Our Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts
CAR ACCIDENTS
$6,333,000 Verdict
Defendant crossed over the center line into oncoming traffic on Ogden Avenue in Chicago crashing head-on into plaintiff’s vehicle instantly killing the plaintiff.
$3,500,000 Settlement
Plaintiffs, the driver and passenger in the same vehicle, were severely injured when their car collided into the side of a school bus that suddenly turned left in front of them.
$450,000 Settlement
A Chicago police officer was severely injured when a vehicle operated by two fleeing bank robbers ran a red light and crashed into his vehicle.
TRUCK ACCIDENTS
$2,600,000 Settlement
Plaintiff, a 33-year-old mother of four, was killed when a pickup truck and trailer collided with her car at an intersection on a rural road in Kankakee.
$2,129,141 Verdict ($150,000 offer before trial)
A FedEx Ground truck ran a red light and collided with a vehicle in which the plaintiff was a passenger, resulting in a crushed ankle that required three surgeries.
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS
$900,000 Settlement
Plaintiff lost control of his motorcycle when it came into contact with a trench carved out around a manhole cover in the middle of the Torrence Avenue in the city of Chicago. The city failed to repair the trench or barricade the area to safeguard motorists on the roadway. The plaintiff underwent six surgeries on his right leg, including skin grafts and suffered third-degree burns from the exhaust pipe on his left leg.
$800,000 Settlement
The plaintiff was riding his motorcycle southbound on Western Avenue in the city of Chicago when a tractor-trailer truck unexpectedly turned left in front of him. The plaintiff collided into side of the trailer causing his untimely death.
PEDESTRIAN INCIDENTS
$4,100,000 Settlement
A 9-year-old girl was run over by a tractor-trailer truck while walking through a Walgreen’s parking lot, resulting in severe crushing and degloving injuries to her pelvis and lower extremities. A settlement was reached with the trucking company for its negligent operation of the truck and the property owner based on the defective design and permitted use of the parking lot.
$246,000 Settlement
The plaintiff was walking beside a parade float in Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade, which failed to stop when the crowd along the parade route converged on the flotilla resulting in the float crashing into the plaintiff, breaking his leg.
$900,000 Settlement (Winnebago County)
A 3rd grader was run over by a school bus while crossing the street at a four-way intersection. The bus had just picked up children at a designated stop, moved forward to the stop sign and then proceeded to turn left at the intersection striking the plaintiff as he crossed the street in the crosswalk.
This settlement represents a record high in Winnebago County for a case of this nature.
BICYCLE ACCIDENTS
$6,400,000 Settlement
A 13-year-old boy was struck and killed by a garbage truck while riding his bicycle along Harlem Avenue near the L tracks at Lake Street.
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
$3,100,000 Settlement
Plaintiff, a 48-year-old man, was riding his bicycle on Madison Avenue near the United Center at about midnight when the defendant’s vehicle hit the concrete divider in the middle of the street causing it to flip in mid air and land on top of the plaintiff. The plaintiff suffered severe brain damage and a fractured pelvis rendering him disabled. The defendant was charged at the scene with aggravated driving under the influence.
BOATING ACCIDENTS
$200,000 Settlement
A 59-year-old woman was injured in a holiday boating collision on the Chain O Lakes in Lake County, Illinois. A boat traveling in excess of the permissible speed became airborne and drove over the top of the parked boat in which plaintiff was riding. A result of the collision, plaintiff suffered several compression factures in her spine, a cervical injury and a shoulder injury.