As the world continues to move into the blagoshpere, attorneys continue to face unique issues. One involved the case of the blogging juror. In 2009, a Cook County jury returned a $4.75 million verdict in a wrongful death involving a Metra train which struck and killed Scott Eskew. His widow Read more »
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Cook County Jury Returns $10 Million Verdict for Murdered Woman’s Family
by eugene April 16, 2012
In late March, a jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County returned a $10 million verdict in favor of the family of Melissa Dorner. Roberto Ramirez murdered Dorner on January 23, 2005 in her apartment on North Winthrop in Chicago. Ramirez lived there also. Ramirez was charged with Dorner’s Read more »
Family of Truck Driver Awarded One Million Dollars Against City of Chicago
by eugene April 13, 2012
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, a federal jury in Chicago awarded the family of a deceased truck driver $1 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. In April, 2008, Donald Wells careened off of the Dan Ryan Expressway and crashed into a crowded escalator at a CTA station in Chinatown. The Read more »
Settlement reached in railroad crossing death
by eugene March 14, 2012
On, April 16, 2010, Katie Ann Lunn was driving over railroad tracks in University Park when she was struck and killed by an Amtrak train. Her father filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad Co. and Wisconsin Central Ltd. The estate alleged that the company failed to maintain warning signals Read more »
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against High Rise
by eugene March 12, 2012
The mother of a woman who was killed in a fire filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the companies that manage the building. Shantel McCoy died on January 9 during a fire. Ms. McCoy died when she arrived on the 12th floor by elevator. According to the lawsuit, the Plaintiff Read more »
City of Chicago Approves $4 Million in Police Misconduct Cases
by eugene December 24, 2011
The City of Chicago approved payment of $4 million to settle several civil rights and wrongful death cases. One case involved the Estate of Patricia Cobige. Cobige was charged with heroin possession in 2006. She was locked up at the Grand Central District police station. Cobige requested that the police Read more »
State Appeals Court Refuses to Overturn Verdict On Basis of Blogging Juror
by eugene November 27, 2011
The Illinois Appellate Court refused to overturn a $4.75 million verdict against defendants Metra and BNSF Railway Co. in a 2009 trial involving a wrongful death claim. The victim was struck and killed by a Metra train at a Metra stop in Berwyn. During the trial, one of the jurors Read more »
Family Sues in Death of Firefighter
by eugene
The children of a Chicago firefighter filed a wrongful death lawsuit accusing the owners of an abandoned building for negligence when the roof collapsed during a firefight. The incident happened on December 22, 2010. Edward Stringer responded to the fire at the site of the former Sing Way Cleaners. Notably, Read more »
Illinois Supreme Court Overturns $43 Million Judgment in Wrongful Death Case
by eugene
On November 22, 2011, the state high court reversed a $43 million jury verdict which was returned in Madison County, Illinois. in 2003, John and Dora Jablonski weere driving a 1993 Lincoln Town car when they came to a stop on Interstate 270 in a construction zone in Madison County. Read more »
Family Sues Over Asthmatic Boy Being Transferred to 3 Hospitals
by eugene September 27, 2011
The Pointer family was looking for answers over the death of their asthmatic son, who died after being transferred to three different hospitals in an 11 hour period. On the morning of September 13, 2010, seven year old Aaron Pointer suffered from an asthmatic attack. In a tragic set of circumstances, Read more »