$14.06 Million Jury Verdict for Catastrophic Injury to Passenger in Single...
Matthew Martin, 19, was riding in the back seat of a Mini Cooper driven by his friend, Raymond Consul. As they drove a winding road, Consul chose not to properly negotiate a curve. He lost control of...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Where Another Injured Party...
The plaintiffs, Brittany N. Hage and Joann M. Blackmore, appealed the dismissal of their Count VI of Hage’s Fourth Amended Complaint, which added Blackmore as a party plaintiff in the Hage cause of...
View Article$23.22 Million Joint and Several Jury Verdict Reversed and Remanded by...
The defendant, Toad L. Dragonfly Express Inc., appealed an award of contribution entered against it and in favor of the defendant C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. and other corporate entities collectively,...
View Article$9.5 Million Settlement Reached for Pedestrian Seriously Injured by Garbage...
Corzon Espano, an accountant in her 60s, was standing at the corner of an intersection waiting for a traffic light to change before she was about to cross the street. When the light signal showed...
View Article$13 Million Jury Verdict in Fatal Head-On Car Crash
Michelle Anderson, 36, was driving in the southbound lane of the highway when Calvin Adams, traveling in the opposite direction, attempted to pass a line of traffic in a no-passing zone. Adams crossed...
View Article$1.8 Million Settlement in Failure to Yield Right-of-Way Crash
Jaime Monroy Jr. and Jonathan Campos were traveling in a car through an intersection when the vehicle driven by Stacey Suchio Poon allegedly turned left in front of Monroy and Campos. Monroy, the...
View Article$4.5 Million Settlement for Distracted Driving That Caused Broadside Crash
Ms. Doe, 51, was turning left on a green light turn signal when the driver of a commercial van that was travelling at approximately 55 mph ran a red light. The commercial van broadsided Ms. Doe’s...
View Article$30 Million Jury Verdict in Fatal Failure to Avoid Oncoming Traffic
Joseph Cargal, 68, was operating a tractor-trailer early one rainy morning on a four-lane roadway. David Forehand, a FedEx truck driver, was traveling in the opposite direction when he swerved to...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Personal Injury Lawsuit for...
The Illinois Appellate Court for the First District reversed and remanded a court decision from the Cook County Circuit Court. In this case, a car driven by Jamie Lichter was rear-ended by the vehicle...
View Article$6.2 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Yield the Right-of-Way
Patricia Carr, 61, was driving on a two-lane highway when Jenny Jung Ah Yim’s vehicle turned left from a driveway and crashed into Carr’s vehicle. The collision caused Carr to suffer a burst fracture...
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