{"id":4477,"date":"2014-11-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=4477"},"modified":"2014-11-26T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T20:04:28","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-affirms-verdict-1589000-defendant-contested-inflated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-verdict-1589000-defendant-contested-inflated\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Verdict- $1,589,000 that Defendant Contested Was Inflated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clarence Roach was a car man working for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.up.com\/\">Union Pacific Railroad<\/a> at the West Side rail yard in Chicago where commuters\u2019 rail\u00a0 cars are inspected and repaired. Roach was earning about $60,000 per year. On Feb. 1, 2008, Roach was hit by a train performing a \u201cshove,\u201d where a rail car was coupled to a commuter train that was being assembled.<\/p>\n<p>Roach suffered several serious injuries, including <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Degloving\">\u201cdegloving\u201d<\/a> injury to the right leg, which tore the skin off the underlying tissue. Roach was treated by several doctors and then returned to work 13 months later on March 9, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>On May 16, 2008, Roach filed a lawsuit against Union Pacific Railroad alleging negligence against Union Pacific. In March 2010, with his case still pending, Roach suffered a stroke. He died on May 14, 2010 at the age of 57.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-verdict-1589000-defendant-contested-inflated\/#more-4477\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarence Roach was a car man working for Union Pacific Railroad at the West Side rail yard in Chicago where commuters\u2019 rail\u00a0 cars are inspected and repaired. Roach was earning about $60,000 per year. 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