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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]

$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]

$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]

$6 Million Settlement for Infected Kidney Transplant

Wednesday, 8 September 2010 16:10 by Admin
Lauro Ortiz (left) with his brother Hector. $6 MIL. SETTLEMENT | Rush was informed, but overlooked info Comments September 8, 2010 BY MITCH DUDEK Staff Reporter A transplan... [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]

7 hurt, 3 seriously, in far North Side accident

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 14:15 by Admin
June 27, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Seven people were injured in a Far North Side motor vehicle accident, according to the fire department. The accident happened near North Sheridan Road... [More]

Evergreen Park teen killed in car crash

Friday, 7 May 2010 09:36 by Admin
May 7, 2010 6:30 AM  A 17-year-old girl died following a traffic crash Thursday night in southwest suburban Evergreen Park, authorities said. Danielle Sellers, of the 2900 block of... [More]

Cops: Hit-and-run suspect injures 2 officers

Tuesday, 20 April 2010 14:44 by Admin
April 20, 2010 6:20 AM | UPDATED STORY Two Chicago police officers were hit by a car whose driver was attempting to flee after hitting a pedestrian early this morning, police said. One... [More]

10 slightly injured in crash on Kennedy Expressway

Monday, 19 April 2010 11:58 by Admin
April 18, 2010 1:33 PM | Ten people suffered minor injuries Sunday morning following a three-vehicle crash on the Kennedy Expressway at Jackson Boulevard, according to Illinois State Polic... [More]

Boy 12 killed riding bike on Southwest Side

Monday, 19 April 2010 11:11 by Admin
April 19, 2010 5:50 AM A 12-year-old boy riding his bicycle was killed Sunday night after he was struck by a pickup truck in Chicago's Clearing neighborhood. The driver was ticketed. Ryan... [More]

Trucker dies from injuries in multi-truck crash on I-65

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:34 by Admin
March 30, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE (JASPER COUNTY, Ind.) A semi truck driver injured in a four-truck pile-up on I-65 in in northwest Indiana on Monday morning has died. The pile-up came ... [More]

Suit filed against troubled Aurora nursing home

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 12:02 by Admin
March 29, 2010 5:51 PM |  The family of a disabled woman has filed suit against a troubled nursing home in Aurora where a fellow resident is alleged to have sexually assaulted her. ... [More]

4 hurt in South Side crash

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 11:55 by Admin
March 29, 2010 2:46 PM |  Chicago Fire Department rescue crews tend to victims from a car crash at East 63rd Street and South Dr. Martin King Drive (Erick Clark/For the Tribune). Four 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]

Inbound Lake Shore Drive reopened after accident

Monday, 29 March 2010 09:29 by Admin
March 28, 2010 8:46 PM | UPDATED STORY Authorities have reopened the inbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive after a minor traffic accident temporarily blocked traffic. The collision in the ... [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.

$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]

$150,000 obtained for woman hit by a Com-Ed truck

Monday, 15 March 2010 11:06 by Admin
Plaintiff was seriousluy injured when a Com-Ed truck hit her causing her to need oral surgery, and rotator cuff surgery. Attorneys obtained a $150,000 settlement for the plaintiff.

$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]

Two hurt in crash near Woodfield

Friday, 12 March 2010 11:46 by Admin
The minivan driver hurt in a Monday morning accident near Woodfield Shopping Center had to be cut out of the vehicle but by late afternoon was no longer thought to havelife-threatening injuries, pol... [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]

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]

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]

Van's tire blows out, 5 hurt in crash

Monday, 22 February 2010 10:46 by Admin
February 20, 2010 2:51 PM | Four people, including three children, were seriously hurt when a minivan's tire blew out and it spun around and hit a truck on the Dan Ryan Expressway this aft... [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]

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]

2 Chicago police officers hurt in West Side crash

Friday, 5 February 2010 12:13 by Admin
February 5, 2010 6:14 AM A Chicago police squad car sits in the eastbound lanes of Grand Avenue near Sacramento Avenue after a crash with another vehicle. (Tribune / Andrew L. Wang) Two C... [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]