Freeman Kevenides Law Firm

$70,000

Bicycle Accident

A 24-year-old man was riding his bicycle to work at his Loop office when a taxi driver suddenly swerved the cab into him. The bicyclist was thrown off his bike, crashing hard to the ground. He suffered a fractured clavicle requiring surgical repair.

$75,000

Bicycle Accident

A 31-year-old Chicago man riding his bicycle home from dinner with his girlfriend and was struck by a motorist who blew a red light in the Logan Square neighborhood. The bicyclist suffered facial injuries but recovered fully. The cyclist was riding without a headlamp as is required under Illinois law. However, we used photographic evidence, along with the testimony of a witness, to demonstrate that the intersection was very well lit at the time of the crash and the cyclist’s lack of lighting was not a contributing cause of the collision.

$11,500

Skateboard Accident

A 29 year old man was struck by a taxi cab while riding his skateboard through the intersection of Lake Street and North Clinton Street in Chicago’s Loop. He was skating with his girlfriend to a movie theater. As he skated off of the sidewalk to cross the street with the light in his favor a right turning taxi cab crashed into him. The driver did not stop immediately, and carried the man down the street on the hood of his vehicle before halting. Our client sustained a hip pointer and knee sprain from the collision, incurring about $5,300 in medical bills.

$30,000

Bicycle Accident

A female bicyclist suffered a fractured collarbone after being struck by a driver at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Columbus Drive in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. She did not have health insurance to cover her out-of-pocket costs which totaled about $3,000. The driver fled the scene, but with the license plate number and a description of the vehicle we were able to track her down. She turned out to be a licensed lawyer and medical doctor in Indiana. When we found her she denied any knowledge of the incident. We filed a lawsuit. By conducting an aggressive investigation to link the driver to the crash, which included subpoenaing 911 calls from the site of the crash and obtaining the doctor/lawyer’s cell phone location records, we were able to build a very strong case against her. She was left with no choice but to settle with our client for an amount nearly ten times her medical bills to avoid what likely would have been an embarrassing and costly jury trial.

$35,000

Bicycle Accident

A 20-year-old female photography student was struck by a 74-year-old driver who was attempting to turn left from northbound Lincoln Avenue onto westbound Barry Avenue in Lakeview. The driver claimed to have not seen the cyclist, but we were able to demonstrate that she would have been easily visible. The collision occurred during early twilight and there was plenty of natural light left as photos taken at the scene revealed. The front corner of the vehicle hit the left side of the bicycle flipping the rider onto the hood where she struck her face. She suffered a cracked tooth and small scars under her lip and nose from the crash. Her total medical bills were about $7,600, but we were able to obtain a settlement far in excess of those bills by arguing that the effects of the facial scars, small though they were, could have very significant consequences for a young, single woman.

$75,000

Bicycle Accident

A 38-year-old man was riding his bicycle home from work in front of Chicago’s East Bank Club along West Kinzie Street when the driver of a Mercedes Benz opened her car door into his path. The cyclist struck the door with his right shin resulting in a significant laceration requiring 11 stitches. The man experienced temporary nerve damage affecting his lower right leg that took several months to heal. This incident occurred just prior to the installation of Chicago’s first separated bicycle lane along West Kinzie Street.