Your recovery comes first. We handle the claim.
A collision can leave you managing pain, missed work, medical bills, and calls from an insurance adjuster all at once. You do not have to sort through the legal questions on your own. Feagans Law Group P.C. helps injured drivers and passengers in Geneva pursue compensation while they focus on getting better.
Our husband-and-wife founding team brings personal attention and experience with insurance claims to every stage of a case. We investigate what happened, document how the crash has affected your life, and explain your options in plain language.
Results in motor vehicle injury cases
$1.25M
Automobile accident
$1M
Rental car accident
$850K
Car accident back injury
Selected outcomes reported by the firm: Snodgrass v. Frye, Conner Settlement, and Kurtin v. Bolz. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case depends on its own facts, injuries, evidence, and available coverage.
Reviews
★★★★★
“They have been great at listening and providing honest and professional communication.”
Daniel Wheeler
★★★★★
“They go above and beyond, to fight on your behalf and help you get the outcome you deserve.”
★★★★★
“They treated me like family throughout the process and assured my best interest remained priority.”
How our Geneva car accident lawyers help
Insurance claims require more than reporting that you were hurt. Our team gathers the evidence needed to explain responsibility, connect your injuries to the crash, and show the financial and personal consequences.
- Investigate the collision and identify potentially responsible parties.
- Obtain records and work with appropriate experts when the case calls for them.
- Document medical expenses, income losses, and future care needs.
- Manage insurer communications, evaluate offers, and negotiate for fair compensation.
- Prepare for litigation when a fair resolution cannot be reached.
Our relationship-driven approach also recognizes the practical problems an injury creates. The firm works with healthcare, billing, and other professionals as appropriate to help clients navigate the process.
Meet Joshua and Kathryn Feagans
Joshua and Kathryn Feagans founded the firm to provide Geneva residents with high-quality, personal legal representation.
Joshua M. Feagans
Joshua is a founding partner and leads the firm’s trial team and litigation practice, including serious motor vehicle injury cases.
Kathryn A. Feagans
Kathryn oversees the personal injury practice. Her past work as an insurance adjuster and attorney for insurers informs how she prepares and presents injury claims.
Awards & associations
What to do after a car accident
Start with safety and medical needs. Then preserve the information that may help explain what happened. If you are unable to take these steps because you are injured, ask someone you trust for help.
Your health comes first.
1
Get help and medical care
Call 911 for an emergency. Stay at the scene, assist as safely as you can, and follow responders’ instructions. Seek appropriate medical attention and tell your provider about your symptoms.
2
Preserve the details
Exchange contact and insurance information. If safe, photograph vehicles, road conditions, damage, and visible injuries. Collect witness contact details and save dashcam footage before it is overwritten.
3
Protect the claim
Keep the incident number, medical paperwork, bills, and insurer correspondence. Notify your own insurer promptly as your policy requires. Get legal advice before signing a release or giving the other insurer a recorded statement.
Keep a clear record.
Be accurate when describing the crash; do not guess about speed, distance, or injuries. A police report is useful evidence, but an officer’s opinion does not finally decide fault in a civil injury case. Keep a record of missed work and the everyday activities your injuries affect.
Your car accident case in Kane County
Our office is at 477 S. Third Street, Suite 210, in Geneva. Local records, medical providers, and court procedures may all become part of building your claim.
Kane County crash context
2024 · IDOT crash data
10,445
Motor vehicle crashes
2,589
Injury crashes
29
Fatal crashes
These are countywide figures for all motor vehicle crashes, not a count limited to Geneva, St. Charles, Batavia, or passenger cars.
Source: IDOT 2024 Crash Data Trends, Table 5, published April 2026.
Getting the crash report
Start with the law enforcement agency that investigated the collision. Give the crash date, location, and incident number if you have it. For a Geneva Police response, the department can direct you to the appropriate records process at 630-232-4736.
Local medical care
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital’s emergency department is at 300 Randall Road in Geneva. Call 911 for a medical emergency. Follow your treating provider’s advice and keep follow-up appointments and records.
