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In 2007, Christopher Lindroth suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was thrown from a motorized cart that swerved to avoid an oncoming car. This incident took place at McCormick Place<\/a> in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Lindroth was standing on the back of the motorized cart as it traveled down one of the ramps at the convention center when a McCormick Place employee directed a car around a closed security gate, which came into the cart\u2019s path. With no working brakes, the driver of the cart quickly turned the motor off and attempted to slow the vehicle with his feet, veering to the right curb in an attempt to stop. Lindroth was thrown from the cart as a result of that maneuver and suffered a serious head injury.<\/p>\n

Because of his traumatic brain injury, Lindroth now requires 24-hour care. Lindroth\u2019s mother, Marcia Dempe, filed a lawsuit on behalf of her son against The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) <\/a>and the event-planning company, Global Experienced Specialists (GES)<\/a>. The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County in July 2008. \u00a0Dempe alleged the two entities were negligent in allowing contractors like Lindroth\u2019s employer to use the cart in an unsafe manner.<\/p>\n

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