{"id":1120,"date":"2013-05-10T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury-robertkreisman.lawblogger.net\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2019-12-29T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T11:48:00","slug":"illinois-jury-finds-for-driver-in-rear-end-expressway-crash-gavino-v-faught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-jury-finds-for-driver-in-rear-end-expressway-crash-gavino-v-faught\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Jury Finds for Driver in Rear-End Expressway Crash; Gavino v. Faught"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Benjamin Faught rear-ended Luis Gavino\u2019s car on southbound <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interstate_94_in_Illinois\">Interstate 94 <\/a>in Deerfield, Ill., in the early morning hours of Oct. 3, 2009.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The impact caused the plaintiff\u2019s car to spin several times and crash into a cement median strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Gavino, 57, sustained a posterior tibialis tendon tear, located on the inner side of the ankle and aggravation of pre-existing arthritis in his left ankle.<span>\u00a0<\/span>This required surgery to the tendon and an ankle fusion. Gavino also had a neck, shoulder and back soft tissue injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The defendant, 22-year-old Benjamin Faught, admitted to consuming seven vodka drinks prior to the crash.<span>\u00a0<\/span>He pleaded guilty to a charge of DUI.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The defendant admitted liability, but evidence of alcohol intoxication was permitted pursuant to the plaintiff\u2019s agreement to withdraw a punitive damage claim as part of the high\/low agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-jury-finds-for-driver-in-rear-end-expressway-crash-gavino-v-faught\/#more-1120\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Faught rear-ended Luis Gavino\u2019s car on southbound Interstate 94 in Deerfield, Ill., in the early morning hours of Oct. 3, 2009.\u00a0 The impact caused the plaintiff\u2019s car to spin several times and crash into a cement median strip. Gavino, 57, sustained a posterior tibialis tendon tear, located on the inner side of the ankle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,5,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-accidents","category-car-accidents","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illinois Jury Finds for Driver in Rear-End Expressway Crash; Gavino v. 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