A federal lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages has been filed on behalf of the estates of two of nine members of an Indiana family who drowned when a duck boat sank near Branson, MO. A second [...]
The company that owned the capsized duck boat that recently left seventeen dead in Missouri was reportedly warned by a private inspector last year that design flaws could put its boats at greater [...]
A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a train at the Metra Electric District Station in south suburban Homewood. On July 17, 2018, at about 6:00 p.m., a 52-year-old woman was hit by outbound [...]
Three people are dead following an ambulance crash in Bellwood, IL. Further investigation suggests that the ambulance driver should not have been licensed as an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) [...]
Nearly a year after his death from surgical complications, the family of late actor Bill Paxton has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his surgeon and the hospital where he was treated. [...]
The estate of a child who was recently killed in a garbage truck crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the truck’s driver and his employer. Garbage Truck Crash On April 13, 2017, at [...]
The family of an Uber driver killed by a machete- and knife-wielding teen in the north suburbs has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Walmart, from whose store the teen allegedly stole the [...]
A 17-year-old boy was struck and killed by a Metra train in the Montclare neighborhood on Chicago’s Northwest Side. On June 25, 2017, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Isaiis Ceja, of the 2300 block of [...]
The estate of a man who was killed last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver of the vehicle that struck him. On May 22, 2017, Joanne Hwa Lee, the special administrator of [...]
New estimates from the National Safety Council show a 24 percent rise in traffic fatalities in Illinois in recent years. The state ranks sixth for the largest increase in fatalities since 2014. [...]
