On Oct. 12, 2004, Clinton Haywood, 47, was working as a Metra signal maintainer. He was unloading a 123-pound joint box from a rat bed sliding platform on the back of a truck when the rat bed unexpectedly slid into the truck. This caused the box to start to drop.…
On June 3, 2011, Thomas Schrey alleged that he was standing with his bike at the corner of 55th Street and Western Avenue in Clarendon Hills, Ill. Schrey said he was waiting to cross 55th Street when the defendant, Pamela Herman, was driving her car eastbound; Herman’s car left the…
A Lake County, Ill., jury returned a verdict of $257,800 for Joseph Briski, a truck driver who tripped and fell in a pothole after parking his trailer-truck at National Gypsum’s plant in Waukegan, Ill. This incident occurred on Feb. 2, 2008. Briski was walking toward the rear of his truck…
Leonardo Davila, 65, was working for a security company that was hired by Premium Assets Inc. Premium was hired to provide security to an office building. While Davila was working near the building loading dock one evening, an unknown assailant attacked him. Davila suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of…
In December 2007, the plaintiffs, Brothers Future Holding LLC and Custom Gourmet Concepts LLC purchased a vacant meat packing plant located at 2684 N. 900 East Road in Ashkum, Ill. The plaintiffs planned to use the property to start up a new custom contracting cooking company. The plaintiffs hired Assurance Agency,…
On Jan. 21, 2010, Dean Economos, 18, was driving eastbound on Peterson Avenue near Rogers Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago when he rear-ended the plaintiff’s car, which was stopped. Economos’s car was traveling at 30-35 mph. One of the plaintiffs, 23-year-old Ana Aguilar, sustained soft tissue neck…
A Cook County jury returned a verdict for $1.5 million for Teodoro Ramirez, who was injured while moving roofing materials above a warehouse. The defendant construction company, FCL Builders Inc., requested on appeal from that verdict that the appellate court grant a new trial. FCL argued that the Cook County circuit court…
The mid-year winter convention of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) was held at New Orleans, La., Feb. 8-Feb. 12, 2014. Robert Kreisman of Kreisman Law Offices was in attendance. Kreisman is the secretary of the Professional Negligence Section of AAJ. The meetings were well-attended by lawyers from all around the…
On Aug. 13, 2011, Roland P. Wilson was crossing the street after leaving the tavern, Hot City Lounge, 7342 S. Racine Ave., Chicago, Ill., when he was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene. Wilson, 66, suffered a fractured right leg and required surgery. Wilson believed the hit and run…
On Dec. 1, 2008, Sarah Conway, Kathleen O’Toole and Mary Heidkamp were passengers in Joan Steenveld’s car when it was broadsided by the defendant, Lynnard McCullough, who was driving a tractor-trailer. All but Steenveld perished in the crash. Both of the vehicles skidded off a snowy, icy road. Steenveld’s southbound…