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$2.1 MILLION SETTLEMENT FOR STONE MASON IN A SCAFOLD ACCIDENT

Saturday, 5 December 2009 14:38 by Admin
An experienced stone mason fell approximately 8-12 feet from the scaffolding his company had erected.  The Plaintiff landed in a ditch on the ground and sustained serious injuries to his back and... [More]

$1 MILLION AWARDED TO A CHICAGO AREA IRONWORKER

Saturday, 5 December 2009 14:37 by Admin
A Local #1 Ironworker who sustained work-induced injuries to his back was awarded $1 million.  Due to the severity of his injuries, the Plaintiff was unable to work for a number of years and was ... [More]

$380,000 SETTLEMENT FOR MOTORIST WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES

Saturday, 5 December 2009 14:35 by Admin
Attorney Mitchell Friedman negotiated a $380,000 settlement on behalf of a Flossmoor woman.  The Plaintiff sustained multiple injuries from a two car collision. Injuries included head trauma, and... [More]

Movie Extra Hurt During Filiming

Thursday, 2 September 2010 09:34 by Admin
'Transformers 3' movie extra hurt during Hammond stunt September 2, 2010 6:10 AM | UPDATED STORY A movie extra from Chicago who was working on a scene of "Transformers 3" being shot in&n... [More]

3 injured in NW Side accident

Tuesday, 13 July 2010 16:23 by Admin
3 injured in NW Side crash July 10, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Three people were injured -- reportedly in serious to critical condition -- in a traffic crash on the Northwest Side early Satu... [More]

Oswego crash driver: Teens got rides out of sympathy

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 13:37 by Admin
Oswego crash driver: Teens got rides out of sympathy June 28, 2010 8:43 PM | An emotional and often-sobbing Sandra Vasquez testified today that she agreed to drive a group of mostly dr... [More]

Oswego crash driver: Teens got rides out of sympathy

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 13:30 by Admin
Oswego crash driver: Teens got rides out of sympathy June 28, 2010 8:43 PM | An emotional and often-sobbing Sandra Vasquez testified today that she agreed to drive a group of mostly dr... [More]

Morici Figlioli Nominates Chief Ralph DeBartolo for Law Enforcement Award

Thursday, 17 June 2010 09:18 by Admin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chief Ralph DeBartolo receives the 2010 ISBA “Law Enforcement Man of the Year Award”  Rolling Meadows, Illinois- May 27th, 2010- Illinois State Bar Associatio... [More]

Woman in wheelchair killed by Metra Train

Thursday, 10 June 2010 13:28 by Admin
June 10, 2010 5:48 AM | UPDATED STORY A Riverdale woman in a wheelchair was struck and killed by a Metra train Wednesday night near the station in the Beverly neighborhood, authorit... [More]

Robbery spawns chase that leads to deadly Eisenhower crash

Thursday, 6 May 2010 13:32 by Admin
May 5, 2010 9:02 PM The rolled-over car chased by robbery victims on the Eisenhower Expressway. (WGN-TV) A frantic, 10-mile car chase that ended in a deadly wreck on the Eisenhower Exp... [More]

Loop Bicyclist injured after running into taxi

Thursday, 6 May 2010 12:13 by Admin
May 6, 2010 11:47 AM  A bicyclist was taken in fair-to-good condition to a hospital after he ran into the the back of a taxi in the Loop this morning, officials said.The 32-year-old man,... [More]

Parents shocked at beating of daughter in Bucktown

Monday, 26 April 2010 16:06 by Admin
April 26, 2010 12:29 AM  The family of a graduate student from Northern Ireland who was beaten with a baseball bat in Chicago has never encountered this type of violence before, her gra... [More]

Woman struck by minivan in Lombard dies

Thursday, 22 April 2010 09:10 by Admin
April 20, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A woman who was struck by a minivan as she and a companion were walking down a sidewalk in west suburban Lombard on Monday night has died. About 8:15... [More]

Bus crash injures nine elementary students in Joliet

Wednesday, 21 April 2010 16:31 by Admin
April 19, 2010 Sun-Times Media Wire Nine elementary students were taken to hospitals after a school bus driver lost control, sending the bus into a ditch Monday morning in southwest suburb... [More]

