Three-year-old boy injured in Springfield dog bite accident
| May 15th, 2008 | Dog bite
May 15, 2008 A three-year-old boy was attacked by chow-husky mix in the backyard of his house. According to The Dayton Daily News, the Springfield dog bite accident was broken up after a neighbor ran over and poked the dog with a broom several times. The three-year-old boy involved in the Springfield dog bite accident…
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Two dead and twenty-one injured in Chicago truck accident
| May 13th, 2008 | Truck accident
May 13, 2008 According to The Springfield Journal and Register, a Michigan truck driver has been cited for negligent driving for a Chicago truck accident that killed two people and left twenty-one people injured. The Chicago truck accident occurred when the driver drove his semi-trailer into a Chicago Transit Authority elevated train station. The truck…
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Seven-year-old boy injured in South Bend dog bite accident
| May 8th, 2008 | Dog bite
May 8, 2008 A seven-year-old Indiana dog bite victim was attacked by a German Shepherd mix while riding his bike. The boy injured in the South Bend dog bite accident suffered cuts to his face, hands, and legs. According to The South Bend Tribune, the boy was bitten several times and the hospital has yet…
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Champaign man killed in a Springfield truck accident
| April 24th, 2008 | Truck accident
April 24, 2008 The Deputy Director for Vehicle Services in the Secretary of State’s office in Illinois was killed in a Springfield truck accident, according to The Springfield Journal-Register. The Springfield truck accident occurred when the Champaign man crossed the centerline of a highway road and drove into the path of a tractor-trailer. The driver…
Read MoreMother files Columbus wrongful death suit over daughter’s death
| April 22nd, 2008 | Wrongful death
April 22, 2008 An Ohio mother has filed a Columbus wrongful death suit against Franklin County’s Sheriff Department after her daughter was strangled by her estranged boyfriend. According to The Columbus Dispatch, the woman’s daughter reportedly called 911 three times during her attack, but because she was unable to answer the door when help arrived,…
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Woman needs over 100 stitches after Decatur dog bite
| April 17th, 2008 | Dog bite
April 17, 2008 An Illinois woman was bitten several times by a stray dog outside a Circle K gas station in Decatur. According to The Decatur Herald-Review, the Decatur dog bite occurred as the woman was entering the convenience store at the gas station. The dog, which the woman identified as a pit bull, came…
Read MoreCourt reinstates suit for Fort Wayne wrongful death case
| April 15th, 2008 | Wrongful death
April 15, 2008 An Indiana medical malpractice case that was originally dismissed by a trial court has now been turned into a Fort Wayne wrongful death case. According to The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, a Fort Wayne wrongful death case has been filed against a Fort Wayne nursing home for the neglect and death of a…
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Four police officers injured in Chicago auto accident
| April 10th, 2008 | Auto accident
April 10, 2008 An Illinois police chase ended in a Chicago auto accident that injured four police officers. The police officers were pursuing four possibly armed men in a Crown Victoria when the Chicago auto accident occurred. According to The Chicago Sun Times, the Illinois police officers rammed their police vehicle into the Crown Victoria…
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An Illinois man dies in a Chicago motorcycle accident
| April 8th, 2008 | Motorcycle accident
April 8, 2008 According to The Chicago Sun-Times, a Chicago motorcycle accident has left an Illinois man dead. The motorcyclist crashed into a parked vehicle after hitting a speed bump on a side road in Chicago. The man was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead later that morning. Officials…
Read MoreFamily files lawsuit against diabetic in South Bend wrongful death accident
| April 3rd, 2008 | Wrongful death
April 3, 2008 Indiana family members filed a South Bend wrongful death and negligence lawsuit for their mother and ex-wife, who died in an Indiana car accident. The South Bend woman was killed after an Indianapolis man, driving south in the northbound lane of an Indiana Interstate, drove his vehicle into the woman’s car. According…
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