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July 30, 2007

Lawsuit filed against park fight SUV driver

The father of two Chicago teens has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the 15 year old boy who drove an SUV into a crowd of teens after a fight in Durkin Park. The automobile accident occurred shortly after a conflict between two groups of teenagers was allowed to rampage out of control when 51 calls to 911 was insufficient to summon the police for almost half an hour. The two boys in the lawsuit, aged 17 and 14, were friends with another boy who had been rendered unconscious during the brawl. They were attending to their friend when the defendant in the lawsuit drove an SUV into the boys and six other people. As a result, one of the boys suffered personal injuries including a leg fracture, a shoulder fracture, and a head injury requiring 14 head staples, while the other boy's injuries include a knee injury and a head wound.

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July 30, 2007

Jury awards $44,900,000 to car crash victims

A Florida jury has recently awarded nearly $45 million personal injury and wrongful death verdict to the family of a nine year old girl who was killed in an automobile accident involving a truck. The girl, 9, and her friend, 8, were riding in a car with the girl's mother. Both children were fatally injuredwhen a truck coming from the opposite direction turned into their car's path. The mother has also suffered serious personal injuries from the automobile accident, and most of the personal injury award derives from her permanent injuries and mental anguish. The mother, who was two months pregnant at the time of the collision, lost her baby, was permanently disfigured, and suffered brain damage.

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July 26, 2007

Vehicle advertising insufficient to subject employer to auto accident liability

The Illinois Appellate Court recently ruled that a magnetic sign advertisement placed on the side of an employee’s vehicle would not be sufficient to subject the employer to personal injury liability for an automobile accident if the employee was on a purely personal mission. In the Second District case of Nulle v. Krewer, No. 2-06-0947 (July 17, 2007), the Defendants were the driver and the driver’s employer, Leifer Builders. The driver was required to have a car for work so that he could run errands for work and travel between job sites. The purpose of the magnetic signs was to both identify the driver when he arrived at work sites and also to advertise for the builder while the driver was on the road.

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July 12, 2007

In Illinois, accidental death insurance valid despite preexisting medical condition

Illinois law looks for the immediate cause of fatal occurrences when determining if the insurer is liable. Insurance companies have argued that accidental death contributed to by preexisting disease or infirmity is not entitled to coverage. In a recent case, a woman was killed in an automobile accident partially caused by a previously diagnosed seizure disorder. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennedy ruled that the insurer was liable because the immediate cause of the woman's death was the car accident, not the seizure. Another example involves an alcoholic who died from alcohol poisoning who was deemed covered because the immediate cause of his death was the amount of alcohol in his blood; his alcoholism was only an underlying condition that may have contributed to his death. Insurance companies have denied their liability in numerous circumstances but the consensus is that searching beyond the immediate cause of death to find secondary contributing causes is unnecessary.

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July 6, 2007

Drivers Beware: Read your insurance policies

Personal injury attorneys Levin & Perconti recommend that drivers read, review and discuss their insurance policies with their agents to ensure they are protected in the event of a motor vehicle accident.

Specifically:
- Make sure your automobile insurance policy contains liability coverage
- Make sure your automobile insurance policy contains uninsured motorist coverage
- Make sure your automobile insurance policy contains underinsured motorist coverage
- Make sure your automobile insurance policy contains medical payments coverage
- Know the limits of all coverage and discuss with your agent how this coverage is important when you are in an accident, and the responsible driver has low limits or minimum Illinois limits

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July 3, 2007

Family files $30M lawsuit in bakery truck hit and run

A personal injury lawsuit has recently been filed that seeks to recover damages in an automobile accident hit and run. In the early hours of September 26, a Maryland woman's car was struck by a bakery truck in the middle of an intersection. Instead of stopping his truck, however, the driver fled the scene. As a result, the body of the woman was dragged by the bakery truck for 1.5 miles down the road after the collision. The driver faces two misdemeanor and two felony charges, in addition to the wrongful death lawsuit. The lawsuit lists the bakery who employed the driver as the defendant and alleges that the employer was negligent in hiring and supervising the driver.

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