{"id":5694,"date":"2015-11-11T10:10:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2015-11-11T07:24:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T13:24:44","slug":"10000-jury-verdict-for-pedestrian-struck-by-motorcycle-crossing-street-at-mid-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/10000-jury-verdict-for-pedestrian-struck-by-motorcycle-crossing-street-at-mid-block\/","title":{"rendered":"$10,000 Jury Verdict for Pedestrian Struck by Motorcycle Crossing Street at Mid-Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 16, 2012, Jeremiah Guthrie was attempting to walk eastbound across Central Avenue just south of the intersection of Harrison Street in Chicago. He made it across one lane (the southbound right lane) when he was hit in the second lane (the southbound left lane) by the motorcyclist and defendant Jaroslaw Baranek, who was southbound.<\/p>\n<p>Guthrie, 53, suffered fractures to his left ankle, tibia, fibula and wrist as well as a puncture wound to his left calf. His medical bills were $140,488. There was no claim for lost time from work.<\/p>\n<p>The defendant stipulated to plaintiff\u2019s injuries and medical expenses, but denied the defendant, a 32-year-old electrician, was at fault and contended that the plaintiff was more than 50% at fault for his own injuries because he crossed the street at mid-block.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/10000-jury-verdict-for-pedestrian-struck-by-motorcycle-crossing-street-at-mid-block\/#more-5694\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 16, 2012, Jeremiah Guthrie was attempting to walk eastbound across Central Avenue just south of the intersection of Harrison Street in Chicago. He made it across one lane (the southbound right lane) when he was hit in the second lane (the southbound left lane) by the motorcyclist and defendant Jaroslaw Baranek, who 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":[45,47,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-accidents","category-motorcycle-accidents","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>$10,000 Jury Verdict for Pedestrian Struck by Motorcycle Crossing Street at Mid-Block &#8212; Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On May 16, 2012, Jeremiah Guthrie was attempting to walk eastbound across Central Avenue just south of the intersection of Harrison Street in Chicago. 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