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On May 22, 2008, the Plaintiff was a pedestrian in a parking lot when he was struck by a commercial trailer. The trailer had separated from a tractor driving across the parking lot and struck the Plaintiff as he stood faced in the opposite direction placing a package in the trunk of his car. According to the police investigation, the…
On August 2, 2012, a Megabus accident in downstate Illinois killed one bus passenger and injured many others. This prompted an investigation, and a warning to other motorcoach companies throughout the United States. The warning specifically concerned bus tires. Specifically, the warning centered on Excessing Tire Load Ratings, and how overloaded coaches can cause tires to burst, because the tires…
A 62 year-old man from Schaumburg, Illinois will receive $3.1 Million as compensation for the serious injuries he suffered when he was struck by the boom of a crane that was being hoisted onto his truck. On February 3, 2006, Ronald Leonard was working as a truck driver for D.C.S. Trucking Company and was working at a construction project along…
On May 6, 2008, the one of the plaintiffs was operating her motor vehicle with the other two plaintiffs as passengers when they were read-ended by a truck owned by Acme Trucking Company and being operated by one of its employees. The three plaintiffs filed this action against Acme Trucking Company (doing business as Acme Refining Scrap Iron and Metal…
On October 11, 2011, Joyce Thomas was taking her small dog for a walk as she had done many times before. While crossing Pershing Road (also known as 39th Street) in her motorized wheelchair within a marked crosswalk near 300 W. Pershing Road, Ms. Thomas was struck by a commercial cement truck driven by one of the employees of VCNA…
On January 12, 2012, a Chicago area bicyclist filed suit against a semi-truck driver and his employers, R&L Carriers, Inc., and Greenwood Motor Lines, Inc. The lawsuit seeks to hold the driver, R&L Carriers, Inc., and Greenwood Motor Lines, Inc., responsible for a collision which caused severe and permanent injuries to the plaintiff, a bicyclist struck by the tractor-trailer. On…