Your Chicago Attorneys for Injuries from a Car, Truck, or Recreational Vehicle Accidents

Your life and the lives of your loved ones can change in an instant because of a distracted or negligent driver. It happens to thousands of us every year. Our team of personal injury attorneys at Kaveny + Kroll has experience in representing victims of motor vehicle accidents involving bicycles, cars, trucks, and big rigs. If you or a loved one has been injured because of someone else’s driving, please call a Chicago auto accident lawyer at Kaveny + Kroll today for a free, confidential consultation at (312) 761-5585.

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Total traffic fatalities

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People seriously injured

Source: City of Chicago, 2023

If an accident occurs, we are experts in working with you to help get justice and financial compensation, regardless of your ‘ride’.
Automobile

We take driving a car or driving in a car as commonplace today. Unfortunately, equally as commonplace are the number of accidents that occur on our roads that can debilitate or destroy the lives of our loved ones, or ourselves. In an instant, a distracted, negligent, or impaired driver can change lives forever.

Bicycle

Despite dedicated bike lanes, getting around Chicago on a bicycle can be treacherous. In a collision with an automobile, the odds are stacked against a bicycle, and its rider. Kaveny + Kroll can even those odds in the event an accident occurs.

Boat

Sunshine, water and a boat…what could go wrong? A great deal, particularly if those driving are not doing so in a conscientious manner.

Ride Share

Uber and Lyft are as part of our lexicon today as Taxi and Bus once were. But, do you know that Ride Shares are often under insured? They are also not immune to the dangers of the road, but also can pose additional safety threats to riders.

Truck

Semi-Trucks rule the road on our streets and highways. We hope that they are operated by drivers who follow the rules of the road, but this is not always the case.

Scooter

One of the newest additions to our streets and byways, scooters have taken Chicago and the rest of the nation by storm. Too often, riders are not aware of important issues to safely operate a scooter. Drivers of larger vehicles are not as accustomed to looking out for scooters and the mere increase of a new motorized means of transportation can pose potential dangers.

CASE STUDIES

Click through the tabs below to learn about a few of our cases involving CAR, TRUCK, OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

$32M
$32M

Recovery for an 8-year-old girl whose four-limbs were amputated after a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of an infection, leading to severe septic shock.

$16M
$16M

Recovery for wrongful death of a husband and father of three due to undiagnosed aortic dissection in emergency department 2 days earlier.

$12M
$12M

Recovery for a 37-year-old man who suffered the partial amputation of both of his legs and one of his arms after a hospital failed to give him antibiotics for a serious infection (Featured in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin).

$10M
$10M

Recovery for a brain-injured newborn after doctors failed to timely deliver the baby by cesarean section.

$9M
$9M

Verdict for the wrongful death of a 40-year-old wife and mother of six children and her unborn seventh child after she suffered respiratory arrest due to pneumonia while in the hospital.

$7.5M
$7.5M

Recovery for an infant who suffered brain damage and developed cerebral palsy due to a delayed cesarean section after indications that the baby was not tolerating the labor well.

$15.504M
$15.504M

Recovery for the wrongful death of a 64-year-old man and the debilitating injuries of a 62-year-old woman—both from southern Illinois—arising from a multi-vehicle pile-up on a highway in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

$7M
$7M

Verdict for the wrongful death of a 25-year-old helmet-wearing cyclist who was struck and killed by a truck.

$6.5M
$6.5M

Recovery for a 55-year-old Chinese immigrant whose leg was crushed by a Chicago Transit Authority bus making too-tight-a-turn at a downtown intersection. The 55-year-old woman was within the crosswalk at the time of the Chicago accident.

$15M
$15M

Recovery for a 34-year old property adjuster in Dallas, Texas, left severely burned after being electrocuted by a dangerously-low-hanging electrical wire on a roof, about which the company had received complaints but failed to correct.

$3M
$3M

Recovery for three college students killed in an apartment fire when one fell asleep smoking. Apartment did not have working smoke detectors at the time.

