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Wicker Park Car Crash Injures 5

At least five people suffered personal injuries this morning when a car containing five people blew a stop sign in Wicker Park. Authorities say that the collision happened around 12:30 a.m. at the intersection of Ashland Avenue and Division Street. The Chicago Tribune reports that the car broadsided a SUV-style cab. Pictures of the cab from WGN-TV show the driver's side of the cab completely smashed in and a front driver's side tire that is barely attached. Reports also indicate...

Pit Bulls Injure Two In Berwyn Dog Injury

A Berwyn woman and a police officer were injured after a vicious dog attack earlier this month. Authorities say that the attack started around 7:30 a.m. near 27th Street and Ridgeland Avenue when a pit bull approached a woman walking a small dog. The pit bull was known to be vicious by area residents, so the woman scooped her small dog up to protect it. The pit bull then launched itself at the dog walker and killed her small dog....

Five Year Old Killed In Pedestrian Accident

No criminal charges are expected against the driver who caused the wrongful death of a 5-year-old pedestrian in Highland Park yesterday afternoon. CBS News reports that the accident happened yesterday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. on Central Avenue near Green Bay Road. Pedestrian accidents have been increasing across the country in recent years despite declining number of car accident deaths. Car accident deaths are less common now because of the increased safety features available to protect drivers and passengers. Pedestrians do...

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...