O'Brien Law, LLC

09/03/2026

🏗️ Hurt at work? Workers compensation covers the medical bills and part of your wages, but it does not always cover everything, especially if someone other than your employer caused it. Worth knowing before you sign anything.

09/02/2026

⚖️ Insurance adjusters often call within days and sound genuinely helpful. That first call is recorded and the questions are shaped carefully. You are allowed to say you will call back once you have spoken to someone.

09/01/2026

🏍️ Motorcycle riders get blamed before anyone looks at the facts. Insurers lean on that assumption hard and it shapes the whole claim. We push back with the evidence, not the stereotype.

09/01/2026

Accidents are rarely as straightforward as they seem. After a car crash, slip and fall, or other personal injury incident, it’s common for each party to have a different version of what happened. Many people assume that if they were even slightly at fault, they cannot recover compensation. Fortunately, that is not how Illinois law works.

If you’ve been injured in Geneva, Batavia, St. Charles, or elsewhere in Kane County, you may still have the right to pursue compensation, even if you share some responsibility for the accident.

Learn how Illinois comparative negligence laws affect your personal injury claim. O'Brien Law helps clients in Geneva, Batavia, St. Charles, and Kane County protect their rights.

08/31/2026

🚗 Labor Day weekend puts more traffic and more impaired drivers on the road than almost any other stretch of summer. If something happens, photograph everything before the cars move and see a doctor even if you feel fine.

08/30/2026

🏡 A slip and fall is not automatically the property owner's fault, and it is not automatically yours either. What matters is what they knew, how long the hazard sat there and whether anyone warned you. Photograph it before it gets cleaned up.

08/29/2026

🚲 More people are riding, and drivers still do not look twice at intersections. A bike crash usually means serious injury and an insurer arguing the rider was at fault. The details in the first week decide how that goes.

08/26/2026

🐕 A dog bite claim is usually against a homeowner policy, not a person, and Illinois does not require a previous bite for the owner to be liable. People hesitate because they know the family. You can be fair to them and still cover the medical bills.