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Commercial Vehicles And Safety

Today there are more commercial trucks on the road than ever before and this workforce transports 80% of America’s cargo. The industry itself is worth nearly 800 billion, as billions of tons of cargo get carried across the country every year and that number is only increasing as businesses continue to flourish and people enter

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Partners Michael Childress and Andrew Plunkett Selected to Super Lawyers List for 2018!

Our very own Michael Childress and Andrew Plunkett have once again been nominated for the Super Lawyers List for 2018!  Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes the top lawyers in Illinois via a patented multiphase selection process involving peer nomination, independent research and peer evaluation. The Illinois lawyers who receive the highest point totals during this

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Expediting tornado claims. Best practices for mitigating risks pre and post loss.

In order to be truly prepared after a natural disaster contact Childress Loucks & Plunkett  immediately following the event of loss. We are an independent, unbiased ally when disaster strikes.  We are not adjusters! We are insurance experts (as well as attorneys) who investigate and manage your claim from the event of loss to final

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Drought and climate change: their combined impact on regional precipitation

No matter what one’s belief may be regarding the validity of climate change one thing is for certain, we are already feeling its impacts in various forms.  Perhaps the most relevant and immediate impact of a warming planet has been the recent, prolonged drop in precipitation levels in some areas of the globe.  Could climate

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Tornado season is here. Time to review your insurance policies’ coverage and limits.

Tornado season is right around the corner here in the United States.  May and June are typically the most active months of the year for tornado genesis across the Great Plains.  Tornado Alley, as the nickname goes, sees a very large number of super cell thunderstorms which are perfect producers of violent EF2 or greater

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Keys to recovering your insurance benefits after a disaster

We live in an age of disasters. Devastation to manufacturing facilities by fires, tornados, explosions, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc., is now commonplace. So, you have sought to protect your business with an expensive insurance program. While it is hard to predict when and how a calamity will affect your business, you should know now

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Manufacturers and the changing environmental landscape: Beware

The growing awareness in the United States regarding carbon emissions and their effect on the environment and weather patterns, have produced an increase in environmental litigation and some important decisions from the United States Supreme Court. Many states and environmental groups have filed lawsuits in an effort to get the judicial system to force cuts

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