$2.6M
$2.6M

Recovery for the wrongful death of a 24-year-old truck driver who was killed in an Adams County heptane gas explosion, leaving behind a wife and a 3-year-old daughter.

$5.25M
$5.25M

Recovery for a 29-year-old who suffered skull fractures, a traumatic brain injury, an 18-day coma, and partial quadriplegia after his pickup was broadsided by another vehicle, which was attempting to flee from a reckless and unnecessary police chase involving a minor traffic infraction (Featured in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin).

$5M
$5M

Verdict resulting from an improper police chase. Fleeing suspect hit car driving through an intersection with mother in front seat and minor daughter in rear. Mother was killed. Entire accident was caught on a nearby CTA bus videocam (Featured in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin).

$1.579M
$1.579M

Verdict for a 58-year-old public school principal whose reputation was damaged after she was wrongfully arrested, wrongfully charged, and wrongfully prosecuted following a fight involving six students at her school in which she merely called 9-1-1.

$148M
$148M

Verdict for a paralyzed 24-year-old female injured at O’Hare International Airport (highest compensatory verdict awarded to an individual in Illinois, and top five in U.S., excluding punitive damages).

$15M
$15M

Recovery for a 34-year old property adjuster in Dallas, Texas, left severely burned after being electrocuted by a dangerously-low-hanging electrical wire on a roof, about which the company had received complaints but failed to correct.

$12.5M
$12.5M

Recovery for a Rolling Meadows high school football player who became a quadriplegic after he was tackled by a teammate into an unpadded, 25 foot-high steel post located 11.5 feet from the sideline of the school’s practice field.

$15.2M
$15.2M

Verdict for a 33-year-old veteran forced to undergo seven surgeries after his left foot was degloved when it was run over by a forklift while working at an international technology show at McCormick Place.

$15M
$15M

Recovery for a 34-year old property adjuster in Dallas, Texas, left severely burned after being electrocuted by a dangerously-low-hanging electrical wire on a roof, about which the company had received complaints but failed to correct.

$4.75M
$4.75M

Recovery for a 42-year-old Chicago construction worker whose leg was shattered when he fell 20 feet after the steel beam on which he was working collapsed.

Currently seeking recovery on behalf of clients who have filed lawsuits against Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (“Abbott”), Mead Johnson & Company and Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (“Mead Johnson”). Babies born to these plaintiffs developed necrotizing enterocolitis (“NEC”) after they were fed infant formula manufactured by Abbott or Mead Johnson. NEC is a serious gastrointestinal problem that mostly affects premature babies and can lead to permanent injury or death.

Received financial compensation for the families of plaintiffs who were prescribed the pain medication Vioxx manufactured by Merck. The drug was found to cause heart attacks and strokes and has subsequently been withdrawn from the marketplace.

Verdict obtained on behalf of homeowners who lived near the Sterigenics facility and contracted various forms of cancer as a result of ethylene oxide (“EtO”) emissions into the environment by Sterigenics and its parent company, Sotera Health.

$148M
$148M

Verdict for a paralyzed 24-year-old female injured at O’Hare International Airport (highest compensatory verdict awarded to an individual in Illinois, and top five in U.S., excluding punitive damages).

$6.5M
$6.5M

Recovery for a 55-year-old Chinese immigrant whose leg was crushed by a Chicago Transit Authority bus making too-tight-a-turn at a downtown intersection. The 55-year-old woman was within the crosswalk at the time of the Chicago accident.

$5M
$5M

Recovery for a 31-year-old woman who suffered permanent brain damage after she was struck by public transit bus while jogging.

$4M
$4M

Verdict against school district for sex abuse of two minor children by gym teacher off school grounds.

Pending Case
Pending Case

Kaveny + Kroll has filed suit against Northwestern University due to its failure to protect a student who was knowingly experiencing suicidal ideation and planning. The student jumped from a fourth story window and suffered two punctured lungs, multiple broken ribs, damage to internal organs, and traumatic brain injury. The case remains pending.

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