Verdicts & Settlements

$24,000,000.00 Verdict: Nursing negligence in a community hospital allowed a patient with a disc injury in his neck to progress to permanent quadriplegia.

$18,000,000.00 Settlement: Construction worker was severely burned and left permanently disabled when a crane which he was guiding contacted high power lines.  The plaintiff and his team were advised that the lines were de-powered when it actuality, they were not.

$12,000,000.00 Settlement: Trucking accident where the plaintiff was rear-ended and sustained spinal cord injuries.

$10,000,000.00 Settlement: Three railroad workers were killed by electrocution when a loader being operated by one of the workers contacted high power lines.

$10,000,000.00 Verdict: Pathology case.

$10,000,000.00 Settlement: Newborn child contracted a fungal infection and the care providers failed to timely diagnose the infection causing the child to sustain brain damage from the infection and permanent disability.

$9,000,000.00 Settlement: Labor and delivery negligence by an obstetrician at a University medical center resulted in a 7 minute delay in delivering a child. This delay was crucial and caused brain damage and permanent disability.

$8,000,000.00 Verdict: Heart attack by lawyer.

$7,700,000.00 Settlement: Labor and delivery negligence in a down state Illinois community hospital by obstetrician and nurses resulted in the delay in delivery of child causing brain damage and permanent disability.

$6,800,000.00 Verdict: Construction negligence resulted in the death of an ironworker who fell two stories on a high-rise building construction site in downtown Chicago.

$5,000,000.00 Settlement: Labor and delivery negligence by an obstetrician in a University medical center resulted in a delay in delivery of a child which resulted in permanent cognitive and learning disabilities.

$4,400,000.00 Settlement: Construction negligence resulted in head injuries and permanent disability to an elevator constructor working on the construction of a high rise building in downtown Chicago.

$3,000,000.00 Settlement: Negligence by a group of podiatrists resulted in the amputation of a diabetic patient’s leg below the knee.