A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a Caseyville nursing home over the death of a resident who developed gangrene and had her leg amputated. Stephanie Strickland filed the lawsuit in St. Clair County Circuit Court as the special administrator of Carolyn Strickland’s estate. The defendant is Caseyville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Inc. The …
The wife of an Illinois Tollway employee who was killed in a fiery crash on I-88 in January has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the truck driver alleged to have caused the crash and against his employer. Sandra Petrella, wife of Vincenzo Petrella, filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court. Vincenzo Petrella died …
Two Illinois transit districts have claimed immunity in a wrongful death case filed by a woman whose husband was killed while riding his bicycle along a trail. The Agency for Community Transit in Edwardsville and the Madison County Mass Transit District have claimed immunity under the Tort Immunity Act. According to the lawsuit, William Beltz …
A wrongful death lawsuit involving a seven-year-old girl who witnessed her mother being run over by a Greyhound bus has returned to Cook County Circuit Court after more than a decade and more than 25 appeals. Its legal twists involve allegations of improper conduct by judges, among other factors. In 2013, the Illinois Appellate Court …
Southwestern Electric Cooperative has denied allegations brought against it in a wrongful death lawsuit. Nancy Mechochko filed the lawsuit, claiming that her husband, Gregory Mechochko, was in contact with a concrete mixer as he was working on January 23, 2013, when an uninsulated power line collapsed and touched the concrete mixer. The man died on …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the city of Chicago over the death of a man shot by an off-duty Chicago Police officer. The shooting took place at a Chicago Housing Authority building on the Near West Side in September 2013. Jarrod Horton filed the lawsuit in Chicago’s U.S. District Court, claiming that …
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has heard arguments over a $180 million jury verdict in a personal injury case, the largest punitive claim in Illinois history. The defendant companies urged the court to overturn a district court’s judgment or lower the damages award in the grain elevator explosion case. The case stems from an …
The federal government is pushing for automobile safety systems that are expected to aid in the prevention of car accidents. The systems include seat belt interlocks, collision avoidance systems and alcohol detection devices. Collision avoidance systems — which warn drivers when they are about to strike another vehicle and can automatically apply the brakes — …
The son of a woman killed in a collision with a stolen police car has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The suit is being filed by Reginald Quarles, who claims that his mother, Maxsimillion Quarles, was killed after Ricky Raper stole a police car and crashed into her vehicle. According to the complaint, the incident …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Morgan Country Circuit Court against the Jacksonville Airport Authority in connection with a fatal 2010 plane crash that occurred in Wheeling, Illinois. David Van Hyning of Jacksonville, Illinois, the father of Benjamin Van Hyning (the student pilot who was killed in the crash on December 22, 2010), …
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