Spiros Law, P.C. Blog

A woman was killed on Route 160 in Illinois after her car was struck head-on. The woman was driving southbound when a man, who was driving northbound swerved into her lane and hit the woman head-on. The woman was flown to the hospital where she later died. The driver in passenger in the other car… Read More

A man from Rantoul was injured in an early morning vehicle crash Monday. According to an Illinois State Police report, 58 year-old Edward Nash, of Rantoul, was traveling south on U.S. 45 in a 1985 Chevrolet pickup truck when the crash occurred. Shortly after 5:30 a.m., as Nash approached the County Road 2200N near Thomasboro,… Read More

A two-car accident killed on Illinois 16. The accident happened around 6:20 p.m. when a 34-year-old man who was driving a jeep and lost control of the vehicle collided with another vehicle. Both drivers had to be cut from their vehicles. The driver of the other vehicle, a 51-year-ol man was pronounced at the scene.… Read More

Adverse weather conditions are blamed for an accident that occurred Thursday morning on Interstate 57, south of Tantoul. A twenty-year-old woman from Chicago Ridge was driving southbound in the right lane with another woman around 7:45 a.m. when she lost control of her car after hitting a patch of ice. Her vehicle crashed into an… Read More

Bad weather conditions contributed to a two-vehicle accident which occurred early Wednesday morning along Illinois 57, state police report. Strong gusts of wind, heavy snowfall, and ice on the road caused a southbound pickup truck to lose control and slide into a ditch, where a second vehicle smashed into it. No other details are known… Read More

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a 2005 law limiting the amount that can be awarded in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional. The court ruled that the legislation, passed by the state legislature five years ago, took away from the discretion and power of the courts. Not surprisingly, doctors’ interest groups were quick to… Read More

The snowfall has caused many accident in Champaign County. Icy roads seems to be a factor in a few of the accidents. One accident involved an MTD bus that was rear-ended by a car. Officials say that the car slipped through the stop sign and hit the back of the bus as it crossed through… Read More

An accident on I-94 injured a driver of a semi-trailer. The semi-trailer hit a car after the car lost control on the interstate. A 32-year-old driver lost control of his car around 3 a.m. and entered the path of the truck.  After the truck hit the car, it went off the road and hit an exit ramp.… Read More

A 22-year-old Siegel man is dead following a tragic grain bin accident. According to the Shelby County coroner, the man had been loading dried corn into a grain bin with two other men when he became trapped in the corn and was buried beneath it. The accident occurred on Thursday, and an autopsy is scheduled… Read More

Authorities have investigated 86 nursing home sexual abuse against elderly or disabled patients. An investigation by the Chicago Tribune found that only one of these cases has resulted in arrest. In a quarter of Chicago’s 119 nursing homes, sexual assault or rape was reported. A majority of the 86 cases it was residents attacking other… Read More