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.

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.

On November 19, 2018, plaintiff, age 65, had ordered a pizza from the local pizza store and was in the process of walking from his home to his driveway in order to get into his pick-up truck to drive and get his pizza. This was in rural Lee County. At the same time, defendant was an over-the-road tractor-trailer driver. He worked full time for an undisclosed corporation. He made the decision to turn around in the private driveway of plaintiff. The defendant driver entered the private property and performed a large, broad turn and exited in the opposite direction. The defendant driver drove over plaintiff and he died at the scene of the occurrence. Plaintiff alleged that defendant knew that he was trespassing on that private property, knew that an individual had approached his tractor-trailer yelling and banging on the tractor side door and he knowingly and intentionally drove away without slowing or stopping. Defendant did not slow or stop his tractor-trailer before exiting the driveway which was a direct result of plaintiff’s death.

S.L. as Special Administrator of M.L., Deceased v. PI&I Motor Express, Inc., and D. Construction, Inc.

Trucking: Plaintiff, 49 year old female, was travelling southbound on Illinois Route 394 near Glenwood Lansing Road. Defendant, a driver for P.I.&I. Motor Express, Inc., was traveling northbound on Illinois Route 394, in a construction zone, when he lost control of his tractor trailer, veered into several sand barrels and a concrete barrier in a construction zone and veered across the left shoulder, into the grassy middle median and into the southbound lanes of traffic where his tractor trailer struck Plaintiff’s vehicle in a head on collision. Plaintiff was fatally injured and died instantly. Plaintiff, a 49 y/o single female, who lived alone, was survived by four adult siblings who live out of state. Co-Counsel with Larry Rogers, Jr.

Plaintiff, age 59, and her daughter, age 21, were passengers on a tour bus traveling on I-70 in Fayette County when the bus driver struck an overturned tractor trailer that was laying across the Interstate. The mother suffered a concussion and contusions to her head and left knee. The daughter sustained an ankle fracture that required an open reduction internal fixation procedure. Plaintiffs alleged the bus driver was negligent in hitting the truck sitting in the Interstate when others drove around it. They also claimed the truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and rolled his truck. (2015)

James Power on behalf of his clients secured a $1,000,000.00 settlement. In October of 2018, the client was on his way to fill vending machines at a local racetrack when he was T-boned by the Defendant driving a semi-tractor trailer. It was alleged that the driver had fallen asleep after working too many consecutive hours behind the wheel. The settlement represents the limits of the insurance coverage available.