Police Misconduct - $2,300,000 verdict for a police officer who was falsely and maliciously prosecuted based on a personal grudge. Plaintiff worked part time as a security guard at a bank and was accused by a fellow police officer of clocking in at the bank and then leaving. However, bank representatives denied that the officer had done anything wrong. The police department went ahead with arresting and charging this officer as well as suspending him without pay. Plaintiff was acquitted of all criminal charges in October 2007 but the police department would not allow him to return to his job. Through our efforts we were able to uncover that in fact, it was one officer who falsely accused our client due to a personal grudge against him.
Slip and Fall - Woman wins appeal and gets new trial - Plaintiff fell on a patch of ice in a parking lot and broke her ankle. She sued the owner of the parking lot and the contractor responsible for snow removal. While the owner of the parking lot settled quickly, the contractor refused responsibility and the case proceeded to trial. An error in the instructions given by the judge to the jury lead to a not guilty verdict. Through our review of this case we uncovered that the instructions given to the jury by the judge were not applicable to this particular defendant. The Appellate court agreed and awarded the plaintiff a new trial.
Surgery Center / Medical Malpractice - $5,200,000 record verdict against the Surgery Center for negligently discharging plaintiff without providing instructions on how to take care of herself and symptoms to watch for. The doctor had provided orders that he see his patients before release and the unqualified staff failed to follow the doctor's strict orders.
Medical Malpractice - $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 which rendered her a quadriplegic. 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.
Railroad Injury / Wrongful Death - $1,000,000 F.E.L.A. rail car hazardous materials 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.
Nursing Home Malpractice - $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.
Retaliatory Discharge - $1.5 million dollar jury verdict award for a worker injured on the job and fired in retaliation for making a worker’s compensation claim.
Paramedic Malpractice / Wrongful Death - $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.
Birth Injury / Medical Malpractice - $900,000 settlement obtained during trial for a child that experienced meconium aspiration during delivery as a result of the physician and nurses failure to properly assess the fetal monitor strip that demonstrated that the child was in fetal distress.
Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death - $850,000 settlement for the family of a 63 year old man who died as a result of the emergency room physicians failure to timely diagnose an acute hemothorax which resulted in his death the same evening after he was discharged from the hospital.
Medical Malpractice / Loss of an eye - $700,000 verdict after 2 week jury trial. A Cook County jury awarded our client $700,000 for the loss of vision in one eye as a result of the opthamologist's failure to timely diagnose herpes simplex keratitis and the opthamologist's improper prescription of steroids in the face of herpes simplex keratitis. Our expert testified that prescribing steroids in this instance was like throwing gasoline on an already burning fire.
Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death - $525,000 settlement for family of 55 year old hospital patient that died as a result of the hospitals failure to diagnose and treat a collapsed lung / hemothorax.
Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death - $650,000 settlement for the family of a 68 year old woman who died at a dialysis center while under going treatment. The allegation was that the center administered dialysis despite orders from the attending physician to discontinue the treatment.
Railroad Injury - $675,000 award for railroad worker who injured shoulder on the job.
Railroad Injury $650, 000 award for a railroad employee that sustained a torn rotator cuff when a cable fell on his shoulder.
Construction Accident - $800,000 verdict for a television cable installer who fractured his ankle when he fell from an unsafe ladder.
Construction Accident - $500,000 award for a 54 year old sheet metal worker that required a knee replacement surgery after a fall at an un-safe construction site.
Pedestrian / Car Accident - $350,000 settlement during jury deliberations for a 28 year old pedestrian that was struck by a vehicle making a left turn. The pedestrian suffered a tibial plateau fracture when he was struck by the vehicle.
Bicycle Car Accident - A jury verdict rendered on behalf of our client on February 23rd, 2012 in the court room the honorable judge Patrick Lustig wherein our client was struck while riding his bicycle in the bike lane on Milwaukee avenue and sustained a broken leg. The defendant who made a left turn and struck our client in the bike lane tried to argue that our client did not have a light on his bike in accordance with the applicable bike laws of the City of Chicago. The jury not being swayed by the defendants argument rendered a verdict on behalf of our client.
Construction Accident - $400,000 award for steel worker who separated his shoulder while working on a local downtown high rise.
Dog Bite - $450,000 verdict for an 11 year old boy was attacked by a pitbull and suffered a fractured arm that required numerous stitches.
Slip and Fall - $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.
Automobile Accident - $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.
Infant Death - Settlement during trial for the family of an infant that was discharged from the hospital with neonatal sepsis.
