Spiros Law, P.C. Blog

The number of elderly victims who have died from Legionnaires’ disease in a Quincy, Illinois veterans’ home has risen to seven. First made public last week, the outbreak of the deadly type of pneumonia was found to have infected seven individuals who died on Monday and Tuesday. The disease is caused by inhaling bacteria that causes… Read More

Two women who have yet to be identified by police were struck while crossing the street in a crosswalk yesterday at approximately 3:40 pm. According to official reports, the women were walking east when a vehicle that was also traveling east and attempting to turn south at the same intersection struck both women. Both pedestrians… Read More

This past Friday evening, a collision between a motorcycle and a passenger car resulted in the death of the motorcyclist and critical injuries to a passenger on the motorcycle. The accident occurred on Perrysville Road in Danville when the driver of a Chevrolet Cruze turned in front of an oncoming motorcycle, resulting in the motorcycle operator and passenger… Read More

One woman was killed and two others were injured in a car accident that occurred on Saturday afternoon in Champaign County on southbound Interstate 57 between a Ford Escape and a pickup truck leading a flatbed trailer. Illinois State Police reported that Jerry R. McCreary II was attempting to pass the Escape in a pickup truck,… Read More

Yesterday afternoon, a two-vehicle car accident involving a Plymouth van and a Chevy TrailBlazer left two injured in Champaign County.  The accident took place on I-74 when the driver of the van, Robbie Kruse, attempted to make a U-turn from the right lane of traffic.  When her van turned in front of Kathleen Ann King Thorius’… Read More

According to a column published in the Chicago Sun-Times on July 20, there is a lot of erroneous rhetoric surrounding the workers’ compensation issue in Illinois. The report outlined several facts, one of which highlighted a national study from Oregon of workers’ compensation systems that placed Illinois with the seventh most expensive insurance costs in the nation. According… Read More

Last Thursday, 24-year-old Stephen Montez, a former Champaign resident and St. Thomas More wrestling star, was killed in a car accident in Iroquois County. According to reports from the Iroquois County Sheriff’s Office, Montez’s SUV was struck in an intersection by a Ford tuck that was hauling a trailer with a lawnmower behind it. The collision caused… Read More

Illinois State Representative John Bradley (Democrat of Marion) praised the recently released Workers’ Compensation Commission Report which details how workers’ compensation reforms enacted in 2011 paved the way for business owners in the state to have less costs associated with those matters. In a news release, Bradley indicated that until recently, he “consistently hear[d] from… Read More

An industry group of insurers spoke against House Bill 1287, a bill that seeks to further workers’ compensation changes through regulation and price control, according to WorkersCompensation.com on July 1. The group consists of the AIA, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, the Illinois Insurance Association, and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America;… Read More

Last Friday, a vehicle crashed into the local Urbana barbecue joint Lil’ Porgy’s, leaving three employees with grease burns. The car struck the restaurant Friday afternoon, inflicting not insignificant structural damage to the building’s exterior. The driver of the vehicle was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, as well as driving without… Read More