A wrongful death lawsuit was just filed on behalf of the mother of a 25-year-old man who was killed as a passenger in a car accident two years ago. The lawsuit alleges that the driver of the vehicle was driving recklessly when he crashed, killing the victim. The victim’s mother is seeking compensation for her son’s pain and suffering as well as the pecuniary losses suffered by her and the victim’s father. Read more about this car crash.
An individual was seriously personally injured after an automobile crashed into a building in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. The police responded after reports of a car crashing into a building. One person was taken from the scene in serious-to-critical condition to the hospital with personal injuries. To read more about automobile accidents, click here.
This evening, a Chicago car crash resulted in a car hitting a North Side Chicago restaurant. Two cars were involved in the Illinois car accident. Luckily, no personal injuries resulted.
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Nine people received personal injuries after a CTA bus collided with a car on the west side of Chicago. None of the injuries sustained were believed to be life threatening.
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John J. Perconti of Levin & Perconti has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Kane County, Illinois on behalf of a woman who was killed in a serious car accident last fall. The 32-year-olc woman’s vehicle was hit by a truck, causing her to crash into the Illinois Department of Transportation dump truck in front of her. The woman is survived by her husband and 3-year-old son, who were both seriously injured in the truck accident. The truck driver was reportedly under the influence of marijuana and half of the brakes on his semitrailer were deemed out of alignment and inadequate for stopping. Although criminal charges have not been filed yet, the death has been ruled a homicide.
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Three people were taken to Chicago hospitals in serious condition early this morning after a car crashed into a building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. No further information was available on the Chicago car accident.
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A man was killed early yesterday morning in a car accident in South Side Chicago. A man driving west disobeyed a red light and crashed into another vehicle in the intersection. The man continued driving west despite the car crash ultimately striking a concrete barrier. A 29 year-old man was dead on the scene following the car crash.
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A 9 year-old Chicago girl drove her mother's car and ran over an 80 year-old woman. The elderly woman's legs were broken in the Chicago car accident. The child's caretaker was charged with endangering the life of a child and cited with a traffic violation in the car accident.
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A woman was killed and a passenger in her vehicle was personally injured this morning when she lost control of her speeding car and her automobile crashed into a light pole. The automobile accident occurred near the University of Illinois at Chicago. A witness reported seeing the automobile crash into the median and roll over. The sedan then slammed into two light posts. The woman was pronounced dead at the hospital. The 29-year-old passenger was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition with personal injuries. At this time, no personal injury lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
Four people were sent to the hospital with personal injuries following an automobile accident on the West Side of Chicago. The car crash occurred on the 3800 block of West Lake Street when a car crashed into a street light. The automobile crash involved two vehicles. All four people who were personally injured were taken to the hospital and were in serious to critical condition. At this time, no personally injury lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A man who was left a quadriplegic following a 2002 car crash has filed a personal injury lawsuit against Volkswagen. The product liability lawsuit alleges that the Jetta has faulty roofs and seat-belt systems that render the vehicle unsafe. The personal injury plaintiff seeks an unspecified amount in damages.
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A man died today after his car crashed into a harbor after breaking through safety railings. Witnesses said that the 82 year-old car crash victim was trying to park his car when the car crashed through the railings, teetered on the wharf and fell into the harbor below. The car crash victim was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
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A homeowner will have to make repairs to his house after a man drove through it in an automobile accident. The 25 year old man went through an intersection and continued through a front yard and plowed into the front of the house in the car crash in Homer Glen, Illinois. This automobile accident destroyed the front doors and brick façade. A resident was watching television in the family room when he heard the car crash and came out to find the car in his foyer with a dazed driver inside. The man failed his sobriety test, and was arrested for driving under the influenced. No one was personally injured in the automobile accident. At this time, no car accident lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
Chicago’s train system has been riddled with difficulties lately including car accidents, truck crashes, pedestrian accidents, security issues, and derailments. Another derailment that occurred this morning will affect 5000 passengers. The 72-car freight train from Canada derailed in Buffalo Grove, Illinois on its way to Chicago. Two of the cars were holding a hazardous and toxic material, sulfur, but is not dangerous, according to a spokesperson. No injuries were caused by the derailment. For the full story, click here.
