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Helping motorcyclists and bicyclists involved in accidents get through the tough journey following an accident and recover fair and just compensation. Our network of Motorcycle Accident Lawyers have been carefully selected to best represent you if you are a biker and have suffered an injury. Get free, on-the-spot legal advice 24 hours a day. Whether you call or fill out the contact form on our site, you will explain the circumstances of your accident and your injuries to the owners, Andrew Kass or Joel Moses. They personally review and head the team that will be assigned to your case. Our team handles cases all over the United States. Each person’s situation is unique and our motorcycle accident lawyers take that into consideration. There are strict time-limits to filing a case so you must call as soon as possible. We NEVER charge you a fee for helping you get your motorcycle repaired or replaced. Also, there is never a fee until we recover compensation for you. There is absolutely no obligation and we will provide you with clear, honest advice. Call now or fill out the form on our site. Have a Motorcycle Accident Lawyer review your case today! Contacting the Motorcycle Accident Lawyers at 1800Motorcycle.net (1-800-668-6729) is the best way for you to get the help you need if you’ve been injured while riding a motorcycle.

Myth: when an insurance adjuster says "our review puts you at thirty percent," the percentage is settled.It is not. Befo...
10/19/2026

Myth: when an insurance adjuster says "our review puts you at thirty percent," the percentage is settled.

It is not. Before a lawsuit is filed, there is no judge, no jury, and no referee. A fault percentage from an adjuster is a position based on their own file review. It can be disputed, answered with evidence, or rejected.

The only fault percentage with legal force in Illinois is the one a jury writes on a verdict form at trial. The jury answers two questions: the total damages, and the plaintiff's share of fault. The judge does the subtraction.

Adjusters know most claims never reach a courtroom. So a number floated in week one often becomes the ceiling for every conversation after it. That is worth understanding before the first call about fault happens, not after.

Kass & Moses in Northbrook explains how that number is actually decided, and who decides it, in the post linked below.

https://kassandmoses.com/blog/partly-at-fault-in-an-illinois-crash-what-the-law-says/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cmv8as25j002306kzfqg1xxez



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Two trucks, same intersection, very different deadlines.Picture Lake Cook Road on a weekday morning. A village public wo...
10/18/2026

Two trucks, same intersection, very different deadlines.

Picture Lake Cook Road on a weekday morning. A village public works truck and a private landscaping truck are both making the same turn. A crash with either one looks identical from the curb.

In Illinois, they usually are not the same claim. When the vehicle belongs to a local government, the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, 745 ILCS 10/8-101, generally gives one year to file a civil action, not the two years that normally applies.

"Local public entity" covers more than people think: the City of Chicago and its departments, village police and fire and public works vehicles, townships, park districts, forest preserve districts, school districts and their buses, public universities, and municipal utilities.

That is why the lettering on the door of the other vehicle is worth a photo at the scene. Exceptions exist, and the deadline that applies to a particular crash is something to confirm with a lawyer.

The full breakdown is at the link, from Kass & Moses in Northbrook.

https://kassandmoses.com/blog/illinois-car-accident-filing-deadline-2-years/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cmuzygmmf001s06l7l2coa8d8



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One word in the Illinois fault statute does a surprising amount of work: "more."735 ILCS 5/2-1116 bars recovery when a p...
10/17/2026

One word in the Illinois fault statute does a surprising amount of work: "more."

735 ILCS 5/2-1116 bars recovery when a plaintiff's share of fault is more than 50 percent. Not 50 percent or more. More than.

That means a jury that splits the blame right down the middle, half and half, does not end the case. The plaintiff still recovers, reduced by half. Move the number one point, to 51 percent, and the recovery is zero.

It sounds like a technicality. In a courtroom at the Daley Center or the Lake County courthouse in Waukegan, it is the whole ballgame, because jurors are asked to write an actual percentage on a verdict form.

Most claims never get that far. But the statute still shapes what both sides argue about long before anyone files.

Kass & Moses in Northbrook wrote a longer piece on how partial fault works in Illinois, including the arithmetic. It is linked below if you want the detail.

https://kassandmoses.com/blog/partly-at-fault-in-an-illinois-crash-what-the-law-says/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cmv8arzxe001u06kz8ghkdjye



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Opening an insurance claim does not stop the court deadline from running.That is the piece most people miss. Reporting a...
10/16/2026

Opening an insurance claim does not stop the court deadline from running.

That is the piece most people miss. Reporting a crash to an insurance company starts a claim. A lawsuit starts only when a complaint is filed with the circuit clerk and the other side is served. Those are two different things on two different tracks.

So an adjuster can trade emails with someone for 23 months, and the Illinois filing deadline still lands exactly where it always was. Insurers are not required to send a warning that the date is close, and they generally don't.

Illinois generally gives two years from the date of a crash to file a personal injury suit, under 735 ILCS 5/13-202. There are real exceptions in both directions, which is why the date that applies to any one situation is worth confirming with a lawyer.

We wrote the whole thing out, with the statutes, at the link. Questions about how the deadlines work in general? Kass & Moses is happy to answer them.

https://kassandmoses.com/blog/illinois-car-accident-filing-deadline-2-years/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cmuzygh5i001j06l7zj9uknx4



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An injury can leave you facing urgent decisions, unexpected expenses, and a lot of uncertainty.After an accident, priori...
10/08/2026

An injury can leave you facing urgent decisions, unexpected expenses, and a lot of uncertainty.

