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Slip on Ice Nets $3.5M settlement

December 30, 2015

BY LAURAANN WOOD Law Bulletin staff writer A man who severely injured his back after a construction accident has settled his suit against the project’s general contractor for $3.5 million.…

Winnebago Co. Motorcycle Suit Settles for $6M

March 17, 2015

BY JOHN FLYNN ROONEY Law Bulletin staff writer A woman who suffered a serious brain injury after being ejected from a motorcycle driven by her husband will receive $6 million…

Brain-damage suit settles for $10.5M

July 10, 2014

BY MARC KARLINSKY Law Bulletin staff writer Three days into a trial, Loyola University Medical Center agreed to a $10.5 million settle- ment with a man who suffered brain damage as a…

Broken-ankle case settles for $2.95M

April 10, 2014

BY JOHN FLYNN ROONEY Law Bulletin staff writer A Chicago man who suffered a severely broken ankle in a vehicle accident has received a $2.95 million settlement. On Aug. 22,…

Cook County Jury Hands out2.4 For Back Injuries Crash

Jury awards $2.4M for back injuries from truck crash

February 27, 2013

BY JENN BALLARD Law Bulletin staff writer A Cook County jury awarded $2.4 million to a man who suffered back injuries when his parked truck was hit by a semitrailer truck. Clanton Pitchford slept at…

Company settles death suit

November 4, 2012

Joliet asphalt maker to pay widow more than $3 million By Janet Lundquist // Joliet Herald News // jlundquist@stmedianetwork.com A Joliet asphalt manufacturer has agreed to dish out more than $3…

Settlement gives widow $3.15 million

October 24, 2012

BY MARY KATE MALONE Law Bulletin staff writer An Illinois asphalt manufac- turer agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the widow of an oiler who…

Jail construction worker win settlement

July 1, 2012

By Brian Stanley // bstanley@stmedianetwork.com CHICAGO – Two construction workers who were injured years ago when a floor collapsed at the Will County jail each will receive a $6 million settlement.…

Two lawsuits from deck collapse yield $12 million

June 13, 2012

BY PAT MILHIZER // Law Bulletin staff writer A deck collapse during a construction project to expand the Will County jail has yielded two equal settlements that total $12 million.…

Train lawsuits end with settlements totaling $36.25M

October 19, 2011

By Pat Milhizer Law Bulletin staff writer A fiery train derailment that killed a woman and caused the birth and death of a child yielded $36.25 million in two Cook…

Award to family in Rockford train derailment: $36.2 million

October 18, 2011

By Chris Green // rrstar.com CHICAGO – A multimillion-dollar settlement was reached today stemming from the June 19, 2009, train derailment and explosion that claimed the life of a woman…

$5M settlement reached in a drunken-driving lawsuit

February 11, 2011

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin // In Circuit Court By Maria Kantzavelos Law Bulletin staff writer A lawsuit brought by a Walgreens project manager who suffered injuries in a 2006 traffic…