Des Plaines Personal Injury Attorneys

It was a pleasure working with the office of Newland & Newland LLP. Gary Newland took care of my case and explained everything to me about what to expect for my case...

When someone has been careless or reckless, and their actions have caused you to suffer a serious injury, the consequences can affect almost every aspect of your life. Medical bills, financial problems, and ongoing physical pain and emotional distress can make it seem impossible to recover from the harm you have suffered. While you may be eligible to receive financial compensation, getting what you deserve may be difficult without legal support

At Newland & Newland, LLP, our lawyers represent people in Des Plaines who have been hurt because other people failed to protect their safety. We can help you evaluate your options and take steps to get the compensation you need to cover your medical bills, lost income, and other losses. We are ready to stand by your side and help you move forward as you recover from a serious injury.

Motor Vehicle Accidents

Car accidents, collisions with commercial trucks, motorcycle crashes, and other auto accidents can lead to a wide variety of injuries. Drivers who cause accidents by speeding, running red lights, tailgating, driving while distracted, or driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs can be held liable for the harm they have caused.

In some motor vehicle accident cases, other parties may also share liability. A trucking company may have failed to ensure that drivers were following hours of service regulations, or poor vehicle maintenance may have been responsible for a crash. A vehicle manufacturer or parts supplier may be liable for defects that led to brake failures or tire blowouts. A city may have failed to perform the proper road maintenance, leading to dangerous conditions that contributed to a collision.

Our attorneys can investigate accidents to identify all parties who may be held responsible. We will uncover all sources of compensation that may be available to our clients, and we will fight to ensure that they will have the financial resources they need.

Product Liability

When using consumer products, people should be able to expect that these products will be safe. When a manufacturer, designer, or seller places a dangerous or defective product into people's hands, and someone is hurt as a result, the victim can take steps to obtain compensation through a product liability claim.

The types of defective products that can lead to serious injuries include:

• Defective Motor Vehicles and Auto Parts: Faulty airbags, defective brakes, and other vehicle defects can lead to dangerous car accidents.
• Dangerous Medications and Medical Devices: When a drug causes undisclosed side effects or a medical device fails to function correctly, patients can suffer serious harm.
• Children's Products and Toys: Choking hazards, toxic materials, or structural defects in cribs, car seats, strollers, or toys can injure children.
• Household Appliances and Electronics: Defective wiring, overheating batteries, or other defects can cause fires, explosions, severe burns, or other types of injuries.
• Power Tools and Industrial Equipment: Equipment that malfunctions can cause amputations, crush injuries, and other forms of catastrophic harm.

Our legal team can investigate the defects that led to injuries when products broke down or failed to function correctly. By determining who was responsible, we can help injury victims obtain compensation from manufacturers or others in the supply chain.

Premises Liability

Property owners must ensure that people who enter their premises will be safe from harm due to hazards on the property. An injury victim may have a premises liability claim if they can show that a property owner was negligent. These cases may involve:

• Slip and Fall Accidents: A person may fall down in a grocery store, a parking lot, an apartment building, or a sidewalk because of slippery floors or dangerous surfaces. Accidents may be caused by wet or icy floors without warning signs, uneven or broken pavement, poorly lit stairways, loose handrails, and items left in walkways.
• Dog Bites: A dog's owner or the person in control of the dog may be held liable for injuries inflicted by the animal, even if they were unaware of a dog's aggressive tendencies. Dog bites can cause severe lacerations, nerve damage, scarring, and significant emotional trauma.
• Daycare Injuries: Parents trust daycare providers to protect and care for their children. When a child is injured because a daycare center's staff were negligent, the facility may be held liable for those injuries.
• Food Poisoning: Restaurants, grocery stores, food manufacturers, and other businesses in the food supply chain may be held liable when contaminated food causes people to suffer illnesses due to pathogens like salmonella, E. coli, or listeria.

Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

When a loved one is placed in a nursing home or long-term care facility, they and their family expect that they will receive attentive, compassionate care. Sadly, abuse and neglect in nursing homes can cause serious harm to elderly people or people with disabilities.

Nursing home negligence can take many forms. Failure to prevent or treat bedsores can cause patients to suffer serious harm. Medication errors may occur if patients receive the wrong drugs or doses, and this can have devastating consequences for elderly residents. Falls caused by poor supervision or unsafe conditions can lead to multiple types of injuries. Patients may experience malnutrition and dehydration due to inadequate care. Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse by staff members can also put the health and well-being of patients at risk.

Our lawyers understand the difficulties families face when they learn that a loved one has been harmed in a place where they should have been safe. We work to hold negligent facilities accountable and recover the compensation needed to help families provide for their loved ones.

Wrongful Death Cases

When a person dies because of someone else's negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct, their family members may bring a wrongful death claim against the responsible party. The damages that may be recovered in a wrongful death case may include the financial support and services the deceased person would have provided for their family and compensation for grief, sorrow, and loss of companionship, as well as other losses.

Wrongful death cases may be based on fatal car accidents or deaths that occurred because of defective products, dangerous property conditions, nursing home abuse, or medical malpractice. Our attorneys can provide the legal help that grieving families need to ensure that they will have the resources that will allow them to move forward from these tragic losses.

Frequently Asked Questions About Personal Injury Cases in Des Plaines

Contact Our Des Plaines, Illinois Personal Injury Lawyers

When you are working to recover from a personal injury, you will need to make sure you have a legal representative who will help you obtain the full compensation that the law allows. At Newland & Newland, LLP, we will stand by your side from your first consultation through the final resolution of your case. Contact our Des Plaines, IL personal injury attorneys at 847-797-8000 to set up a free consultation with a member of our team and take the first steps toward getting the compensation you deserve.