Jerome, Salmi & Kopis, LLC – Law Firm in Fairview Heights, IL

WHY YOU SHOULD KEEP A DIARY AFTER YOUR ACCIDENT

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After you sustained an injury in an accident, I always advise my clients to keep a diary of exactly what happened with the Guard, to the accident, and the injuries that she sustained.

Keeping a diary will help you later on recall things that you might forget as time goes on. We don’t remember. Details is clearly keeping a diary will help you do that and will help us in pursuing your client.

Can You Quit Your Job While on Workers’ Comp?

Regardless of the reason you want to leave your job, you may wonder if quitting will affect the workers’ compensation benefits you are currently receiving, or those you will receive in the future. You may also think that you simply have to stay put until your workers’ compensation case is closed. Fortunately, that is not

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MEDICATION ERRORS AND MALPRACTICE AT ILLINOIS NURSING HOMES

HOW MEDICATION ERRORS HAPPEN It’s really no surprise that medication errors impact many nursing home residents in rural community facilities throughout downstate Illinois. Consider what one research study out of rural Pennsylvania discovered. The Statistics Are Terrifying First, the study found that the “average hospitalized patient will experience 1 medication error per day.” Next, the

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