Cindy Tran Huynh was just 22 years old when her death occurred. She was driving her motorcycle through an intersection on a green light when George Hooks, who was operating a tractor-trailer owned by MDV SpartanNash, LLC, turned left across Huynh’s path. Huynh suffered a fatal blunt force trauma. She had been a veteran and […]
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$128.81 Million for Catastrophic Injuries to Family Caused by Rear-End Crash Including Death of Child
Jacob Lee, a teenager, was driving a Dodge Ram truck on a state roadway. After running a red light at an intersection, Lee approached a second intersection where he rear-ended a van carrying the Johnson family. Their van was stopped at a red light. David Johnson, 35, suffered a concussion. His wife, Susannah, 34, pregnant […]
$9.5 Million Settlement Reached for Pedestrian Seriously Injured by Garbage Truck When Pedestrian Was in Crosswalk
Corzon Espano, an accountant in her 60s, was standing at the corner of an intersection waiting for a traffic light to change before she was about to cross the street. When the light signal showed “walk,” she entered the crosswalk and was abruptly hit by a turning garbage truck driven by Raymond Morell, who worked […]
$13.6 Million Settlement In Motorcycle Struck by Distracted Garbage Truck Driver
Allison VanDerMaelen was riding on the back of a motorcycle that was approaching an intersection. A garbage truck driven by Robert Choinski for CWPM, LLC was traveling westbound while the motorcycle was eastbound. Choinski’s garbage truck crossed the centerline and entered the eastbound lane crashing head on into the motorcycle. VanDerMaelen suffered serious injuries including […]
$15 Million Structured Settlement for Crash that Left Passenger with Traumatic Brain Injury
Aundre Hobbs, 15, was a passenger in a car driven by his friend, another teenager, Armon Jones. Armon reportedly turned left at a green left-turn signal and crashed into a car driven by James Gorham. Aundre suffered a traumatic brain injury that required several life-saving surgeries. Aundre is now 17 years old. He has lost […]
Illinois Jury Verdict in Rear-End Collision Results in $33,287 Verdict
On Aug. 7, 2013, Jessica Williams, 27, was stopped in traffic on eastbound Route 143 at the intersection with Blackburn Road in Edwardsville, Ill. The defendant, 29-year-old Jacob Smith, rear-ended the car she was driving. She sustained soft tissue injuries that required chiropractic treatment resulting in a total of $13,287 in medical expenses. Williams contended […]
Highway Crash With Admitted Negligence Results in $12,350 Jury Verdict
On Oct. 25, 2013, Joseph Wasielewski and Anthony Stazak were in a car that was eastbound on Interstate 80 near Harlem Avenue in Tinley Park, Ill. It was then that the defendant, Cindy Guttman, 18, drove a car that rear-ended their vehicle. Wasielewski claimed a cervical strain, lumbar strain and aggravation of spondylosis at L3-4. […]
Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Negligent, Willful and Wanton Misconduct When Individual Beats Plaintiff with Briefcase After Encounter on Roadway
A jury found that the defendant Charles Dahms acted negligently and with willful and wanton misconduct against the plaintiff, Terry Enadeghe, when he beat him with his briefcase during a morning encounter on the street. Dahms appealed arguing that the trial judge erred in relying on his prior criminal conviction for battery as a basis […]
$10.75 Million Jury Verdict for Death of Teen Struck and Killed By Truck
Noemi Mendez, 15, was walking home from school with her older brother Elias. As they were crossing the street in the crosswalk, the driver of a tractor-trailer truck began turning right into that intersection. The truck hit Noemi and the trailer’s rear wheels rolled over her. She died at the scene. Noemi is survived by […]
$11 Million Jury Verdict for Traumatic Brain Injury of Teen Skateboarder Struck by Car
Samuel Kim was riding his skateboard in Cerritos, Calif. As he entered an intersection on a green light and began crossing at the crosswalk, Arsham Baltayan, who was driving a car in the scope and course of his job with a car dealership, turned right into the intersection on a red light. Kim was unable […]