Illinois Truck Accident Lawyer Blog

The family of a 26-year-old man killed in a recent accident has filed a lawsuit against the truck driver that allegedly caused the truck accident. A passenger riding on the victim's motorcycle also filed a complaint. According to the lawsuit, the truck driver caused the accident by operating his truck in a reckless manner. He allegedly pulled his truck in front of the victim’s motorcycle, causing a collision that killed the motorcycle driver and injured his passenger. The report does not note whether the truck driver was injured in the crash. The plaintiffs have also named the trucking company in the lawsuit. Read more about this trucking accident.

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The family of a 19-year-old man killed in a truck accident in August 2008 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the truck’s driver and owner. The complaint alleges that the accident occurred after the truck driver illegally made a U-turn in an emergency crossover. The truck drove out of the crossover at dangerously slow speeds, causing the victim to crash into the back of the truck. The victim was killed in the accident. After the accident, the driver was fined for using the crossover illegally. Read more about this truck accident.

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A 30 year-old truck driver from Spring Grove was indicted on three counts of reckless DUI and one count of reckless homicide after turning himself in on April 28. The charges were for a fatal truck accident that occurred in Kane County in October 2008. The driver rear-ended a pick-up truck carrying a man, his wife and 3-year-old son, causing their vehicle to crash into a salt truck in front of them. The woman died at the scene of the truck accident. The man and his son were both injured in the accident. The Courier News reports that after the accident, the driver tested positive for marijuana. Read more about this tragic Illinois truck accident.

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A truck driver has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for a tractor trailer accident that killed three people last July. According to the Chicago Tribune, the driver is being held in a St. Louis prison on $250,000 bond. The fatal truck accident occurred when the truck driver collided with several vehicles, eventually coming to a stop with one car stuck under his truck. A driver from Caseyville, IL and two Amish people were among the victims of the horrific crash. Read more about the truck accident by following the link.

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Attorneys representing a family whose son was killed in a truck accident in St. Clair County, IL filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family. The lawsuit names the truck driver and Enterprise Leasing Company, the company who rented the truck to the driver, as defendants. According to the lawsuit, the truck driver rented the truck from Enterprise Leasing Company and was traveling west bound on a bridge when he illegally tried to pass a tractor trailer. He came into the eastbound lanes of the bridge and collided with the victim’s vehicle. The Madison St. Clair Record reports that the lawsuit alleges the truck driver was driving at a high rate of speed in a no passing zone. They are suing Enterprise for not determining if the driver was fit to drive the truck according to traffic laws before they rented him the vehicle. Follow the link to read the entire report on this tragic St. Clair County truck accident.

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Two passengers in a Jeep were killed in a truck accident on April 4 after a semi-truck slammed into their Jeep. The truck then crashed into two other cars, leaving one person with minor injuries. According to police, most of the cars on the road were traveling slowly because of white-out conditions. However, the truck was traveling at 55 mph and slammed into the Jeep, causing it to go off the road and catch fire. The truck then collided with the other two vehicles. Police arrested the truck driver and charged him with vehicular homicide. Read more about this truck accident.

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Two truck accident lawsuits have been filed on behalf of a tow truck driver who was killed in a 2008 crash. The tow truck driver was assisting a broken-down tractor-trailer when a semi hit him from behind. Both the driver of the semi and it's owner, Double D Express, have been sued in regards to this truck crash death. Read more about this trucking accident.

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A recent truck accident, involving five vehicles and an 18-wheel tractor-trailer headed to Chicago, has left one man dead and three others in jail. Three men, including the truck’s driver, owner, and the garage owner who allegedly sold an inspection sticker for the truck without inspecting it, have been charged with vehicular homicide. The truck had been given several warnings about the quality and safety of its breaks during regular inspections by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration along its route. The owner, however, pressed the driver to continue on. It is unknown whether a civil wrongful death lawsuit has been filed.

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A truck accident between a tractor-trailer and a tour bus has killed 11 people and injured 16. The truck driver, who lost control of his tractor-trailer and collided with a bus coming in the opposite direction, was reportedly intoxicated and will be charged with involuntary homicide. The tour bus was operated by Viva Mexico Tours, a company based in Texas. The accident left 7 Americans dead and 9 injured. It is yet unknown whether any of the victims or their families will file lawsuits. Read more about this truck crash.

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The driver in a fatal truck accident that claimed the life of a high school student in July has been indicted on charges of manslaughter. The 17-year-old driver lost control of his Toyota Tacoma truck, causing it to flip after going airborne. One of the passengers in the truck, another 17-year-old high school student, was killed immediately. Two other minors were hospitalized after the truck crash. The driver faces 3 to 12 years in prison. It is currently unknown whether the family of the teen killed in the crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in civil courts. Read more about this fatal truck accident.

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A wrongful death lawsuit has recently been filed after a truck accident caused the death of a 19-year-old college student. The truck, a Toyota Tundra, was driven by an intoxicated driver working for a wholesale flooring distributor when it hit the student. The driver was charged with negligent homicide in the criminal case. The wrongful death lawsuit names the driver and the flooring distributor as defendants. Read more about this truck accident lawsuit.

