blast explosions.

To read more about the Chicago football player’s traumatic brain injury, visit the Chicago Tribune.

The manufacturer of the small plane that baseball player Cory Lidle and a flight instructor were piloting when they crashed into a Manhattan apartment building five years ago denied blame for the wrongful death. The lawyer for the plane manufacturer said that the victims, not the company, were to blame for their wrongful deaths. Opening statements recently begun in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by Mr. Lidle’s wife and the family of his flight instructor, blaming Cirrus Design Corporation for the flight crash. The baseball player was only 34 years of age and died just days after his baseball season ended. The wrongful death lawsuit plaintiff’s attorney told jurors that their lawsuit would prove that the company rushed the plane into production a decade ago with an inferior control system. The attorney stated that the victims desperately tried to re-engage a jammed steering system as the plane went out of control and dropped altitude in the last 45 seconds before the crash.

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A middle-aged man faces DUI charges after his vehicle hit a motorcycle, injuring a grandfather and his 6 year-old granddaughter. The car accident resulted in personal injuries to the two individuals and the driver was arrested and charged with aggravated driving under the influence. Local police stated that the man was crossing a center line where the car crash occurred and neighbors describe that the area is tricky with “blind curves.” Blind intersections are not uncommon in the Chicagoland area – often times, buildings, trees, walls, or other features may prevent us from seeing cars entering the intersection. Sometimes even traffic can “screen” out oncoming traffic, creating a large curved wall you cannot see beyond.

In this motorcycle accident, the grandfather was taken to the hospital with leg injuries and chest pains; his six year-old granddaughter was transported to a Children’s Hospital with a serious leg injury. The driver charged with the DUI called 911 himself and was remorseful about the car crash. Motorcycle accidents are always especially worrisome because passengers on motorcycles are so vulnerable, not protected by any sheets of metal forming car walls. As our Chicago car accident lawyers recently reported, studies showing decreases in motorcycle deaths may be misleading. Wrongful deaths due to motorcycle accidents dropped two percent, but that may only signal a blip in the safety trend and not a lasting improvement in motorcycle safety. Fatalities started to climb during the last three of the nine months reviewed, which has safety advocates worried.

In 2009, there were 130 motorcycle fatalities in Illinois, which is far too many. Start Seeing Motorcycles.org offers several resources, information, and training needed to make motorcycling experiences safer, more pleasurable, and help reduce fatalities and personal injuries. Next month, May 2011, has been proclaimed Motorcycle Awareness Month in the State of Illinois to keep Illinois roadways safe through proper motorist awareness.

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