Experts say that car accidents are more common when a funeral procession is involved. One Elk Grove Village, Illinois resident died after her car collided with a funeral procession. The woman was killed when a pickup truck that was part of a funeral procession drove through a red light and slammed into her car. The driver of the vehicle was taken to the hospital with personal injuries. Experts say that it is not unusual for a funeral procession to be marred by a fender bender. Illinois law states that the lead vehicle in a procession must obey stop signs and traffic signals, but the rest of the caravan can proceed without stopping and has the right of way as long as all vehicles keep on their headlights. The driver in the automobile accident drove through the green light unaware that the procession had the right of way. To read the full story, click here.
A woman was personally injured in a two-vehicle automobile crash on the South Side of Chicago. The woman’s neck was snapped in the automobile accident. The 53-year-old woman was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition with personal injuries. The automobile accident occurred in the afternoon and one vehicle ended up slamming into a viaduct. A second woman was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition with personal injuries. To read the full story, click here.
The American Association for Justice has released a new litigation packet for car accident attorneys. The new claims packet for personal injury attorneys involved in car crash lawsuits addresses claims handling, procedures and processes, common defenses, bodily injury claims, medical claims, and bad faith claims.
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An Amtrak train derailed while departing Chicago’s Union Station. The train accident involved an Amtrak Southwest Chief train had 116 passengers aboard. At least one person was personally injured. The train consisted of eight cars and two locomotives, and it was the two cars in the middle of the train that derailed. The cause of the train accident is unclear. “Replacement” coaches were attached to the front portion of the train after the train accident. The train derailment caused major delays on the Metra trains. To read the full story, click here.
A two-vehicle automobile accident on the South Side of Chicago sent two women to the hospital. One 53-year-old woman was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois in critical condition after the car crash "snapped her neck." Another woman in stable condition was taken to Cook County's John H. Stroger Hospital. For the full story, click here.
The family of Charles Cason of Caseyville, Illinois has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the trucking company whose driver killed the 55-year-old and two others, and injured 15, in a serious car accident six months ago. The truck driver crashed into a line of 10 vehicles while distracted by his cell phone. An Amish couple being driven to a funeral by a hired driver was also killed in the automobile accident near the Illinois-Missouri border. For the full story, click here.
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car Saturday night on Chicago’s Southwest Side. The victim of the car crash was a 59 year-old man.
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A $28.7 million verdict was given in an automobile accident trial that left a four-year-old a paraplegic. The plaintiff was a four-year-old foster child who was a back seat passenger in the defendant’s vehicle when the defendant crossed the center line of travel and struck an oncoming vehicle. It was alleged that the defendant was failing to watch the road in front of him when the car accident occurred. The minor plaintiff was riding in the defendant’s car, returning home from their day car center. The four-year-old sustained permanent spinal cord injuries as a result of the automobile accident and was rendered a T-8 paraplegic. He is paralyzed from his ribcage down. The plaintiff now resides with his adoptive family and is bound to a wheelchair. The automobile negligence trial lasted two and a-half days and the jury found in favor of the plaintiff. To read the full story, click here.
A Chicago train accident has lead to a train accident fatality. A Chicago car accident is to blame for the driver’s death and for Chicago train delays. The accident was alleged to have occurred because a negligent car driver drove through a railroad gate and into the train’s path. The train hit the car causing the car driver’s death. Luckily there were no passengers injured on the train and the car had no passengers. It is likely an investigation will look into possible car defects to rule out the cause of the car and train accident. There is no news yet if a wrongful death lawsuit will be filed against the train company. To read more about this tragic Chicago accident click here.
A man driving a stolen van was killed when he caused an automobile accident after blowing a stop sign and colliding with another vehicle. The two-vehicle crash occurred on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The driver was pronounced dead on the side. The van failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the passenger side of another vehicle in the car crash. The automobile collision caused the van to roll over, partially ejecting the driver. The passenger in the struck automobile was taken to the hospital with personal injuries. While the police continue to investigate the automobile accident, no personal injury lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
An 18-year-old man died when he was involved in a head-on car crash with another car on the Edens Expressway in Chicago, Illinois. His car also sideswiped another vehicle in the automobile accident. The man was driving south in the northbound lanes of the Edens Expressway. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle in the car accident was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening personal injuries. The driver of the sideswiped car was not personally injured. It is unclear why the young man was driving in the wrong lanes and the police are investigating the automobile accident. To read the full story, click here.
