Notable Verdicts and Settlements

• $10.9 million, Wrongful death action on behalf of an Illinois State Trooper who was killed after a semi-truck crashed into the back of his vehicle while stationed on the side of the highway.
• $4.825 million, from manufacturer and distributor of cabinet that tipped over on 31-year-old woman causing CRPS
• $4 million, from manufacturer of textile machine after 48-year-old man’s dominant arm got caught in steam rollers of machine resulting in amputation
• $3.5 million, against hospital for anesthesiology staff’s failure to properly monitor 75-year-old man during ERCP resulting in brain damage.
• $3.025 million, Wrongful death action for injuries caused by a commercial salt-spreader
• $3 million, against condo association and management company after 62-year-old woman slipped and fell on ice and suffered fractures to her hip and knee.
• $2.6 million, Wrongful death action arising out of medical malpractice for delayed insertion of an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
• $2 million, against surgeon for failure to diagnose a pseudomeningocele following spinal fusion surgery of 38-year-old woman resulting in arachnoiditis.
• $1.9 million, Medical malpractice action for delayed diagnosis of adrenal cancer
• $1.75 million, Medical malpractice action for a non-indicated angiography and revascularization procedure and failure to timely diagnose and treat post-operative complications
• $1.2 million, Negligence action for minor child who suffered burns from a glass fireplace cover
• $1.1 million, Underinsured motorist claim for injuries sustained in a head-on motor vehicle collision
• $950,000, against hospital for stillbirth caused by nurses’ failure to adequately monitor fetus during labor
• $950,000, Medical malpractice action for delayed diagnosis of small cell lung cancer
• $800,000, Medical malpractice action for surgical misplacement of gastrostomy tube
• $775,000, against orthopedic surgeon for a failed hip replacement surgery resulting in limb length discrepancy in 65-year-old woman.
• $750,000, Medical malpractice action for a delayed diagnosis of uterine cancer
• $500,000, against OBGYN who performed incorrect gynecological surgical procedure on 38-year-old woman resulting in sexual dysfunction and deformity
• $400,000, for a partial rotator cuff tear from a motor vehicle collision
• $265,000, for soft tissue injuries from a motor vehicle collision