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Elderly Drivers In Spotlight Amid Recent Accident Surge

In our last post we discussed a fatal auto accident involving a young Oswego man. Teens and 20-somethings are the most dangerous drivers based on the number of crashes but elderly drivers are not far behind. Elderly drivers tend to drive less, and the Associated Press reports that drivers over 85 have a higher rate of fatal crashes per mile than teens. Elderly drivers have been in the spotlight this summer due to a variety of high profile crashes, including...

Worker Suffers Severe Cut At Wicker Park

A construction worker was seriously injured in the Wicker Park recently after he was cut in the chest with a saw. The accident happened at the 1600 block of North Milwaukee Avenue and it is unclear what progress the construction worker is making in his recovery. Cuts and amputation injuries are unique in construction accidents because the recovery process is often much shorter in the case of an amputation than for burn, brain and spinal cord injuries. The extent of...

Chicago Cop Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The Chicago Tribune recently ran an article detailing the Chicago Police Department's lax investigations into officer-related shootings. The paper accuses the department of routinely delaying officer alcohol breath tests and not vigorously investigating the circumstances surrounding police-related shootings.

$5M Settlement Reached In Wrongful Death Lawsuit GWC Law

The family of an Illinois man recently settled a wrongful death case for $5 million. The man was killed in a Reading Township truck accident in 2009. The man allegedly was driving on Illinois Route 17 and was hit by a semi-tractor trailer which ran a four-way stop sign on the road and impacted the man's car on his driver's side. The man was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. He was survived by his wife and three...

Lee County Accident Wrongful Death Claim

An Illinois family recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a construction company that employed a man responsible for a fatal Lee County car accident. The lawsuit alleges that three of the family's relatives were killed when the construction company employee blew through a stop sign and hit their car at a high rate of speed last summer. Wrongful death litigation is common after fatal car accidents. Wrongful death claims are brought by the surviving family members of deceased car...

Emotional Distress Lawsuit Filed Against Megabus

At least three lawsuits have been filed in connection with the deadly Illinois Megabus accident which happened near Litchfield two weeks ago. Authorities say that a tire on the bus blew out, sending it careening toward a concrete highway pillar. Megabus is popular among college students due to its cheap rates and downtown drop-off locations. The two of the three lawsuits filed against Megabus were brought on behalf of college students. One 19-year-old DePaul University student says that she was...

Wrongful Death Claim Settled By Megabus

A wrongful death action has already been filed against Megabus in connection with the fatal Chicago pedestrian accident which killed a retired Illinois Supreme Court secretary last week. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the day after the tired secretary was killed Megabus agreed to pay over $5 million to settle a wrongful death case brought by the family of another Megabus pedestrian accident victim. Megabus will pay the family of a deceased South Holland man $5.1 million for a fatal...

King of Pop’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Headed to Trial

MTV News reports that almost five years after pop star Michael Jackson's death, his family is prepared to go to trial against his touring company. Michael Jackson's mother and children are suing AEG Live for wrongful death. They allege that the touring company was negligent in pressuring Jackson's doctor into giving him pain medication which caused his death. Michael Jackson is one of the best-selling pop stars in history. Jackson died on June 25, 2009 due to high amounts of...

Tour Boat Crash Injured Nine

At least nine tour boat passengers were injured in downtown Chicago yesterday afternoon after a boat crashed into a dock. NBC Chicago reports that the accident happened around 5:30 at the 400 block of North Michigan Avenue. Boat tours are a popular way for tourists to explore Chicago. Many tourists were on the boat at the time of the crash and other visitors witnessed the crash from the dock. "There was just a big 'boom,' and then the next thing...