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$1.8 MILLION VERDICT FOR A LOCAL 137 PIPEFITTER

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 15:15 by Admin
LOCAL 137 PIPEFITTER'S FALL YIELDS $1,800,000 VERDICT Plaintiff, a 56 year old pipefitter working for a subcontractor to General Electric at Commowealth Edison's Nuclear Power Plant during outage m... [More]

$1.78 MILLION FOR BRICKLAYER INJURED ON CONSTRUCTION SITE

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 14:40 by Admin
$1.78 Million Verdict In a case presented by attorneys James J. Morici, Jr., a Cook County jury returned a verdict for a bricklayer totaling $1.78 million for injuries sustained when a scaffold he wa... [More]

$1.5 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED AT McCORMICK PLACE EXPANSION

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 14:16 by Admin
$1.5 Million for Construction Worker Injured at McCormick Place Expansion In a case presented by attorney James J. Morici, Jr., a Cook County jury returned a verdict for a construction worker totalin... [More]

$1 MILLION VERDICT FOR AN INJURED PREGNANT MOTORIST

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 14:09 by Admin
Pregnant motorist recovers $982k for fractured neck in expressway rollover A Cook County jury returned a verdict in favor of a Berwyn couple totaling $982,000 for injuries sustained to a seven-mon... [More]

Movie Extra Hurt During Filiming

Thursday, 2 September 2010 09:34 by Admin
'Transformers 3' movie extra hurt during Hammond stunt September 2, 2010 6:10 AM | UPDATED STORY A movie extra from Chicago who was working on a scene of "Transformers 3" being shot in&n... [More]

Oswego crash driver: Teens got rides out of sympathy

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 13:37 by Admin
Oswego crash driver: Teens got rides out of sympathy June 28, 2010 8:43 PM | An emotional and often-sobbing Sandra Vasquez testified today that she agreed to drive a group of mostly dr... [More]

Oswego crash driver: Teens got rides out of sympathy

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 13:30 by Admin
Oswego crash driver: Teens got rides out of sympathy June 28, 2010 8:43 PM | An emotional and often-sobbing Sandra Vasquez testified today that she agreed to drive a group of mostly dr... [More]

Robbery spawns chase that leads to deadly Eisenhower crash

Thursday, 6 May 2010 13:32 by Admin
May 5, 2010 9:02 PM The rolled-over car chased by robbery victims on the Eisenhower Expressway. (WGN-TV) A frantic, 10-mile car chase that ended in a deadly wreck on the Eisenhower Exp... [More]

Loop Bicyclist injured after running into taxi

Thursday, 6 May 2010 12:13 by Admin
May 6, 2010 11:47 AM  A bicyclist was taken in fair-to-good condition to a hospital after he ran into the the back of a taxi in the Loop this morning, officials said.The 32-year-old man,... [More]

Nissan recalling 135K Infiniti G35 sedans

Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:15 by Admin
Published on May 4, 2010 1:29 PM | Associated Press | Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it will recall nearly 135,000 Infiniti G35 sedans and coupes to address a problem that could lead to t... [More]

One dead, three injured in Crystal Lake crash

Tuesday, 20 April 2010 12:31 by Admin
April 11, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A suburban woman was killed and three more people injured following a Saturday night crash in northwest suburban Crystal Lake that police suspect involved... [More]

4 hurt when car crashes into Southside building

Monday, 19 April 2010 12:11 by Admin
April 17, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Four people were injured -- three critically -- in a multi-vehicle crash where a car hit a building Friday evening in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. Th... [More]

Man dies after falling on 'L' tracks

Friday, 9 April 2010 09:11 by Admin
April 9, 2010 5:46 AM | UPDATED STORY Authorities were investigating why a man died after falling on the tracks at a West Side "L" station late Thursday. Michael Williams, 56,  was ... [More]

Woman's account of police chase disputed

Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:06 by Admin
April 8, 2010 9:03 AM | Dorothy Dzibuczynski's car after it crashed. (WGN-TV) A police chase from Hammond to the Southeast Side of Chicago Wednesday evening ended in a three-car crash that i... [More]

Plane crash Austin

Tuesday, 23 March 2010 16:23 by Admin
Friday, February 19, 2010   A man who may have been upset with the Internal Revenue Service set fire to his home, got into a small plane and crashed it Thursday into a multistory office build... [More]