A 24 year-old who received serious personal injuries in a car crash last year has settled his car accident lawsuit. The personal injury plaintiff’s arm was badly broken when a vehicle that he was a passenger in slammed into a utility pole.
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A mayoral candidate recently threatened insurance companies with a class-action lawsuit if they refuse to lower automotive insurance premiums for local residents. The candidate stated that most people leave his city because car insurance is too costly. He also stated that he would create an initiative to reduce vehicle theft, speeding, and accident rates.
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Lawyers for the multiple victims injured in the deadly train accident have filed a personal injury lawsuit. The lawsuit, on behalf of the injured victims and those wrongfully deceased, states that the rail service knew that the enginrer involved in the deadly crash had a history of sending text messages while on duty.
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A light snowfall over the Chicago are has caused numerous automobile crashes on area expressways. The high volume of weather-related crashes prompted the Illinois State Police to activate emergency snow plan which mandates that crashes involving minor vehicle damage be reported at a later time. Interstate Highway 65 also experienced a large number of car crashes. No personal injuries have been reported. To read this story, click here.
One man is dead and four other people were personally injured in an automobile crash in the Chicago suburb of Berwyn. The automobile accident involved two moving cars and seven parked vehicles. A 58-year-old man was pronounced dead after the car crash. Four other people were taken to the hospital with personally injuries. Three people were in one of the moving cars and one person was in the other moving vehicle. The fifth person was in one of the parked cars. Fire personnel had to extricate the victims from the moving vehicles after the car crash. While the investigation continues, no personal injury lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A judge denied a defendant’s request for a change of venue in a personal injury lawsuit stemming from a fatal car accident last July. The defendant was driving his tractor-trailer south when he allegedly lost control on a curve. The rig overturned and slid into the driver’s side of an SUV. The driver of the SUV died from his personal injuries sustained in the car accident. The other passengers were also injured.
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A major tire manufacturer and car company have settled a nationwide class-action lawsuit brought by consumers who claimed that they were misled about the benefits of the tires they bought. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Police in northern Kane County went on a high-speed car chase that involved three police agencies and the arrest of a man on multiple charges and ended in an automobile accident. The perpetrator accelerated after the police tried to pull him over and led the police on a five-mile chase through Kane County that reached speeds of up to 80 mph. The perpetrator lost control of the van several times, going off the road and nearly hitting a squad car and a passenger car head-on during the 10-minute chase. The man was eventually cornered and his automobile crashed into the passenger side of the police vehicle. There were no personal injuries in the automobile accident. To read the full story, click here.
Four people were taken to the hospital with personal injuries, after an automobile accident where the car they were in hit a tree in Mundelein, Illinois. The one-vehicle automobile crash happened in the late evening. When fire officials arrived on the scene, they found one person trapped in the vehicle and three how had been able to get out after the automobile accident. It took 45 minutes to extricate the trapped person from the vehicle and the victim was flown to the hospital with personal injuries. While the investigation into the cause of the car crash continues, no personal injury lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A pedestrian was killed this evening while crossing I-57 close to the Sibley Boulevard interchange near Harvey, Illinois. An Illinois state police trooper said that a vehicle traveling northbound in the left lane of 1-57 struck the pedestrian who was trying to cross the interstate east-to-west about 500 feet south of 147th Street. All inbound lanes of I-57 were closed for more than two hours during the investigation of the automobile accident. Officials are still trying to determine why the pedestrian was on the interstate and how he caused the car accident. To read the full story, click here.
A plane crash near Joliet, Illinois resulted in two fatalities. A burned aircraft also resulted from the plane crash. The police responded to the plane crash but were unable to immediately determine whether the plane crash occurred as a result of a fire or vice versa. They also still have no idea whether the plane was taking off or landing when it crashed. Witnesses said the plane was approaching a runway when it appeared to burst into fames and then crashed. To read the full story, click here.
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