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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 MILLION SETTLEMENT IRONWORKER

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 14:19 by Admin
Rockford Area Ironworker gets $1 Million Settlement in Crane Accident Trial attorney, James J. Morici, Jr., began this year off with a million dollar settlement on behalf of a Rockford area structura... [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]

$190,000 Settlement for an injured Cement Finisher

Friday, 4 December 2009 15:57 by Admin
$190,000 workers' compensation settlement was awarded to a cement finisher who fell into an open hole aftrer standing on a wooden frame which was erected by the employer. The petitioner suffered injur... [More]

Drawbridge worker rescued from gears

Thursday, 2 September 2010 09:28 by Admin
Drawbridge worker rescued from gears September 2, 2010 5:01 AM |  Chicago Fire Department rescuers check out a worker trapped in the gears of the Washington Street drawbridge near the... [More]

Legislative committee plans to investigate Metra practices

Tuesday, 13 July 2010 15:58 by Admin
Legislative committee plans to investigate Metra practices July 12, 2010 9:26 PM | A legislative committee plans to look into "accountability and openness" at Metra in response to disclosu... [More]

Man dies in mortorcycle crash in west suburb

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 14:06 by Admin
June 29, 2010 Sun-Times Media Wire A motorcyclist died after he hit the curb and crashed into a sign post in West Suburban Naperville Monday night. William C. Robleski, 32, of Western Dr... [More]

Girl shot in drive-by in South Chicago neighborhood

Thursday, 10 June 2010 14:10 by Admin
June 10, 2010 2:29 AM | UPDATED STORY A 14-year-old girl was hospitalized Wednesday evening after being shot in the South Chicago neighborhood, officials said. The girl was tak... [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]

Witnesses say lights, gates not working in fatal train crash

Monday, 19 April 2010 11:27 by Admin
Witnesses say lights, gates not working in fatal train crash April 18, 2010 2:21 PM | UPDATED STORY Two witnesses, including a Cook County prosecutor, say warning lights and crossing gates we... [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]

Multi-vehicle accident shuts down Ike ramp

Monday, 5 April 2010 11:18 by Admin
April 4, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A multi-vehicle accident on the Eisenhower Expressway early Sunday has resulted in an exit ramp being closed, State Police said. The accident happened... [More]

7 hurt, including 2 kids, in Near West Side Crash

Wednesday, 31 March 2010 16:09 by Admin
March 30, 2010 8:59 PM |  Seven people, including two children, were injured tonight in a multi-vehicle crash on the city's Near West Side. Only one of the victims suffered a ser... [More]

Person in wheelchair falls onto CTA Subway tracks

Monday, 29 March 2010 09:38 by Admin
March 27, 2010 8:32 PM | UPDATED STORY A person in a wheelchair fell from a CTA Red Line subway platform onto train tracks at the Chicago Avenue station this afternoon. It's unclear if... [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]

Fire ravages Manhattan apartment building; 2 hurt

Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:50 by Admin
March 17, 2010 6:54 PM  | UPDATED STORY Manhattan firefighters pour water on the apartment building blaze. (Warren Skalski/For the Chicago Tribune.) A fire heavily damaged a two-story, e... [More]

Child, 2 others hurt in car crash sought in shooting

Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:27 by Admin
March 17, 2010 9:42 PM | Three people were injured, including a child, Wednesday evening after a car being sought by Chicago police crashed into another car, officials and witnesses s... [More]

$165,000 Settlement for an injured Ironworker

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 10:39 by Admin
Plaintiff sustained injury to left knee when pushing a cart of drywall which hit a 6'' drain pipe injuring plantiff.

$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]

Plane crash in Iran, 46 injured

Tuesday, 9 March 2010 15:09 by Admin
Plane crash in Iran, 46 injured Sunday, January 24, 2010 TEHRAN, Iran – A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane carrying 157 passengers and 13 crew crash landed in northeastern Iran on Sunday i... [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]

Peoples Gas worker dead, 2nd seriously hurt in accident

Thursday, 4 March 2010 14:13 by Admin
Peoples Gas worker dead, 2nd seriously hurt in accident March 3, 2010 7:12 PM  | UPDATED STORY Chicago fire and police at the scene where two Peoples Gas workers were seriously inj... [More]

3 hurt in Lincoln Square crash

Thursday, 4 March 2010 13:50 by Admin
March 4, 2010 8:25 AM |  (Carlos Sadovi / Chicago Tribune) Paramedics and firefighters responded at about 7:45 a.m. to a multivehicle crash at the intersection of Western Avenue and Ai... [More]

Two hurt in electrical explosion at manufacturing facility

Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:50 by Admin
February 25, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Two people were injured Wednesday night during a small explosion at a factory in southwest suburban Bedford Park.The explosion happened about 9:30 p.... [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]

1 dead, 1 hurt in West Side Crash

Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:19 by Admin
January 9, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE One man is dead and another seriously injured after a car crashed into a tree early Saturday in the West Side’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, police ... [More]

4 Dead when Chicago trucker jacknifes, hits van in Ohio

Friday, 8 January 2010 09:14 by Admin
Snow-slick roads are being blamed for an accident in Ohio where a tractor-trailer driven by a man from Chicago spun out of control and collided with a small bus carrying disabled adults, killing four ... [More]

13 year old killed by van

Thursday, 7 January 2010 10:11 by Admin
January 3, 2010 BY MONIFA THOMAS Staff Reporter Thirteen-year-old Kristina Rodriguez was crossing a Lake Zurich intersection with another girl Thursday when one of them dropped a cell phone... [More]

Two Dead in Lake Forest Accident

Monday, 28 December 2009 16:24 by Admin
A 13-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man have died after a car crash on Saturday in Lake Forest, according to Lake County Coroner Richard Keller. The accident happened at about 3 p.m. on Route 60 jus... [More]