{"id":1973,"date":"2013-08-13T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=1973"},"modified":"2013-08-09T22:14:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-10T03:14:53","slug":"393000-jury-verdict-when-semi-tractor-trailer-rear-ends-suv-on-expressway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/393000-jury-verdict-when-semi-tractor-trailer-rear-ends-suv-on-expressway\/","title":{"rendered":"393,000 Jury Verdict When Semi-Tractor-Trailer Rear-Ends SUV on Expressway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 13px;font-weight: normal\">A federal court jury entered a $393,750 verdict for the plaintiff, Carmen Santillan, 47, who was driving her SUV westbound on Interstate 90 in Chicago when her car was rear-ended by a semi-tractor-trailer driven by the defendant, Daniel Ducharme.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Ducharme was employed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinmilk.com\/index.php\/history\">Martin\u2019s Bulk Milk Service, Inc.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>The crash, on July 11, 2008, was with great force in that the impact bent the rear frame of Santillan\u2019s SUV and pushed the SUV ahead.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Carmen was taken to Lutheran General Hospital, where she remained hospitalized for four days with knee, back and neck pain.<span>\u00a0<\/span>She was later diagnosed with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spine-health.com\/conditions\/herniated-disc\/lumbar-herniated-disc\">herniated L5-S1 disc<\/a>.<span>\u00a0<\/span>She also claimed right knee and shoulder trauma, which required injections.<span>\u00a0<\/span>This \u00a0led to permanent disability.<span>\u00a0<\/span>She never returned to work after the accident and currently receives Social Security disability benefits.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Her medical bills totaled $104,000.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Carmen was an airline reservation clerk for 18 years before the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The defendant, Ducharme, claimed that the crash took place because he was trying to free his floor mat, which had become trapped under the accelerator pedal.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Liability was admitted by the defendants.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The case was tried on damages only.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Before the conclusion of the trial, the parties discussed high\/low parameters, but could not reach an agreement on that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/393000-jury-verdict-when-semi-tractor-trailer-rear-ends-suv-on-expressway\/#more-1973\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court jury entered a $393,750 verdict for the plaintiff, Carmen Santillan, 47, who was driving her SUV westbound on Interstate 90 in Chicago when her car was rear-ended by a semi-tractor-trailer driven by the defendant, Daniel Ducharme.\u00a0 Ducharme was employed by Martin\u2019s Bulk Milk Service, Inc.\u00a0The crash, on July 11, 2008, was with [&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":[45,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-accidents","category-truck-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>393,000 Jury Verdict When Semi-Tractor-Trailer Rear-Ends SUV on Expressway &#8212; 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