If a lawsuit is needed
Kane County is served by Illinois’ 16th Judicial Circuit. The Kane County Courthouse is at 100 S. Third Street in Geneva. The proper venue, assigned courtroom, and hearing location depend on the case; your lawyer can explain where you need to appear.
The details of the location matter
For crashes on Randall Road, Routes 25, 31, or 38, or other Tri-Cities roads, the exact location matters: lane markings, traffic signals, sight lines, and nearby cameras can help explain a collision. A road’s name alone does not establish why a crash happened or who is responsible.
Common causes and types of collisions
Distracted driving, speeding, impaired driving, following too closely, unsafe lane changes, and failing to yield can all contribute to serious crashes. The investigation should test what happened rather than assume fault from the type of impact.
Rear-end collisions
Following distance, sudden stops, visibility, and the sequence of impacts may matter.
T-bone and intersection crashes
Traffic signals, right-of-way rules, witnesses, and video can clarify conflicting accounts.
Head-on and rollover crashes
Lane position, vehicle condition, road evidence, and crash reconstruction may need closer review.
We also assist with hit-and-run collisions, Uber and Lyft crashes, and commercial truck accidents. Rideshare and work-related crashes can involve additional insurance or employer questions.
Injuries can affect more than your medical bills
Neck and back injuries, fractures, concussions and other brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, burns, and scarring can disrupt work and family life. The claim should reflect the actual diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and lasting limitations. If a collision takes a loved one’s life, our wrongful death attorneys can explain the family’s options.
How fault is proved
An ordinary negligence claim generally requires proof of a duty of care, a breach of that duty, a causal connection to the injury, and resulting damages. Drivers must use reasonable care; proving that a driver failed to do so requires evidence.
Evidence from the crash
Police reports, witness accounts, scene photographs, dashcam or nearby surveillance video, vehicle damage, and available electronic data can help reconstruct events.
Evidence of your losses
Medical records, treatment opinions, wage records, receipts, and documentation of daily limitations help connect the collision to the harm you experienced.
Depending on the dispute, reconstruction specialists, medical professionals, or other experts may be appropriate. Evidence can disappear quickly, especially video. A prompt investigation can identify what should be preserved.
Responsibility may extend beyond another driver. An employer, a vehicle or component manufacturer, or another party may be involved if the facts support a claim. Claims involving government bodies require separate analysis of immunity, notice, and deadlines.
Illinois rules that can affect your claim
50%
The shared-fault threshold
Under 735 ILCS 5/2-1116, you are barred from recovering if your share of fault is more than 50%. At 50% or less, recoverable damages are reduced by your percentage.
How the reduction works
For example, 20% fault reduces a $100,000 damages finding to $80,000. This illustrates the rule, not an estimate of your case.
2 years
The usual filing deadline
Most Illinois crash injury lawsuits must be filed within two years after the claim accrues, often the accident date, under 735 ILCS 5/13-202.
Some deadlines are shorter
Exceptions can change the deadline. Many injury suits against local public entities or employees have a one-year deadline under 745 ILCS 10/8-101.
Do not let negotiations run out the clock
Do not assume that opening an insurance claim or negotiating a settlement pauses the lawsuit deadline. Children’s claims, wrongful death, claims against the State, and other circumstances may involve different rules. Have the specific deadline reviewed promptly.
Insurance basics: liability, UM, and UIM
Illinois uses a fault-based system. An at-fault driver may be responsible for the losses caused by the collision, and liability coverage is one potential source of payment. Your own policy may also provide relevant benefits.
25 / 50 / 20 minimums
Illinois’ minimum liability limits are $25,000 for bodily injury to one person, $50,000 for bodily injury to all people in one crash, and $20,000 for property damage. These are insurance limits, not a cap on the value of every injury claim.
Uninsured / underinsured coverage
UM bodily injury coverage may apply to a qualifying uninsured-driver or hit-and-run claim. UIM may help when the at-fault driver’s bodily injury limits are inadequate, subject to your policy, limits, offsets, and other requirements. It does not automatically add its full limit on top of the other policy.
Review the declarations page and policy with your lawyer before accepting a settlement that could affect other coverage. Prompt notice and cooperation obligations under your own policy still matter.
We pursue the full value of your claim.
