James Fregeau was involved in two different and separate motor vehicle crashes. Both cases were consolidated for discovery and trial. The first crash took place on April 22, 2009 when a car driven by the defendant, Anthony Foster, rear-ended a vehicle, which then pushed into Fregeau’s car, injuring him. The…
On Oct. 10, 2008, Joy Wyler, 51, was riding her motorcycle on Vollmer Road in Matteson, Ill. Wyler was about to cross through the intersection at Central Avenue on a green light when the defendant, Ira Batt, made a right turn on a red light from Central. His car collided…
In a case that involved a “duty to settle” claim, the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a decision dismissing a claim made by the insured, Randy Powell against his auto insurance company, American Service Insurance Co. (ASI). It was alleged in the lawsuit by Randy Powell that Katie Linares broadsided his…
James R. Fregeau was involved in two separate rear-end motor vehicle crashes within 20 months. In both cases his car was rear-ended by another vehicle. Fregeau filed two separate lawsuits that later were consolidated for discovery and trial. The first crash took place on April 22, 2009 when the car…
A speeding truck leaving the Newhall Tunnel in Southern California apparently lost control, crashed into the center divider and came to a stop some 1,700 feet outside of the tunnel exit. As other motor vehicles were leaving the tunnel, they braked and slowed down to avoid the crashed truck. A…
On May 20, 2008, Timothy Balota, 31, was driving southbound on Interstate 55 in Collinsville, Ill., when traffic came to a stop approaching a construction zone near Route 157. Collinsville is a near east side suburb of St. Louis. A truck was stopped behind the plaintiff’s car when the semi-tractor-trailer…
On June 10, 2010, Jeffrey Glazer was driving southbound on Route 59 in Barrington Hills, Ill., when he was rear-ended by a car driven by the defendant Richard Cabrera near Bartlett Road. Glazer said he had slowed to check traffic signs to determine the name of the intersecting street. The…
On July 17, 2009, Kristen Henson was driving in the left lane of northbound Illinois Interstate 94 in West Deerfield Township when a car driven by the defendant, Steven Teeters, rear-ended her car. Henson, 35, was a retail purchaser. She alleged in her lawsuit that the crash caused headaches and…
A Cook County jury signed a verdict of $38,681 related to an Aug. 13, 2010 rear-end car crash. The plaintiff, Christina Pervomskaya, was stopped in a line of traffic on Waukegan Road in Glenview, Ill., when she was rear-ended by Sally Langan’s motor vehicle. Pervomskaya, 28, suffered a concussion, post-concussion…
On April 26, 2009, Julie Paterson was driving westbound at Route 116 in Fauber Road in Germantown Hills, Ill. The defendant, Corey Funk, was driving northbound, did not yield the right-of-way and struck Paterson’s car in the intersection. Paterson was going about 55 mph. The impact caused Paterson’s car to…