$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...
View Article$28 Million Jury Verdict in Bus-Car Crash that Left Teenager Paralyzed
A Minnesota jury has signed a $28 million verdict for the injuries suffered by a teenager who is now a quadriplegic after the car in which she was passenger was struck by a school bus. The crash...
View ArticleAppeals Court Finds Taxi Company Vicariously Liable for Injuries
Emanuele Secci was injured after his motorcycle was involved in a crash with the defendant Aram Tonakanian, who was driving a green and white taxi marked with United Independent Taxi Drivers‘ insignia....
View ArticleIllinois Jury Verdict in Rear-End Collision Results in $33,287 Verdict
On Aug. 7, 2013, Jessica Williams, 27, was stopped in traffic on eastbound Route 143 at the intersection with Blackburn Road in Edwardsville, Ill. The defendant, 29-year-old Jacob Smith, rear-ended the...
View Article$15 Million Structured Settlement for Crash that Left Passenger with...
Aundre Hobbs, 15, was a passenger in a car driven by his friend, another teenager, Armon Jones. Armon reportedly turned left at a green left-turn signal and crashed into a car driven by James Gorham....
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirmed the Dismissal of Counterclaim in Injury...
Plaintiff Mary Carmichael was injured in a car accident while she was riding in a six-passenger van owned and operated by Professional Transportation Inc. (PTI). The vehicle was being driven by Dwayne...
View Article$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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