Top Worker’s Compensation Settlements and Verdicts
$1,078.00 per week for life arbitration award for a carpenter/supervisor who suffered a nerve injury with surgery. Found to be permanently and totally disabled for life with a projected total payout of well in excess of $1,000,000.00 based on life expectancy.
$717.00 per week for life as a result of a permanent total disability award for a special education teacher who suffered from a herniated disc in her low back which required surgery. The employer took the case to the Illinois Appellate Court and lost at every single level. The total payout based on Petitioner’s life expectancy is in excess of $1,000,000.00.
$650.40 a week for life arbitration award for a pipefitter who suffered from herniated discs without surgery. Projected payout based on the client’s life expectancy is in excess of $1,500,000.00.
$547.50 a week for life award for a flight attendant with a back surgery. Client was found to be permanently and totally disabled for life at trial and the decision was upheld on appeal. Projected payout based on client’s life expectancy is in excess of $700,000.00.
$400.13 per week for life arbitration award for a delivery driver who suffered from a low back injury. The projected total payout is in excess of $500,000.00.
Approximately $254.00 per week for life award following trial and two appeals for a truck driver who suffered from a fractured wrist with two surgeries. Approximately $90,000.00 paid in back benefits and interest and weekly award has a projected total payout of over $500,000.00 based on life expectancy.
$650,000.00 – Lump sum for a widow whose husband was killed in a vehicle accident while working.
$585,000.00 – Hospital worker who suffered from a fractured arm that resulted in the development of complex regional pain syndrome.
$450,000.00 – Airline employee who suffered multiple injuries, including a labral tear.
$400,000.00 – Death case settled in a lump sum after winning at trial.
$400,000.00 for a temp agency worker who suffered a massive hand injury in a factory.
$390,000.00 for a UPS worker injured on the job.
$379,900.00 for a union carpenter who suffered a career-ending back injury requiring a lumbar fusion surgery. Our firm won the case at the Arbitrator, Workers’ Compensation Commission and Circuit Court levels before the case was ultimately settled.
$375,594.00 for a union carpenter with a surgically repaired bicep tendon.
$375,000.00 for a truck driver who was involved in a trucking accident which caused the need for a lumbar fusion surgery.
$375,000.00 for a sanitation worker who suffered a torn shoulder in an accident at work which required surgery and left him with permanent restrictions.
$354.00 per week for life for a truck driver who had a ruptured bicep tendon and shoulder tear with surgery. Total payout based on Petitioner’s life expectancy is in excess of $300,000.00.
$350,000.00 for a union plumber with multiple torn tendons in his foot that were surgically repaired.
$350,000.00 – Sanitation worker who suffered from a torn rotator cuff that required multiple surgeries.
$300,000.00 – Machinist who suffered from total amputation of three fingers.
$300,000.00 – Flight attendant who injured her shoulder while loading overhead bins, resulting in an operated rotator cuff tear.
$325,000.00 settlement following an award of wage differential benefits for a union pipefitter who suffered a herniated disc from lifting at work. The Petitioner did not have surgery and there was only an offer of approximately $30,000.00 prior to trial.
$325,000.00 for a warehouse manager who suffered from a rotator cuff injury while moving a ladder at work which required 2 surgeries and resulted in permanent work restrictions.
$325,000.00 for a laborer who suffered an injury requiring bilateral rotator cuff repairs.
$300,000.00 for a truck driver who had a slip and fall accident while in the course of his employment that eventually led to the need for a total knee replacement.
$300,000.00 for a construction worker who suffered a career-ending injury.
$300,000.00 (plus waiver of statutory amputation payment of $35,000.00) for a machinist who suffered a hand injury with amputated fingers.
$297,500.00 – American Airlines ground crew worker who suffered from a rotator cuff tear that required surgery and ultimately permanent work restrictions.
$280,000.00 for a flight attendant who required a total knee replacement after tripping over a passenger in flight.
$275,000.00 – Plus $100,000.00 Medicare set-aside for a truck driver with an operated torn rotator cuff.
$275,000.00 for a roofer who fell from a ladder and sustained a career-ending injury requiring multiple leg surgeries.
$275,000.00 for a pilot with pudendal neuralgia.
$270,000.00 for an engineer with an operated back.
$268,000.00 for a flight attendant who suffered multiple injuries as a result of two in flight accidents.
$260,000.00 for a union plumber who suffered a back injury with surgery.
$260,000.00 for a carpenter with knee surgery.
$258,553.00 for a mechanic who lost two fingers in an injury at work.
$255,000.00 (between lump sum and present cash value of annuity) for a union laborer with multiple surgeries.
$250,000.00 plus funding of a Medicare set-aside for a nurse with a shoulder surgery and thoracic outlet syndrome.
$250,000.00 for an R.N. who needed a lumbar fusion at L4-5 during a pushing accident.
$250,000.00 for a truck driver who suffered a back injury which required surgery.
$250,000.00 for a concrete laborer who suffered from a torn rotator cuff with surgery.
$250,000.00 for a cashier who suffered from a torn left shoulder which required surgery and could not return to work.
$245,000.00 plus funding of a Medicare set-aside for a 56 year old ramp service supervisor who underwent a total knee replacement.
$245,000.00 for a truck driver who had an injury requiring facial surgery.
