{"id":1028,"date":"2013-05-02T16:18:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T21:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury-robertkreisman.lawblogger.net\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:32:56","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-upholds-23-8m-in-suv-crash-with-illinois-department-of-transportation-truck-chraca-v-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-upholds-23-8m-in-suv-crash-with-illinois-department-of-transportation-truck-chraca-v-miles\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Upholds 23.8M in SUV Crash with Illinois Department of Transportation Truck – Chraca v. Miles"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Illinois truck accident case was reviewed by the Illinois Appellate Court to determine whether or not the trial court had erred in its delivery of jury instructions and whether the jury had awarded too much damages. However, after reviewing the case facts, the appellate court upheld the trial court proceedings and eventual verdict in Andrzej Chraca v. Steven Miles<\/em>, 2011 Ill.App. (1st) 100537-U.<\/p>\n

The Chraca<\/em> lawsuit involved a 2004 car crash between Andrzej Chraca and Steven Miles. Chraca was driving an SUV at the time, while Miles was driving an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)<\/a> truck. Both Chraca and Miles suffered degrees of paralysis following the Schaumburg truck accident and both drivers filed personal injury lawsuits against each other.<\/p>\n

The two cases were consolidated into one personal injury lawsuit<\/a> by the Circuit Court of Cook County. At the end of the trial, the court ruled in favor of Chraca and against Miles. Chraca was awarded $23.8 million in damages, which was broken down as follows:<\/p>\n

-$500,000 for disfigurement;
\n-$593,335 for past medical expenses;
\n-$3.5 million for future medical expenses;
\n-$2.5 million for past and future pain and suffering; and
\n-$18 million for past and future loss of a normal life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And while both lawsuits were consolidated for the purposes of the Cook County personal injury trial, the appeal deals only with the lawsuit filed by Chraca.<\/p>\n

Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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