The Illinois appellate court for the Fifth District recently held that a plaintiff’s personal injury law firm may proceed with its action against the City of Herrin arising out of the death of Chelsea Keene on August 9, 2003, as she walked along a public street in Herrin, Illinois. Keener v. City of Herrin, No…. Read More
Illinois Wrongful Death Act – Damages for Grief or Sorrow
All top Chicago Wrongful Death Lawyers should be aware of relatively recent amendments to the Illinois Wrongful Death Act, which now allows jurors to award damages for “grief, sorrow, and mental suffering.” Prior to this amendment, such recovery was impermissible in wrongful death actions. In fact, jurors were were previously instructed according to Illinois Pattern… Read More
Security Company Not Responsible For Shooting Deaths Of Employees
On October 31, 2008, in Mujtaba Aidroos, et. al v. Vance Uniformed Protection Servs., Inc., et. al, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, affirmed summary judgment in favor of defendants Vance Uniformed Protection Services, Inc. (“Vance”) and LatessaDiamond, in a consolidated action involving claims for negligence, wrongful death, and survival damages. The case arose from… Read More
Train Crash Lawsuit
According to recent news reports, a settlement was recently approved in two railroad accident wrongful death lawsuits arising from a 2005 Metra train derailment in Chicago that killed two women and injured 117 other passengers. Two passengers were killed on Sept. 17, 2005, when the Metra engineer sped a double-decker, five-car, morning rush-hour Rock Island Line… Read More
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