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$1 MILLION VERDICT FOR AN INJURED PREGNANT MOTORIST

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 14:09 by Admin
Pregnant motorist recovers $982k for fractured neck in expressway rollover A Cook County jury returned a verdict in favor of a Berwyn couple totaling $982,000 for injuries sustained to a seven-mon... [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]

$450,000 SETTLEMENT FOR CARPENTER BURNED BY HEATER

Tuesday, 8 December 2009 15:18 by Admin
$450,000 SETTLEMENT FOR CARPENTER Morici, Figlioli & Associates' attorneys Charles A. Wallace and James J. Morici, Jr. worked together to effectuate a $450,000 settlement in addition to the waiv... [More]

Drawbridge worker rescued from gears

Thursday, 2 September 2010 09:28 by Admin
Drawbridge worker rescued from gears September 2, 2010 5:01 AM |  Chicago Fire Department rescuers check out a worker trapped in the gears of the Washington Street drawbridge near the... [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]

Metal crashes through Carpentersville roof

Monday, 15 March 2010 15:10 by Admin
March 13, 2010 By DAVE GATHMAN dgathman@stmedianetwork.com CARPENTERSVILLE — The Federal Aviation Administration is trying to determine whether a piece of metal that crashed through ... [More]

$155,000 Settlement for an injured Roofer

Friday, 12 March 2010 16:08 by Admin
Attorneys Charles Wallace and Mitchell Friedman obtained a favorable settlement for an injured roofer. The plaintiff was carrying a 50 lb roll of roofing felt that slipped from his arms and fractured ... [More]

$155,000 Settlement for an injured Roofer

Friday, 12 March 2010 16:07 by Admin
Attorneys Charles Wallace and Mitchell Friedman obtained a favorable settlement for an injured roofer. The plaintiff was carrying a 50 lb roll of roofing felt that slipped from his arms and fractured ... [More]

$155,000 Settlement for an injured Roofer

Friday, 12 March 2010 16:04 by Admin
Attorneys Charles Wallace and Mitchell Friedman obtained a favorable settlement for an injured roofer. The plaintiff was carrying a 50 lb roll of roofing felt that slipped from his arms and fractured ... [More]

$150,000 for an Injured Delivery Man

Friday, 12 March 2010 15:38 by Admin
$150,000 was obtained by attorney Mitchell Friedman for a plaintiff who was delivering to a local grocery store, and slipped and fell on a freshly mopped floor casuing a tear to his rotator cuff. ... [More]

Algonquin man killed in New Mexico crash

Tuesday, 9 March 2010 15:01 by Admin
March 8, 2010 7:02 PM | GALLUP, N.M. -- New Mexico state police say 65-year-old James Schwieger of Algonquin, Ill. was killed in a rollover accident on Sunday in Gallup. Schweiger wa... [More]

Algonquin man killed in New Mexico crash

Tuesday, 9 March 2010 14:54 by Admin
March 8, 2010 7:02 PM | GALLUP, N.M. -- New Mexico state police say 65-year-old James Schwieger of Algonquin, Ill. was killed in a rollover accident on Sunday in Gallup. Schweiger wa... [More]

Driver that killed 6 year old girl- charged with homicide

Friday, 19 February 2010 09:29 by Admin
February 18, 2010 7:32 PM | UPDATED STORY A driver with a long history of traffic citations was charged today with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI for a crash that killed a 6-year... [More]

Amtrak train kills pedestrain

Tuesday, 16 February 2010 16:32 by Admin
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE One person was killed when a Chicago-bound Amtrak train struck a pedestrian Saturday afternoon in west suburban Downers Grove. Amtrak Southwest Chief train No. 4 from Los Ang... [More]

Worker injured in fire in John Hancock restaurant

Tuesday, 9 February 2010 14:42 by Admin
February 9, 2010 12:30 PM A 50-year-old worker sustained second-degree burns this morning when a flash fire occurred in a restaurant at the John Hancock building on the Magnificent Mile, off... [More]

