Verticts and Settlements

$1,000,000 F.E.L.A. railcar hazmat chemical leak blamed for death of 55 year old railroad switchman. Defendant railroad denied any knowledge of the leak and we discovered through our investigation that the leak had been going on for over a week and had been reported on the same railcar the week before in Wisconsin.

$1,000,000 settlement from surgeon for 38 year old woman who experienced septic shock as a result of small bowel perforation and unsterile surgical instruments during laparoscopic gynecological procedure performed at a surgery center. This amount represented all of the insurance coverage that the surgeon carried for this type of case. The surgeon claimed that the Surgery Center where the procedure was performed was at fault for sending the patient home while he was performing another surgery, depriving him of any opportunity to examine her or give her proper instructions. The case against the Surgery Center for wrongful release by unqualified staff against the doctors’ strict orders that he see his patients before release is still pending.

$1,000,000 verdict for a violation of the "Illinois Nursing Home Care Act" 68 year old nursing home patient died as a result of nursing home's failure to administer medication in a timely fashion.

$1.5 million dollar jury verdict award for where a worker injured on the job was fired in retaliation for making a worker’s compensation claim.

$1.5 million dollar verdict for family of woman who died when local paramedics willfully and wantonly failed to administer treatment. Through our investigation, we determined that paramedics arrived on the scene with empty oxygen tanks, which were crucial in the treatment of someone with asthma.

$1.2 million dollar award for a minor who received disabling injuries at birth as a result of gynecological malpractice. Through our investigation, we determined that the child was actually delivered by a 1st year resident and not the attending physician.

$800,000 verdict for a television cable installer who fractured his ankle when he fell from an unsafe ladder.

$400,000 award for steel worker who separated his shoulder while working on a local downtown high rise.

$450,000 verdict for an 11 year old boy was attacked by a pitbull and suffered a fractured arm that required numerous stitches.

$450,000 verdict in a matter where a 65 year old grandmother fractured her hip when she fell on a defective ramp at O’Hare Airport.

$550,000 award for a automobile accident where a 17 year old driver sustained a fractured tibula when an oncoming vehicle failed to yield when making a left hand turn and collided with his vehicle.

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