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Illinois Trucker Protected by Employer’s Insurance in Truck Crash Case
The Illinois Appellate Court has affirmed a decision by a Cook County trial judge. Krysztof Emiljanowicz, a truck driver, agreed to act as a contractor for SSTS, Inc. On May 12, 2004, Krysztof signed...
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Cook County Jury Finds in Favor of Backing Out Driver in Parking Garage Incident
Twenty-two-year-old Bryan Widstrand was driving into a parking garage at Concordia University in River Forest, Ill., when 19-year-old Paige Kecseg backed out of a parking spot and hit the passenger...
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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Injured Delivery Driver’s $489,000 Jury...
Robert Jones was injured while he was delivering supplies to a Pizza Hut restaurant in South Elgin, Ill. Jones was struck by the pizza delivery car driven by defendant Bibiana Bojorge in the parking...
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$183,000 Jury Verdict for Injured Driver in Five-Car Crash
A Lake County, Ill., jury returned a $183,008 verdict in favor of Patricia Lewis, whose car was rear-ended by another vehicle at high speed. The crash took place on Nov. 7, 2008 on northbound Route 12...
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Cook County Jury Decides for Defendants in Rear-End, Four-Car Chain Reaction...
On July 18, 2010, Natalie Cozzi, defendant Sergio Ramirez and Caitlyn Hopkins were involved in a four-car crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway near Washington Street in Chicago, Ill. The crash took place...
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$34,800 Cook County Jury Verdict for Husband and Wife in Broadsided Car Crash
The defendant Adolyne Dolmer was driving northbound on I-394 in Sauk Village, Ill., when she ran the red light at Sauk Trail Road and T-boned the eastbound car of Megan and Todd Bishop. The Bishops...
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Cook County Jury Verdict for Injured in High Speed Three-Car Crash; Jury...
Nasrath Sawa-Malik, 52, was driving northbound on Interstate 55 (Stevenson Expressway) on June 18, 2010 when her car was rear-ended by a car driven by the defendant, Terry Cornwell, which struck...
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$14,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Rear-End Crash
On Oct. 30, 2009, Filberto Meza, 37, was traveling eastbound on 25th Street at Central in Cicero, Ill., when his car crashed into the rear end of a stopped motor vehicle. Juan Magana and Raquel...
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Failure to Yield Car Crash Ends With $1.75 Million Settlement
Gwendolyn Abasta was driving to an intersection when the traffic light turned yellow. Jose Alvarado was traveling in the opposite direction and turned left in front of Abasta’s car, which resulted in...
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$9.85 Million Settlement Reached During Jury Trial for Catastrophic Injuries...
Rosalina Dionisio, 62, was driving home from work on the highway when her car suddenly lost electrical power. She was able to drive the car to the far right lane, but as she attempted to pull her car...
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$34.2 Million Jury Verdict in Truck Crash; Accident Results in Paraplegia for...
Christopher Arnold was 19 years old and riding in a pickup truck driven by Jonathan Ortiz when a friend traveling behind them called to say that furniture had fallen off the friend’s truck. Ortiz...
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Jury Signs Verdict for $4.74 Million in Rear-End Crash by Rental Car Company...
Angela Rogers, 45, was driving when she slowed her vehicle for traffic ahead. She was at a virtual stop when a Hertz Corp. employee driving a company car rear-ended Rogers’ car while traveling at about...
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$333,000 Jury Verdict in T-Bone Crash Injuring Passenger and Drivers in...
On June 12, 2013, the plaintiff, Andrew Gunderson, 14, was riding as a passenger on an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) being driven by another teen, the defendant Cody Fanter, also 14. Cody was driving the...
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$62,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for a Rear-End Crash Involving a Drunk...
On May 4, 2006, Thomas J. Diorio was driving westbound on Lake Street (IL Route 20) in Bartlett, Ill. He was traveling at a speed of 35 mph when the defendant, Matthew J. Pattelli, rear-ended Thomas’s...
View ArticleMotorist Killed by Trucker Who Was Claimed to Have Been Hired Without Respect...
Karen Ann Whitaker was 60 when she started home from the church where she worked as a daycare teacher. Driving alone, she exited the church parking lot and turned onto the adjacent road. As she entered...
View Article$297,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Chicago Loop T-Bone Taxicab Crash
A 60-year-old Los Angeles, Calif., attorney was a passenger in the back seat of the taxicab driven by the defendant Abdulkhair Haq on June 28, 2013. The cab and the L.A. attorney, David Kenney, were...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Resolves Under-Insured Motorist Claim and Demand for...
Vanity Mack was injured in 2010 and submitted an under-insured motorist claim to Allstate Insurance Co. In addition to the claim, Mack filed a demand for arbitration under the rules of the Federal...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Finds That Each Instance of Under-Insurance Must Be...
In this case, the quarrel was over setoffs for settlements that totaled $395,000 paid by two under-insured motorists who were claimed to have caused a crash that seriously injured Erin Tufano. Tufano...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant in...
Kathleen Waldeck was driving a car that was alleged to have rear-ended the car of the plaintiff, Andice Peacock, causing her injuries. Peacock had alleged that her car was rear-ended by Waldeck while...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment: Injured Party’s Testimony...
Summary judgment was affirmed by the Illinois Appellate Court in favor of the defendant in a case involving a rear-end car crash that injured the plaintiff. Before trial, the defendant Kathleen Waldeck...
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