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Hofeld and Schaffner is pleased to announce that Howard Schaffner and Brian Murphy have been named to The Best Lawyers in America 2025 for the practice of plaintiff’s personal injury and medical malpractice law. The Best Lawyers in America has also ranked the Hofeld...

is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers has named Brian Murphy as the 2024 Lawyer of the Year in Chicago for Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice litigation. Both Mr. Murphy and Howard Schaffner have again been included in Best Lawyers for the...

When hitting the road, the amount of information a driver takes in every second is astounding. This is why multitasking is such an important skill for drivers who need to pay attention to so many things at once. Unfortunately, change blindness is a phenomenon that...

If you have young children in your family, you probably also have some worries about their safety in your car, truck or SUV. After all, according to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, car accidents are the second-most common cause of child and...

Traumatic brain injuries - or TBIs - tend to have lasting and far-reaching impacts on their victims. These impacts often manifest in ways a victim does not anticipate. They can also have a strong behavioral impact on victims in some cases, which is not what many...

Drivers should do all they can to avoid dangerous driving habits, such as drinking while driving. Distracted driving also plays a major role in crashes, and this category of dangerous driving behavior contains one particular action which too many drivers still engage...

A wrongful death claim allows you to seek compensation for the death of a loved one. You may have a claim if another caused the death through negligent or unlawful actions. It is important that you identify your ability to make a claim and file it as soon as possible...

Fibromyalgia is a mysterious condition that causes symptoms of fatigue and pain spread over most of the body. Unfortunately, correctly diagnosing fibromyalgia can be difficult because the symptoms are similar to those of other conditions. Over the decades, there has...

Motor vehicle accident victims in Illinois deserve to have a medical professional examine them after the collision. Even if they feel fine, they could have injuries such as skull fractures. Johns Hopkins Medicine explains different skull fractures. Knowing which skull...

Driving in winter weather in Chicago comes with an increased risk of accident and injury due to the hazardous road conditions that are often out of your control. While you may not be able to avoid the slick roads, decreased visibility and extreme temperatures, there...