Personal Injury Law

Chicago Personal Injury: Mother of Toddler that Train Dragged Off Platform in Stroller Sues CTA

Ebere Ozonwu-Shokunbi is suing the Chicago Transit Authority for injuries that she and her young daughter sustained when the then-22-month-old?s stroller got stuck in a train doorway last November. She is seeking over $100,000 for their Chicago personal injuries.

The incident occurred on the platform at the Morse Avenue station on November 2, 2009.The Red Line train?s doors shut, trapping the stroller and dragging it along with the toddler some 10 feet past the platform. The little girl ended up landing on the gravel after she was thrown from the stroller, which had hit a metal barrier. Ozonwu-Shokunbi, who is accusing the CTA of negligence, claims that she and her child sustained serious injuries, including injuries to her shoulder and other parts of her body that she incurred while trying to to rescue her daughter from the moving train.

Following the incident, a CTA union head publicly questioned Ozonwu-Shokunbi?s account of what happened and claimed that the stroller involved showed hardly any damage when it was found five stations away. However, police noted that traces of paint found on the stroller make her story credible.

Train operators are supposed to take to make sure that no one and nothing gets caught in a train door before a train takes off. The train?s sensor system also should be working properly to prevent such incidents from happening.

If you believe that you or your child was injured in an accident because of another party?s negligence, you may have grounds for a Chicago injury lawsuit.

CTA sued after stroller gets stuck, ABCLocal, October 15, 2010

Mom Seeks $100k in Stroller-Stealing Train Incident, NBC Chicago, October 14, 2010

Chicago Train Drags 22-Month-Old Girl in Stroller, Chicagoinjuryattorneyblog.com, November 4, 2009

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Full post as published by Chicago Injury Attorney Blog on October 18, 2010 (boomark / email).