Yesterday, our Chicago personal injury lawyers discuss the tragic train crash at a University Park railroad crossing on Friday evening, which killed Katie Lunn, a 28-year-old Chicago dance instructor who was driving home from a dance performance at nearby Governors State University. According to a new Chicago Tribune report in which various anonymous investigators were… Read More
Deadly Chicago Amtrak Train Crash: No Crossing Gates, Bells or Light Warnings
Our Chicago train accident lawyers have become all too familiar with deadly railroad crashes occurring at dangerous railroad crossings — often the result of a failure to warn of an approaching train. On Friday evening at approximately 9:42 pm, this horror came back to life at a University Park railroad crossing where Katie Lunn, only… Read More
Heparin Overdose Injury and Wrongful Death in Infants and Children
Perhaps no greater loss can be suffered in the human experience than that of a parent losing a child. That loss is immeasurably compounded when the death of an infant or young child was preventable, as when the child’s wrongful death as the result of medical malpractice. One area in which there is an emerging… 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
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
