Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Truck Driver Cited In Park Ridge Boy's Death

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 23, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Samuel Colberly, Jr. was killed last week while he was on his way to school when he was struck by a truck. The 13 year old was riding his bike to Lincoln Middle School in Park Ridge, Illinois when the tractor-trailer killed him. The truck driver, John Solberg, has since been cited for failure to exercise due caution and for failure to yield at a stop sign. The truck was heading south on...

• School Bus Driver Charged in Death of Pedestrian

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 23, 2007 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  As previously posted, a school bus crashed Monday morning killing one pedestrian and injuring eight others. It has now been reported that the 76 year old bus driver, Jerry Moncrease, has been charged with DUI and involuntary manslaughter. At this time it appears that Moncrease was the cause of the accident and civil charges may follow the criminal charges. Those injured in the accident and...

• Chicago Bus Accident Claims 1 Life, Injures Several Others

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 23, 2007 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A school bus traveling northbound on Garfield Boulevard Monday morning is to blame for the death of a 22 year old pedestrian. The bus driver was turning onto Wentworth Avenue when it is believed he began suffering from some type of medical condition. The bus hit a pedestrian and at least two cars causing the death of one man and injuries to nine others. There were no children on the bus at...

• Three Men Killed In Chicago Car Accident

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 22, 2007 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An accident around midnight claimed the lives of three men on Chicago's Southeast Side. It is believed that two vehicles collided when one car was speeding and disobeyed the traffic signal causing it to slam into and t-bone the other car. There were several parked cars that were also involved in the accident.The families of the men killed may be entitled to recover for the wrongful deaths of...

• Recovery For Grief, Sorrow, Illinois Lawmakers Soon Decide

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 22, 2007 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  In Illinois, parents who bring a wrongful death lawsuit cannot currently recover for the grief, sorrow and mental anguish they suffer from when their children die. Jurors are instructed to not consider this suffering when they make a decision on how much a family is awarded from the death of their loved one. However, this may all change soon...Illinois has long followed an archaic law...

• Chicago Man Dies In Car Crash

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 22, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Ricardo Chavez-Cornejo was killed Sunday morning when he was ejected from the car he was traveling in on the Edens expressway. It is believed the driver of the car fell asleep at the wheel causing the car to cross several lanes of traffic and strike the center median. The driver and other passenger of the car were not seriously injured.Ricardo Chavez-Cornejo was only thirty-one years old when...

• Two Killed In Car Crash Near Joliet, Illinois

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 21, 2007 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two people were killed Friday evening after the car they were traveling in on Highway 55 near Joliet, Illinois crashed. Witnesses say the car was traveling at a high rate of speed. It is believed that the driver lost control of the car causing it to hit the median and then rollover several times.The investigation into the crash continues and toxicology tests are still pending. The family of...

• Park Ridge Boy Hit and Killed by Semi-Truck

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 21, 2007 12:00 PM | 1 CommentChicago, IL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Thirteen year old Samuel Coberly Jr. of Park Ridge, Illinois was killed Thursday morning when he was on his way to school. He was riding his bicycle on Touhy Avenue when he was hit and killed by a semi-truck. His father tried to revive him but was unsuccessful.It is unclear at this time how the truck collided with the boy, but it appears that the truck was not speeding at the time. The family...

• Good Samaritan Killed On Chicago Highway

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 20, 2007 8:30 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Thirty-three year old Everardo Morales was killed when he stopped to help another motorist on Chicago's Interstate Highway 94. Morales was struck by the trailer of a truck and pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was not ticketed.The accident occurred at a very congested area of the highway just before it merges with the Dan Ryan expressway. Further investigation is necessary to...

• Pennsylvania Bus Crash Kills Two Injures Thirty-One

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 20, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A bus traveling in Clearfield, Pennsylvania early Sunday morning veered off the road and crashed, killing two people and injuring thirty-one other passengers. It is not known at this time what caused the bus to exit and re-enter the road, but eventually it ended up on its side. Several of the passengers that survived were transferred to nearby hospitals in serious condition.This tragic bus...