Chicago injury attorneys at Abels & Annes have reached a settlement in a pedestrian accident case that occurred on the north side. The accident took place on December 16, 2009 at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Estes. Our client was walking northbound on the west side of Sheridan Road.…
Just last week a Chicago injury lawyer at Abels & Annes entered into an agreement to represent a bike rider that was injured on the Lakefront Trail. She was struck by a taxicab that failed to stop at a stop sign near Soldier Field. Authorities hope the first comprehensive study…
The Chicago Daily Herald is calling for tougher punishment for those caught leaving the scene of a Chicago car accident. The paper said it was raising the issue after two high-profile cases: The son of the Elk Grove Village mayor was fined $195 for leaving the scene after striking a…
A suburban teenager has abruptly pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a Chicago pedestrian accident that critically injured a fellow New Trier High School student. ABC7 reported that the 18-year-old woman pleaded guilty to one felony count of leaving the scene of an accident and one count of misdemeanor…
Two people were killed in a suburban Chicago car accident on Sunday night when a Porsche flipped over and caught fire after side-swiping a van near Naperville, the Chicago Breaking News Center reported. The Porsche was westbound on I-88 when it struck the Dodge Caravan shortly after 11 p.m., according…
A Champaign teenager has admitted to texting while driving in the fatal Illinois pedestrian accident that killed an elderly Chicago resident, the Chicago Tribune reported. The 19-year-old pleaded guilty in court to failure to reduce speed to avoid and accident and to texting while driving. As our Chicago injury attorneys…
Nearly 300,000 Chicago car accidents occur each year, killing at least one motorist per day. That’s an astounding 821 crashes every day. Yet the Chicago Tribune reports that new statistics released by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning show that the rates of traffic deaths and serious injuries have declined…
As our Chicago accident lawyers await the release of crash statistics for 2009, we are taking a look at information released by the Illinois Department of Transportation, which provides a comprehensive review of Chicago accident data in 2008, the last year for which information is available. Chicago reported 111,693 traffic…
Illinois is among 10 states ordered by the federal government to improve safety at railroad crossings, the Chicago Tribune reported. Our Chicago car accident attorneys continue to report on the large number of Chicago railroad crossing accidents. Our Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Blog has reported at least one fatal railroad…
A hit-and-run Chicago pedestrian accident has claimed the life of an 11-year-old girl, the Sun-Times reported. The girl was dragged by the vehicle and pronounced dead at Comer Children’s Hospital less than an hour after the South Side crash, which occurred shortly before 7 p.m. on the 2500 block of…