13 year old killed by van

Thursday, 7 January 2010 10:11 by Admin
January 3, 2010 BY MONIFA THOMAS Staff Reporter Thirteen-year-old Kristina Rodriguez was crossing a Lake Zurich intersection with another girl Thursday when one of them dropped a cell phone... [More]

Palatine crash kills 76 year old woman

Thursday, 7 January 2010 09:14 by Admin
January 7, 2010 7:11 AM A 76-year-old Arlington Heights woman died Wednesday after the vehicle she was driving crashed in neighboring Palatine, officials said this morning. Virginia Cole, of ... [More]

Two Dead in Lake Forest Accident

Monday, 28 December 2009 16:24 by Admin
A 13-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man have died after a car crash on Saturday in Lake Forest, according to Lake County Coroner Richard Keller. The accident happened at about 3 p.m. on Route 60 jus... [More]

Icy roads cause 22 car pile-up; 7 injured

Monday, 28 December 2009 16:17 by Admin
Icy road conditions Wednesday night led to a 22-vehicle pileup in Oak Brook, resulting in multiple injuries. Paramedics were dispatched at 8:07 p.m. Wednesday to the northbound Tri-State I-294 ramp to... [More]

Bicyclist injured in Jefferson Park

Monday, 14 December 2009 13:29 by Admin
Bicyclist hit, critically injured in Jefferson Park December 14, 2009 12:04 PM A man riding a bicycle was struck by a car and critically injured Sunday night in Chicago's Jefferson Park nei... [More]

$27,000 Settlement for United Airlines Flight Attendant

Wednesday, 2 December 2009 15:23 by Admin
$27,000 workers' compensation settlement for a United Airlines Flight Attendant who injured his shoulder during "in flight" turbulance.

Construction Worker Killed on Job Site

Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:07 by Admin
Worker killed in accident at water reclamation site November 30, 2009 9:37 PM | A 38-year-old man was killed this afternoon in an apparent construction accident on the grounds of the Metr... [More]

JAMES J. MORICI, JR. CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY

Wednesday, 4 November 2009 16:48 by Admin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: James J. Morici, Jr., founding partner of Morici Figlioli and Associates, is celebrating his 30th anniversary of being admitted into the Illinois Bar.  Jim has dedicated h... [More]

$100,000 SETTLEMENT FOR MAN HIT BY FIRE DEBRIS

Wednesday, 4 November 2009 16:15 by Admin
Firm associate David Schwaner obtained a favorable settlement on behalf of a plaintiff who was injured by an aerosol can that shot out of a fire.  The plaintiff’s next door neighbor was bur... [More]

Lumbar Diagram

Friday, 30 October 2009 12:12 by Admin

Fatal crash on the Dan Ryan

Thursday, 22 October 2009 09:22 by Admin
Dan Ryan lanes reopen after fatal crash October 21, 2009 10:27 PM A crash between a motorcycle and a semitrailer killed the motorcyclist and shut down all outbound local lanes of the ... [More]

Man strangled by power rodder

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 09:51 by Admin
Man apparently strangled by power rodder October 21, 2009 6:48 AM  A 32-year-old man working to rod out a sewer drain pipe in Park Ridge over the weekend was apparently strangled when his... [More]

Suburban man killed while working on truck

Tuesday, 20 October 2009 09:54 by Jenna Buechel
October 19, 2009 8:59 PMA Tinley Park man working on a pickup truck was killed this afternoon when the vehicle fell on top of him at his home.The victim, Douglas Westrom, 54, was pronounced dead at Pa... [More]

Man dies after crashing into South Side viaduct

Friday, 16 October 2009 16:26 by Admin
Man dies after crashing into South Side viaductOctober 16, 2009 7:39 AM A 36-year-old man died after his Lincoln Towncar crashed into a viaduct this morning on Chicago's Southwest Side, police said.At... [More]