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After a truck accident where negligence is suspected on the part of the truck driver or the trucking company, it is important to contact an attorney as soon as possible. If the victim of a truck crash wishes to pursue a personal injury lawsuit, lawyers can obtain data from a truck’s Electronic Control Module (ECM) or “black box”. These devices can provide important information regarding the truck’s operation that could prove useful in a lawsuit when they reveal problems such a truck driver fatigue or negligence by the trucking company. Most ECMs record data for 30 days but after that begin to write over old data, making it necessary to act quickly in the aftermath or a trucking accident. Read more about ECMs and trucking accidents.

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A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Kane County, Illinois by Levin & Perconti’s John J. Perconti. The lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a woman who was killed last fall in a serious trucking accident. The 32-year-old woman, along with her husband and 3-year-old son, were struck by a truck, causing their car to crash into the Illinois Department of Transportation dump truck in front of them. The woman’s husband and son were both seriously injured in the car crash. Allegedly, half of the brakes on the semitrailer that crashed into the family were not properly functioning and the truck driver had marijuana in his system. The personal injury lawsuit has been filed, but although the death was ruled a homicide, criminal charges have yet to be made.

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Recently, two deaths have been caused by truck accidents at monster truck shows. A 41-year-old man was killed after being crushed when one of the trucks crashed into him. Apparently, the man was struck after stepping in front of a truck. Eight days earlier, a 6-year-old boy died when flying debris at a separate monster truck show hit him. Both families have yet to file wrongful death lawsuits. Read more about these truck accidents here.

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At least five personal injury lawsuits have been filed as the six month anniversary of a tragic truck accident and ten car pile-up near the Illinois-Missouri border approaches. The truck driver who caused the automobile accidents was reportedly distracted by a cell phone when he ran into a line of 10 vehicles injuring 15 motorists and causing the wrongful death of three other victims on July 15. The family of Charles Cason, 55, of Caseyville, Illinois has filed a civil personal injury lawsuit in response to Cason’s death immediately after the truck accident. At least four other victims have filed lawsuits against the truck driver and the truck company. For the full story, click here.

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More than a dozen persons who received personal injuries in a deadly commuter rail crash accuse the engineer's employer of ignoring complaints that he regularly used his cell phone while operating trains. A personal injury lawsuit was recently filed on behalf of 23 plaintiffs, including passengers who were injured or killed on the train.

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A New Lenox couple and a Joliet man were killed this morning in an automobile accident in a southwest suburb of Chicago. The automobile accident was a head-on collision between two pickup trucks on an icy patch of road. Police are still trying to determine the cause of the truck accident.

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Attorneys for a defendant in a truck accident lawsuit are arguing that their client cannot get a fair trial in five nearby counties. The truck accident occurred in July when the defendant allegedly lost control of his tractor-trailer, slamming into an SUV, killing one and injuring four others. A wrongful death lawsuit and a personal injury lawsuit have also been filed in regards to this truck accident.

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Worshipers at St. Gertrude’s Catholic Church in Chicago mourned two longtime parishioners always looking to volunteer after they were killed when their car crashed into a semi-truck. The truck accident also personally injured two other parishioners, ages 70 and 75. Police said that their car most likely hit an icy patch in southern DeKalb, Illinois, lost control and drove onto oncoming traffic in the truck accident. The truck’s driver tried to avoid hitting the car but since the roads were snow-covered and icy he could not avoid the automobile accident. The two women are currently in serious and critical condition with personal injuries at the hospital. The two others were pronounced dead at the scene. At this time, no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.

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A jury awarded $37.6 million to a man’s family after he wrongfully died in an automobile accident. The man was traveling with his son and nephew on a highway. All of the passengers in the SUV were using their seat belts. The defendant was driving an 18 wheel tractor trailer, was traveling at a high rate of speed on the route. In a 16 second period of time, the defendant passed over three sets of rumble strips designed to warn drivers of an impending stop sign, two signs stating “Intersection ahead”, and two signs stating “Stop ahead.” The defendant ran over two oversized stop signs and then collided into the decedent’s vehicle. As a result of the truck accident, the driver was instantly killed and the two minor passengers sustained various personal injuries. The family alleged that the defendant driver was negligent in failing to stop for the stop sign and in causing the fatal truck accident. They additionally stated that the driver violated the “hours of service requirement” and intentionally ran the stop sign. To read the full story, click here.

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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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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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The Illinois wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a 15-year-old in Southern Illinois has resulted in a $10 million ruling in Saline County Circuit Court. The teen was killed in an automobile accident after the car he was in was struck by a farm truck. The defendants admitted negligence; the truck failed to stop at an intersection, striking the victim's car and ejecting him and another passenger from the vehicle. The injuries sustained by the teen resulted in his death. Such a high award is uncommon in Southern Illinois, but in this case the court found that the survivors of the teen had incurred a significant loss of society and that the wrongful death warranted the compensation of $10 million.

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