2 hurt in Logan Square crash

Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:59 by Admin
March 18, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE One person has been badly hurt in a three-vehicle collision in the Logan Square neighborhood early Thursday on the Northwest Side.The crash happened a... [More]

Victim from fatal Stevenson crash identified

Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:39 by Admin
March 17, 2010 9:17 PM | Police tonight were still searching for the driver of a car that flipped over into oncoming traffic on the Stevenson Expressway near Cicero Avenue late Monday nigh... [More]

$95,000 for auto accident injury

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 10:27 by Admin
Plaintiff was traveling north bound on Austin Avenue when the defendent ran a red light and hit the plaintiff causing her multiple injuries to her back including a herniated disc. Injuries needed surg... [More]

SUV driver in fatal crash

Monday, 15 March 2010 14:57 by Admin
Route 59 in southwest suburban Plainfield has been reopened following a three-vehicle crash in which four people were injured Saturday night.The crash happened at Illinois Route 59 and Wedgewood Court... [More]

$300,000 Settlement for Multiple injury Construction Negligence case

Monday, 15 March 2010 10:22 by Admin
Plaintiff was breaking down auger sections in extreme muddy conditions.  Plaintiff's left foot was stuck in the mud which caused him to trip and fall twisting his knee, leg and injuring his shoul... [More]

$700,000 for an injured Pipefitter

Monday, 15 March 2010 10:02 by Admin
Attorney's Charles Wallace and Mitchell Friedman obtained a favorable verdict for a pipefitter injured on a construction site. The plaintiff was reaching for a wrench from a co-worker while holding on... [More]

Study finds elevated rates of cancer in Crestwood

Friday, 5 March 2010 16:35 by Admin
March 5, 2010 12:09 PM  UPDATED STORY   Crestwood Water Department storage tank on Cal-Sag Road in the south suburb on Wednesday. (Scott Strazzante/ Chicago Tribune)  ... [More]

Gas leak sickens many at Hanover Central High

Friday, 5 March 2010 16:25 by Admin
47 students, teachers sent to hospitals with nose bleeds, vomiting, nausea February 27, 2010 BY JANE HUH CEDAR LAKE -- A natural gas leak that smelled like "car exhaust" sent 47 Hanover Ce... [More]

Woman killed in hit-and-run on South Side

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:41 by Admin
February 23, 2010 7:13 AM | A woman was killed this morning after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver on the South Side, police said Police and paramedics responded about 5:30 a.m.... [More]

Elderly man dies after crash in Palatine

Monday, 15 February 2010 12:16 by Admin
February 15, 2010 6:04 AM | An 89-year-old man died this morning after a car accident in northwest suburban Palatine. Nicola Masellis, of the 4800 block of West Waveland Avenue in Chicago... [More]

Worker injured in fire in John Hancock restaurant

Tuesday, 9 February 2010 14:42 by Admin
February 9, 2010 12:30 PM A 50-year-old worker sustained second-degree burns this morning when a flash fire occurred in a restaurant at the John Hancock building on the Magnificent Mile, off... [More]

Three dead in Northwest Side crash

Tuesday, 2 February 2010 14:00 by Admin
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Two men and a 1-year-old boy were killed in a multi-vehicle wreck Monday night on the  Northwest Side. Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said two men and a male ... [More]

Woman sues Target, slipped on pillow cover

Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:13 by Admin
January 28, 2010 9:38 AM A woman is suing Target, claiming she was injured at a Homewood store when she slipped on a pillow cover on an aisle floor.Alana Andrews says she was shopping at the s... [More]

Kankakee moms file suit in school taser incident

Thursday, 14 January 2010 11:42 by Admin
January 14, 2010 11:37 AM  The mothers of two 12-year-old Kankakee Junior High School students allegedly Tasered in a classroom this week by a police officer have sued the school district, ... [More]

Women hurt by falling ice on Mag Mile

Wednesday, 13 January 2010 15:57 by Admin
A woman was taken to a nearby hospital this afternoon after apparently being struck by a piece of falling ice from a building on the Magnificent Mile. The incident happened at about 2:15 p.m. near th... [More]