Lawsuit
filed for injuries on Tri-State
(As
reported in the News Sun, December 5, 2001)
Lawyers
for a motorist who was seriously injured on the Tri-State
Tollway near Lake Forest late morning on Oct. 31 when a
dump bed separated from its truck and struck his van, have
filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court. Attorneys
for Daniel Blaue of Schaumburg filed the lawsuit against
the truck driver and the trucking company, seeking monetary
damages in excess of $50,000.
William
Kissinger had been driving the semi-trailer northbound on
the Tri-State, when the dump body raised and struck the
Bradley Road overpass. The impact separated the tractor
from the trailer. The tractor skidded and rolled, finally
stopping upside down in a ditch. The trailer struck the
van and came to a stop across all three lanes. The mangled
van stopped on the west shoulder of the highway. Blaue was
airlifted to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park
Ridge, where he was initially listed in serious condition.
Kissinger, 48, of Van Dyne, Wis., was airlifted to Condell
Medical Center in Libertyville. There were no passengers
in either vehicle and the bridge was undamaged. Blaue suffered
internal injuries, fractured ribs, a separated right shoulder,
numerous abrasion and cuts and a closed head injury, said
his lawyer, Timothy J. Cavanagh.
Named
as defendants in the lawsuit are Kissinger and Fox Valley
Iron, Metal and Auto Salvage Inc., the Wisconsin-based company
which owned the truck and employed Kissinger.
