Representative Cases
$ 3,000,000.00 - settlement versus neonatologists in medical malpractice case where pre-mature twins both died within three and ½ weeks of birth;
$ 1,500,000.00 - jury verdict for seventy-five year old man burned on thirty-five percent of his body when using Naptha, a flammable cleaner with inadequate warnings;
$ 1,450,000.00 - settlement for passenger in car that struck barricade that had not been removed at the end of road construction project;
$ 1,250,000.00 - settlement for driver in auto collision who suffered aggravation of pre-existing spondylolisthesis requiring surgical fusion;
$ 1,200,000.00 - settlement against hospital for failure to perform earlier C-section; child had cerebral palsy;
$ 1,200,000.00 - settlement for steelworker who fell off wall at construction project and ended up with knee replacement;
$ 1,000,000.00 - settlement for brain injured child against obstetrician and hospital;
$ 950,000.00 - settlement against elevator repair company for quadriplegic who tripped and fell while attempting to enter elevator;
$ 900,000.00 - wrongful death settlement against Illinois Toll Authority for improper plowing;
$ 862,000.00 - arbitration award for severe ankle fracture with surgery at father's farm in Iowa;
$ 690,000.00 - settlement for woman against podiatrist who performed surgery on her foot utilizing a surgical lamp that was missing appropriate filter;
$ 600,000.00 - settlement for woman with brain injury when knocked down by truck in low speed collision;
$ 550,000.00 - settlement for ex-wife from life insurance proceeds that were disputed by insurer and ex- husband's father;
$ 520,000.00 - settlement of two vehicle crash causing paralysis;
$ 512,000.00 - settlement for injured worker who underwent two back surgeries following the crash of an interior train car at a paint factory;
$ 500,000.00 - arbitration award for bicyclist struck by car with two resultant back surgeries;
$ 475,000.00 - wrongful death of truck driver injured due to defective vehicle;
$ 410,000.00 - settlement of construction site fall causing elbow injury requiring surgery;$400,000.00 - settlement for young man who sustained complex patella fracture in auto collision and pulmonary embolism during surgery;
$390,000.00 - settlement for child who suffered near drowning in hotel pool and suffered anoxic brain injury; special education due to disabilities;
$ 350,000.00 - settlement for an Amtrak employee who was in an auto collision and then injured on job;
$ 300,000.00 (policy limits) - arbitration award for death in fire case involving inoperable smoke detectors;
$ 300,000.00 - in undisclosed employee life insurance policy benefits obtained on behalf of children whose father was killed in a work related incident;
$ 285,000.00 - settlement for pedestrian struck in ankle by vehicle driving on sidewalk;
$ 268,000.00 - medical malpractice verdict against orthopedic surgeon who performed three unnecessary hip surgeries on forty-year old Plaintiff;
$ 248,000.00 - verdict to man stabbed in neck at Chicago bar, spent seven days in hospital with no residual effects;
$ 240,000.00 - civil rights settlement for family of woman not given her inhaler in lock-up;
$ 225,000.00 - arbitration award to woman bit in hand by sister's dog while at sister's house for Christmas;
$ 215,000.00 - truck driver injured when he stepped on cardboard box placed between back of truck bed and dock obscuring gap where driver fell;
$ 215,000.00 - settlement for man who sustained lumbar disc herniation requiring surgery and internal knee injury when he fell while descending stairs of rental home;
$200,000.00 - arbitration award for aggravation of pre-existing lumbar herniated disc for 50 year old male in auto collision;
$ 195,000.00 - settlement for decubitus ulcers that developed on 90 year old female;
$ 180,000.00 - settlement for decubitus ulcers that developed on 80 year old male;
$ 100,000.00 - life insurance policy proceeds for unmarried life partner in dispute with children of deceased;
$100,000.00 - arbitration award for herniated cervical disc for 35 year old wife and mother;