Personal Injury

Personal Injury Attorneys in Arlington Heights, Illinois

Dedicated Negligence and Malpractice Lawyers Serving Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, and Will Counties and Federal Courts

Every personal injury case is a serious one. Most arise by way of someone’s negligence, when someone is negligent, causing harm to someone else, although they can also involve intentional acts to do harm (such as assault) and injuries on the job–sometimes even resulting in wrongful death claims. When someone is responsible (liable) for your injuries, they are responsible to compensating you for medical expenses, lost time from work, pain and suffering, disability, emotional distress and, at times, other damages.

At the Law Office of Martin L. Glink, we provide personalized, high quality legal representation in protecting the rights of our clients who are victimized in personal injury cases. Aggressively fighting to protect injured victims with over 50 years combined experience, we understand what it takes to ensure that your rights are protected.

With over 50 years combined experience, the Law Office of Martin L. Glink, provides personalized, high quality legal representation to aggressively protect the rights of our clients who are victimized in personal injury cases.

Types of Personal Injury Claims

At the Law Office of Martin L. Glink, we handle all types of personal injury cases including:

Motor Vehicle accidents: The most common personal injury cases, the negligent driver can be held responsible for the accident. However, in Illinois, any percentage of fault that the plaintiff shares (for example, if you were rear-ended, but the driver responsible claims that it was in part because one or both of your taillights were out and they could not tell you were stopped), reduces their compensation, and if they are more than 50 percent responsible, they are barred from recovery (735 ILCS 5/2-1116).
Premises Liability and Slip and Fall cases: Property owners have a duty to keep any premises (hotels, grocery stores, etc.) reasonably safe.
Medical malpractice: Arises when a doctor or health care professional provides treatment that falls beneath the standard of care resulting in injury.
Nursing home neglect & abuse: We entrust nursing homes with our loved ones, yet many nursing home residents develop injuries such as pressure ulcers, malnutrition, weight loss, adverse effects from medication, falls, fractured bones, and some also face outright abuse resulting in injury and/or wrongful death.
Assault and Other Intentional Torts: Not based on negligence/accidents, these are based on a person intentionally hurting someone else (for example, being hit, shot or intentionally killed).
Dog bites: Illinois law covers injuries due to dog bites as long as you are not the owner of the dog, you were legally on the property where you were bitten and you did not provoke the animal (510 ILCS 5/16).
Jail-related injuries: More and more we hear of individuals who are negligently (or even intentionally) injured or killed after they are taken into police custody. Under the 8th Amendment of the United States Constitution, it can be cruel and unusual punishment to not provide for necessary medical care, especially urgent care. In addition, we represent clients, who have been wrongfully arrested, in §1983 suits against Police and Sheriff Departments.
Construction injuries; & related compensation are the most common work-related accidents.
Workers Compensation Case: Many employees are injured on the job performing duties for their employers. Employees are entitled to certain statutory benefits for these injuries, including but not limited to, wage loss, medical expenses and compensation for their resultant disability.
Wrongful death: When the death of a loved one is caused by someone else.

Expenses and Compensation

Personal injury victims incur significant expenses, including medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, loss of companionship and emotional distress. Calculated damages are usually related to medical bills and lost wages. Sometimes we are able to obtain punitive damages–financial costs intended to punish the defendant’s gross recklessness or wrongdoing in order to deter this behavior in the future.

At the Law Office of Martin L. Glink, we have the extensive courtroom, negotiation, and mediation experience to provide high quality legal representation to our clients. We will discuss your options extensively with you, work with the appropriate insurance companies, and bring justice against any responsible parties to obtain just compensation for you.

The Law Office of Martin L. Glink

If you have been injured, contact our Arlington Heights Personal Injury firm at (847) 394-4900 or online for a free consultation with one of our attorneys. You can also learn more about our firm here. We are here to listen and help.

Testimonials

I wasn’t just another ‘client’ to him, but rather a human being.

Several years ago, I was involved in a very serious crash. While driving to work on the highway, a semi truck hit me. As a result, I hired Marty Glink to represent me. My case lasted over 6 years and Marty helped me through the entire event. When you think of a stereotypical personal injury lawyer, i.e. ambulance chaser, Marty couldn’t be further away from that description. He is one of the kindest, compassionate and empathetic people I have had the fortune to know. I sincerely feel no other lawyer would have defended me, as well as Marty did. He went above and beyond, not to mention, he always treated me with respect. I wasn’t just another ‘client’ to him, but rather a human being. My case was extremely complicated; however, Marty took care of everything that was necessary, in order to get to my settlement. He always took my calls, listened intently and never made me feel uncomfortable. Rather, he always put me at ease. He played an enormous part in my life for 6+ years and I do consider him a friend. If anyone I know ever needed a personal injury attorney, there would be absolutely no hesitation in recommending Marty. It is because of Marty, I have been able to get to where I am in life. Even though the crash has left me permanently disabled, I am sincerely happy.

Wendy M.

I don’t know how I would have gotten through all of it without him…

Marty is a very knowledgeable and compassionate lawyer. He always made me feel at ease and guided me through the process. I don’t know how I would have gotten through all of it without him and the best part is we won my case!

Martina

We totally praised you and recommended that everybody should use your services

I can’t thank you enough for the outstanding job you did on my case. You left no stone unturned and were totally thorough. Both my husband and I were so impressed with your detailed and comprehensive presentation in court as well as your very convincing arguments. We have told our family, friends and acquaintances of your handling of our case. We totally praised you and recommended that everybody should use your services when in need of a fine attorney. I hope you and your wife will be our guest for dinner on any evening convenient for you. We want to thank you and show you how much we appreciated what you did for us. Please keep in touch and let us know when you are available.

Karen G.

Everything Marty predicted was spot on

In 2009 my family and I decided to hire Marty as our attorney. We have known Marty quite some time before that and we’re very Comfortable with our decision. Our case was a prolonged one due to ongoing medical treatment. Marty showed great empathy during this frustrating time for both myself and my family. First and most importantly he would follow up with calls just to see how I was doing and would always keep me posted on any news that has happened. Marty is very detailed and is very organized. He kept his notes very organized. He seemed to always remember all the little details that he noted during the 5 years of my case. Marty was outstanding presenting himself to the judge during the pre-trials. Everything Marty predicted was spot on. His skills made the settlement a quick one once it got to pretrial. I can confidently recommend Marty and will ask for his representation if needed again.

Hagop H