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$2.5 MILLION VERDICT FOR A CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENT

Wednesday, 9 December 2009 14:48 by Admin
$2,500,000 VERDICT MILLWRIGHT STUMBLES ON DEBRIS Trial counsel James J. Morici, Jr., obtained a jury verdict for a 29 year old millwright. The plaintiff stepped off of a sloped settling tank wall on... [More]

$190,000 Settlement for an injured Cement Finisher

Friday, 4 December 2009 15:57 by Admin
$190,000 workers' compensation settlement was awarded to a cement finisher who fell into an open hole aftrer standing on a wooden frame which was erected by the employer. The petitioner suffered injur... [More]

7 hurt, 3 seriously, in far North Side accident

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 14:15 by Admin
June 27, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Seven people were injured in a Far North Side motor vehicle accident, according to the fire department. The accident happened near North Sheridan Road... [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]

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]

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]

Pickup truck driver killed in Tollway crash

Wednesday, 24 March 2010 12:55 by Admin
March 23, 2010 (ELGIN) A man from South Beloit, Ill., was killed Tuesday morning when his pickup truck slammed into the back of a semi truck parked on the shoulder of the Northwest Tollway (... [More]

Fire ravages Manhattan apartment building; 2 hurt

Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:50 by Admin
March 17, 2010 6:54 PM  | UPDATED STORY Manhattan firefighters pour water on the apartment building blaze. (Warren Skalski/For the Chicago Tribune.) A fire heavily damaged a two-story, e... [More]

$900,000 Settlement for an injured Journey Ironworker

Monday, 15 March 2010 11:22 by Admin
Plaintiff was injured in when he was struck by a 20' I beam that was being moved by a crane. The plaintiff suffered multiple injuries to his neck and shoulders including a herniated disc. Plaintiff en... [More]

Young mother dead after plowing into pole during dense fog

Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:25 by Admin
March 10, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A woman is dead after the vehicle she was driving struck a pole head-on during extremely foggy conditions early Tuesday on the Northwest Side. At 4:13 ... [More]

3 hurt in Lincoln Square crash

Thursday, 4 March 2010 13:50 by Admin
March 4, 2010 8:25 AM |  (Carlos Sadovi / Chicago Tribune) Paramedics and firefighters responded at about 7:45 a.m. to a multivehicle crash at the intersection of Western Avenue and Ai... [More]

Woman killed in hit-and-run on South Side

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:41 by Admin
February 23, 2010 7:13 AM | A woman was killed this morning after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver on the South Side, police said Police and paramedics responded about 5:30 a.m.... [More]

Plane crashes into St. Louis- area home; 2 missing

Monday, 22 February 2010 09:46 by Admin
February 22, 2010 8:24 AM |  UPDATED STORY BELLEVILLE -- Authorities say a small plane that slammed into a house and hangar in a southwestern Illinois subdivision built for aviation e... [More]

Man dies after garage collapse on Southeast Side

Thursday, 18 February 2010 10:53 by Admin
February 17, 2010 7:14 PM  UPDATED STORY A man in his 40s died this evening after a garage collapsed on him this evening in the Jeffery Manor neighborhood, officials said. The ma... [More]

CTA train hits bicyclist at ground level station

Wednesday, 17 February 2010 16:06 by Admin
February 16, 2010 8:55 PM A bicyclist was clipped by a Brown Line train at the Rockwell Street station on the North Side this evening.  The man was taken to Advocate Illinois... [More]

Farragut North Metro Train Derailment in D.C.

Friday, 12 February 2010 14:01 by Admin
A 6 car metro train has derailed near Farragut North train station in Washington DC. The derailment happened in the late morning US east coast time just outside the busy station. There were no report... [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]

1 killed, 1 urt by Amtrak train in Lake Forest

Monday, 8 February 2010 09:03 by Admin
February 6, 2010 12:43 PM An 18-year-old man was killed and a female teen was injured when they were struck by an Amtrak train during the Friday evening rush hour in Lake Forest, o... [More]

Woman dies after falling off moving pick up truck

Tuesday, 2 February 2010 14:34 by Admin
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE (AURORA) Charges are pending Tuesday morning against a 17-year-old west suburban man in connection with a fatal crash Monday night in which a woman fell off the side of a movi... [More]

Driver injured in school bus accident

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 09:55 by Admin
January 27, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A school bus driver was injured in an accident Wednesday morning in northwest suburban Hanover Park, according to police. At 6:45 a.m. a school bus cra... [More]

Pedestrain, 85, killed by car in Albany Park

Friday, 22 January 2010 11:10 by Admin
January 22, 2010 5:35 AM An 85-year-old male pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side by a vehicle whose driver didn't have a license, Chi... [More]

1 killed, 1 hurt in Northwest side crash

Tuesday, 19 January 2010 12:39 by Admin
One person was killed and another injured in a traffic crash this morning in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, Chicago police said. The dead person was identified as Richard Smart,... [More]

Michigan plane crash

Monday, 18 January 2010 16:09 by Admin
Two Hope College students, including a 20-year-old woman from St. Charles, died when their single-engine airplane crashed in southwestern Michigan Sunday morning. The college said the plane, rented f... [More]

Flying Ice From Truck Severly Injures Motorist

Wednesday, 6 January 2010 16:43 by Admin
When Peter Morano recalls the terrifying car accident, he refers to it as the white bomb. On Monday morning, Morano was driving on Butterfield Road in Aurora when his windshield was struck by an expl... [More]

Basketball star injured in crash

Tuesday, 5 January 2010 11:34 by Admin
Ex-Nets star Jayson Williams injured in crash January 5, 2010 8:25 AM  Tribune News ServicesFormer NBA player Jayson Williams struck a tree with his SUV on Tuesday after veering off an... [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]

Injured flight attendants file legal claim of negligence

Wednesday, 23 December 2009 14:00 by Admin
Injured flight attendants file legal claim of negligence By The Associated Press SEATTLE — A pair of Alaska Airlines flight attendants injured when a 2007 flight hit air turbulence are filin... [More]

Woman killed in I-57 crash identified

Wednesday, 23 December 2009 09:49 by Admin
December 23, 2009 5:40 AM  The 27-year-old woman killed in a traffic crash Tuesday evening on Interstate Highway 57 in south suburban Calumet Park was identified this morning as Lat... [More]

Villa Park Man Dies After Crash

Tuesday, 15 December 2009 09:31 by Admin
Authorities believe a 70-year-old Villa Park man suffered a medical emergency that led to a three-car crash Monday morning. The man, whose identity was not made public, was taken to Elmhurst Memori... [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]