A boy and his mother were awarded a $53 million verdict by a jury in Cook County in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against The University of Chicago Hospital. This verdict is the largest of its kind in Cook County. The boy, born with a brain injury, will receive the award which includes a large...
Read More About $53 Million Dollar Medical Malpractice Verdict for Baby Brain DamageThe plaintiff, Lorraine Patullo-Banks, was walking from the Park Ridge Train Station in February 2008. As she traveled on the sidewalk near the intersection of Touhy Ave and 3rd Street, she encountered an obstruction of snow and ice that had accumulated, resulting from the city snow plow that had cleared the street. The plaintiff chose...
Read More About Park Ridge Sued For Negligence In Pedestrian Injury CaseWhat are Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs)? A large motor vehicle for the transportation of people or property and either having 2 axles and exceeding a certain gross total weight or registered gross weight or having 3 or more axles. Commercial motor vehicles are a critical part of the state economy, as they transport large quantities...
Read More About FAQs About Illinois Truck AccidentsEach year, millions of drivers traverse America’s roadways. Unfortunately, more than 30,000 of these individuals lose their lives in tragic and preventable accidents. Many of these vehicular accidents involve trucks, such as tractor trailers and semi-trucks. One of the leading causes of truck accidents is driver fatigue. Truck drivers who are required to make long...
Read More About Federal Laws About Fatigued Truck DriversWhile working construction on a bridge along the I-90 highway in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, a worker was recently killed and three others were injured. The worker killed was a forty-eight year old man from Berwyn, who had a wife and four children. Federal investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...
Read More About Construction Worker Killed On-The-Job in Chicago SuburbsThe family of a child left injured after a surgery has agreed to a $30 million settlement from the doctor and the hospital. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Court, detailed that the six-year-old boy suffered from brain damage and cerebral palsy due to a surgery at Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center in 2011. This...
Read More About Chicago Hospital and Doctor Settle Medical Malpractice Case for $30 MillionA picture is worth a thousand words, and in the case of the family of a man who had been held in the custody of the Chicago Police Department, it apparently was worth $4.9 million dollars as well. A settlement has been tentatively reached between the City of Chicago and the family of a man...
Read More About $4.9 Million Settlement Agreed To in Chicago Police Abuse CaseLarge truck vs. passenger vehicle accidents are incredibly dangerous events. A large commercial truck can weigh up to 20,000 pounds. Because of the severity of accidents involving large trucks and passenger vehicles, drivers and passengers of smaller vehicles often suffer crippling or fatal injuries. According to a study undertaken by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
Read More About Who is Responsible for an Illinois Rollover Truck Accident?According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in one recent year alone there were 411,000 vehicle accidents involving large trucks nationwide. Of these, one percent resulted in at least one fatality and 20 percent resulted in at least one severe injury. Getting injured in a collision with a semi-truck is an extremely traumatic...
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