Newsroom, Verdicts, and Settlements

Sample of pending matters

• Retained on behalf of Baby Doe, whose case stems from a botched circumcision where the entire head of the baby's penis was severed.
• Retained regarding the death of a 45-year-old at the Water Reclamation District in Stickney, Illinois.
• Retained regarding catastrophic injuries to a 33-year-old immigrant working at a construction site.
• Retained regarding death of two-month-old baby at local hospital.

Representative resolved cases

• $21 million jury verdict (reduced to $18.9 million due to the co-pilot's comparative negligence) for the family of a Gulfstream G-IV jet co-pilot killed as a result of a crash at Palwaukee Municipal Airport in Wheeling, Illinois.  The offer to settle from the insurance company was $1.4 million.  The judgment was ultimately satisfied by payment of $23.7 million, the $18.9 million verdict plus over $4.7 million in interest and court costs.  The case was appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court by the defense.  The verdict established an Illinois record for loss of society damage.
• $5.975 million jury verdict for the family of a man who bled to death in the recovery room after surgery to remove a 1.5-centimeter spot on his lung.  $1 million was offered by doctor's insurance company.
• $4.5 million settlement for brain injury victim.
• $4.5 million settlement for an electrician who suffered serious electrical burn injuries.
• $4.2 million jury verdict for an 18-year-old female passenger who suffered a brain injury as a result of being in a car that turned in front of a truck.  No offer was made by the truck driver's insurance carrier.
• $3.35 million verdict (reduced to $1.6 million due to decedent's negligence) for the estate of the driver of a car that collided with the rear end of a Chicago Transit Authority bus.  No offer to settle was made by the CTA.
• $1.5 million record settlement for the parents of a two-month-old baby who died from dehydration as a result of an improperly inserted intravenous tube.
• $1.375 million settlement for the estate of a 59-year-old woman who was discharged from a hospital emergency room even though she needed immediate surgery.
• $1.3 million jury verdict for the family of a man who died as a result of being given a blood transfusion with the wrong blood type.  $1 million was offered immediately prior to opening statements by the hospital.
• $1 million settlement for the family of a 17-year-old girl killed by a drunk driver—representing the full amount of all available insurance.
• $970,000 settlement for worker who suffered soft tissue injuries when the extension ladder he was descending broke, causing him to fall 20 feet into sewage treatment facility sludge pit.
• $900,000 settlement for teenager who suffered burns at a church bonfire.
• $520,000 settlement for an electrician who suffered a torn posterior cruciate ligament in his knee when he drove his high-lift over an open floor penetration.
• Confidential settlement against a major Chicago hospital when five surgical sponges were left inside the patient.
• Confidential settlement in electrical burn injury case.
• Confidential settlements with the Chicago Archdiocese/Catholic Bishop of Chicago in cases involving sexual abuse of minors by priests.
• Confidential settlements in sexual abuse of a minor by Chicago Board of Education teachers.
• Confidential settlement on behalf of a minor who was sexually abused while babysitting for a neighbor.

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