Chicago Partners Timothy J. Young and Michael H. Carter were
recently asked to assume the defense on a pending down-state
Illinois multi-vehicle double wrongful death case that occurred in
2002 and had been in litigation since 2009. The case had been set
for an April 27, 2020 trial date.
The insured driver was traveling late at night eastbound on
Interstate 74 near Springfield when she violently collided with the
rear of a large SUV, causing the SUV to roll over multiple times
and come to rest in the median between east and west bound traffic.
One of the three young male adults in the SUV was thrown out of the
vehicle and died instantly. The driver survived. The front seat
passenger made his way out of the SUV and apparently either began
searching for the passenger who was thrown from the vehicle, or was
attempting to cross the opposite lanes of the interstate, when he
was struck by a westbound vehicle, resulting in his immediate
death.
