Did Corboy & Demetrio Blow It? - Chicago Reader
Cortland Pinnick was six years old when he saw his mother's head turned almost all the way around on her neck. They were heading south in a rented car on I-65 near Crown Point, Indiana, on their way back to Atlanta after a family visit to Joliet. Cortland's mother, Melissa, was sitting in the front seat next to the driver, her cousin Constance McNair. Cortland and his 21-month-old sister, Manna, shared the backseat with McNair's two children. The lights and radio were off, the car wouldn't start, and the doors wouldn't unlock. In the aftermath of the accident, Melissa's two children, Cortland and Manna, were taken in by her father and stepmother, Robert and Milvertha Pinnick, who lived in Joliet. The traumatized family retained a lawyer, a family friend, to explore their legal options. Potential defendants included the manufacturers of the car and its tires, the agency in Atlanta that had rented the car, and the driver of the Cadillac. Their lawyer figured the case was one for the big leagues and brought the family to Chicago to consult with one of the most prestigious plaintiff's law firms in the country, Corboy & Demetrio. As the firm advertises, it "has acquired over $3 billion in settlements and verdicts and has attained more than 500 settlements and verdicts, each in excess of $1 million or more. Source: www.chicagoreader.com
