Car accidents are rarely simple affairs because, in many cases, both drivers made decisions that contributed to the crash. If you were partly at fault, you might assume you cannot recover anything. That is not necessarily true under Illinois law. You may still be entitled to financial compensation, even if your actions played a role in what happened.
Illinois follows a system of modified comparative negligence, which allows injured people to sue for damages so long as they were less than 51 percent at fault. That rule makes it possible for drivers who are partially to blame to still recover significant settlements or verdicts.
Schwartz Injury Law’s Will County personal injury attorneys have aggressively represented injury victims throughout Illinois for decades. Our team has secured many multi-million dollar settlements for clients, and we are always ready to take a case to trial if insurers try to lowball or shift blame.