Car accident settlements

• $1,750,000.00 for a car accident victim.
• $1,000,000.00 binding mediation award for a car accident victim with multiple fractures and a total knee replacement.
• $562,973.46 (fresh money after workers’ compensation set-off) for a truck driver who was involved in a motor vehicle accident and required a neck surgery.
• $441,688.00 jury verdict for a 71 year old medical van operator who suffered from an operated partially torn rotator cuff as a result of an accident with a CTA bus. The CTA offered $150,000.00 a few days prior to trial. The jury awarded $229,129.00 in past and future wage loss which was heavily disputed by the CTA.
• $369,500.00 for a client who suffered from a fractured clavicle with surgery and a fractured leg as a result of an accident caused by a semi truck.
• $350,000.00 for the estate of a woman struck and killed by a truck (policy tendered by truck’s insurance carrier).
• $315,000.00 for a passenger in a cab involved in an automobile accident that suffered from multiple facial fractures.
• $266,666.00 for a car accident victim with a fractured jaw.
• $255,000.00 for a client who underwent lumbar spine surgery as a result of a car accident.
• $250,000.00 (policy limits) for a workers’ compensation investigator involved in a motor vehicle accident which caused the need for a lumbar fusion.
• $235,000.00 for a woman who shattered her knee cap and fractured her arm in an automobile accident. Liability was initially denied.
• $225,000.00 for a woman who suffered a mild brain injury as a result of an automobile accident.
• $225,000.00 for a binding arbitration award for a delivery driver who had a herniated disc that required surgery for a premise liability case.
• $225,000.00 for a woman who suffered a mild brain injury as a result of an automobile accident.
• $185,000.00 for a car accident victim with an operated neck (heavily disputed causation).
• $153,000.00 for a client with a disc bulge who was injured in an automobile accident. The insurance company offered $10,000.00 prior to our involvement.
• $133,333.00 for a car accident victim with a surgically repaired knee.
• $130,000.00 for a car accident victim that suffered a hip fracture.
• $115,000.00 (Policy limits) for a woman who sustained a fractured leg that required surgery as a result of an automobile accident. The entire insurance policy was obtained within 90 days of the accident without the need to file a lawsuit
• $105,000.00 (policy limit) for a passenger in an automobile accident with multiple fractures.
• $100,000.00 (policy limits without litigation) for the victim of an automobile accident that suffered from a shoulder tear and knee tear.
• $100,000.00 (policy limit) for a woman who suffered a fractured leg with surgery as a result of an automobile accident.
• $100,000.00 (policy limit) for a client involved in an automobile accident that suffered a fractured wrist that required 2 surgeries.
• $100,000.00 (policy limit) for a car accident victim that suffered from an operated torn rotator cuff.

Slip and fall injury settlements 

• $560,000.00 plus reduction in workers’ compensation lien for a truck driver who sustained a torn rotator cuff with surgery as a result of a fall in a rail yard.
• $310,000.00 for a shoulder tear with surgery that resulted from a slip and fall accident.
• $295,000.00 for a slip and fall victim with an operated back.
• $245,000.00 for a custodian who slipped and fell due to the negligence of a separate cleaning company and fractured her wrist which also caused the need for a carpal tunnel surgery.
• $225,000.00 premises liability settlement plus a significant reduction of a workers’ compensation lien for a cable installer who sustained a torn knee with surgery as a result of a co-worker slipping and falling on torn carpeting into him while he was climbing stairs. 
• $207,500.00 for a tenant who fractured her shoulder after falling down stairs.
• $175,000.00 for a client who required a cervical spine fusion due to a slip and fall accident at her apartment complex with heavily disputed liability that occurred during a power outage.
• $132,000.00 for a trip and fall at a retail store that caused an aggravation of a bilateral knee injury.
• $125,000.00 for a slip and fall accident that resulted in a fractured hand with surgery.
• $118,000.00 for a retired woman who tripped and fell on an exposed cable at her condominium and suffered a fractured arm with surgery.

Premises Liability injury settlements

• $635,000.00 plus complete waiver of a workers’ compensation lien for a lifelong teamster who injured his back when a truck rolled away from a dock while he was unloading it with a forklift. He was unable to return to work but did not have surgery. 
• $275,000.00 for a delivery driver who injured his back in a dock accident. 
• $225,000.00 for a homeowners’ policy claim for a severely lacerated arm that was caused by a homeowner who failed to provide the Plaintiff with safe tools to work.
• $145,000.00 settlement with the United State Post office for an airline worker that injured his cervical spine due to a faulty conveyor belt.

Construction accident settlements

• $450,000.00 and waiver of workers’ compensation lien for an executive who suffered bilateral shoulder injuries with surgeries as a result of a construction accident.
• $150,000.00 for a plumber who suffered from an operated torn rotator cuff as a result of a slip and fall construction accident (heavily disputed liability). 
• $125,000.00 and approximately $500,000.00 reduction in a workers’ compensation lien for a construction worker who suffered multiple injuries in a heavily disputed construction accident.

Wrongful death settlements

• $1,005,000.00 (policy limit) for the family of a victim of a wrongful death truck accident claim.
• $900,000.00 for a truck driver crushed by a malfunctioning trailer.
• $110,000.00 (policy limit) for a death case with an insurance coverage issue in which Plaintiff was never offered anything until she retained our firm.

Dog bite injury settlements

• $300,000.00 (Policy limits) for the victim of a dog attack that sustained permanent scars and an arm injury requiring surgery.
• $101,000.00 (policy limits plus medical pay limits) for a woman bit by a dog who had a facial scarring.

Bicycle accident settlements

• $250,000.00 for a 70 year old bicycle rider who was struck and killed by an automobile with heavily disputed liability. No offer was made prior to litigation.
• $100,000.00 (policy limit) for a man hit by an automobile while riding his bicycle who suffered from a fractured vertebrae.

Pedestrian accident settlements

• $900,000.00 plus waiver of a $191,000.00 workers’ compensation lien for a concert and theater worker who was struck by a semi-trailer door and sustained facial fractures and herniated discs in his neck. (premises)
• $600,000.00 for a pedestrian struck by a car.
• $500,000.00 (Policy Limits without litigation) for a pedestrian struck by an automobile that suffered from multiple fractures.
• $135,000.00 for an elderly man who was hit by a car in a parking lot and suffered fractures.
• $100,000.00 for a woman who sustained a head injury as a pedestrian who was struck by a truck.