S. v. HMD Trucking, Inc., et al.

The cause involved the wrongful death of R.S., who was a 47 year old auto worker, who was returning home from work on the evening of October 16, 2004, when he was killed while operating his motor vehicle southbound along Indiana’s I-465 within the city limits of Indianapolis, Indiana. A tractor-trailer operated by Tadeusz Strojny was also traveling in the middle lane of the southbound traffic along I- 465. Mr. Strojny’s tractor-trailer struck Mr. Studer’s vehicle from behind, propelling and pinning it along the I- 465’s median wall. Ronald Studer was unable to escape his vehicle and died as a result of his injuries.

Tadeusz Strojny was employed as a truck driver by Defendant, Right Express, Inc. d/b/a E.R.A. Transportation, Inc. The tractor was owned by Defendant, HMD Trucking, Inc., for whom Mr. Strojny was driving. He was pulling a trailer owned by Defendant, FAF, Inc. with an insignia of Forward Air, Inc. stenciled on the side of the vehicle.

Mr. Strojny was a Polish born individual who is not fluent in the English language. On the date of this occurrence Mr. Strojny had picked up the tractor-trailer at the Forward Air depot in Chicago, Illinois and was taking it to Columbus, Ohio.

C. v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., et al.

Trucking: A 71 year old African-American man was injured on July 25, 1995 when a semi-tractor trailer owned by Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. and Union Pacific Railroad Co. pulled from a stop sign at a T-intersection in Northlake in front of a truck traveling eastbound in which plaintiff was a passenger. He suffered a spinal cord injury which left him with incomplete paralysis in his arms and legs.

Jury Verdict: $10,430,617.92

Offer before trial: $1,600,000.00

C., et al v. Transport Carriers, Inc., et al.

Trucking/Wrongful Death: The accident involved an International tractor which lost control on the ramp exiting the Chicago Skyway leading to the Day Ryan on July 1, 1999. The International tractor was being driven by Jesse Blackmon of Transport Carriers, Inc. After Mr. Blackmon lost control on the ramp, the Nissan Van being operated by plaintiff, attempted to avoid striking the Blackmon tractor and was rear-ended by a truck operated by Robert Lachowski of American Shipping and Packing. C. was traveling with his wife and children, 9 years old, 3 years old, and 9 months old. C. died as a result of his injuries.

Jury Verdict: $10,400,000.00

Offer before trial: $500,000.00

Offer during trial: $1,700,000.00

M.A. v. Woodharbor Millworks, et al.

The Plaintiff was struck and partially run over by a right-turning truck as she began to cross the street while on her bicycle. The Plaintiff suffered injuries to her pelvis and abdomen, requiring the use of a diverting colostomy which may or may not be permanent. Additionally, the Plaintiff suffered from symptoms of PTSD. The Plaintiff was unmarried and not working at the time of the collision.

Multiple fractures, traumatic brain injury, and significant scarring suffered by a passenger when a church van was struck by an 18-wheeler that crossed the median on I-75 in Florida.

Estate of J.T. v. M.C.

The Decedent was attempting to cross the street in a crosswalk in her motorized wheelchair when a truck driver failed to stop at a stop sign and struck her. The Decedent suffered eviscerating injuries to her lower extremity, which lead to her death shortly thereafter. The Decedent was unmarried and unemployed at the time of her death, and is survived by four adult children, two of whom lived out of state.

Decedent, a 21 y/o male, was jaywalking across North Avenue when a truck driven by truck driver with a wide load came into contact with  DF when it clipped him with one or more portions of the crane it was hauling which was protruding out from the side of the trailer, causing him to be flipped into the air and  run over by the back tires on the driver’s side of the aforementioned trailer.  Plaintiff alleged the tractor trailer operator was hauling a wide load which was not properly marked with flags and placards and failed to yield to a pedestrian. Co-counsel with James I. Power.

Trucking negligence settlement. On January 7, 2007 the defendant’s semi-tractor trailer driver failed to stop for slowing traffic on southbound I-65 at mile marker 138 in Boone County, IN, and rear-ended the plaintiff’s vehicle. The plaintiff’s husband died and she suffered right radial and ulnar fractures requiring surgical repairs.

Co-counsel with Joseph A. Power, Jr.

Exacerbation of cervical and lumbar injuries rendering a Chicago Police Department officer disabled and unable to continue his law enforcement career.

Multiple serious injuries including a burst lumbar fracture, fractured sternum, punctured lungs, and cardiac arrest sustained by a husband and wife rear-ended by a tractor-trailer on I-290 in Roselle.