People often ask me what I enjoy about the work I do as personal injury attorneys. As early as our first meeting, it is wonderful to see the relief on a client’s face when they realize they have the support of someone. Someone who will answer all their questions. Someone who has their back, for …
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At Mitchell Hoffman & Wolf, Your Recovery is Always Our Focus. In order to provide our clients with the best possible representation, we keep a close eye on developments in the areas of, automobile and trucking safety, worksite safety, medical malpractice, and police misconduct. Here is The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals list of …
Recently, I was honored to help teach three Civics classes at a local high school in a discussion of Supreme Court cases addressing how the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution, which guards against unreasonable search and seizures, applies in the school setting. The case of Safford Unified School District v. Redding 557 U.S. 364 (2009) played …
Criminal cases are brought by the government prosecutor against an individual or corporation for violating the law. The punishment in those cases is generally jail time or a monetary fine. Civil cases are generally brought between two individuals or businesses against one another seeking money damages. Most common examples would be a case for breach …
A question we are commonly asked here at Mitchell Hoffman & Wolf by our clients is, “Why do cases take so long?”.And the answer is simply that all cases, whether they are personal injury cases, a breach of contract case, or even a criminal case, go through some form of what we as lawyers call, …
Americans for Insurance Reform recently published two studies of the medical malpractice insurance industry. These studies show that malpractice premiums and claims made are at the lowest levels in four decades. The study further shows that legislative enactments such as damage caps have played no role in the drops in premiums and claims. The periodic premium spikes …
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In order to prove a medical malpractice case under Illinois law, the injured party must prove through expert testimony that the health care provider (doctor, nurse, therapist) failed to meet the accepted standard care and that the deviation from that standard was a cause of the injury alleged. The standard of care is generally established …
It is always a difficult decision to place a loved one into a nursing home or other skilled care facility. Here are a some helpful tips to assist in making the proper choice. 1. Check the quality of care through court databases or other regulatory agencies. 2. Visit the facility frequently and unannounced. 3. Ask …
Mitchell Hoffman and Wolf Partner, Paul Wolf has reached a confidential settlement with the Chicago Archdiocese in a case involving the failure to properly supervise and remove Father Daniel McCormack when the Archdiocese was aware of Father McCormack’s history of abusing children. A circuit court judge had earlier ruled that the Archdiocese had acted with …
Most drivers have experienced a “close call” with a large commercial truck on a highway or interstate. The attorneys at Mitchell Hoffman & Wolf have successfully handled numerous personal injury and wrongful death cases against truck drivers and their employers. The investigation of whether negligence by a truck driver or the trucking company was a …
