Personal Injury Law

Chicago Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed by Mothers of Two Kids Burned in Acid Attack

Loretta Corbett and Gwen Davis are suing the managers and owners of a South Side apartment for Chicago premises liability for the injuries their two children sustained during an acid attack that occurred on Tuesday. The moms are seeking unspecified damages.

Corbett?s son, 10-year-old Adrian Bennett and Davis? daughter, 11-year-old Nala Armstrong, sustained burn injuries when another boy, age 13, poured a bottle of Black Zap drain cleaner, which contains 93% sulfuric acid, on them. The teenager has been charged with heinous battery.

Corbett and Davis are accusing building owners Bernice and Greg Haynes and property manager Chicago Rental Solutions of negligence for allowing a maintenance worker that had cleaned the building to leave the chemicals on the back porch. Greg Haynes argues that it was the teen that poured the acid and that the building does not use chemicals on the property.

Unfortunately, acid attacks, although not uncommon, do happen. The injuries sustained can be very painful, disfiguring, and life-altering. There may be a way to hold negligent parties liable for your injuries, pain, and suffering.

Recently, A Logan Square woman filed her Cook County injury lawsuit for severe burns she suffered during a 2008 acid attack. Esperanza Medina contends that was assaulted with acid because she and a woman charged with masterminding the attack had dated the same man. The incident left Medina permanently disfigured. She is suing her alleged attackers.

In June, two people sustained serious injuries when an attacker assaulted them during a Chicago acid attack accident close to Strohacker Park.

Chicago Personal Injury
Victims of violent crimes may be able to sue their assailants for Chicago personal injury. There also may be other liable parties that played a role?whether intentionally or not?in allowing the crime to occur.

Lawsuit filed by moms of kids burned in acid attack, Chicago Breaking News, August 27, 2010

Logan Square acid attack victim sues suspects, Chicago Tribune, July 26, 2010

Acid Attack Injures Two, NBC Chicago, June 15, 2010

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Full post as published by Chicago Injury Attorney Blog on August 28, 2010 (boomark / email).