$5.4M Award for slip, fall on fuel spill
Parente NEWS Feb14-2017DOWNLOAD NOW CHICAGOLAWBULLETIN.COM // In the News Volume 163, No. 31 // TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017 BY LAURAANN WOOD Law Bulletin staff writer $5.445M net jury verdict against Union Pacific Rail Road for injured an... Read More
Plaintiff Receives $1.45M; High-Low Deal Settles Suit
BY LAURAANN WOOD Law Bulletin staff writer A construction worker received a $1.45 million settlement after a high-low agreement was reached shortly before a Cook County jury returned with a verdict. The jury’s $2.3 million award came Friday. Though that’s $850,000 more than the settlement...
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Slip on Ice Nets $3.5M settlement
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. The agreement came earlier this month, the day before a Cook County judge was scheduled to rule from...
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Winnebago Co. Motorcycle Suit Settles for $6M
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 in a settlement that stems from a tactical decision to sue her husband instead of his employer. On May 20, 2012,...
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Brain-damage suit settles for $10.5M
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 boy following leg surgery. The agreement Wednesday came after a Cook County judge barred testimony from one of...
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Broken-ankle case settles for $2.95M
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, 2012, Andreas Bakopoulos was driving his Mitsubishi Eclipse near 4350 W. Ohio St. He was on a lunch break from his job...
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Jury awards $2.4M for back injuries from truck crash
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 a truck stop in Tuscon, Ariz., in 2006 when a Knight Transportation Inc. truck, traveling...
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Company settles death suit
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 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the widow of a Channahon man who died at the company's...
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Settlement gives widow $3.15 million
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 died while working at a Joliet asphalt plant in 2004, her attorney said. Approved by Will County Circuit Judge Michael J....
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Jail construction worker win settlement
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. On Oct. 9, 2007, Ramiro Zavala and Joshua Comer had just started pouring concrete on the...
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Two lawsuits from deck collapse yield $12 million
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. Ramiro Zavala and Joshua Comer worked for Lindblad Construction and poured concrete in October 2007. They...
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Train lawsuits end with settlements totaling $36.25M
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 County settlements. Attorneys reached the larger settlement before trial and the other came Tuesday just before jurors issued...
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