Your medical care, missed income, and future needs all matter. We work to document the full impact of your injuries and pursue compensation that reflects your losses.
What compensation could your case include?
The goal is to document the losses caused by the crash, including effects that may continue after initial treatment. The categories that apply depend on your circumstances.
Economic losses
- Past and future medical expenses supported by the evidence.
- Lost income and reduced future earning capacity.
- Vehicle damage and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
Non-economic losses
- Physical pain and suffering.
- Emotional distress and loss of normal life.
- Disability, scarring, and disfigurement where applicable.
What affects the value of a car accident case?
There is no reliable universal average or simple medical-bill multiplier. Injury severity, treatment, future needs, time away from work, lasting limitations, strength of the evidence, shared fault, and available coverage all affect the assessment. A quick offer may arrive before the long-term consequences are understood.
Our team evaluates the available evidence and explains the strengths, uncertainties, and recovery options. Published results show outcomes in other cases; they do not predict what your claim will recover.
Before you accept an insurance offer
An adjuster is evaluating a claim for the insurance company. Be truthful, keep copies of communications, and avoid guessing. Before giving the other driver’s insurer a recorded statement, signing a broad medical authorization, or accepting a settlement, understand what you are being asked to provide or give up.
A settlement release can end your right to seek additional payment even if later treatment costs more than expected. Your own insurer may have different cooperation requirements, so do not simply ignore its requests. Feagans Law Group can review the policies, organize the supporting records, and handle communications on your behalf.
Kathryn’s experience on the insurance side helps inform the firm’s preparation of claims. That background is useful context, not a guarantee that an insurer will pay a particular amount.
From the first conversation to resolution
1. Review and investigation
We learn what happened, identify relevant deadlines and coverage, and begin gathering evidence.
2. Document and negotiate
As medical information develops, we assess the losses and present the claim for negotiation.
3. Resolve or litigate
If settlement is appropriate, we explain the terms. If litigation is needed, the process may include discovery, mediation, and trial.
These stages can overlap. The time needed depends on treatment, disputed fault, insurance issues, and the court’s schedule. We cannot responsibly promise a fixed settlement date or a particular result.
Your car accident questions, answered
What does it cost to hire Feagans Law Group?
The initial consultation is free. The firm states that injury representation is handled on a contingency fee: attorney fees are payable after recovery through settlement or trial. The written agreement explains the fee and how case expenses are handled. Ask about those terms before signing.
Do I still need to file an SR-1 report with IDOT?
For ordinary motorists, IDOT says the separate SR1B Illinois Motorist Report is no longer required. That change does not remove duties to stop, provide information, obtain help, or report a qualifying crash to law enforcement. Separate rules apply to employees involved in crashes in state vehicles. Read IDOT’s current guidance.
What if I received a ticket or may be partly at fault?
A ticket does not by itself resolve your civil injury claim. Shared fault, the evidence, and any plea can affect the case. Illinois allows reduced recovery when your fault is 50% or less; recovery is barred when it is more than 50%. Get advice before assuming you have no claim.
Can I bring a claim if the other driver has no insurance?
Potential options depend on the facts and available coverage. Your uninsured motorist coverage may apply, including to some hit-and-run claims. Preserve the police information and notify your insurer promptly. A lawyer can review policy requirements and other possible sources of recovery.
Will I have to go to trial?
Many claims settle, but some require a lawsuit and some proceed to trial. Disputed responsibility, damages, or coverage can make litigation necessary. Filing a lawsuit does not automatically mean a trial will happen.
What should I bring to a free consultation?
Bring the crash date and location, report or incident number, insurance information, photographs, medical paperwork, and insurer letters you already have. You do not need a complete file before calling. Be ready to describe your injuries, treatment, and how the crash has affected work and daily life.
Talk with a Geneva car accident attorney
Tell us what happened and what you are worried about. We will explain how the firm may be able to help and discuss your next step in a free, no-obligation consultation. Call (630) 940-2093 or use the form below.
Let our family help yours.
Personal attention starts with a conversation. Meet with our Geneva team to discuss your next step.
Feagans Law Group
477 S. Third Street, Suite 210
Geneva, IL 60134