In July of 2011, a mother was stopped at a traffic light with her 9 year old son and 11 year old daughter on Illinois route 15 in Belleville, Illinois. The driver of a commercial delivery van / truck was using his cellular phone instead of paying attention and slammed into the back of the woman’s car at almost 50 …
A 63 year old woman who works as a home health worker was driving northbound on Highway 157 in Collinsville, Illinois. Suddenly, a large motorist assistance vehicle driving southbound attempted to make a left turn in front of her without yielding and struck the woman’s vehicle almost head-on. She was taken to Anderson Hospital by ambulance, and where she was …
A 39-year-old man from Madison, Illinois was driving in Granite City when a 17-year-old driver tried to make a left turn without yielding to oncoming traffic and ran head-on into the man’s vehicle. The impact of the collision caused fractures to the man’s spine and right shoulder. He was taken by ambulance to St. Louis University Hospital where he had …
A client of Matthew Sauter of the Sauter Sullivan law firm was injured in a car accident in Montgomery County, Illinois. In spite of having sustained injuries to the head and multiple fractures, the client fortunately made a very good recovery. In less than 6 months following the car crash, Sauter Sullivan was able to obtain a $250,000 settlement for …
Christopher Geldmacher represented a 42 year old professional truck driver who was on the job driving an 18-wheeler when he was struck head on by a drunk driver heading the wrong way on the interstate. The truck driver was in Collinsville, Illinois heading northbound on Interstate 255, when the collision occurred. The drunk driver hit the truck head-on, causing the …
A Missouri truck driver was involved in an accident while he was on-the-job driving on I-57 in Illinois. Two people ultimately died from the accident, and the man sustained injuries to his knees, suffered from post-traumatic stress and was unable to return to his job as a Missouri truck driver. Michael Knepper of Sauter Sullivan took his case and filed …
A 20 year old woman was in a Granite City, Illinois fast food restaurant, waiting for her food, when she went to fill her cup at the self-service soda station. While she was getting ice, vibrations from the machine shook loose a piece of plastic, just above the client’s head. The plastic piece struck her on the forehead, bending her …
Christopher Geldmacher of the Sauter Sullivan law firm represented a 49-year-old man employed by a food production facility in O’Fallon, Illinois. The employee struck his head on the job while moving crates of milk. The blow to his head was serious and he showed signs of a significant concussion. He was taken directly from work to the hospital and later …
A 29 year old bookkeeper, wife and Mom came to Sauter Sullivan after she suffered personal injury in a slip and fall incident at a party that was being held at a hall that hosted events and parties. A bartender, who was an employee of the facility, asked the woman to watch the bar while he left to use the …
A social worker in Belleville, Illinois suffered personal injury in her employer’s parking lot while exiting a company vehicle. There was debris on the parking lot that should have been cleaned up and removed in a timely fashion, and this debris caused her to slip and fall on the parking lot, seriously injuring and fracturing her foot. The injury was …