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$750,000 Jury Verdict in Tractor-Trailer Incident

James DeFranscesco, 53, owned his own trucking company. He parked his tractor-trailer for the night at a truck stop in Georgia but was awakened when an adjacent tractor-trailer got stuck to his rig after turning too sharply while pulling out. DeFranscesco opened his door and fell to the pavement while…

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$875,000 Jury Verdict for Roofer Injured Who Fell Through Hole in Warehouse Roof Under Inspection

Beau Gordon, a professional roofer, fell 35 feet through a “camouflaged hole” in a warehouse roof that he was inspecting. Gordon suffered a head injury and, as a result, brought suit against the building’s owner, ARC Manufacturing Inc., and Joseph Meyers. On appeal, the primary issue was whether the trial…

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Illinois Appellate Court Hears Oral Argument in Exculpatory Clause Injury Case

In a pending appeal from a jury verdict in favor of defendants Capital Fitness Inc. and a personal trainer, the plaintiff Gabriela Sosa-Gaines appealed the verdict handed down by a DuPage County Circuit Court jury on Aug. 4, 2017 and entered by the trial court. The principal basis for the…

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