JOLIET -- A Will County jury issued a verdict of $23.75 million following a 2004 crash that killed two men and severely injured another on the Stevenson Expressway near southwest suburban Plainfield.
The accident happened on April 1, 2004 when the driver of a 40-ton semi truck crashed into the back of nearly stopped traffic, resulting in a deadly crash that involved ten vehicles in the northbound lanes of I-55 near Route 30 in Plainfield Township, according to the Shannon Law Group.
A Will County jury rendered a verdict against C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., the driver of the truck DeAn Henry and Luann Whitner Black for the estate of the two men who were killed in the crash.
Two men were killed in the crash. Another Aurora man survived the crash with 17 broken bones and other permanent injuries.
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