Wrongful Death
Boating can be a fun pastime in the summer. People enjoy taking advantage of the warm weather by riding ferries, tourist boats or other types of motorized vessels on Illinois waterways. Unfortunately, boating is not always…
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Two teenagers who were trespassing on railroad tracks died after being struck by a Metra Rock Island train in Joliet, Illinois. A Metra spokesperson said a train engineer spotted a group of three males walking along…
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The widow of an electrician who died in a work accident at an Illinois shopping mall has brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the signage company that subcontracted his employer. The mall operator and management company…
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A 71-year-old female pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car and getting trapped under its front right tire in downtown Hinsdale, Illinois. Authorities said the woman had to be extricated from underneath the car…
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A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against two drivers after an elderly woman was killed in a car accident in Joliet, Illinois. The case centered on a September 2016 crash that occurred in an intersection close…
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The mother of a special needs student who drowned in a high school swimming pool filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, is seeking…
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The daughter of a 73-year-old woman who died in a car accident filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Naperville, Illinois. She is seeking over $50,000 in damages. Tracy Heusinkveld, a veteran officer of…
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On Friday, January 13, the mother of a 17-year-old boy who was hit by a Metra Electric District (Metra) train filed a wrongful death lawsuit. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Felicia Roberts filed the lawsuit in…
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A man died after being crushed under the weight of an overturned garbage truck and its concrete debris at Winnebago Landfill in Rockford, Illinois. Gonzalo Trevino Sr., 54, worked as a hauler for a garbage company.…
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An employee sustained fatal blunt force injuries while working at a wastewater treatment plant in Springfield, Illinois, in October 2015. The 42-year-old man was testing joints for leaks inside a 54-inch pipe when an inflatable bladder…
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