As Mr. Doe, 51, was crossing a street inside a crosswalk, he was hit by a vehicle operated by Mr. Roe. Mr. Doe was dragged after impact for approximately 50 feet and suffered extensive injuries, which included skull and facial fractures, abrasions and lacerations, and contusions to his back, chest,…
Zoe Rosenthal, 53, was walking in a crosswalk at an intersection. Charles Davignon turned left in his vehicle at the intersection and hit Rosenthal, knocking her to the ground. Sadly, she died of her injuries two days later. She was survived by her two adult daughters and a granddaughter. Her…
The Illinois Appellate Court has affirmed the general verdict in a second jury trial. The first jury trial resulted in a hung jury. The plaintiff’s decedent had been admitted at a young age to multiple nursing homes and hospitals with an incurable, fatal neurodegenerative disease. The estate for the plaintiff…
Doe, a 42-year-old laborer, was installing air pollution control equipment in a confined space at a Massachusetts factory. The equipment consisted of a 12-foot, two-piece wheel that weighed 1,000 pounds when fully assembled. After Doe removed the wood block that supported half of the wheel while it was suspended by…
Steven Parker was an employee of Black Toppers Inc. when he was driving on Interstate 95 in a Black Toppers truck pulling a loaded flatbed trailer owned by Sam’s Paving. Parker lost control of his truck, which swerved to the right, and over-corrected, which led to him crashing through the…
M Construction Ltd. was doing utility construction, including digging a 9-foot trench to place pipes in the ground. The company’s foreman instructed employees to enter the trench to dig under a pipe. The unprotected trench collapsed, killing Rigoberto Tovar, an M Construction employee. He was just 25 years old and…
In January 2018, a blowout and well fire took place on a Pryor 1H-9 oil rig that trapped five men, including Josh Ray, 35, and Cody Risk, 26. The workers were trapped inside a so-called doghouse, which is a safe house within the rig that is designed to provide protection…
Jacob Hourmouzus was a 17-year-old high school student when he attempted to rescue his dog, which had jumped into an irrigation canal under a metal footbridge on private property. As Jacob and the dog began to be swept away in the canal, he grabbed onto the bridge, which was electrically…
Tyrone Lawson, 17, was the son of the plaintiff, Pamela Wright-Young, when he was fatally shot outside a high school basketball game. As the administrator of her son’s estate, his mother brought this wrongful death and survival action lawsuit against the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (Board)…
Deborah Amling, personally and as personal representative for the Estate of Robert N. Amling, brought this lawsuit for the wrongful death of her husband against Harrow Industries LLC and others. Amling and her husband, Robert, sued Harrow Industries and other businesses in Illinois state court for causing Robert to develop…