According to the Chicago Sun Times, a 31-year-old Lindenhurst woman has filed a lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories after a truck ran over her twice in the parking lot of Abbott Park. Shannon Rosberg, an employee of Collins Consulting at Abbott Laboratories, suffered severe personal injuries as she was walking into an Abbott office on April 6. She was struck as an Abbot-owned truck was reversing in the parking lot.
Rosberg states in her complaint that an Abbott truck was reversing when it felt a little resistance, which was Rosberg. Instead of stopping the vehicle, the driver allegedly pulled forward and ran over her body a second time. The driver did not initially stop to observe what had been hit.
As a result of the incident, Rosberg suffered massive internal injuries, including a crushed pelvis, several broken ribs and internal organ injury. She is expected to survive despite being in a coma.
The police report found the driver to be negligent, and witnesses agreed that the driver had acted negligently. Rosberg is suing Abbott Laboratories in Cook County District Court and alleges that the company failed to protect people going from the parking lot to the Abbott building. Rosberg is also suing the driver of the Abbott truck over his negligent actions.
I’m retired from Abbott in North Chicago and I can attest to the dangers of their parking lots or sidewalks. People speeding, potholes, icy conditions of which they have fallen. Many injuries they told me have gone unreported as the company threatens to fire the workers if OSHA or workmans comp is involved. Especially in the general Park area, I almost had an “Blue sticker” some higher grade person run me over as he was backing out of his parking space, if I was not looking he would have ran me over. He did not even apologize, just looked at me and took off. I feel bad for this accident and pray this girl recovers. Abbott will do what ever it can to cover it up, including firing the truck driver to make the girl feel better. I suggest that some higher level DVP of Facilities etc should be fired.