More than 12 passengers that were injured in a runway crash at the Denver International Airport filed a lawsuit against Boeing after the accident.  The accident occurred in December 2008 when the Continental Flight 1404 ran off the runway and caught fire.  Six people were seriously injured in the airplane accident and dozens more suffered various minor injuries.

Investigators blamed the cause of the accident on pilot error and strong winds.  In the lawsuit, the passengers claim that Boeing was negligent in their design of the plane, specifically blaming its "directional control mechanism".  The details of the passengers' recent settlements with Boeing have not been released.

Contact the Chicago airplane accident attorneys of Friedman & Bonebrake, P.C. at 312-466-8200 if you or a loved one has been injured as a result of a pilot error or a mechanical defect on an airplane.

Earl Bennett, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, was involved in a rear-end car accident on Monday morning.  According to Illinois State Police, the football player was on the Ohio Street feeder ramp off of Interstate 90 when a man driving a 1998 Pontiac Sunfire failed to slow and rear-ended Bennett's 1973 Chevrolet Impala.  After colliding, both cars continued into a wall.  The accident occurred at 12:11 A.M..

Investigations have determined that alcohol was not a factor in the accident.  Sources say the player suffered minor whiplash but he recently tweeted that he was simply thankful to be alive.  He was able to make it to practice and workout the next day.

Contact the Chicago whiplash attorneys of Friedman & Bonebrake, P.C. at 312-466-8200 if you or someone you know has suffered from whiplash after an automobile accident. 

A three-car accident occurred earlier this month in Will County on Interstate 55.  Three men suffered injuries in the accident and 44-year old Darren Wade was tragically killed.  

The accident occurred after Wade and another driver had been in a minor accident in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55.  A third vehicle then rear ended Wade's Ford Mustang near Illinois Highway 59.  Paramedics pronounced Wade dead at the scene of the accident.

After the initial collision, the other driver and passengers involved stepped out of their vehicle to assess the damage.  The three men were hit after the second collision and suffered minor injuries.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Wade's family and friends during this difficult time. 

Monday ended the month of May and Motorcycle Awareness Month, but Chicago Police hope their Memorial Day message inspired both motorcyclists and drivers to always remember to take the appropriate precautions when driving.

Chicago police departments came together for a driving safety course to improve their driving skills and hopefully inspire the community to do the same.  WGN correspondent Tom Negovan joined, a motorcyclist himself, to learn more and practice on their test course.  Negovan was involved in a motorcycle crash last September and had not ridden since his accident, until Monday.  Negovan stated, "years of riding and two safety courses couldn't have saved me from a crash that wrote-off my bike and nearly ended my life". 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration describes the "textbook" motorcycle crash as happening at intersections where a vehicle that cannot see the motorcyclist cuts them off, usually when turning left. 

 In 2008, and estimated 96,000 motorcyclists were injured while driving.

If you or someone you know has been injured in any driving related accident contact the Chicago personal injury attorneys at Friedman and Bonebrake, P.C. at 312-466-8200.

Seven people were injured, four critically, in an early-morning crash Sunday on Chicago's North Side.

According to Larry Langford, a spokesman with the Chicago Fire Department, six people were transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and another to northwestern Memorial Hospital following an early morning crash Sunday. Four of the injured people are listed in critical condition.

A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department, Robert Perez, said the driver of an Audi was attempting to navigate a left turn onto Western Avenue when a Lexus sedan smashed into the vehicle at the Irving Park Road intersection. Police responded to a call of an accident shortly before 4:20 a.m., Perez said. Following a preliminary investigation police determined that the Audi's driver failed to yield to oncoming traffic.

The driver of the Lexus was not wearing a seatbelt, according to Langford, and was sent through the car's windshield. Firefighters had to extract two people their vehicle(s). 

Perez said there were four men and one woman, ages 25 to 33, in the Audi at the time of the crash. 

Langford said the intersection was wet from rain at the time of the crash; however Perez said it is unclear if bad weather, drugs, or alcohol were factors in the accident.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a Chicago car accident, it is important to understand the legal options available to a victim in the aftermath of a car crash. Please contact a Chicago personal injury lawyer of Friedman & Bonebrake, P.C. by calling 312-466-8200.