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"My Injury Guy" Scott DeSalvo
Trial-Trained Wrongful Death Lawyer for Bolingbrook & Will County
In 2022, IDOT counted four people killed in crashes in Bolingbrook. When a family loses someone in a crash, they often learn that the at-fault driver had little or no insurance.
Here's what many families don't realize: the uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage on your own family's auto policies may apply to a wrongful death claim. That coverage can be the difference between a token payment and real compensation.
I'm Scott DeSalvo, and I've handled injury cases for over 27 years. For other kinds of injuries, see my Bolingbrook personal injury attorney page.
There's nothing to pay up front and no fee unless we win. Reach me 24/7 at 312-500-4500.
I was nine when my father, a Teamster and truck driver, was injured on the job. The lawyer who was supposed to help him barely talked to him, stretched the case out for seventeen years, and then sued him for more money.
No client of mine gets treated that way. You get honesty, attention, and real effort.
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Illinois requires uninsured motorist coverage on auto policies (215 ILCS 5/143a), which may apply when a loved one is killed by an uninsured driver.
If the at-fault driver's policy is too small, underinsured coverage may pay the difference up to your limits.
The family can recover for grief, lost companionship, and lost support (740 ILCS 180).
UM and UIM claims have policy notice requirements, and settling with the other driver without notice can jeopardize them.
Bottom Line: Your own policy may matter more than the other driver's.
On I-55, I-355, Boughton Road, and Weber Road.
People struck by vehicles.
Caused by third parties.
From negligence.
Picture this. A Bolingbrook man is killed by a driver with only a $25,000 policy. His family assumes that's all they can recover. Their own auto policies include $250,000 in underinsured motorist coverage, which may apply to the claim.
Look, insurers in fatal cases often:
Here's what most lawyers won't tell you: accepting the other driver's limits without notifying your own insurer can threaten your underinsured claim. Bottom Line: Notice first, then settle.
A fair settlement, reached without years of delay, is usually the goal. Insurers offer one when they believe your lawyer will win in front of a jury.
That's why I've graduated from Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College and the exclusive Keenan Trial Institute, invested more than $100,000 in advanced trial training, and tried more than 30 jury trials.
Nothing up front. I advance the costs of your case, and my fee comes only from what I recover. The FAQ lists the percentages.
Find Out What YOUR Case Might Be Worth...for free.
Call me for a free consultation. I'll tell you honestly what I think. If you hire me, I do the legwork, and when the full value of your losses is known, I push for a fair resolution, in court if necessary. Bolingbrook cases are usually filed in the Circuit Court of Will County in Joliet, or in DuPage County for the part of Bolingbrook that sits there.
Call 312-500-4500 any time, day or night.
Evidence fades fast, and the insurance company has already started working on its side of the story. Call me for a free consultation, 24/7/365. No money out of pocket. No fee unless we win.
Nearest office: The Law Office of Scott D. DeSalvo, LLC, 116 N Chicago St, Suite 301 - Kendall Office, Joliet, IL 60432, about 20 minutes from Bolingbrook. Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., and by appointment.
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You pay nothing to start. I'm paid on contingency, 33⅓% for most cases or 40% if we file suit, and only from the recovery. I cover the costs as the case moves forward. No win, no fee. Call 24/7/365 at 312-500-4500.
It can. UM coverage, required in Illinois (215 ILCS 5/143a), may apply when an uninsured driver causes a death, depending on the policy.
Underinsured motorist coverage on your family's policy may pay the difference, up to its limits.
Usually two years from the death (740 ILCS 180/2). UM/UIM claims also follow policy terms.
The personal representative of the estate.
Scott DeSalvo founded DeSalvo Law to help injured people throughout Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1998, IARDC #6244452, Scott has represented over 3,000 clients in personal injury, workers compensation, and accident cases.
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