Transportation and Automobile Collisions
According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the number of deaths related to motor vehicle collisions rose from 42,836 in 2004, to 43,443 in 2005. This increase occurred despite continued improvements to safety features and safer designs of passenger vehicles.
Attorney Robert Phillips has been representing individuals and families who have suffered wrongful death and personal injuries resulting from automobile accidents and transportation collisions for over seventeen years. Many motor vehicle collisions involve straightforward issues related to a motorists' failure to comply with traffic signals, speed restrictions or the general failure to exercise reasonable care in the operation of a vehicle. However, many cases require in-depth investigation and coordination with accident reconstruction experts, involving crush-point analysis with utilization of computer re-creation simulation.
Robert B. Phillips & Associates, LLC works closely with some of the nations leading experts in presenting evidence in transportation cases involving heavy equipment tractor/trailers and railroad crossing collisions. These cases often involve complex analysis of the maintenance and operation of commercial vehicles and locomotives.
The investigation of vehicular and heavy equipment collisions may require the preservation of time-critical evidence which should be promptly secured. The failure to take immediate steps to preserve evidence can result in difficulty proving claims for injuries or wrongful death. Individuals or families involved in serious vehicular collisions should promptly retain legal counsel for the purpose preserving any necessary evidence.
Mr. Phillips secured a recovery in excess of 4.5 million dollars on behalf of a woman in central Illinois who was struck by a train at an unguarded railroad crossing. This settlement remains as one of the highest downstate Illinois settlements in the history of the state. Mr. Phillips has represented individuals and families throughout the entire country in claims for wrongful death and serious injuries sustained at dangerous and inadequately protected railroad crossings.
A recovery exceeding 2 million dollars was secured by Mr. Phillips on behalf of a Chicago couple who sustained personal injuries and wrongful death resulting from a tractor/trailer collision on Interstate 94. The terms of settlement included payment of the defendants entire liability insurance policy limits.
