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The husband and daughter of a woman killed in a truck accident have received a $1.5 million dollar settlement that will be held in investments for the daughter until she reaches age 18. In a bizarre twist of events, her mother was killed while helping the victim of a hit and run automobile accident that had just happened. The woman comforted the hit and run victim on the roadside as a truck came across the road and hit her. The family filed a truck accident lawsuit for the woman’s wrongful death by truck accident. The settlement will provide for the daughter’s future expenses.

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The mother and father of a child born with severe brain injuries have filed a personal injury lawsuit arising from the truck accident where their unborn child sustained serious injuries. Both parents were severely injured in the accident but they did not know that their daughter would continue to suffer until she was born. The child was born with severe brain injuries that impede her ability to breath, swallow, and also to see. This devastating car and truck accident involved a stolen truck that police chased at speed. The truck crashed into the family’s car and resulted in serious auto accident injuries. The mother and father are seeking $14 Million in damages for the truck accident.

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The Parents of Delisia Brown have filed a personal injury lawsuit in Chicago against Donald Wells, the driver of the semi truck that crashed into the CTA Red Line platform at Cermak on April 25. Ms. Brown’s parents claim in the personal injury lawsuit that Wells ran a red light and failed to use his horn to signal before the truck crash happened. Ms. Brown’s wrongful death lawsuit will likely be followed by other personal injury lawsuits: two people died in the truck accident and 21 were injured.

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A jury awarded $15 Million in a truck accident case to a teenager who was hit by a truck in a car accident at age 14. The jury found that the correct compensation for the teenager included $3.57 million for future medical expenses, $1.07 million for future lost earnings, and $10 million for past and future pain and suffering. The trucking company’s parent company accepted full responsibility for the incident.

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A Southern Illinois University senior was killed recently when his car was hit from behind by a semi truck in a semi truck accident. The student’s car was stopped behind another truck in a construction zone when the driver of the semi failed to stop, slamming into the back of his car and killing him. The driver of the semi truck was ticketed for failing to reduce speed and admitted that he did not see the car because he was adjusting the radio. There is no word yet if a wrongful death lawsuit will be filed in this case.

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Levin & Perconti filed a personal injury lawsuit in Chicago for their client’s personal injuries in an automobile accident. The injured woman was driving towards an exit ramp on an expressway when an Illinois State Toll Highway Authority vehicle failed to exercise due care and caused an automobile accident. The woman sustained personal injures as a result of the accident. Levin & Perconti filed the car accident lawsuit in Chicago, Cook County.

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According to the Chicago Police Department, the truck driver whose semi truck crashed into the CTA Red Line station on Cermak last week possessed prescription drugs that were not prescribed to him. While in custody, the driver refused a urine test, a method police often use to detect controlled substances, and behaved oddly, leading some to suspect that he may have been under the influence of drugs when the truck crashed. Currently, Chicago lawyers have filed personal injury lawsuits in Chicago against the driver and have named the trucking company, Whiteline Express, in the truck accident lawsuit. Chicago Police plan to interview other semi truck drivers to determine if it is common for semi truck drivers to use controlled substances at work.

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The investigation into the horrific semi truck accident at the CTA’s Cermak red line stop last week continues. Currently, the Chicago Police Department is investigating the truck crash to determine if any foul pay was afoot, if the driver’s fatigue or substance use may have caused the crash, or if mechanical error caused the truck to crash. As of today, the Chicago Police Department has only given the driver a negligent driving ticket; this may mean that negligent driving caused a truck accident.

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A semi truck accident occurred on Friday, April 25 at the Cermak/Chinatown CTA Red Line station. According to witnesses, the semi truck appeared out of control as it hit first the CTA bus stop and then the Cermak station staircase. 2 pedestrians were killed by the runaway semi truck in today's truck accident. Multiple other pedestrians were injured and the CTA public transit accident disrupted train service. Witnesses reported that one victim was pinned under the back wheels of the truck and likely sustained serious body injuries from the truck accident. This is the second public transit accident in Chicago in two weeks, following a recent Blue Line train evacuation.

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The US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics has some interesting information on fatal automobile crashes that may challenge some perceptions about driving conditions and the risk for fatal automobile accidents and fatal truck accidents. Saturday is the most dangerous day, followed closely by Sunday. Nighttime and adverse conditions are not as problematic as many think: nearly half of all fatal automobile accidents happened during daylight and almost 90% happened on a clear day without any rain or snow. In fact, fatal accidents during snowy conditions barely account for 2% of all fatal accidents.

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Light truck accidents, which include pickup truck accidents, SUV accidents, truck-based station wagon accidents, and utility truck accidents, occurred more than 4 million times per year recently according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Large truck accidents, which includes tractor-trailer accidents and semi accidents only numbered over 400,000. This means that light truck accidents are 100 times more common than large truck accidents. Of fatal truck accidents, light truck accidents accounted for 12,975 of 13,778 total fatal truck accidents in 2005.

See the BTS table here.

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More than 800,000 owners of Ford Explorer SUVs won a products liability class action lawsuit against the manufacturer. The owners sued Ford Motors because their trucks lost valued because of the perceived risk of truck rollover accidents. Some Ford trucks rolled over during accidents or normal driving leading to serious injury, lifetime paralysis, and wrongful death. One victim who was paralyzed permanently when her truck rolled over received an $82 million verdict in a suit against the truck manufacturer.

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A state Supreme Court has upheld a $13.3 million jury verdict awarded in a wrongful death lawsuit for the widower of a woman killed in a fiery truck crash. The woman was driving a Ford Motor Company Mercury Marquis when a truck slammed into the back of her car, causing the car’s towing hitch to rupture the faulty gas tank. Notably, Ford previously refused to produce crash test results during the truck accident lawsuit.

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The family of a US Soldier filed and won a wrongful death lawsuit against a Kuwait-based contractor after one of the company's vehicles collided with the soldier's Humvee in a truck accident. The soldier was killed while in Iraq and his family was awarded $5 million in the verdict. The lawsuit claimed that the company was negligent for its failure to provide safe passage on the road where the soldier was struck and killed. The US District Court Judge found that a US court did have jurisdiction over the foreign contractor and could legally find it negligent. This suit theoretically opens the door to more foreign contractor lawsuits.

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Truck accidents are one of the most deadly and dangerous types of automobile accidents because the two motor vehicles can vary greatly in size and power. Some accidents can be caused by weather or an outside force, but too many result from the negligence of the driver. In recent years, truck traffic has increased, as have complaints of excessive speed by truck drivers. A family of five was recently killed by a truck driver in an accident. The family's car was stopped at an intersection when a truck pummeled into car killing the occupants almost instantly. The truck driver is being charged with five counts of dangerous driving causing death. The driver refused to provide a breath sample at the scene, but police reports indicate that excessive speed and alcohol were contributors. A wrongful death lawsuit against the truck driver has yet to be filed.

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A woman from Fairview Heights, Illinois collided with a Madison County ambulance in a 2005 automobile accident during which her one-month-old son sustained permanent head injuries. The woman has filed an Illinois personal injury lawsuit in which she is listed as a plaintiff acting on behalf of her infant son as well as an individual plaintiff. She, along with the Mission Care of Illinois ambulance driver, is also listed as a defendant. Her lawyer alleges that she failed to avoid an accident with the ambulance by not slowing down, stopping, or swerving. The attorney also claims that the ambulance driver was also careless and negligent.

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