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"<p>A Cook County woman is suing three allied commercial construction businesses alleging that their collective negligence caused her personal damages in an accident.<br>\n<br>\n Socorro Contreras of Chicago brought a lawsuit against Ozinga Bros. Inc., Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc. and Pan American Construction Co. in Cook County Circuit Court on an undisclosed date, alleging negligence in a May 2015 project during which she claims to have sustained physical injuries.<br>\n<br>\nThe suit states that Contreras, employed as a flagger by a separate company, was working at a construction site at 115th and Homewood in Chicago on or about May 13. According to the complaint, an Ozinga employee drove a cement truck over a jackhammer that had been left on the roadway by a Pan American employee, causing the machine to strike and severely injure Contreras as she stood on the sidewalk.<br>\n<br>\nThe plaintiff charges the defendants with negligence by failing to operate the cement truck safely and at an appropriate speed, avoid colliding with equipment, keep a proper lookout, train workers adequately, warn bystanders of the hazard, and retrieve fallen objects from the roadway.<br>\n<br>\nContreras claims lost income, pain and suffering, disfigurement and loss of a normal life. She requests judgment of more than $50,000, plus attorneys\u2019 fees and costs. The plaintiff is represented by Bashford Law Group and Muir Law Offices in Glenview.<br>\n<br>\n<i>Cook County Circuit Court case number 2015008987</i></p>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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