Hughes Law Firm

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Southern Illinois Trial Attorneys representing victims of injury or death due to medical malpractice, car accidents, work accidents, falls, product failure, construction accidents and a wide range of personal injury and wrongful death cases.
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We have represented victims in medical malpractice cases against physicians, hospitals, physician assistants, nurses and nursing homes. If you have suffered due to medical malpractice that has saddled you with thousands of dollars in medical bills and has had a devastating effect on your life, we can help you find justice through the great equalizer: the Illinois Civil Jury System. We can give you back the power to control your life that was taken away from you. Whether your claim is a medical malpractice injury, or an amputation, or even a death, we have 22 years of Trial experience in bringing insurance companies to justice either through the bargaining table in settlement, or through the Trial bar resulting in verdict, so that you can be fully and fairly compensated for the losses and damages you have suffered. Justice is more than a word with our law firm. It is a result!

Most insurance companies attempt to use their vast wealth and power to force you to settle cheaply. Most insurance companies do not want you to obtain an attorney. We strive to empower you to fight back. With the power of our representation and our experience in trying cases in Southern Illinois, we can provide you with the leverage you need in order to position your case for a successful conclusion which means recovering your medical bills, your lost wages, pain and suffering and damages for the permanent effect on your life and your family's well being due to the crash. For 22 years we have worked with our clients' treating doctors and therapists in Southern Illinois, St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Paducah and Evansville, to establish the evidence and proof necessary to obtain for our clients full and fair compensation for the often permanent effects of a serious car collision on our client's life and family.

An injury at work in the line of duty can be a confusing situation because the Workers Compensation Act and the administration of the Act by the Illinois Industrial Commission is far different than a car accident case in civil court. We can help you receive the full benefits you are entitled to under the Illinois Workers Compensation Act which may include, but are not limited to, payment of 100% of your medical bills that are work accident related; payment of temporary comp while you are off work recovering from your injuries (called temporary total disability benefits) and a permanency settlement or award if your injuries are permanent. For 22 years our firm has been helping injured workers in all sorts of industries such as policemen, firemen, coal miners, ironworkers, factory workers, State of Illinois employees, Southern Illinois University employees, etc. If you think you may need assistance navigating your work comp rights in the State of Illinois please allow us to help.

Whenever you are injured in a fall the insurance company typically blames you. The blame game includes allegations that you were not looking where you were walking. The blame game includes allegations that you were at fault for causing your own injuries. At our firm we thoroughly investigate the facts and then we use our experience and power to push back. We can equalize the power on your side so that you can stand up to any insurance company. We strive to put you back in the position you were in financially before you fell.

If you think that you were seriously injured, or a loved one suffered a death, due to the failure of a product, please allow us to investigate your incident and use our resources and knowledge to help you with your case. We have the financial resources and the contacts with experts and engineers to have your products liability case evaluated by professionals in order to determine if a product defect was indeed the cause of your injuries or the cause of the death of a loved one. These cases are typically very complicated and expensive to investigate so our product cases are necessarily limited to only serious injury and/or death claims.

We have wide ranging experience in representing clients in construction accidents. We have represented coal miners and ironworkers injured during construction projects. We have represented clients who have been injured in both commercial and home construction jobs. Typically, construction accident cases involve not only a claim against a third party, such as a property owner and/or the construction general contractor, but also a workers compensation claim. At our law firm we can represent you on both claims, the work comp claim and the third party construction accident lawsuit, to maximize your recovery and to pay your medical bills, lost wages and other damages permitted under Illinois law.