Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Dram Shop Act limits adjusted

  Barry Doyle | January 31, 2007 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Under an Illinois law known as the Dram Shop Act, persons injured by intoxicated persons can recover damages from establishments licensed to sell liquor by the State of Illinois which sold or gave liquor to the intoxicated person. However, the amount recoverable in damages is capped. That amount is adjusted annually in accordance with a consumer price index.State Comptroller Dan Hynes, whose...

• Man Killed in Fatal I-275 Motorcycle Crash

  Courtney Mills | August 22, 2007 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Nicholas C. Kopplin of Overland, Missouri, was riding his motorcycle on Tuesday night at a high rate of speed when he lost control and ran it into the guard rail of the median dividing I-275. According to a Florida Highway Patrol statement, Kopplin was not wearing a helmet at the time he was thrown from the motorcycle, which occurred at around 6 o'clock in the evening.Nicholas C Kopplin, a...

• Video of Chicago Amtrak crash shows train speeding

  Barry Doyle | December 04, 2007 7:31 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One of the unusual features of the recent Chicago Amtrak crash is that the event was captured on video. In most personal injury cases, descriptions of the events come entirely from eyewitnesses who may describe the same event in very different ways.IThe Norfolk Southern security shows the violence of the train crash as the Amtrak train smashes into the back of the stopped freight train.Other...

• Woman Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident on Interstate 90

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  40-year-old Sophia Hughes of Beloit, Wisconsin, was killed on Wednesday morning in a traffic accident. The accident occurred on Interstate 90 near Illinois 173 in Northern Winnebago County.The woman lost control of her 1999 Oldsmobile slightly before 8:30 a.m. in an eastbound lane on I-90 near a construction zone. The car struck into a guardrail and crashed into the back of a semi-trailer truck,...

• Alcohol, cell phone use factor in Rockford crash

  Barry Doyle | May 02, 2007 8:15 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In Rockford, the driver of a car heading west on Interstate 90 was driving drunk and talking on his cell phone when he lost control of his vehicle and crossed over the median, hitting a minivan carrying a Minnesota family of five.All five passengers of the minivan were hospitalized with serious injuries. The accident was fatal for the drunk driver.Drunk driving and cell phone use are...

• Senior citizen crashes through restaurant window

  Barry Doyle | July 22, 2007 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In Wilmette last week, a 94-year old woman crashed through the front window of a Panera bread restaurant after losing control of her vehicle.Nine people were hospitalized following the crash, including several in critical condition.This incident not raises many questions about why this woman was behind the wheel of a car, but also underlines the importance of having full coverage, including...

• Streator woman killed in accident with semi

  Barry Doyle | February 15, 2007 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Tuesday, an accident on Route 18 just outside of Streator claimed the life of passengers in one of the vehicles involved. It occurred when a semi jacknifed, with the trailer entering into the lanes for oncoming traffic.The collision resulted in fatal injuries to the one passengers and injureis to four other occupants of the vehicle that required hospitalization.The semi driver was ticketed...

• Chicago train crash injures dozens

  Barry Doyle | November 30, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Amtrak train coming into Chicago from Grand Rapids, Michigan ran into the back of a stopped freight train this afternoon. The crash happened on Chicago's south side. The engine from the Amtrak train hit the rear end of a Norfolk Southern freight train which was hauling shipping containers. Spokesmen from Norfolk Southern claim that the freight train had been cleared to be on that track. ...

• CTA notice law denies legitimate claims

  Barry Doyle | May 19, 2007 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  NBC News had a recent feature on a little-known statute which requires persons injured in accidents with the CTA to provide the CTA with a special statutory notice. If the notice is not completed or if information is missing or wrong, then the lawsuit gets dismissed. It does not matter that the CTA has the correct information - the lawsuit still gets dismissed.The woman featured in the NBC...

• Motorcycle cop injured in action

  Barry Doyle | April 12, 2007 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Tulsa police officer was injured while pursuing a fleeing motorist when another driver failed to stop for the siren and flashing lights and pulled into an intersection in front of him. He hit the rear bumper of the car and flipped over.He suffered numerous injuries, including a fracured collarbone, a fractured tailbone, multiple rib fractures, and road rash.Every motorist has the obligation...