Notable Cases
Personal Injury
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Construction/Work Injuries
$10 million on behalf of an ironworker injured on a construction project.
$4.1 million jury verdict for 26-year-old repairman who suffered leg and back injuries in a workplace accident.
$3 million jury verdict for a 36-year-old laborer injured when an industrial tank at his workplace ruptured and released a wave of hot liquid.
$3.5 million settlement for a 23-year-old warehouse worker who suffered an amputation of her left arm at the shoulder when the arm was caught in a conveyor belt at work.
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Medical Malpractice
$4.5 million settlement for a man who suffered kidney damage as a result of medical malpractice.
$2.5 million settlement for a woman who suffered a long-term infection due to the negligence of her doctor.
$2 million jury verdict for a man injured in the hospital because his doctor failed to properly manage his medication.
$1.25 million settlement for family of 48-year-old man who committed suicide while he was at the defendant hospital’s psychiatric unit under suicide precautions.
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Motor Vehicle and Trucking Injuries
$2.25 million verdict for the family of a 76-year-old man struck and killed by a United States Post Office vehicle.
$1.24 million jury verdict following a two week trial for the family of a 45 year old laborer was run over and killed by a CTA bus while intoxicated.
$1.1 million settlement for the widow of an 80-year-old man killed in a motor vehicle collision.
$1 million settlement for a 55-year-old man who suffered a hip injury when his car was struck by a municipal police car.
$1 million settlement for 31-year-old woman who suffered a back injury when her vehicle was struck by a snowplow.
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Products Liability/Defective Medical Devices
$7 million settlement for a roofer injured as a result of defective construction equipment.
$2 million jury verdict for a 47-year-old woman who suffered severe burns to her hand caused by a defective heat seal press at the factory where she worked.
$1.9 million settlement for a 43-year-old television news cameraman injured when his news satellite van crashed due to defective tires.
$1.2 million settlement for 23-year-old man who suffered amputation of two fingers as a result of a defective piece of industrial equipment.
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Aviation Accidents
$7.1 million jury verdict against an airline for the death of a 39-year-old father of two in a plane crash in Lexington, Kentucky.
$2 million settlement for family of an 18-year-old killed in single-engine plane crash.
Confidential settlement for man injured in crash of crop dusting airplane.
Confidential settlement for family of a physician killed in a mid-air collision between two single-engine airplanes.
Confidential settlement for airline passenger who suffered serious injury when her foot was struck by a beverage cart during an international flight.
Confidential settlement for a disabled man injured when he was thrown from his seat on a commercial aircraft after flight attendants failed to properly secure his seatbelt.