In personal injury settlement news, a $2.7 million wrongful death settlement has been reached stemming from a fatal accident that occurred at a New Years Eve party in 2007 in Lakeview, Illinois. The victim, Michael Doyle, a 26-year-old financial trader and Cincinnati native, was attending a party with friends from college at the building where the accident occurred. Doyle tripped and fell head-first through a 2 foot by 8 foot gap in the railing, plunging three stories to his death. According to the Chicago Breaking News Center, six months prior to the accident, building management had been alerted by their insurance carrier that the gap in the railing should be closed with wire mesh. Bids were obtained to do the work but nothing had been corrected before the accident occurred. The settlement was reached with the building's management company, Kenard Management Corporation.
Sources: Chicago Breaking News, Chicago Sun-Tmes
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