TAXI DRIVER KILLS CHICAGO PEDESTRIAN
A taxi driver that "veered widly" on East Illinois Street, in Chicago, Illinois, struck and killed an innocent pedestrian just before 9 a.m., on Monday, June 27, reported the Chicago Tribune.
According to the Tribune, the taxi driver, who after the incident was reported to be in fair condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, was ticketed for driving too fast for road conditions and striking a pedestrian. The taxi driver's passenger suffered a broken leg and other unreported injuries.
This incident marks "the second time in two months that a pedestrian has been struck by a vehicle and killed near the busy intersection just east of Michigan Avenue." What's scary is that since 1998, the taxi cab driver had been convicted of numerous traffic violations and had been issued close to 30 traffic tickets for a number of violations.
The attorneys at the Law Offices of Jeffrey J. Kroll have experience suing negligent taxi cab drivers, and have secured millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for their clients. In fact, Jeff Kroll obtained a $5.25 million dollar settlement for a Lake County woman, who was injured by a Yellow Cab taxi driver when he drove his cab across three lanes of traffic in an attempt to reach an exit. The woman suffered a brain injury and had difficulty with walking. At the time, the settlement was the largest with a cab company in the State of Illinois.
Last year, Jeff Kroll was interviewed by the Chicago Sun-Times regarding the insufficiency of most taxi cab insurance limits.
An individual who has suffered a serious injury as a result of the negligence of a cab driver should contact a knowledgeable Chicago personal injury attorney to learn about his or her rights under the law. If you or a loved one suffered an injury as a result of a cab driver's negligence, please contact the Law Offices of Jeffrey J. Kroll at (312)676-7222.
