Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog

In all different types of lawsuits, experts agree that you can save money on legal fees by considering three options: compromise, mediate, or settle. The general rule is that the longer a legal case continues, the more it is going to cost. One mediation program in Ohio handles 1,200 personal injury lawsuits a year and ninety percent are resolved without a trial.

Here in Illinois, the Supreme Court of Illinois provides for mandatory arbitration of Illinois personal injury lawsuits and other civil actions where a plaintiff asserts a claim of less than or equal to $50,000.

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The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to settle lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests for more than $12.6 million. Cardinal Francis George publicly apologized and will apologize privately to each of the victims as part of the settlement. The Chicago settlement brings the total to $65 million the total paid by the archdiocese over three decades to settle about 250 claims.

The individual apology is particularly interesting because often times in personal injuries, apologies are what plaintiffs hope most to get from the defendants.

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A plaintiff recently settled his claim in a personal injury lawsuit settlement for $1,350,000. The plaintiff suffered a puncture-wound to his foot after stepping on a submerged metal spike that was in a sulfur pit. The plaintiff was a diabetic and doing maintenance on a sub pump in a submerged part of a sulfur pit when the accident occurred.

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An Illinois preservation group who recently lost an Illinois personal injury lawsuit will not be hurt financially by a million-dollar-plus lawsuit judgment against it. The verdict and the personal injury attorneys’ fees will be covered by insurance.

On July 15, an Illinois jury ruled that the preservation group should pay the personal injury plaintiff $1.48 million stemming from a salvage site personal injury accident that occurred in 2004.

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The family of a Cicero man who was killed by a drunk driver due to the negligence of a Cicero police officer was awarded $7.5 Million in a wrongful-death lawsuit. The man was killed after being pinned against the back of a police squad car when he was struck by a drunk driver. Cicero police had stopped to break up a fight involving the man. However, in so doing, the officers directed the man to stand on the street, neglecting to activate any emergency lights. The drunk driver had been traveling at 74 m.p.h., police said.

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Posted In: Motor Vehicle Accidents , Verdicts and Settlements , Wrongful Death

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Steven Levin of Levin & Perconti and Stephen Gorman, Attorney at Law, have announced a recent settlement in a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Levin and Gorman filed a personal injury lawsuit on behalf of Anastasia Gadomski who was severely and permanently injured when Cater Minnis struck her with his car. The defendants settled for $1.85 million. Anastasia, or “Sissy” as her friends and family know her, was a vibrant and active woman who enjoyed spending time with her family and was always involved in her community. However, the accident has robbed her permanently of her former personality. Sissy was struck by Cater Minnis’s vehicle as he backed out of a parking garage while on business. Minnis is a State Farm Insurance agent based on Chicago’s south side. To read more, click here.

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