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Lynwood Woman Arrested In Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A 33-year-old Lynwood woman was recently arrested for her role in a serious hit-and-run pedestrian accident which occurred last Thursday. The Chicago Tribune reports that the accident happened early Thursday morning and involved a police officer who was hit as he was conducting a traffic stop at the intersection of 79th Street and Wabash Avenue. The officer was rushed to a local hospital with non-life threatening personal injuries. This South Side pedestrian accident is one of many hit-and-run pedestrian accidents which...

Phone Carriers Team Up To Prevent Texting While Driving | GWC Law

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Americas largest phone carriers have teamed up to fund an anti-texting while driving campaign. The high-profile public awareness campaign is called It Can Wait and has featured prominently on Tumblr, a social networking site popular with teens and college-aged students. The campaign is sponsored by AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. The carriers say that almost a quarter of all car accidents are caused by texting. The phone companies are directing people to itcanwait.com, a website where people can pledge never...

Report: Insurer Issued Computerized Offers To Car Accident Victims

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Chicago Tribune recently ran an investigative report on insurers that use software to issue automatic car accident claim offers. Determining the value of a car accident claim can be complicated and many insurance claims are settled for far less than what is necessary to pay for all of the expenses associated with a car accident such as medical costs, rehabilitation, and lost wages. Insurers such as Allstate say that their automated insurance claim software ensures efficient response times and...

Chicago Twins Killed In Roseland Rollover Car Accident

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An Oak Lawn car accident left one man dead and two others injured last night. CBS News reports that the 24-year-old man ran his 2001 black Audi coupe into a house on the 10400 block of South Georgia Lane. Authorities say that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the 10:40 p.m. Crash. Oak Lawn police say that the Cook County Medical Examiners office pronounced the man dead on the scene. The two...

If You Suffer from RSD, Bring in GWC

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Brooke Martin suffered a bad left ankle sprain in a vehicular collision where she was a front seat passenger of her family BMW after the defendant make a left turn in front of the vehicle she was in. Her injury did not seem very serious at first, but her lawyer quickly recognized that her sprained ankle was simply getting seriously worse, rather than getting better. Eventually, it was suspected that Brooke was suffering from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, a severe nerve...

Honda FourTrax ATV Recall Grows Amid Safety Concerns

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Honda recently announced an expansion of its recall of its FourTrax All-Terrain Vehicles. About 2,900 FourTrax ATVs were recalled in February and the new recall expands the number of recalled ATVs to 19,500. The manufacturer says that at least 10 of its consumers have complained that the front right and upper left suspension arms of the ATV can separate. This separation can occur while the ATV is being operated and may cause a rider to lose control of his or...

GWC Files Suit On Behalf of Injured Drag Racer

Colin O'Malley of GWC Injury Lawyers has filed a lawsuit alleging that on August 8, 2010, drag racer Barbara Nesbitt was severely injured at the second annual NMCA All-Stars Nationals in Concord, North Carolina. While racing, a part of her driveline failed, causing the drive shaft to enter the driver's compartment. It is alleged that the drive shaft struck Ms. Nesbitt, shattering her elbow as she reached to deploy her parachute after the pass. In addition to the extensive damage...