In a confidential report of this case, Mr. Doe, 47, was riding his bicycle to work in a designated bicycle lane when he was struck by a truck driven by the defendant, Roe Waste Hauling Co. The driver of Roe Waste Hauling was attempting to make a right turn into…
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$6.47 Million Jury Verdict In Death of Driver Who Rear-Ended a Broken-Down Truck on a Busy Interstate Highway
Scott Stevenson, 52, was driving his utility van on a busy interstate highway when his vehicle rear-ended a broken-down truck that had been stopped in the middle lane for fourteen minutes. Stevenson died from the injuries he sustained in the impact of the vehicles. He had been a self-employed plumber…
Chicago Federal District Court Finds Insurer Obligated to Indemnify for Work Injury
The issue in this case was whether there was insurance coverage for South Shore Iron Works under the $1 million auto policy GD Carriers purchased from National Casualty Co. This involved the injuries suffered by Julio Delgado, a GD employee, who fell from a parked flatbed trailer owned by South…
$3.75 Million Jury Verdict for the Death of a Truck Driver Caused by a Rollover of Overloaded Truck
Yadvinder Singh, a 30-year-old truck driver, was hired by Destination Anywhere Inc. to haul aggregate materials from Granite Construction Company‘s facility to a construction site. He drove his dump truck to Granite Construction, where an employee loaded it with washed sand. As Singh drove the truck toward his destination, its…
$6 Million Jury Verdict for the Catastrophic Injuries to Highway Repair Worker
Carl McNeill, an inspector for the South Carolina Department of Transportation, was standing in a designated work zone overseeing repairs to an interstate highway. Dewayne Marshall, an employee of Marketing Associates Inc., who was also working at the site, backed a truck up a ramp and struck McNeill, running over…
Illinois Appellate Court Finds that a Temporarily Disabled Injured Party Did Not Toll Statute of Limitations for Representative of the Estate
The plaintiff in this lawsuit, Roscoe Giles, was the representative and administrator of the estate of his brother, Morris Giles. Giles filed suit two years and one day after the death of his brother who was hit by a tow truck while walking through a cross-walk. When there is a…
Fatal Tractor-Trailer Crash Results in $2.25 Million Jury Verdict
Atinderpal “Gavan” Singh, a commercial truck driver, was driving his tractor-trailer eastbound on Interstate 80 in Nebraska when this tragic crash occurred. Freddie Galloway, a trucker for Ecklund Logistics Inc., was also driving eastbound on the same interstate. He was some distance ahead of the Singh truck. This incident occurred…
Illinois Supreme Court Considers Good Faith Settlements Under the Illinois Contribution Act
In this semi-tractor-trailer crash, the plaintiff, Angela Antonicelli, was a passenger in a vehicle traveling on Illinois Interstate 88. Three lanes were closed for construction. Karl Browder was operating a semi-tractor and trailer traveling behind Antonicelli’s car. The truck driver, Daniel Juan Rodriguez, was under the influence of cocaine and…
$3 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Yield Right-of-Way in Tractor-Trailer Crash With Car
Marc Rene, 34, was driving his sedan northbound on a two-lane road. Patrick Chancey was driving a tractor-trailer owned by Pat Salmon & Sons of Florida when he pulled out of a truck yard and made a wide turn onto the roadway. This caused the tractor-trailer to enter the northbound…
$11 Million Settlement on the First Day of Trial in Truck Crash Resulting in Amputation Above the Knee
Bert Jessmon and his father worked for a private trash collection company. They were on a route with Jessmon’s father driving and Bert Jessmon riding on the back of the truck. The Jessmons stopped on a rural two-lane highway and Bert Jessmon left the truck and began walking to pick…