{"id":1031,"date":"2011-05-02T16:19:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T21:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury-robertkreisman.lawblogger.net\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2013-05-02T16:21:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T21:21:06","slug":"cook-county-multi-vehicle-rear-end-accident-results-in-8-4-million-jury-verdict-nofal-v-cardinal-transport-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/cook-county-multi-vehicle-rear-end-accident-results-in-8-4-million-jury-verdict-nofal-v-cardinal-transport-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County Multi-Vehicle Rear-End Accident Results in 8.4 Million Jury Verdict – Nofal v. Cardinal Transport, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"

It is one of the first things you learn in driver’s ed and is repeated over and over again to new drivers: always keep your eyes on the road<\/em>. However, this advice is useful not only for new drivers, but for experienced drivers, too. Take for instance the case of Benton Chapman, a 44 year-old truck driver who took his eyes off the road to adjust his radio and caused a multiple car accident<\/a> on an Illinois expressway, Estate of Lafi Nofal, M.D., deceased, et al. v. Benton Chapman, Cardinal Transport, et al.<\/em>, 06 L 2263. <\/p>\n

Immediately prior to the Illinois car crash<\/a>, Chapman was driving a tractor-trailer truck along Illinois Interstate 55. Traffic was flowing at a reasonable speed and Mr. Chapman looked away from the road for a minute to adjust his XM Satellite radio. However, when he looked back to the roadway, Chapman discovered that the flow of traffic had slowed significantly and that he was driving way too fast. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Chapman didn’t even have enough time to brake before crashing into the car immediately in front of him. Dorothy Walsh, that car’s driver, was killed as a result of the rear-end collision<\/a>. However, Chapman’s truck did not stop there, but continued in its path, striking another vehicle driven by Magdi Hussein, a bobtail trailer, and three other vehicles. The severity of the Cook County highway accident caused the Stevenson Expressway to be closed for five hours.<\/p>\n

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