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U.S. Appeals Court Finds for Railroad Worker Injured at Jobsite; Lynch v....
Renardo Lynch was working as a mechanic for Metra when the top rail of a chain-link fence he was installing fell on him. He injured the back of his neck and shoulders. In a lawsuit that was filed under...
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court's Dismissal in Auto Injury Case...
In a close case decided by the Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, defendant Will County Washington Township was held responsible for injuries suffered by occupants of an automobile in an...
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Illinois Jury Awards $615,000 for Injured Truck Driver When Steel Rolls Off...
In October 2004, the plaintiff truck driver was hauling a pre-loaded 2,000-pound bundle of steel rebar. When the plaintiff reached his destination and loosened the cargo straps, the bundle of rebar...
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Black Box Technology Improves in Automobiles and Trucks
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which is a division of the United States Department of Transportation, has requested that "black boxes," electronic data recorders or electronic...
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Illinois Verdict for Rear-End One Day Trial; Canfield v. Village of Creve Coeur
In a one-day trial in Tazewell County, Ill., a jury decided in favor of a plaintiff who suffered soft-tissue injuries to his neck and back. The plaintiff, Marshall Canfield, had no broken bones;...
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Illinois Jury Finds for Injured in Head-On Crash in Snow Storm; Gutierrez v....
Jose Gutierrez was driving southbound on Route 23 near Fossee Road in Ottawa, Ill., when his vehicle was hit by the front of the car driven northbound by defendant Palochko. Palochko's vehicle crossed...
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$489,000 Cook County Verdict for Delivery Man Hit by Car in Parking Lot
In September 2008, Robert Jones, a delivery man bringing pizza dough to the Pizza Hut restaurant in South Elgin, Ill., was hit by a Pizza Hut employee. Mr. Jones was delivering pizza dough on a loaded...
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Illinois Jury Returns $167,000 Verdict in Stop Sign Car Crash; Fuentes v. Dovin
Jackie Fuentes was driving northbound in 2006 on East 15th Road in Wallace Township, LaSalle County, while defendant Amanda Dovin was traveling westbound on North 31st Road. East 15th was a through...
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$93,182 Cook County Verdict for Passenger in Three Car Crash; Stadelmann v....
Margaret Waimon, 84, was driving northbound on Interstate 294 when she rear-ended a vehicle in front of her. The Oct, 6, 2007 crash pushed that car into the rear of the car in front of it where the...
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$2 Million Verdict in Stop Sign Collision with Postal Carrier; Henriksen v....
Kurt Henriksen was driving westbound on Eagle Lake Road in Peotone, Ill., when a postal worker was driving northbound on 104th Street and pulled out from a stop sign directly in front of his vehicle....
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Cook County Jury Delivers Verdict for FedEx in Rear-End Crash; Fernandez v....
A Cook County jury has found that FedEx was not responsible for injuries to Cesar Fernandez on June 13, 2009 when the car he was driving was rear-ended by a FedEx truck. Fernandez was stopped at a red...
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses a Verdict Regarding Admitted Evidence of...
A Will County, Illinois, jury verdict has been reversed by the Illinois Appellate Court for the Third District. In this case, Yvonne Johnson was injured in a Casey's General Store parking lot when she...
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Court of Appeals Finds for Truck Driver Who Was Not Borrowed Employee; Couch...
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has found in favor of a truck driver, Billy Couch, employed by B&B Trucking, a U.S. Postal Service contractor that sued the government under the Federal Tort...
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$411,000 Jury Verdict in Sudden Stop Rear-End Crash; Nowak v. Ball
Peter Nowak, 54, was stopped at a red light on eastbound Lake-Cook Road in Palatine, Ill., on April 14, 2010 when Nowak's car was rear-ended by defendant Ball. Nowak's testimony was that he never saw...
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Deaths in House Fire;...
Four teenagers went out to dinner and later had a party in the basement home of the Gordons, the parent home of one of the teenagers. The incident took place in July 2006. Two of the individuals, Hoyle...
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Cook County Jury Verdict for $72,000 in Admitted Negligence, Rear-End Car...
A Cook County jury has found in favor of an injured driver whose car was rear-ended at a traffic light on eastbound Liberty Street at Route 59 in Aurora, Ill. The crash took place on Jan. 23, 2008 when...
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Federal Tort Claims Act Requires Written Notice to Federal Agency Before...
Peggy LeGrande, who worked as a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines, was injured when the plane she working in encountered severe turbulence. She brought a lawsuit against the United States under...
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Illinois Supreme Court Returns Asbestos Litigation to Mississippi Court;...
In 2002, the Illinois Central Railroad was sued in the State of Mississippi where plaintiff Walter Fennell lived. The lawsuit alleged that he and others were exposed to asbestos when working for the...
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Injury Lawsuit for Heir on...
The lawsuit brought by Patricia Emrickson against Fernando Morfin was dismissed with prejudice because Ms. Emrickson's attorney relied on an online search service that had inaccurate information about...
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$228,000 in Illinois Consumer Fraud Action on Contract; Myles v. E. King...
Edward Myles, a truck driver, claimed that he lost earnings due to the defendants' unfair acts and practices. The claim stemmed from the defendants' breach of contract relating to the sale of...
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