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$4.9 MILLION SETTLEMENT FOR REFINERY ACCIDENT

Wednesday, 9 December 2009 14:55 by Admin
$4.9 Million Settlement James J. Morici, Jr. negotiated a 4.9 million dollar settlement on behalf of a Lockport area union pipe fitter. The Plaintiff was injured while working at a refinery facility... [More]

$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 MILLION VERDICT FOR INJURED TRUCK DRIVER

Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:46 by Admin
A $1 million verdict was obtained by attorney David Schwaner on behalf of a seriously injured delivery truck driver. The driver was picking up a a delivery and slipped on a wet concrete floor. The pla... [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]

Mail delivery vehicle rolls over child in Plainfield

Friday, 7 May 2010 10:04 by Admin
May 6, 2010 7:53 PM  A vehicle rolled over a toddler late this afternoon in Plainfield, authorities said. The young girl apparently climbed out of a car when her parents w... [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]

Joliet boy, 4, dies in fire after worrying about mother

Friday, 9 April 2010 09:27 by Admin
Joliet boy, 4, dies in fire after worrying about mother April 8, 2010 8:00 PM As smoke poured out Wednesday night from the first-floor Joliet apartment where 4-year-old Omariya Dishman li... [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]

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]

4 hurt in three-vehicle crash in Plainfield

Monday, 15 March 2010 14:21 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 Cou... [More]

91 year old woman dies in Northwest Side crash

Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:11 by Admin
March 10, 2010 11:11 PM | UPDATED STORY A 91-year-old woman was killed in a four-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon near O'Hare International Airport, police said. The incident ... [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]

1 killed, 1 urt by Amtrak train in Lake Forest

Monday, 8 February 2010 09:03 by Admin
February 6, 2010 12:43 PM An 18-year-old man was killed and a female teen was injured when they were struck by an Amtrak train during the Friday evening rush hour in Lake Forest, o... [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]

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]

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]

$180,000 for an Injured Construction Worker

Wednesday, 16 December 2009 14:25 by Admin
Attorney Robert Butzow, obtained a favorable award of $180,000 for a man injured on a construction site.  The petitioner sustained injury to his left knee while pushing loads of building material... [More]

Teen fatally struck by a car in Niles

Friday, 4 December 2009 15:59 by Admin
Death of teen fatally struck by car in Niles a homicide December 4, 2009 3:37 PM | An autopsy performed today ruled the death of a teenage boy who was run down by a car last week in a Nile... [More]

$30,000 for an injured Illinois State Police Officer

Thursday, 3 December 2009 15:03 by Admin
$30,000 was awarded to an Illinois State Police Officer for an injury to her knees and lower back. 

$28,500 Settlement for an injured City Electrician

Wednesday, 2 December 2009 15:34 by Admin
$28,500 workers' compensation settlement for a city electrician who suffered injury to the left knee while exiting a work vehicle.

$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.

Injury Anatomy

Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:26 by Admin
Morici Figlioli and Associates dedicates its practice to representing the seriously injured in Personal Injury suits and Workers Compensation matters. This Injury Anatomy section has ample information... [More]

Mt. Prospect Women Dies due to Crash Injuries

Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:23 by Admin
An 81-year-old Mount Prospect woman died late Saturday night from injuries suffered in a car crash that took place more than a week earlier. Kathleen Polcaster was pronounced dead at 11:08 p.m. Sat... [More]

$190,000 SETTLEMENT FOR INJURED MOTORIST

Thursday, 19 November 2009 10:00 by Admin
$190,000 SETTLEMENT FOR INJURED MOTORIS Morici Figlioli and Associates obtained a favorable settlement for an injured motorist.  The plaintiff’s vehicle was rear ended which caused the pl... [More]

Hip & Pelvic Injuries

Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:40 by Admin
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The hip is a ball and socket joint between the head of the femur and the pelvis.  The hip bone is lined with cartilage, w... [More]

JAMES J. MORICI, JR. CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY

Wednesday, 4 November 2009 16:48 by Admin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: James J. Morici, Jr., founding partner of Morici Figlioli and Associates, is celebrating his 30th anniversary of being admitted into the Illinois Bar.  Jim has dedicated h... [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]

Man strangled by power rodder

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:51 by Admin
Man apparently strangled by power rodder October 21, 2009 6:48 AM  A 32-year-old man working to rod out a sewer drain pipe in Park Ridge over the weekend was apparently strangled when his... [More]