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$2.5 MILLION VERDICT FOR A CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENT

Wednesday, 9 December 2009 14:48 by Admin
$2,500,000 VERDICT MILLWRIGHT STUMBLES ON DEBRIS Trial counsel James J. Morici, Jr., obtained a jury verdict for a 29 year old millwright. The plaintiff stepped off of a sloped settling tank wall on... [More]

$900,000 FOR AN INJURED JOURNEY IRONWORKER/FORMEN

Saturday, 5 December 2009 14:39 by Admin
Attorneys Charles Wallace and Mitchell Friedman obtained a favorable verdict for a Chicago Heights construction worker.  The Plaintiff suffered injuries to the left arm and elbow resulting in ten... [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]

Person falls on to CTA tracks

Thursday, 6 May 2010 13:28 by Admin
May 5, 2010 11:46 PM | A person was treated for injuries after falling onto the tracks at a CTA "L" stop on the West Side tonight, a Fire Department spokesman said. The person was t... [More]

2 injured in Northwest Side crash

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 11:30 by Admin
March 30, 2010 11:13 AM |  Two people were slightly injured in a traffic crash involving a bus and another vehicle in the Northwest Side's Montclare neighborhood, according to the Chic... [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]

$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]

$125,000 settlement for an injured journey Ironworker

Monday, 15 March 2010 15:35 by Admin
$125,000 settlement was obtained by Morici Figlioli & Associates in a construction site case. Plaintiff was walking on scaffold when he slipped grabbing hold of the cranes hook and chain. Plaintif... [More]

$538,000 for injured Ironworker

Monday, 15 March 2010 15:18 by Admin
Plaintiff was working on a construction site with steep stairs. Rain water collected on the stairs and plaintiff slipped and fell down the flight of stairs. He suffered injuries to his low back and ne... [More]

$153,000 settlement for an undafe premises case

Monday, 15 March 2010 14:59 by Admin
Attorney's David Schwanner and Mitchell Friedman obtain a favorable settlement for a women who slipped and fell in a restaurant's ladies room.  The floor was wet from the waiters carrying trays i... [More]

$550,000 Settlement for a "Slip and Fall" injury

Friday, 12 March 2010 14:37 by Admin
Morici Figlioli and Associates represented a plaintiff who was injured in an unsafe working enviorment. The plaintiff fell down a flight of stairs at an auto part store injuring his back and elbow, wh... [More]

Vazquez trial set for June in Kendall County

Friday, 12 March 2010 11:41 by Admin
Vazquez trial set for June in Kendall County Judge denies change of venue in fatal Oswego crash March 12, 2010 By ERIKA WURST ewurst@stmedianetwork.com YORKVILLE -- When Sandra Vasquez g... [More]

Algonquin man killed in New Mexico crash

Tuesday, 9 March 2010 15:01 by Admin
March 8, 2010 7:02 PM | GALLUP, N.M. -- New Mexico state police say 65-year-old James Schwieger of Algonquin, Ill. was killed in a rollover accident on Sunday in Gallup. Schweiger wa... [More]

Algonquin man killed in New Mexico crash

Tuesday, 9 March 2010 14:54 by Admin
March 8, 2010 7:02 PM | GALLUP, N.M. -- New Mexico state police say 65-year-old James Schwieger of Algonquin, Ill. was killed in a rollover accident on Sunday in Gallup. Schweiger wa... [More]

Man dies after being hit by bus on Near North West Side

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 14:54 by Admin
Man dies after being hit by bus on Near West Side February 23, 2010 11:06 PM UPDATED STORY A 63-year-old South Holland man was killed Tuesday afternoon when he was struck by a private bus on ... [More]

Crestwood woman killed in I-65 crash

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 14:42 by Admin
Crestwood woman was killed in I-65 crash February 24, 2010 5:46 AM | An SUV, left, was carrying two people when it collided with a semitrailer carrying chlorine containers near the Lowell... [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]

Pedestrians hurt in hit-and-run

Monday, 22 February 2010 10:41 by Admin
February 20, 2010 8:52 PM| UPDATED STORY A taxi sits at Clark and Division Streets about an hour after a three-vehicle crash that left five people hurt. The driver is standing behind the car.... [More]

Police officer dies after squad crashes on Lake Shore Drive

Monday, 22 February 2010 09:40 by Admin
February 22, 2010 9:13 AM | BREAKING STORY A police squad car lies against a tree in the median of Lake Shore Drive near Irving Park Road this morning. (Alex Garcia/ Chicago Tribune) A C... [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]

Driver injured in school bus accident

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 09:55 by Admin
January 27, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A school bus driver was injured in an accident Wednesday morning in northwest suburban Hanover Park, according to police. At 6:45 a.m. a school bus cra... [More]

4 hurt in South Side crash

Thursday, 21 January 2010 15:30 by Admin
January 21, 2010 2:36 PM Four people have been hospitalized, three in critical or serious condition, after they were involved in a crash this morning in the Prairie Shores&nb... [More]

Chicago cop responding to call hurt in crash

Friday, 8 January 2010 09:21 by Admin
January 8, 2010 8:34 AM A Chicago police officer en route to an emergency call was hurt in a traffic crash this morning in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side. The officer wa... [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]

Fatal Car Crash on Stevenson

Monday, 21 December 2009 14:28 by Admin
An injured off-duty Lockport police officer was being questioned about a fatal three-car accident on the Stevenson Expressway that killed an immigrant from Vietnam driving home from his second job.Alc... [More]

Man dies after rear-end collision

Wednesday, 9 December 2009 11:54 by Admin
Man dies after rear-end collision at North Side intersection December 9, 2009 8:37 AM A 69-year-old man died after his car was struck from behind at a North Side intersection, police said.Th... [More]

Man Trapped under Steel at Mundelein Business

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 15:53 by Admin
A 44-year-old Riverwoods man was trapped under approximately 5,000 lbs. of sheet metal for over an hour at a business in Mundelein before he was found by the business owner and airlifted to Advocate... [More]

Icy road conditions cause accident in Wauconda

Friday, 4 December 2009 16:12 by Admin
Icy roads lead to collision, Wauconda cop injured December 4, 2009 Sun-Times Media Wire A Wauconda police officer investigating a traffic crash suffered traumatic leg injuries when he was hit... [More]

$31,000 Settlement for an injured Crane Operator

Wednesday, 2 December 2009 15:30 by Admin
$31,000 Workers' Compensation settlement for a crane operator who injured back while climbing into the crane. The petitioner suffered from a herniated disc.

$48,000 Settlement for a City Worker

Wednesday, 2 December 2009 15:06 by Admin
$48,100 Workers' Compensation settlement for a city worker who slipped and fell injuring his shoulder.