{"id":5055,"date":"2015-04-27T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=5055"},"modified":"2015-04-26T21:52:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T02:52:51","slug":"cook-county-jury-verdict-in-admitted-liability-for-pedestrian-hit-by-pickup-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/cook-county-jury-verdict-in-admitted-liability-for-pedestrian-hit-by-pickup-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County Jury Verdict in Admitted Liability for Pedestrian Hit by Pickup Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Feb. 2, 2012, Elliot Gonzalez was walking northbound across Erie Street at May Street in Chicago when he was hit in the crosswalk by Patrick Kennely\u2019s pickup truck. Kennely was a commercial property manager and was making a left turn from northbound May Street onto Erie at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff, Elliot Gonzalez, 19 at the time, sustained three transverse process <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spine-health.com\/conditions\/osteoporosis\/vertebral-fracture-symptoms\">vertebral fractures<\/a>, a sprained ankle, contusions and bruises. His medical bills totaled $32,627. He also missed a week and half of work as a cell phone salesman.<\/p>\n<p>Kennely admitted liability but contested the plaintiff\u2019s claims of damages. His attorney cross-examined Gonzalez\u2019s treating physician and orthopedic surgeon for 4 \u00bd hours regarding the care and treatment he gave to the plaintiff. The jury apparently was persuaded by that round of cross-examination because its verdict of $29,565 was less than the offer to settle the case, which was $45,000.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/cook-county-jury-verdict-in-admitted-liability-for-pedestrian-hit-by-pickup-truck\/#more-5055\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Feb. 2, 2012, Elliot Gonzalez was walking northbound across Erie Street at May Street in Chicago when he was hit in the crosswalk by Patrick Kennely\u2019s pickup truck. Kennely was a commercial property manager and was making a left turn from northbound May Street onto Erie at the time of the accident. The plaintiff, [&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":[45,88,5,108,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-accidents","category-back-neck-injuries","category-car-accidents","category-neck-injury-cases","category-pedestrian-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cook County Jury Verdict in Admitted Liability for Pedestrian Hit by Pickup Truck &#8212; Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Feb. 2, 2012, Elliot Gonzalez was walking northbound across Erie Street at May Street in Chicago when he was hit in the crosswalk by Patrick Kennely\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/cook-county-jury-verdict-in-admitted-liability-for-pedestrian-hit-by-pickup-truck\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cook County Jury Verdict in Admitted Liability for Pedestrian Hit by Pickup Truck &#8212; 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