April 27, 2020
The Chicago Transit Authority will pay a $3 million settlement to a man whose leg had to be amputated after he was hit by a turning bus. The Chicago Sun-Times reports a Cook County judge approved the settlement Wednesday between …
March 5, 2018
Chicago has announced $33 million in security upgrades on the Chicago Transit Authority system funded by a ride-hailing service fee. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office says a new program — dubbed “Safe and Secure” — will upgrade 3,800 older-model system cameras …
May 12, 2017
The Chicago Transit Authority has reached a $6 million settlement with a woman whose feet were run over by one of its buses. CTA general counsel Karen Seimetz on May 10 told the transit agency’s board that Amy Koplin had …
May 10, 2017
A jury has awarded more than $6 million to a woman seriously injured when a Chicago Transit Authority train derailed at O’Hare International Airport. Yolanda Montes was hurt when the Blue Line train crashed through a barrier at the airport …
April 29, 2015
Federal investigators say the Chicago Transit Authority shares in the blame for an accident last year in which a commuter train operator fell asleep and crashed into a platform at the O’Hare airport station, sending the lead car barreling up …
March 27, 2014
Attorneys have filed a negligence lawsuit against the Chicago Transit Authority on behalf of a woman injured in the Blue Line train derailment at O’Hare International Airport. The law firm of Corboy and Demetrio filed the lawsuit on March 25 …