{"id":4595,"date":"2014-12-19T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2014-12-17T21:22:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T03:22:50","slug":"1-million-jury-verdict-illinois-t-bone-crash-causing-severe-neck-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/1-million-jury-verdict-illinois-t-bone-crash-causing-severe-neck-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"$1 Million Jury Verdict in Illinois T-Bone Crash, Causing Severe Neck Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 25, 2008, Thomas J. Hagerman was driving westbound on Route 6 in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morrisil.org\/\">Morris<\/a>, Ill., when the defendant, Betty Leake, who was attempting to make a left turn onto Lisbon Street, chose not to yield the right-of-way. Instead, Leake turned directly in front of Hagerman\u2019s truck, causing Hagerman to T-bone her vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Hagerman was 43 years old at the time and suffered injuries to his cervical and thoracic spine, which resulted in a three-level <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spine-health.com\/treatment\/back-surgery\/acdf-anterior-cervical-discectomy-and-fusion\">cervical discectomy<\/a> and fusion surgeries. He lost one year of work as a security guard and warehouse worker.<\/p>\n<p>Hagerman was able to return to his job, but later underwent two bilateral knee replacements unrelated to the crash. He has not been able to work since the knee replacement surgeries.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/1-million-jury-verdict-illinois-t-bone-crash-causing-severe-neck-injury\/#more-4595\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 25, 2008, Thomas J. Hagerman was driving westbound on Route 6 in Morris, Ill., when the defendant, Betty Leake, who was attempting to make a left turn onto Lisbon Street, chose not to yield the right-of-way. Instead, Leake turned directly in front of Hagerman\u2019s truck, causing Hagerman to T-bone her vehicle. Hagerman was [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,88,5,150,30,129,108,56,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-accidents","category-back-neck-injuries","category-car-accidents","category-evidence","category-experts","category-lost-income","category-neck-injury-cases","category-personal-injury","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>$1 Million Jury Verdict in Illinois T-Bone Crash, Causing Severe Neck Injury &#8212; Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Nov. 25, 2008, Thomas J. 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