Illinois Bicycle Law Pages

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Attorney Michael Keating Profiled On Channel 2 News Story on Bike Lane Dangers

Chicago, Illinois Bicycle Litigation Attorney Michael Keating
Attorney Michael Keating was profiled in a Channel 2 News Investigation regarding the dangers facing Chicago bicyclists in the city's bike lanes. This special investigative report by report Dave Savini was broadcast in the aftermath of the deaths of Anastasia Kondrasheva and Lisa Kuivinen. Both of these Chicago bicyclists were killed while riding in marked bikeways in the city.

Anastasia Kondrasheva lost her life while riding on the North Damen bikeway and Lisa Kuivinen was killed after a collision on the Milwaukee bike lane. In another tragic similarity, both of these death involved commercial vehicles that were turning at the time of their deaths. These deaths also occurred in the midst of a tragic spate of deaths of bicyclists in Chicago as a result of collisions with motor vehicles.

Attorney Michael Keating of Keating Law Offices is a national leader in the area of bicycle litigation. The firm has successfully represented hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death cases throughout Illinois. He serves as the Chair of the Bicycle Litigation Committee for the national trial lawyers association, the American Association for Justice.