My Bike Advocate

"Your client has a duty to pay attention to where she is going."  That was the response we received from an insurance company aft...

Maxine Soss The hastily opened car door affected two Chicago bicyclists in very different ways.  For one, the inattentive driver's...

The bottom edge of the car door sliced into the bicyclist, a huge bloody curtain of skin and muscle drawn back revealing the two large bone...

She was pedaling in the dedicated bicycle lane on Damen Avenue in Bucktown when the door sprang open in front of her.  There was nothing sh...

As the bicyclist lay in the street he looked down at his limb and saw a huge bloody curtain of skin and muscle drawn back revealing the two...

That could have been me. That sickening current of feeling has been lingering through Chicago's bicycling community since the tra...

It was one of those moments where faith that a fellow human would act attentively was tragically repudiated.   On August 17th a 26 year old...

It is the type of crash that city cyclists think about the most. It is know as "getting doored," and it happened to a 31 year old...

A 30 year old female bicyclist doored in Bridgeport in May has received the full amount of insurance coverage from the driver's insuran...

A substantial financial settlement has been reached by our law firm on behalf of a bicyclist doored when a taxi cab driver allowed his passe...

A 30 year old woman suffered injuries to her wrists, shoulder and head after being doored while riding her bicycle in Chicago's Bridgep...

On March 17th a 40 year old Chicago man was struck by a taxicab door while riding his bicycle southbound in the dedicate bike lane along the...

Getting doored is almost always on the minds bicyclists who ride in trafficked streets.  Bicycling advocacy group, the Active Transportatio...

Our law firm has obtained a substantial settlement for a bicyclist doored along North Milwaukee Avenue on August 10, 2010.   The incident o...

A bicyclist was doored then run over by a CTA bus on Friday suffering "many broken bones."  According to a relative of the man, Al...

Getting doored scares the bejesus out of me.  I've offered tips on how to avoid it , but those suggestions are far from foolproof.  The...

Every time you parallel park your car, check your mirror for bicyclists before opening your door . Every time you make a right turn, check ...

Chicago bicyclists are a hardy bunch. Even in the freezing cold of winter there are plenty of bicyclists on the road. Please remember to a...