{"id":2914,"date":"2014-01-20T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2014-01-18T07:53:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T13:53:39","slug":"58000-cook-county-jury-verdict-chicago-motorist-injured-rear-end-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/58000-cook-county-jury-verdict-chicago-motorist-injured-rear-end-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"$58,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Chicago Motorist Injured in Rear-End Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A Cook County jury has determined that Brelinda Walker, age 58 and retired, was traveling northbound on Michigan Avenue in Chicago and while waiting to make a left turn on westbound Adam Street was hit from behind by the defendant, Adam Riley, age 21. Those facts were straightforward.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The jury also had to consider the medical evidence and the parties\u2019 testimony about what each believed had occurred in this car crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Walker contended that the impact from the crash caused her cervical and lumbar disc aggravations, requiring emergency room care, MRIs, chiropractic treatment and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spine-health.com\/treatment\/injections\/lumbar-epidural-steroid-injections-low-back-pain-and-sciatica\">epidural injections<\/a> into the cervical and lumbar spine.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>She claimed that the crash drastically changed her normal life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The defendant Riley admitted liability in causing the impact.<span>\u00a0<\/span>However, he also maintained that Walker merely sustained neck and back strains, which required only a visit to the emergency room, MRIs and 6-8 weeks of physical therapy.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/58000-cook-county-jury-verdict-chicago-motorist-injured-rear-end-crash\/#more-2914\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cook County jury has determined that Brelinda Walker, age 58 and retired, was traveling northbound on Michigan Avenue in Chicago and while waiting to make a left turn on westbound Adam Street was hit from behind by the defendant, Adam Riley, age 21. 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