Case Results
Car Accidents
$10.95 Million - Car Accident
Awarded to the widow of an Illinois State Trooper who died in a trucking collision
$9.9 Million - Car Accident
Recovery for on behalf of the family for the death of an over the age of 80 husband and father resulting from spinal cord injuries caused by a motor vehicle accident in a rural county in Illinois
$6.9 Million - Car Accident
A man that was injured and lost his wife and grandchild in a semi-trailer truck crash in Madison, WI
$5.1 Million - Car Accident
Woman suffering catastrophic injuries following an automobile accident
$4 Million - Car Accident
Settlement for a man who suffered vision loss after an automobile collision
$3 Million - Car Accident
Verdict for a woman who suffered a closed head injury from a trucking collision
$2.0 Million - Car Accident
Underinsured motorist claim for injuries suffered by a Wisconsin man in an automobile collision
$1.115 Million - Car Accident
A man that was injured and lost his wife and grandchild in a semi-trailer truck crash in Madison, WI
$1.1 Million - Car Accident
A man that was injured and lost his wife and grandchild in a semi-trailer truck crash in Madison, WI
$1.1 Million - Car Accident
Underinsured motorist claim for injuries sustained in a head-on motor vehicle collision
$1 Million - Car Accident
A woman on a bicycle who was struck by a motorist under the influence of unlawful drugs
$800,000 - Car Accident
Automobile accident resulting in a mild traumatic brain injury
$325,000 - Car Accident
A woman who suffered soft tissue injuries in a rear-end trucking collision
$325,000 - Car Accident
A pedestrian who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after being struck by a bus
$315,000 - Car Accident
A 39-year old Chicago woman whose car was hit by a truck, resulting in a back injury
$131,000 - Car Accident
Auto collision resulting in soft tissue neck injury
$130,000 - Car Accident
A motorcyclist injured when he downed his own motorcycle to avoid contact with a pickup truck that pulled out in front of him
$118,500 - Car Accident
A driver injured after hitting a vehicle that pulled out in front of him
$109,000 - Car Accident
Auto Collision causing aggravation of a pre-existing wrist fracture
$60,000 - Car Accident
Rear-end collision causing soft tissue injuries to the lumbar spine
$26,000 - Car Accident
Pedestrian injured while crossing Sheridan Road in Evanston
Premises Liability
$7.1 Million - Premises Liability
18 year old man paralyzed from the chest down from a shooting at a fast food restaurant which failed to provide proper security and contact police when customers were threatened
$3 Million - Premises Liability
Against condo association and management company after 62-year-old woman slipped and fell on ice and suffered fractures to her hip and knee.
$2.3 Million - Premises Liability
Back injuries from a fall on an unnatural accumulation of ice
$1.75 Million - Premises Liability
Fall in a Winnebago County hospital resulting in neurological injury
$1.5 Million - Premises Liability
Porch collapse resulting in back injuries
$310,000 - Premises Liability
A woman who suffered a broken hip after tripping on loose carpet
Defective Products
$4.825 million - Defective Products
From manufacturer and distributor of cabinet that tipped over on 31-year-old woman causing CRPS
$4 million - Defective Products
From manufacturer of textile machine after 48-year-old man’s dominant arm got caught in steam rollers of machine resulting in amputation
$1.9 Million - Defective Products
Loss of an eye against a gun shop for faulty mounting of a rifle scope
$702,000 - Defective Products
Defective ladder resulting in a heel fracture
Wrongful Death
$19.2 million - Wrongful Death
Death of a child from birth injuries related to meconium aspiration
$8 million - Wrongful Death
On behalf of a family for the death of 52 year old husband and father during the repair of an elevator at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County.
