Kevin P. Durkin

A 38-year-old pedestrian was struck by a slow-moving single engine freight train as she was crossing the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks at the gate crossing in Berwyn, Illinois. She sustained head injuries that claimed her life a day later.

Wrongful death of an infant that was born prematurely caused by the failure of physicians and nurses to recognize the severity of lung infection and admit the infant to the hospital despite multiple visits to the ER.

A 37-year-old man died as a result of a concrete slab falling from a building, while he was working. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Husband/father of two children killed when he was run over by a CTA bus at Midway Airport.

A 36-year-old man suffered a closed head injury when a piece of terra cotta fell from the ceiling at his job site.

Six people killed and 16 others injured at the Cook County Administration Building in Chicago's downtown when firefighters failed to save people stuck in smoky high-rise stairwell; one of the highest personal injury settlements in Chicago's Cook County history. Click here to read more about this case.

A one-year-old boy suffered permanent brain damage after choking on an apple slice at a daycare center where workers failed to monitor him.

Man crushed by punch press machine at factory.

A 72-year-old man suffers severe vascular injuries to his legs when truck backs up at gas station and traps him between the truck and his car.