Question 1

What personal injury case types do you cover in Illinois?

Accepted Answer

Premises liability and slip and fall are our headline Illinois categories: big-box and grocery (Walmart, Target, Mariano's, Jewel-Osco, Costco, Sam's Club), restaurant and hotel, parking lot, apartment complex, and shopping-center files. We also cover auto / car accident, truck and 18-wheeler, motorcycle, rideshare (Uber and Lyft), pedestrian and bicyclist, dog bite (strict liability under 510 ILCS 5/16), wrongful death, and workplace and construction injuries. Most firms buying Illinois leads from us mix a heavy slip-and-fall and premises base with a steady auto and trucking flow. You can focus on a single case type, a subset, or the full Illinois PI spectrum.

Question 2

How does Illinois premises liability law work?

Accepted Answer

Illinois abolished the common-law invitee/licensee distinction in 1984 with the Premises Liability Act, codified at 740 ILCS 130. The Act imposes a single duty of reasonable care on a possessor of land toward all entrants who are not trespassers (the duty of reasonable care also extends to children trespassers in attractive-nuisance contexts). That makes Illinois more plaintiff-friendly on premises files than most US states, since the absence of the invitee/licensee distinction removes a category of defense argument routinely used in jurisdictions that retain the framework (Texas, Missouri, North Carolina). Trespassers in Illinois are still owed only the duty against willful and wanton conduct. Most Illinois slip-and-fall and premises files turn on actual or constructive notice of the dangerous condition, surveillance preservation, and prior-complaint discovery.

Question 3

How much do Illinois premises liability and slip-and-fall leads cost?

Accepted Answer

Illinois premises and slip-and-fall lead pricing tracks the Google Ads auction, which is among the more competitive in the country, especially in Cook County, where ATRA ranked the venue the #2 "Judicial Hellhole" for 2023-2024. Personal injury commercial-intent CPCs across Illinois generally run $50 to $250, with Chicago and the collar counties at the top end and Rockford, Springfield, Champaign, and Peoria meaningfully lower. We price per lead with no minimums and no contracts. Contact us for current pricing in your specific counties and case types.

Question 4

What is the statute of limitations for Illinois personal injury claims?

Accepted Answer

Two years from the date of injury under 735 ILCS 5/13-202 for most personal injury claims, including premises, slip and fall, dog bite, auto, and product liability. Wrongful death runs on its own 2-year clock under 740 ILCS 180/2 from the date of death. Medical malpractice carries a 2-year discovery rule with a 4-year repose under 735 ILCS 5/13-212. Public-entity claims (city of Chicago, Cook County, the State of Illinois, CTA, Pace, Metra, school districts, public universities) carry a 1-year SOL and a 1-year written-notice requirement under the Illinois Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/8-101). The 1-year Tort Immunity Act window is the single most common procedural trap on Illinois PI files involving public-entity defendants.

Question 5

How does Illinois's 51% bar comparative fault rule affect premises and PI cases?

Accepted Answer

Illinois applies modified comparative fault under 735 ILCS 5/2-1116 with a 51% bar. A plaintiff who is more than 50% at fault is fully barred from recovery. At 50% or below, recovery is reduced by the plaintiff fault percentage. That 50/51 line is unforgiving on premises files where defendants routinely argue open-and-obvious or the visitor failed to keep a proper lookout. We screen Illinois PI leads with the 51% bar in mind so borderline-fault profiles are flagged for additional intake context, not auto-rejected.

Question 6

Are Illinois dog bite claims different?

Accepted Answer

Yes, and they are notably plaintiff-friendly. Illinois imposes strict liability on dog owners under the Animal Control Act (510 ILCS 5/16). The plaintiff need not prove negligence, prior viciousness, or owner knowledge of dangerous propensities. Required elements: (1) the dog attacked, attempted to attack, or injured the victim; (2) the victim was lawfully present where the attack occurred; and (3) the victim did not provoke the dog. Illinois is among the most plaintiff-friendly states in the country for dog bite files, materially more favorable than one-bite states like Texas. The 2-year general PI statute of limitations applies. Illinois consistently ranks among the top US states for dog-bite claim volume.

Question 7

Does Illinois cap noneconomic damages on premises or PI cases?

Accepted Answer

No. Illinois has no statutory cap on noneconomic damages on any case type. The Illinois Supreme Court struck down the prior $500,000 noneconomic cap as unconstitutional in Best v. Taylor Machine Works (1997), and subsequent caps on med-mal noneconomic damages were struck down in Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital (2010). That uncapped damages profile is a major reason Cook County, Madison, and St. Clair counties regularly produce upper-tier verdict outcomes on premises, auto, trucking, and product cases.

Question 8

Are Illinois leads pre-screened against the 2-year SOL and Tort Immunity Act?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every Illinois lead is screened for SOL position, representation status, injury, and a 51% bar fault sanity check against 735 ILCS 5/2-1116. Leads close to the 2-year mark are flagged for accelerated routing. Wrongful death leads are evaluated against the separate 2-year clock under 740 ILCS 180/2 (running from date of death). Public-entity leads (CTA, Pace, Metra, City of Chicago, county sheriff, ISP, state agencies, school districts, public universities) are flagged for the 1-year Tort Immunity Act notice and SOL window before delivery.

Question 9

Can I target specific Illinois counties?

Accepted Answer

Yes. All 102 counties. Highest sustained PI claim volume comes from Cook County (Chicago and 130+ suburbs), DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, McHenry (the collar counties), Winnebago (Rockford), Madison and St. Clair (Metro East / St. Louis suburbs), Champaign (Urbana-Champaign), Sangamon (Springfield), and Peoria. Premises and slip-and-fall files concentrate in the urban retail corridors of Cook and the collar counties, with steady volume from suburban big-box, grocery, restaurant, hotel, and apartment files in DuPage, Lake, and Will. Target at the county or zip level so you only pay for leads in your actual service area.

Question 10

Any contracts, minimums, or setup fees?

Accepted Answer

None. No monthly minimums, no subscriptions, no setup fees for standard onboarding. Pay per lead. Pause or resume anytime. Invalid leads are replaced under our standard policy.

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