{"id":367,"date":"2014-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/chicago-court-to-rule-on-compensation-for-accident-victim\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:10:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:10:14","slug":"chicago-court-to-rule-on-compensation-for-accident-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/chicago-court-to-rule-on-compensation-for-accident-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Court to Rule on Compensation for Accident Victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/firm-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Firm News<\/a> | May 2, 2014<\/p>\n<p>When an innocent bystander is injured or <a href=\"\/chicago-wrongful-death-attorney\/\">killed<\/a> in a car accident, determining exactly who is at fault is critical. Many people assume that the driver of the car who caused the crash was reckless or negligent, but that is not always the case.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 20, 2008, a young man was outside waiting for public transportation to take him to Chicago State University so that he could attend his night classes. A car that was heading east on Indiana Avenue allegedly hit an ice patch and skidded. The car jumped the curb and ultimately hit the man, who wound up losing a leg as a result of his injuries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/chicago-court-to-rule-on-compensation-for-accident-victim\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Chicago Court to Rule on Compensation for Accident Victim\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firm News | May 2, 2014 When an innocent bystander is injured or killed in a car accident, determining exactly who is at fault is critical. 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