{"id":2306,"date":"2013-11-25T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:33:13","slug":"51000-cook-county-jury-verdict-intersection-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/51000-cook-county-jury-verdict-intersection-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"$51,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Intersection Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Aug. 12, 2009, Jaime Lindsey\u2019s vehicle was stopped on northbound Hawthorne Road (Route 59) awaiting a red light at Dundee Road in Barrington Hills, Ill.\u00a0 At that point, t<\/span>he defendant Stephen Pernal lost control of his car while turning from Dundee Road (Route 68) onto southbound Hawthorne; \u00a0his car collided with Lindsey\u2019s vehicle in a head-on impact.\u00a0<\/span>Lindsey is a 17-year-old student.\u00a0 <\/span>She sustained a medial meniscus tear<\/a> in her right knee, which required surgery.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The defendant argued at the trial that the torn meniscus came from \u00a0Lindsey’s long dancing career and was not related to the collision because it was not diagnosed until March 2011, almost two years after the crash.<\/p>\n

The jury, however, had a different opinion.\u00a0 <\/span>The jury\u2019s verdict of $51,361 was made up of the following damages:<\/p>\n