Injury from Flying Body Parts

Injury From Flying Body Parts
 
            Although the lower court ruled against her, a Chicago woman will be given a chance to recover in her personal injury lawsuit against the estate of a man whose flying body parts caused her injury.

            It seems that an 18-year-old man was crossing the tracks in a pouring rain with an umbrella over his head trying to catch a train when he was struck by a train traveling at more than 70 mph.  A portion of his body flew about 100 feet onto the southbound platform where it struck the plaintiff causing a fractured leg and wrist and a shoulder injury.

            The trial court judge dismissed the case finding that the deceased could not have anticipated the plaintiff’s injuries, but the appellate court disagreed ruling that it was “reasonably foreseeable” that the high-speed train would kill the young man and fling his body toward the platform where people were waiting.

            The attorney for the plaintiff said, “If you do something as stupid as this guy did, you have to be responsible for what comes from it.”

            Lowry & Associates helps people who have been injured—even in freak accidents.