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Permalink Reply by Tooscrapps on April 19, 2019 at 2:50am

I always wondered how this played out. No amount of money is enough, but I'm glad to see some sort of closure.

Has anyone heard any updates on Anastasia Kondrasheva's death?

Permalink Reply by Mike Keating on April 19, 2019 at 2:53am

No amount of money can return a loved one. But fortunately the jury found justice in the facts of the case. The insurance company for the flooring company had years to resolve this case and the reported offer was only made right before trial. The family never should have been forced to try this case and relive their daughter's death.

Tragic case. Rest in peace. 

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on April 19, 2019 at 8:01am

I'm also curious about Angela Park from another right hook incident at Halsted and Madison from last year.

Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on April 19, 2019 at 8:22am

Most of the legal precedings in these lawsuits are low-key on the wishes of privacy for their families. 

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on April 19, 2019 at 9:24am

Figured as much since the ghost bike disappeared after the construction was finished. I still think about this intersection every time I roll through there and that fateful morning I saw a draped cloth and a mangled bicycle :(

Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on April 19, 2019 at 10:00am

Juan, there was a discussion here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/chibike/comments/b9z79l/why_is_there_no_gh...

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on April 19, 2019 at 12:26pm

Is there such a thing as a nameless ghost bike?

Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on April 19, 2019 at 4:23pm

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1004330446/ghost-bike-a-photog...

An interesting kickstarter project. Watch the video (2:20).

Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on April 19, 2019 at 4:47pm

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/08/ghost-bikes-vision-zero-bicycl...

Excellent article. 

"Ghost bikes ... are visually striking, they've done what a lot of bike advocates have struggled to do. It humanizes cyclists. It drives home the point that there are human beings on those bikes."

Permalink Reply by Mike Keating on April 19, 2019 at 10:33am

That is correct, particularly in cases where the case settles. If it goes to trial it is public record.