4 hurt when car crashes into Southside building

Monday, 19 April 2010 12:11 by Admin
April 17, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Four people were injured -- three critically -- in a multi-vehicle crash where a car hit a building Friday evening in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. Th... [More]

10 slightly injured in crash on Kennedy Expressway

Monday, 19 April 2010 11:58 by Admin
April 18, 2010 1:33 PM | Ten people suffered minor injuries Sunday morning following a three-vehicle crash on the Kennedy Expressway at Jackson Boulevard, according to Illinois State Polic... [More]

Fisherman killed by Metra train in Joliet

Monday, 19 April 2010 11:17 by Admin
Fisherman killed by Metra train in Joliet April 19, 2010 3:50 AM | No Comments A Joilet man was hit and killed by a Metra Train Sunday afternoon as he was attempting to cross railroad tr... [More]

Woman's account of police chase disputed

Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:06 by Admin
April 8, 2010 9:03 AM | Dorothy Dzibuczynski's car after it crashed. (WGN-TV) A police chase from Hammond to the Southeast Side of Chicago Wednesday evening ended in a three-car crash that i... [More]

Motorist killed after minivan strikes light pole

Monday, 5 April 2010 11:07 by Admin
April 4, 2010 5:33 PM  A motorist was killed this morning in the West Side's Lawndale neighborhood when his minivan hit a light pole, Chicago police said. The cras... [More]

7 hurt, including 2 kids, in Near West Side Crash

Wednesday, 31 March 2010 16:09 by Admin
March 30, 2010 8:59 PM |  Seven people, including two children, were injured tonight in a multi-vehicle crash on the city's Near West Side. Only one of the victims suffered a ser... [More]

Teen killed in bike accident

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:51 by Admin
Hundreds mourn girl who came from orphanage in China to American dream March 29, 2010 BY FRANCINE KNOWLES Staff Reporter What might have been was on the minds of hundreds who gathered to ... [More]

Suit filed against troubled Aurora nursing home

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 12:02 by Admin
March 29, 2010 5:51 PM |  The family of a disabled woman has filed suit against a troubled nursing home in Aurora where a fellow resident is alleged to have sexually assaulted her. ... [More]

2 injured in Northwest Side crash

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 11:30 by Admin
March 30, 2010 11:13 AM |  Two people were slightly injured in a traffic crash involving a bus and another vehicle in the Northwest Side's Montclare neighborhood, according to the Chic... [More]

Inbound Lake Shore Drive reopened after accident

Monday, 29 March 2010 09:29 by Admin
March 28, 2010 8:46 PM | UPDATED STORY Authorities have reopened the inbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive after a minor traffic accident temporarily blocked traffic. The collision in the ... [More]

I hurt as acetylane tanks explode in Aurora

Tuesday, 23 March 2010 16:27 by Admin
March 20, 2010 By ANDRE SALLES asalles@stmedianetwork.com A spate of blazes around the Fox Valley kept firefighters busy Friday. Only one injury was reported, though the fires caused thou... [More]

Motorist hurt when SUV flips & catches fires

Friday, 19 March 2010 14:53 by Admin
March 19, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A sport-utility vehicle crashed and burst into flames ending up on a sidewalk on Midway Airport property early Friday on the Southwest Side, according to ... [More]

Victim from fatal Stevenson crash identified

Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:39 by Admin
March 17, 2010 9:17 PM | Police tonight were still searching for the driver of a car that flipped over into oncoming traffic on the Stevenson Expressway near Cicero Avenue late Monday nigh... [More]

$95,000 for auto accident injury

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 10:27 by Admin
Plaintiff was traveling north bound on Austin Avenue when the defendent ran a red light and hit the plaintiff causing her multiple injuries to her back including a herniated disc. Injuries needed surg... [More]

4 hurt in three-vehicle crash in Plainfield

Monday, 15 March 2010 14:21 by Admin
Route 59 in southwest suburban Plainfield has been reopened following a three-vehicle crash in which four people were injured Saturday night. The crash happened at Illinois Route 59 and Wedgewood Cou... [More]

$100,000 Settlement in Premises Liablity case

Monday, 15 March 2010 09:15 by Admin
$100,000 settlement for an injured patron at a flee market.  Plaintiff was walking thorugh a crowd into a flee market and stepped into a huge pot hole and fell on to his right shoulder tearing hi... [More]