Illinois Attorneys and Lawyers
Illinois residents file more than 500,000 civil cases, 150,000 domestic relations cases, and 3 million traffic injury cases every year.
There are also hundreds of medical malpractice cases in the state of Illinois every year. In 1997, an Illinois law that limited the amount of money malpractice victims could receive to $500,000 was declared unconstitutional. Now, victims do not have a cap on how much they can receive for medical expenses, lost wages, future medical expenses, and wrongful death due to medical malpractice.
However, Illinois has a two-year statute of limitations for most personal injury cases. That means personal injury cases must be filed within two years of the event. Victims hire personal injury attorneys to help them win their cases and maximize compensation, and they are compensated for everything from medical expenses to property damage to lost wages.
