Mobile phone use has caused many car accidents, but now an automaker sees a way phones could be used to prevent crashes. Honda is introducing two new safety systems that alert drivers to the presence of pedestrians and motorcyclists using signals emitted by their mobile phones. The systems use Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC), the same …
The wrongful death lawsuit over an Illinois state trooper killed while on duty will continue in Madison County Circuit Court after a judge denied a defendant’s motion to transfer the case. Dot Foods is being sued along with the truck driver who crashed into trooper, Kyle Deatherage, in November, killing him. The defendant argued that …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the Chicago Transit Authority and one of its employees after a man fell on the electrified third rail and died in 2012. The man died August 7, 2012, when he fell from the platform at the Forest Park Blue Line station. According to the lawsuit, the man …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Illinois by the guardian of a girl whose father died in a disastrous train crash in Quebec. It is believed to be the first lawsuit filed in the U.S. over the July 6 train derailment in which 72 crude oil tankers exploded in the village of Lac-Megantic, …
An Illinois widow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a psychiatrist, claiming improper treatment of her husband’s depression contributed to his suicide. Robin Lynn, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Bradley Lynn, filed the lawsuit on June 21 in Madison County Circuit Court. According to the complaint, Bradley Lynn sought treatment from a …
The family of a Naperville woman killed in a hit-and-run collision has settled a lawsuit against the driver. Melissa Lech was killed in August 2008 when she was hit by a car while walking on McDonough Street in Joliet, Illinois. David McCarthy IV allegedly went to the home of Lech’s sister in February 2012 to …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the father of a four-year-old boy who drowned in a Glenview pool last year. The father filed the lawsuit against Wesley Child Care Center, the Village of Glenview and Glenview Park District, on behalf of his son, Vicente Emanuel Cardenas. The five-count lawsuit claims that camp counselors …
A bill has been sent to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn that would raise the state’s speed limit on rural interstate highways to 70 mph from the current 65 mph. Supporters of the change said that an increase in the speed limit would be a boon for the trucking industry and would bring Illinois in line …
The family of a fraternity pledge who died after drinking heavily at a party is attempting to add defendants to a wrongful death lawsuit against the fraternity and some members. The family of David Bogenberger plans to add 16 women to the lawsuit and may add other students as well. A separate lawsuit is possible …
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission issued a ruling denying benefits to an operator who sustained an injury while moving between workstations, because the injury was the result of a risk that was personal to the individual and not incidental to employment. In the case, Wade v. General Dynamics, an operator was required to examine parts …
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