A sudden car accident can make you feel disoriented, panicked and fearful. You may be left severely injured and unsure of what to do. You might be worried that you were at fault in the accident and are anxious about the consequences. As a car accident lawyer can tell you, what you do in the […]
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Today there are more commercial trucks on the road than ever before and this workforce transports 80% of America’s cargo. The industry itself is worth nearly 800 billion, as billions of tons of cargo get carried across the country every year and that number is only increasing as businesses continue to flourish and people enter
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Concern over cyber threats to businesses is on the rise due to an ever changing technological atmosphere which has allowed for greater accessibility between businesses and their clients. With many businesses offering cloud based data centers which store important and often confidential documents or information, the threat of a data breach is a very real
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Our very own Michael Childress and Andrew Plunkett have once again been nominated for the Super Lawyers List for 2018! Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes the top lawyers in Illinois via a patented multiphase selection process involving peer nomination, independent research and peer evaluation. The Illinois lawyers who receive the highest point totals during this
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10 Tips to Get a Good Property Settlement from your Insurance Company. These 10 tips are exactly that, and, of course, your own situation may require greater emphasis on some of these tips than others. Hopefully, with these tips in mind, the claims process will be rewarding for you.
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In order to be truly prepared after a natural disaster contact Childress Loucks & Plunkett immediately following the event of loss. We are an independent, unbiased ally when disaster strikes. We are not adjusters! We are insurance experts (as well as attorneys) who investigate and manage your claim from the event of loss to final
Expediting tornado claims. Best practices for mitigating risks pre and post loss. Read More »
No matter what one’s belief may be regarding the validity of climate change one thing is for certain, we are already feeling its impacts in various forms. Perhaps the most relevant and immediate impact of a warming planet has been the recent, prolonged drop in precipitation levels in some areas of the globe. Could climate
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Tornado season is right around the corner here in the United States. May and June are typically the most active months of the year for tornado genesis across the Great Plains. Tornado Alley, as the nickname goes, sees a very large number of super cell thunderstorms which are perfect producers of violent EF2 or greater
Tornado season is here. Time to review your insurance policies’ coverage and limits. Read More »
We live in an age of disasters. Devastation to manufacturing facilities by fires, tornados, explosions, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc., is now commonplace. So, you have sought to protect your business with an expensive insurance program. While it is hard to predict when and how a calamity will affect your business, you should know now
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The growing awareness in the United States regarding carbon emissions and their effect on the environment and weather patterns, have produced an increase in environmental litigation and some important decisions from the United States Supreme Court. Many states and environmental groups have filed lawsuits in an effort to get the judicial system to force cuts
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