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…
On Oct. 20, 2009, Nazmi Nomat was driving eastbound on 167th Street in Hazel Crest, Ill., when a westbound van made a left turn on Western Avenue. The left front end struck the driver’s side of Nomat’s vehicle in the intersection. Nomat, 47, suffered multiple disc herniations that required fusion…
On Nov. 30, 2010, Matthew Boyle was driving southbound on Forest Preserve Drive when he made a left turn with a green arrow onto eastbound Irving Park Road in Chicago. The defendant, 25-year-old Erica Rodriguez, ran the red light while traveling westbound on Irving Park and her car collided with…
On Jan. 21, 2009, Jasmine Crawford was driving northbound on Bruce Avenue in Flossmoor, Ill. Her vehicle was hit on the driver’s side door by the defendant, Christine Rothchild, who was traveling eastbound on Wallace Drive. Crawford, a 32-year-old homemaker, suffered neck/back soft tissue injuries and a dislocated right shoulder,…
On Aug. 29, 2010, Rachel Deglman was driving eastbound on Wellington Avenue when southbound defendant Brittney Gurrola, 18, did not stop at the stop sign at Natchez Avenue in Chicago. Gurrola’s car entered the intersection and crashed into Deglman’s vehicle. There was no stop sign for oncoming traffic on Wellington…
On Aug. 12, 2009, Jaime Lindsey’s vehicle was stopped on northbound Hawthorne Road (Route 59) awaiting a red light at Dundee Road in Barrington Hills, Ill. At that point, the defendant Stephen Pernal lost control of his car while turning from Dundee Road (Route 68) onto southbound Hawthorne; his car…