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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]

$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]

$1.1 Million Verdict for a 66 year-old Women in Shopping Cart Accident

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 13:58 by Admin
$1.1 Million Verdict Trial attorney, James J. Morici, Jr., obtained a $1.1 million verdict on behalf of a Crystal Lake women who was injured in a shopping-cart accident at a big box store. The c... [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]

Boy struck by vehicle in South Shore

Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:12 by Admin
April 14, 2010 11:45 PM  A boy believed to be 16 years old was struck by a vehicle and injured in the South Shore neighborhood Wednesday night, officials said. About 10:50 p.... [More]

4 hospitalized after car rear-ends CTA

Monday, 29 March 2010 11:43 by Admin
March 29, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Four people were hospitalized after a vehicle rear-ended a CTA bus on the West Side early Monday. The CTA received a report about 1:05 a.m. about a sout... [More]

$185,000 Settlement for Injured Ironworker

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 09:44 by Admin
The plaintiff was struck in the left hand by a clamp which caused a laceration to the plaintiff's left hand and also spilt the tendons in his hand. Attorneys Charles Wallace and Mitchell Friedman sett... [More]

Crash survivor struggles with loss of best friend

Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:18 by Admin
March 10, 2010 10:53 PM |  The father of a 17-year-old Joliet girl who survived a fatal collision in New Lenox this week said his daughter is struggling to heal from losing her best fr... [More]

Man dies after garage collapse on Southeast Side

Thursday, 18 February 2010 10:53 by Admin
February 17, 2010 7:14 PM  UPDATED STORY A man in his 40s died this evening after a garage collapsed on him this evening in the Jeffery Manor neighborhood, officials said. The ma... [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]

Weight led to plane crash that killed 6 people

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 10:19 by Admin
Daily Herald January 26, 2010 KENOVA, W.Va. -- A small, private plane was overloaded and improperly balanced when it crashed and killed all six aboard in West Virginia a year ago, the National Tra... [More]

Pedestrain, 85, killed by car in Albany Park

Friday, 22 January 2010 11:10 by Admin
January 22, 2010 5:35 AM An 85-year-old male pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side by a vehicle whose driver didn't have a license, Chi... [More]

Man Killed in Bolingbroook crash

Friday, 15 January 2010 14:17 by Admin
A man was killed when a car rolled over in a backyard early in southwest suburban Bolingbrook early Sunday. Police said officers were dispatched at 1:52 a.m. for a single-vehicle accident at Pembr... [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]

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]

Injured flight attendants file legal claim of negligence

Wednesday, 23 December 2009 14:00 by Admin
Injured flight attendants file legal claim of negligence By The Associated Press SEATTLE — A pair of Alaska Airlines flight attendants injured when a 2007 flight hit air turbulence are filin... [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]

$180,000 Awarded to injured Union Laborer

Saturday, 5 December 2009 14:28 by Admin
$180,000 was awarded to a Union Laborer who had injured both knees in a construction site incident. Injuries caused petitioner to under go surgerical intervention.

$66,000 Settlement for an injured factory worker

Wednesday, 2 December 2009 16:21 by Admin
$66,000 settlement was awarded to a petitioner who suffered from injuries to his arm. The petitioner was pushing/pulling a heavy cart when he injured his arm.

1 dead, 1 injured in Morton Grove crash

Wednesday, 25 November 2009 14:18 by Admin
One motorist died and another was injured in a two-car crash this morning on Golf Road near north suburban Morton Grove, a Cook County sheriff's police spokeswoman said. The crash happened at about 1... [More]

7 Hurt in Will County Crash

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 16:39 by Admin
Seven people suffered minor injuries this afternoon when a driver impaired by diabetes triggered a three-car collision, veered into oncoming traffic and forcing a semitrailer truck into a power pole, ... [More]

Common Neck Injuries- Whiplash

Friday, 30 October 2009 14:26 by Admin
What is whiplash? Whiplash is condition caused by injury to the soft-tissue structures of the cervical spine, or neck region. Usually whiplash is a strain of the muscles or sprain of the ligaments th... [More]

Metra delays due to derailment

Thursday, 22 October 2009 16:12 by Admin
October 23, 2009 2:25 PM Commuters will still encounter delays, but Metra will reinstitute service on its Southwest and Heritage Lines this afternoon.Full service will resume on the Southwest Line wit... [More]

Woman killed in hit-and-run

Wednesday, 14 October 2009 09:45 by Admin
October 14, 2009 1:51 AM A 36-year-old woman was killed Tuesday afternoon when she was struck by a car in a hit-and-run, then struck by a CTA bus in the city's Pilsen neighborhood.The woman, identifie... [More]

Two hospitalized after five-car crash on Route 53

Tuesday, 13 October 2009 14:48 by Admin
By Steve Zalusky | Daily Herald StaffA five-car crash on Route 53, just south of the Woodfield Shopping Center, sent two people to the hospital Sunday afternoon.Two people were taken to Alexian Brothe... [More]

Off-duty cop killed in Kennedy crash

Monday, 12 October 2009 11:43 by Admin
October 12, 2009 7:15 AM | An off-duty Chicago police officer was killed this morning in a one-car crash on the northbound Kennedy Expressway that slowed traffic at the start of the morning rush, Illi... [More]

Two injured in Bus Accident

Thursday, 8 October 2009 15:56 by Admin
Updated: Wednesday, 07 Oct 2009, 4:15 AM CDTPublished : Wednesday, 07 Oct 2009, 4:15 AM CDTUniversity Park, Illinois - Two women were hurt Tuesday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash involving a Pace b... [More]

1 killed, 1 hurt in traffic crash in McHenry County

Friday, 2 October 2009 14:18 by Admin
October 2, 2009 9:32 AM |A motorist was killed Thursday night when her vehicle collided with another in an unincorporated area between far north suburban Spring Grove and Fox Lake, the McHenry County ... [More]

Plan's tires blow out at O'Hare; no one hurt

Wednesday, 30 September 2009 16:29 by Admin
October 1, 2009 3:57 PM  | UPDATED STORYAn American Eagle plane with 45 passengers that had just landed at O'Hare this afternoon, but no one was injured, authorities said.On landing, the plane's ... [More]

Elderly man killed, 4 hospitalized in Irving Park fire

Wednesday, 30 September 2009 10:12 by Admin
September 30, 2009 6:00 AM The first call came at about 12:30 a.m. for a fire on the 3800 block of North Lawndale Avenue and was quickly escalated to an EMS plan 1, which required five ambulances at t... [More]