Wrongful Death
The Governors’ Highway Safety Association (GHSA) estimates that in 2023, pedestrian deaths in Illinois increased by 4.1 percent over 2022. 2022 marked a record year for pedestrian deaths nationwide, with more fatalities than any year since…
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In a wrongful death claim, certain survivors can seek compensation if someone else’s negligence or other wrongful actions caused the death of their loved one.
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Over the past decade, US streets have gotten safer for those driving or riding in motor vehicles. Yet these safety improvements have come at a cost. While the roads are safer for those in cars, they…
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Last year, a pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run accident that involved an SUV slamming into a house in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. The fatal pedestrian accident occurred when Carlos Maciel Pulido, 32, was…
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Cycling is a beloved activity enjoyed by many residents of Chicago, Illinois, but it does not come without risks. A 32-year-old bicyclist died after he was fatally hit by a van at an intersection off DuSable…
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On September 25, 2021, a train from Chicago, Illinois, derailed in Montana. The locomotive carried 141 passengers and 16 crew members. Of the ten train cars, eight ran off the railroad tracks, with some of them…
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The daughter of a Bloomington, Illinois, nursing home resident sued the facility for her mother’s death. The woman died in May 2020, two days after receiving the diagnosis of COVID-19. The victim’s daughter did not learn…
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Wrongful death lawsuits have been filed by the families of two Naperville, Illinois men who were killed at the Astroworld Festival in Houston in early November. Jacob Jurinek, 21, and Franco Patino, 21, attended the two-day…
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Wrongful death lawsuits allow families to recover compensation after a loved one’s death in a preventable accident. In a recent case, the wife of a Chicago software engineer who was killed in a rural Montana train…
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A motorcyclist died after a collision with a Lyft vehicle in a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. The motorcyclist was identified as 41-year-old Narciso Ledesma Jr. His family members filed a lawsuit against both the driver and…
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