$7.1 million - Wrongful Death
A Louisiana man who died along with 46 other passengers in Lexington, Kentucky, when Comair Flight 5191 attempted to take-off from a runway that was too short
$2.4 million - Wrongful Death
A flight instructor from Belleville, Illinois, died in a runway collision while copiloting an aircraft taking off at Quincy Municipal Airport located in Quincy, Illinois
$2.3 million - Wrongful Death
Drowning death of a woman when her tour flight ditched in the ocean near Hilo, HI
$1.8 million - Wrongful Death
Wrongful death in a DuPage County automobile road rage case
$1.1 million - Wrongful Death
For wrongful death arising out of an automobile collision
$765,000 - Wrongful Death
An Adams County resident and security guard at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois who died when he inadvertently came in contact with the tail rotor of an EMS helicopter
$750,000 - Wrongful Death
Wrongful death of a 34-year old man due to inadequate hotel security
Medical Malpractice
$2.4 billion - Medical Malpractice
Mass tort settlement for patients diagnosed with bladder cancer
$20 million - Medical Malpractice
Two-year-old boy who suffered severe brain damage following a routine surgery
$10 million - Medical Malpractice
Child left brain damaged by air embolism
$9.86 million - Medical Malpractice
A Chicago area medical student who was seriously injured while receiving an osteopathic treatment from a fellow medical student
$8 million - Medical Malpractice
Child suffering cerebral palsy due to delay in delivery
$7.5 million - Medical Malpractice
Child suffering cerebral palsy due to delay in delivery
$6 million - Medical Malpractice
Birth injury
$5.5 million - Medical Malpractice
Severe brain injury to a two year-old
$4 million - Medical Malpractice
Death of a child whose mother was exposed to harmful medications during pregnancy
$3.7 million - Medical Malpractice
Record verdict for stillbirth in the state of Illinois
$3.5 million - Medical Malpractice
Against hospital for anesthesiology staff’s failure to properly monitor 75-year-old man during ERCP resulting in brain damage
$3.4 million - Medical Malpractice
Stillborn infant who died during labor and delivery
$3.3 million - Medical Malpractice
Back injuries caused by the medical negligence of an occupational therapist
$3 million - Medical Malpractice
Wrongful death of woman who received improper dialysis medications
$3 million - Medical Malpractice
Death of a young woman from untreated thyroid disease
$2.95 million - Medical Malpractice
For the death of a 69 year old woman as the result of medical negligence
$2.9 million - Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice resulting in the death of a one year-old infant
$2.75 million - Medical Malpractice
Below the knee amputation following knee replacement surgery
$2.7 million - Medical Malpractice
A young woman whose physicians failed to diagnose her with breast cancer for nine months, and instead, diagnosed her with a breast infection
$2.65 million - Medical Malpractice
Young woman who suffered foot drop following surgical treatment of scoliosis
$2.6 million - Medical Malpractice
Wrongful death action arising out of medical malpractice for delayed insertion of an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator
$2.5 million - Medical Malpractice
Awarded to the family for the death of a man whose care was mismanaged by a home health care worker
$2.45 million - Medical Malpractice
Death of a child following tracheoesophageal fistula surgery
$2.4 million - Medical Malpractice
Leg amputation following improper treatment of compartment syndrome
$2.4 million - Medical Malpractice
Wrongful death of an elderly woman at an Illinois assisted living facility
$2 million - Medical Malpractice
Birth injury in Southern Illinois
$2 million - Medical Malpractice
Birth Injury
$2 million - Medical Malpractice
Against surgeon for failure to diagnose pseudomeningocele following spinal fusion surgery of 38-year-old woman resulting in arachnoiditis
$1.9 million - Medical Malpractice
Wrongful death of man from untreated symptomatic aortic aneurysm
$1.8 million - Medical Malpractice
Man receiving an overdose of radiation for treatment of prostate cancer
$1.75 million - Medical Malpractice
Awarded to the family of a child who died shortly after childbirth
$1.5 million - Medical Malpractice
On behalf of a family for the death of 77 year old wife and mother as a result of failure to diagnose Amiodarone toxicity
$1.5 million - Medical Malpractice
Recovery for partial amputation of a foot as a result of failure to diagnose infection in a diabetic patient
$1.4 million - Medical Malpractice
Death of a newborn
$1.4 million - Medical Malpractice
Failure to diagnose neonatal pneumonia resulting in the death of an infant
$1.35 million - Medical Malpractice
Delayed breast cancer diagnosis resulting in subsequent death
$1.34 million - Medical Malpractice
Death of a young child
$1.3 million - Medical Malpractice
Surgical malpractice case resulting in the death of an infant
$1,125,000 - Medical Malpractice
Wrongful death of a 45-year old man due to medical malpractice in a Chicago-area emergency department
$1 million - Medical Malpractice
A man who suffered a heart attack after not receiving positive results of heart testing from a local testing center
$1 million - Medical Malpractice
Complications stemming from improper treatment of varicose veins
$950,000 - Medical Malpractice
Against hospital for stillbirth caused by nurses’ failure to adequately monitor fetus during labor
$946,000 - Medical Malpractice
Failure to repair vascular injury from knee replacement and failing to timely refer patient to university hospital
$775,000 - Medical Malpractice
Against orthopedic surgeon for a failed hip replacement surgery resulting in limb length discrepancy in 65-year-old woman
$750,000 - Medical Malpractice
Delayed diagnosis of uterine cancer
$500,000 - Medical Malpractice
A 54-year old woman who developed a pressure sore in a Chicago area hospital
$500,000 - Medical Malpractice
Against OBGYN who performed incorrect gynecological surgical procedure on 38-year-old woman resulting in sexual dysfunction and deformity. Theories of liability included lack of informed consent and medical battery.
$410,000 - Medical Malpractice
A 54-year old man with severe dementia who choked to death during a meal served to him at an underinsured nursing home
$400,000 - Medical Malpractice
A misread pathology slide resulting in a young woman receiving an erroneous cancer diagnosis and unnecessary surgery
$389,000 - Medical Malpractice
An 89-year old woman who suffered multiple falls while at a nursing home
Other
$9 million - Other
Worker catastrophically injured in an industrial accident
$4 million - Other
Clergy sexual abuse
$2.8 million - Other
For a woman who suffered nerve damage after a dog bite to the face
$2.7 million - Other
Back injury sustained while working for Metra
$2.2 million - Other
An elderly man’s injuries and loss of his wife when a Lear jet skidded off the runway during a landing in Lexington, KY
$1.5 million - Other
Stage hand who sustained head injuries after falling off an unsafe stage
$1.5 million - Other
A man who sustained spine and arm injuries after falling from an improperly secured scaffold
$600,000 - Other
Victim of sexual abuse
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