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What Does Pain and Suffering Include?

Settlements

Immediately after suffering a car accident, you will experience physical pain due to your...

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Lump Sum Vs Structured Settlements in Personal Injury Cases

Settlements

A personal injury lawsuit can drag out and take months, or even years. Once...

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Worker killed in factory

In The News , Recent Cases , Settlements

McCready Law were recently retained by the family of a worker killed in an...

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Recent settlement takes 7 years!

Recent Cases , Settlements , Workers' Compensation

There is an expression that “The Wheels of Justice move slowly.”  This is appropriate...

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Slip and fall on ice settlement

Premises Liablity , Settlements

The law in Illinois on slip and fall on ice cases Many people don’t...

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CTA sudden stop settlement

CTA Accidents , Settlements

Many of our clients use public transportation, including the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA).  While...

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Return client nets large worker’s comp settlement

Settlements , Workers' Compensation

At McCready Law, we love to hear from former clients.  We are proud when...

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Union member injures hand while on picket line

Recent Cases , Settlements

We represent many union members and proudly support union causes.  Most of our union...

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Motorcycle Death Results in Settlement for Family

Motorcycle Accidents , Settlements

Tragedy struck when our 28 year old client lost control of his motorcycle.  He...

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Policy Limit Settlement

Settlements

McCready Law handles many cases where the injuries and damages exceed the available insurance limits. Being in Chicago, we have many clients who sustain serious injuries and the at fault driver has the state minimum insurance limits of $20,000. As a side note, the state minimum insurance rises to $25,000 on January 1, 2015. However,

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Multiple accidents = multiple recoveries

Recent Cases , Settlements

Sometimes our clients have the unfortunate luck to be involved in multiple car accidents.  This can complicate the prosecution of both accidents because insurance companies try to blame the other accident for our client's injuries, and thus avoi...

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