{"id":872,"date":"2013-05-21T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury-robertkreisman.lawblogger.net\/?p=872"},"modified":"2016-08-31T16:27:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T16:27:38","slug":"cook-county-jury-verdict-7-36-million-for-death-of-passenger-in-rear-end-crash-estate-of-harris-v-united-road-towing-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/cook-county-jury-verdict-7-36-million-for-death-of-passenger-in-rear-end-crash-estate-of-harris-v-united-road-towing-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County Jury Verdict \u2013 $7.36 Million for Death of Passenger in Rear-End Crash; Estate of Harris v. 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