Springfield Clinic’s new pain specialist tries non-pill methods

A new doctor at Springfield Clinic hopes his expertise can help patients avoid becoming statistics in the nationwide epidemic of prescription painkiller

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Chronic pain is often a big part of Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability cases. It is certainly worth trying new approaches to break the cycle of pain and improve functioning.

Make Sure You Understand the Judge

Understanding the Judge in your Social Security Disability and Workers’ Compensation cases is very important.

An experienced Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability lawyer will understand what the Judge expects and their temperament.

The lawyer can give you insight into the questions that will be asked at the trial and why they are being asked.

Some Judges are arrogant and expect to be treated with great deference.

Other Judges are easy going and just want to do the right thing by the law and the evidence.

Whatever the type of Judge you may have, respond and act politely and it will help you.

Make sure that you explain your accident, condition and limitations in a way that is believable and paints an accurate picture of your daily activities.

Expert help is available to you with no upfront costs.

Social Security Disability cases and Workers’ Compensation cases restrict attorney fees to a percentage of your recovery at the end of the case.

This ensures that the lawyer is not paid unless you recover money.

Questions about getting the custom legal help you need? Make sure to contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

Creedon sentenced in 2015 DUI crash that badly injured teen

A 63-year-old Springfield man who was driving drunk when he hit a teenager with his car, severing the artery in his leg, in February 2015 will spend at least another 30 days in jail.Daniel Creedon pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of leaving the scene of an accident and aggravated driving under the influence.Creedon was sentenced to 180 days in the Sangamon County Jail, but will be released after 30 days, with the remainder of time being subject to review.In addition, Creedon was sentenced to

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Injuries such as this may result in both criminal proceedings and civil proceedings for money damages.

Wrong-way accident kills three, injures five on I-44 in Franklin County | Law and order | stltoday.com

Wrong-way driver collides with van carrying family from Plano, Texas.

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What a horrible collision. The purpose of the law is to attempt to provide monetary damages to people  or their families who suffer serious injury or death.

Imprisoned Hastert fights for tax-covered pension

CHICAGO — Dennis Hastert is serving a 15-month prison term in a hush-money case that stemmed from his sexual abuse of students when he taught at an Illinois public school over 35 years ago. The ex-U.S. House speaker is now pointing to a technicality to argue that a state body should restore his $17,000-a-year teacher’s pension that it yanked after his April 27 sentencing.A recent letter from Hastert’s lawyer to the agency overseeing the pensions notes his conviction was not for sexual

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Downright disgusting. Everyone knows that this about child molestation. Takes some chutzpah to challenge the pension revocation.