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$1.78 MILLION FOR BRICKLAYER INJURED ON CONSTRUCTION SITE

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 14:40 by Admin
$1.78 Million Verdict In a case presented by attorneys James J. Morici, Jr., a Cook County jury returned a verdict for a bricklayer totaling $1.78 million for injuries sustained when a scaffold he wa... [More]

$950,000 SETTLEMENT FOR INJURED MILLWRIGHT

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 14:44 by Admin
$950,000 SETTLEMENT FOR MILLWRIGHT INJURED AT METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT SITE Walsh Construction Company of Illinois agreed to pay $950,000 to a millwright injured in a May, 2000 fall ... [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]

Legislative committee plans to investigate Metra practices

Tuesday, 13 July 2010 15:58 by Admin
Legislative committee plans to investigate Metra practices July 12, 2010 9:26 PM | A legislative committee plans to look into "accountability and openness" at Metra in response to disclosu... [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]

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]

Evergreen Park teen killed in car crash

Friday, 7 May 2010 09:36 by Admin
May 7, 2010 6:30 AM  A 17-year-old girl died following a traffic crash Thursday night in southwest suburban Evergreen Park, authorities said. Danielle Sellers, of the 2900 block of... [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]

Nissan recalling 135K Infiniti G35 sedans

Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:15 by Admin
Published on May 4, 2010 1:29 PM | Associated Press | Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it will recall nearly 135,000 Infiniti G35 sedans and coupes to address a problem that could lead to t... [More]

3 hospitalized after accident in West Town

Wednesday, 21 April 2010 16:14 by Admin
April 21, 2010 8:31 AM  Three people were taken to Stroger Hospital from the site of a traffic accident in the West Town neighborhood, officials said.The accident happened at the intersect... [More]

Cops: Hit-and-run suspect injures 2 officers

Tuesday, 20 April 2010 14:44 by Admin
April 20, 2010 6:20 AM | UPDATED STORY Two Chicago police officers were hit by a car whose driver was attempting to flee after hitting a pedestrian early this morning, police said. One... [More]

One dead, three injured in Crystal Lake crash

Tuesday, 20 April 2010 12:31 by Admin
April 11, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A suburban woman was killed and three more people injured following a Saturday night crash in northwest suburban Crystal Lake that police suspect involved... [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]

Witnesses say lights, gates not working in fatal train crash

Monday, 19 April 2010 11:27 by Admin
Witnesses say lights, gates not working in fatal train crash April 18, 2010 2:21 PM | UPDATED STORY Two witnesses, including a Cook County prosecutor, say warning lights and crossing gates we... [More]

Boy 12 killed riding bike on Southwest Side

Monday, 19 April 2010 11:11 by Admin
April 19, 2010 5:50 AM A 12-year-old boy riding his bicycle was killed Sunday night after he was struck by a pickup truck in Chicago's Clearing neighborhood. The driver was ticketed. Ryan... [More]

Man dies after falling on 'L' tracks

Friday, 9 April 2010 09:11 by Admin
April 9, 2010 5:46 AM | UPDATED STORY Authorities were investigating why a man died after falling on the tracks at a West Side "L" station late Thursday. Michael Williams, 56,  was ... [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]

Trucker dies from injuries in multi-truck crash on I-65

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:34 by Admin
March 30, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE (JASPER COUNTY, Ind.) A semi truck driver injured in a four-truck pile-up on I-65 in in northwest Indiana on Monday morning has died. The pile-up came ... [More]

4 hurt in South Side crash

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 11:55 by Admin
March 29, 2010 2:46 PM |  Chicago Fire Department rescue crews tend to victims from a car crash at East 63rd Street and South Dr. Martin King Drive (Erick Clark/For the Tribune). Four p... [More]

6 killed in Arizona bus crash

Monday, 29 March 2010 11:47 by Admin
Friday, March 05, 2010 Two men and four women were killed in an early morning bus crash in Arizona today. The rollover crash involved the tour bus, two semi trucks and and “several” ca... [More]

Person in wheelchair falls onto CTA Subway tracks

Monday, 29 March 2010 09:38 by Admin
March 27, 2010 8:32 PM | UPDATED STORY A person in a wheelchair fell from a CTA Red Line subway platform onto train tracks at the Chicago Avenue station this afternoon. It's unclear if... [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]

Woman, 22, killed in Lockport crash

Tuesday, 23 March 2010 16:18 by Admin
March 20, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE The body of a 22-year-old woman was found thrown 100 feet from a sport-utility vehicle after a rollover crash early Saturday in southwest suburban Lockp... [More]

Woman, 22, killed in Lockport crash

Tuesday, 23 March 2010 16:01 by Admin
March 20, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE The body of a 22-year-old woman was found thrown 100 feet from a sport-utility vehicle after a rollover crash early Saturday in southwest suburban Lockp... [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]

$185,000 Settlement for Injured Ironworker

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 09:44 by Admin
The plaintiff was struck in the left hand by a clamp which caused a laceration to the plaintiff's left hand and also spilt the tendons in his hand. Attorneys Charles Wallace and Mitchell Friedman sett... [More]

$153,000 settlement for an undafe premises case

Monday, 15 March 2010 14:59 by Admin
Attorney's David Schwanner and Mitchell Friedman obtain a favorable settlement for a women who slipped and fell in a restaurant's ladies room.  The floor was wet from the waiters carrying trays i... [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]

$1.1 Million Settlement for Injured Construction Worker

Friday, 12 March 2010 14:17 by Admin
Attorney James J. Morici Jr. obtained a $1.1 million settlement for an injured construction woker.  The plaintiff suffered a crush injury to their left foot when a 100 lb. jackhammer landed on th... [More]