It was a terrifying day for one driver in Chicago, Illinois, when her car got stuck on the train tracks as a Metra train bore down on her. The driver was attempting to cross the tracks when her wheels began spinning on the ice and snow. She tried to back up and the...
Month: February 2014
Chicago area family awarded $6.65 million in wrongful death suit
Death is an inevitability in war. However, the deaths of some military members and others working for the military are caused by negligence, just as civilian workplace deaths sometimes are. That's what a Cook County jury found in the case of an Arlington Heights man...
$16 million awarded for wrongful death of two Illinois teens
In a shocking accident around four years ago, two teen boys who were only 14 and 19 were working at a grain facility in Mount Carroll, Illinois. Instructed by their employer to enter a grain bin and try to get clumps of corn to break up, they went inside. They fell...
Patient dies in hospital waiting room
When somebody goes to the hospital for treatment, they expect to be treated appropriately from the time they arrive. This holds true regardless of the size or location of the hospital.Our Illinois readers, just the same as those in other parts of the country, realize...