After an accident, prioritizing medical care, documenting what happened, and understanding your options can help protect your health and your potential claim. The steps you take early on may matter later.

At Kass & Moses, PC, we help injury victims in Northbrook and throughout the surrounding area navigate what comes next. If you have questions after a car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, rideshare, or slip-and-fall accident, we are here to help.

Call us at (847) 513-9582 to discuss your situation.

Plenty of fender benders do not need a lawyer, and we say so.A low-speed tap in a Glenview parking lot, no one hurt, a b...
10/07/2026

Plenty of fender benders do not need a lawyer, and we say so.

A low-speed tap in a Glenview parking lot, no one hurt, a bumper cover and a sensor, both drivers insured and neither one arguing about fault. That claim usually runs on its own. The body shop and the two insurers sort out the property damage, and a lawyer would not change the outcome.

Where it tends to get complicated is when someone saw a doctor, missed work, or the insurers start disagreeing about who caused the impact. That is also usually when the phone calls pick up and the questions get more pointed.

Even in a small claim, the request to record a conversation still comes. Illinois law does not require giving one to the other driver's insurer, no matter how minor the crash is.

Our post explains when that request matters and when it doesn't. Kass & Moses in Northbrook is happy to answer a general question either way.

https://kassandmoses.com/?p=3675&utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cmulroutt001f04l6f5grw1hm



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There are real legal duties after a car crash in Illinois. A recorded statement to the other side's insurer is not one o...
10/05/2026

There are real legal duties after a car crash in Illinois. A recorded statement to the other side's insurer is not one of them.

First, information at the scene. Under 625 ILCS 5/11-403, drivers in a crash that causes injury, death, or property damage generally must give their name, address, and vehicle registration number to the other people involved, and show a driver's license on request.

Second, staying and rendering aid. Leaving the scene of a crash involving injury is a criminal offense in Illinois.

Third, reporting. Illinois generally requires a written crash report above a set damage threshold when law enforcement did not investigate and file one. Most collisions on the Kennedy, on Cicero Avenue, or in a Schaumburg parking lot already have a police report, which usually covers it. Exceptions exist, so it is worth confirming.

Notifying your own insurer belongs on the list too, but that one comes from the policy, not a statute.

More on all of it in our full post. Kass & Moses, Northbrook.

https://kassandmoses.com/?p=3675&utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cmulroq6f001704l6g0pzdbo5



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Myth: the two insurance companies in a crash are basically the same, so the same rules apply to both.Fact: one of them h...
10/03/2026

Myth: the two insurance companies in a crash are basically the same, so the same rules apply to both.

Fact: one of them has a signed contract with you and the other does not.

Every Illinois auto policy has a duty-to-cooperate clause. The wording varies, but it generally requires the policyholder to report the crash promptly, explain what happened, help with the investigation, and sit for a recorded statement or sometimes a formal examination under oath. That duty comes from the policy, not from a statute.

The insurer for the driver who hit you never signed anything with you. You are not its customer. It is investigating a claim against its own policyholder, and its adjuster is not neutral, even when the call is friendly.

One more wrinkle people are surprised by: if the other driver had no insurance or not enough, the claim goes to your own company under uninsured or underinsured coverage, and the cooperation clause still applies.

The full post from Kass & Moses walks through both relationships.

https://kassandmoses.com/?p=3675&utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cmulrojuh000w04l6ird8bjz3



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The phone usually rings the morning after.Say it was a rear-end crash on the Eisenhower near Austin Boulevard. By the ne...
10/01/2026

The phone usually rings the morning after.

Say it was a rear-end crash on the Eisenhower near Austin Boulevard. By the next day the other driver's insurance company has a claim number and an adjuster, and that adjuster would like to record a few minutes of conversation about speeds, the sequence of the impact, and how everyone is feeling.

Here is the part that rarely gets explained. That call happens before the medical picture is clear. Soft tissue injuries and concussion symptoms often take days to show up, and a taped "I'm fine, just a little sore" from day two can be read back months later, after an MRI says something different.

Adjusters ask early because early answers are the least informed ones. People who are not sure what to say often ask for the request in writing, or talk to a lawyer first.

Our full post on recorded statements explains the rest. Kass & Moses, Northbrook.

https://kassandmoses.com/?p=3675&utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cmulrofdn000n04l6gs5tuwdi



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Question we hear: rear-ended on Dempster in Skokie, nobody hurt, the other driver's insurer is already paying for the bu...
10/01/2026

Question we hear: rear-ended on Dempster in Skokie, nobody hurt, the other driver's insurer is already paying for the bumper. Do I need a lawyer?

Usually not. Plenty of minor crashes with no injury and clear fault get handled directly with the insurance company, and paying a fee out of a property damage check rarely makes sense. Kass & Moses says that out loud when that is the situation.

What generally changes the answer: someone is treating with a doctor and nobody knows yet how long that lasts, fault is disputed, the other driver had no insurance or not enough, or a city, village, park district, or transit agency is involved. Those public entity claims carry much shorter notice rules than the general two year deadline for injury suits in Illinois. Exceptions exist, and the exact date is worth confirming with a lawyer.

The full guide to what happens after an Illinois crash is on our site.

https://kassandmoses.com/blog/what-happens-after-a-car-accident-in-illinois/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cmucx9j98000y04js6qybngat



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