A West Side strip club has agreed to pay a $1 million settlement in the wake of a Chicago car accident caused by a drunk driver, the Chicago Tribune reported. The January 2006 accident claimed the life of a pregnant woman, her unborn child and a patron of the club.…
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a drunk driving Chicago car accident that claimed the life of two friends, the Sun-Times reported. The 26-year-old Batavia man pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated DUI and one count of DUI in connection with the August 2007…
A woman accused of a Chicago drunk driving accident that killed 5 teenagers is expected to testify this week as her trial comes to a close in Kendall County, the Daily Herald reported. The 26-year-old Auora woman is accused of drunk driving in a Feb. 11, 2007 accident while giving…
A Chicago car accident in Hyde Park has claimed the life of a 47-year-old woman, the Breaking News Center reported. The two-car accident happened shortly before 9:30 a.m. Saturday on East 58th Street. She was pronounced dead early Sunday morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical…
As prom season begins, Illinois is considering reducing the amount of time that teenagers can drive on weekend nights, the USA Today reported. The Chicago injury lawyers at Abels & Annes urge parents to talk to their children about prom safety. From 2003 to 2008, a total of 1,563 fatal…
Three-quarters of all fatal car accidents occur in urban areas or withing 5 miles of an urban area, according to new research released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As reported earlier this month on Chicago Car Accident Lawyers blog, Chicago is the third-most congested urban area in the…
A 15-year-old Bowen High School freshman is dead following a weekend Chicago pedestrian accident after being struck by as many as three vehicles, including a drunk driver, the Chicago Tribune reported. Chicago police said the teenager was struck by a drunk driver while walking home, thrown into the path of…
A 26-year-old Aurora man has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a fatal Chicago drunk driving accident that killed two of his friends back in 2007, the Examiner reported. The Balmoral Court man agreed to plea to two counts of aggravated DUI and one count of DUI, according to…
A 48-year-old man is accused of being under the influence of alcohol and drugs when he struck and killed a 6-year-old girl in a Chicago car accident. The man had cocaine in his system and admitted to smoking marijuana and buying beer before the crash, which also injured the girl’s…
The federal government is launching FocusDriven this month, the first nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers of distracted driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Chicago car accident attorneys and the personal injury and wrongful death lawyers at Abels & Annes have been…