Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

Injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents  are one of the most common types of personal injury.  Injuries caused by another driver's negligence can have a devastating impact on the victim and the victim's family.  Claims against negligent drivers are the method the law prescribes for victims to be compensated for the negligence of other drivers.  Attorney Peter A. Zneimer works with his clients to ensure just and equitable compensation which the victim deserves.  If you are injured due to the negligence of another driver it is important to speak to an attorney before talking to the other driver's insurance company.  The other driver's insurance company has experience dealing with thousands of accident claims, whereas the victim of an auto accident may have little or no experience dealing with an insurance company.   Newsletter.    Top
 

Premises Liability

Premises liability includes slip and falls, inadequate security, elevator accidents, ventilation injuries, and other injuries caused by property owners failing to provide safe and secure premises.  Landowners, homeowners and business owners have a duty to make sure that premises are maintained in good condition and to protect individuals on their premises from dangerous conditions. More information>>.  Top
 

Products Liability

Products liability law encompasses injuries that occur as result of the use of a product.  Dangerous and unsafe products should be kept off the market.  Products liability law is a means to make manufacturers accountable to consumers for their defective products. More information. More information>>. Top
 

Medical Malpractice

Medical Malpractice is the area of law which deals with compensating individuals who have been injured because the care and treatment provided by their health care practitioner did not comply with the appropriate standard of care.  Health care practitioners can be doctors, nurses, dentists, psychiatrists, and even hospitals and HMO's.    Medical malpractice can encompass failure to diagnose, failure to adequately inform the patient of the risks and complications of a surgical procedure, failure to perform a surgical procedure consistent with the standard of care, failure to properly monitor patient's progress, and failure to refer a patient to a specialist.  Top
 

Workers' Compensation

Workers' Compensation is controlled by statute, and is a means to compensate Illinois workers when they have been injured and have been forced to miss work as a result of an injury which occurs on their job.  The worker is entitled to have all his injury-related medical bills paid by his employer, along with other compensation prescribed by statute. More information>>.  Top

Our firm prosecutes discriminatory conduct, prohibited by federal law, including sexual harassment, race, religion, pregnancy, age, citizenship status discrimination as a result of unequal treatment because of citizenship or immigration status, national origin discrimination as a result of unequal treatment because of nationality, including place of birth, appearance, and accent. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) enforces the provisions against discrimination based on citizenship status by employers of four or more employees. It covers national origin discrimination with employers of four to fourteen employees. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has jurisdiction over employers of 15 or more. Top