Neighbors say that friends and family were gathered in a Tinley Park, Illinois home on Saturday to celebrate a child’s birthday. The celebration turned tragic just after 9:00 p.m. when an outdoor deck attached to the home collapsed with about 35 people on it, sending them falling to the ground…
In what is believed to be the first of its kind, a California cyclist pleaded guilty last Thursday to a felony vehicular manslaughter charge that arose from a bicycle versus pedestrian collision. The presiding judge released the plea and the details on Tuesday. The defendant, the cyclist in the collision,…
A Burbank man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges related to a 2012 crash where he was charged with driving under the influence. As a result of that accident, a 56-year-old woman was killed. The 52-year-old defendant pleaded to a charge of aggravated driving under the influence in a Cook…
Named for a 10-year-old boy who was killed last year, Tony’s Law will shortly become effective in Illinois and will enable law enforcement to identify drunk boaters with greater certainty. Governor Quinn recently signed into law the new measure after the recent sentencing of a defendant in relation to a…
It appears that a semi truck driver began a collision on I-55 on Wednesday evening that involved six vehicles and the death of the driver. Traffic began to slow on the highway near North River Road as the result of construction that was taking place. Illinois State Police have reported…
The hit-and-run injury lawyers at Abels & Annes, P.C. recently reached an $80,000 settlement on behalf of our client who was injured in a crash on I-90. Our client was in the middle lane of the interstate when another vehicle attempted to enter the middle lane and struck our client.…
Former NBA basketball player and current coach of the Brooklyn Nets Jason Kidd pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge stemming from a 2012 car accident. In that accident, Kidd was driving an SUV in New York when the vehicle left the road and struck a utility pole, pushing…
Working with co-counsel, the personal injury attorneys at Abels & Annes, P.C. recently reached a $1,475,000 settlement on behalf of a client who was severely injured at a work site. This is a third-party negligence settlement, and this amount is in addition to the over $270,000 we obtained for our…
A suspect in a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago was reportedly fleeing from police when he caused a four vehicle crash on Saturday. The shooting occurred in the 100 block of Springfield Avenue and the driver reportedly took off in a vehicle headed north. When he…
A small plane traveling to Waukegan had to make an emergency landing west of Plano, Illinois last Sunday morning, leaving one passenger injured. Local sheriffs were called to an open field near the intersection of Cook Road and Sedgewick Road in Kendall County after witnesses reported a possible plane accident.…