Spiros Law, P.C. Blog

New legislation has been passed by General Assembly and signed into a new law by the Governor to help improve the care at nursing homes and rid them of abuse and negligence cases. The new law states that their will be increased background checks of residents who are coming to stay at the homes and… Read More

One man was injured in a construction-related semi-truck accident that occurred on Interstate 57 in a construction zone near Ashkum. The accident occurred when a 49-year-old man was driving a semi-truck and rear-ended a construction truck. The semi-truck was hauling compressed hydrogen canisters when the accident occurred. Officials have said that there was no leak… Read More

Two Fairbury teens were killed in a car accident while vacationing with their family in Oklahoma. The accident occurred when the family was riding in a motor home driven by a 70-year-old man when the home went off of the side of the road and hit four concrete pillars. The driver was trapped in the… Read More

Traffic on I-70 was slowed for nearly two hours after a tractor trailer and rental truck collision. The accident occurred on the eastbound lanes of I-70 as a rental truck pulled a trailer with a Jeep on it. The rental truck entered the highway and was struck by a tanker. The impact caused the rental… Read More

A one-car accident in Champaign County took the life of a Rankin man. The 20-year-old man was driving on U.S. 136 when his truck veered off of the road. His truck went through a lane of oncoming traffic, landed in a ditch and struck a culvert before coming to a stop. The man had to… Read More

A nursing home in Illinois is being investigated by officials after claims of negligent care when a resident was injured while a nurse was moving her. As a rule at the nursing home, which is made clear by signs posted throughout the facility, two nurses must be available to move a resident. Therefore, no one… Read More

Two people were killed in a freight train accident in Galesburg, Il, according to the county coroner. The coroner made a statement that the two victims were struck by a train on the BSNF Railway tracks around 8 a.m. The identities and ages of the male victims have not been released. Autopsy results will help… Read More

Three people were transported to the hospital after a three-car accident on Interstate 72 in Champaign. A 37-year-old woman was driving east down the interstate when she approached stopped traffic in the road. The cars were stopped due to maintenance in the road, but as the cars approached the woman was looking at her rear… Read More

A truck driver was injured in a semi-truck accident after the truck flipped over on I-94. The rollover crash occurred in Edens around 3:30 a.m. after the truck that was carrying cases of beer flipped over for unknown reasons. The driver suffered non-life threatening injuries, but 1200 cases of beer were spilled across the Expressway… Read More

A hospital in Glenbrook, Illinois and five of its doctors are being sued in a medical malpractice case by a victim’s family after the death of their family member. A 56-year-old man went to the hospital after developing an infection in his hip, but after he underwent surgery for the infection, he suffered from kidney… Read More