$240,000.00 for a truck driver with spinal injuries.
$238,742.00 for a roofer who suffered a torn meniscus that required surgery.
$225,000.00 plus $8,000.00 for funeral expenses for a disputed death case that involved a drug overdose that was alleged to be as a result of extreme pain from a failed back surgery.
$225,000.00 for an insurance adjuster who suffered from bilateral carpal tunnel without surgery (paid after initial trial in which causation was found).
$225,000.00 – Maintenance technician who injured his back at work, requiring a lumbar fusion.
$225,000.00 for a warehouse worker with an operated back.
$225,000.00 for a warehouse manager who fell on a staircase and required a cubital tunnel surgery.
$225,000.00 for a truck driver who suffered from a rotator cuff tear.
$225,000.00 for a truck driver who suffered a torn rotator cuff that was surgically repaired.
$225,000.00 for a registered nurse who was injured while moving a patient. Case was tried and won on the issue of whether Petitioner needed a spinal fusion. Case later settled after Petitioner had surgery and finished treatment.
$225,000.00 for a ramp servicewoman who suffered a herniated disc while lifting luggage.
$225,000.00 for a pharmaceutical salesman who suffered from a herniated disc with surgery.
$225,000.00 for a maintenance manager who suffered shoulder injuries as a result of a severe electric shock.
$225,000.00 for a flight attendant who suffered from a nerve injury with surgery.
$220,000.00 for a tollway supervisor who suffered a back injury requiring a fusion surgery.
$220,000.00 – Correctional officer who suffered a knee injury requiring surgery.
$215,000.00 plus open medical for a flight attendant with multiple injuries, leading to an immune deficiency.
$215,000.00 (present cash value settlement partially paid in lump sum partially paid in structure) for a sanitation worker who suffered from a torn rotator cuff.
$212,500.00 for an accountant who sustained a hand and elbow injury requiring multiple surgeries.
$212,347.38 settlement based on an Arbitration award for a nurse who suffered from a torn rotator cuff with multiple surgeries who was given permanent restrictions.
$210,000.00 for a hospital worker who suffered from multiple hand and arm injuries and back surgery.
$206,684.42 for a truck driver with an operated torn shoulder.
$205,000.00 for a forensic radiologist that suffered from a TFCC tear with surgery which resulted in permanent restrictions.
$205,000.00 – Mover who injured his knee while lifting, causing the need for a total knee replacement.
$200,000.00 plus a Medicare set-aside for a waitress who slipped and fell and suffered a brain injury.
$200,000.00 for an insurance investigator who was injured during the course of his employment and required a fusion.
$200,000.00 for a union dock worker with an operated knee.
$200,000.00 – Flight attendant who suffered a nerve injury from an accident in a hotel while on a layover.
$200,000.00 for a truck driver who suffered an accident that required multiple knee surgeries.
$200,000.00 for a maintenance technician who required multiple shoulder surgeries as a result of a lifting accident at work.
$199,900.00 – Nurse who suffered from a torn rotator cuff, requiring surgery.
$195,000.00 for an I.T. manager that was exposed to contaminants at work which caused decreased breathing capacity for which the medication used to treat this condition caused the need for a spinal surgery.
$195,000.00 for an airline mechanic who had a traumatic cyst as a result of a work-related injury that required surgery.
$193,929.00 for a truck driver who ruptured his bicep tendon in the course of his employment.
$193,000.00 plus funding of a Medicare Set-Aside for a flight attendant that suffered a rotator cuff tear that was surgically repaired but she was not able to return to work.
$192,500.00 – American Airlines flight attendant who had a meniscus tear with surgery as a result of an accident in flight.
$190,000.00 for a truck driver who suffered a shoulder tear that required surgery.
$190,000.00 for a store worker with an operated spine.
$190,000.00 for a factory worker with multiple bilateral hand and arm surgeries.
$190,000.00 for a factory worker with back and shoulder surgery.
$187,000.00 for a part-time worker who suffered from reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
$187,000.00 for a factory worker who injured his low back while lifting a piece of steel and underwent a lumbar fusion surgery.
$187,000.00 – Walmart associate who injured his low back, requiring a lumbar fusion. This case was settled after trial; prior to trial, the offer was $30,000.00.
$186,808.00 – Truck driver who suffered from a torn rotator cuff that required surgery.
$185,000.00 – Slip and fall accident at Cook County Hospital that resulted in a torn medial meniscus.
$185,000.00 for a flight attendant who suffered a knee injury requiring a total knee replacement while on a layover.
$183,000.00 – Airlines baggage handler who suffered a torn rotator cuff with surgery.
$180,000.00 for a factory worker with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and a disputed neck surgery.
$180,000.00 for a cable installer who suffered from a torn knee that was surgically repaired.
$176,000.00 for an office worker with an operated bilateral carpal tunnel.
$175,000.00 for a warehouse worker with an operated back.
$175,000.00 for a truck driver with a low back injury without surgery.
$175,000.00 for a ramp serviceman who suffered a neck injury requiring a spinal fusion surgery.
$175,000.00 for a pharmacy tech who suffered a torn shoulder with surgery as a result of being struck by a car in a work parking lot.
$175,000.00 for a flight attendant with a torn rotator cuff with multiple surgeries.
$175,000.00 for a Cook County Corrections Officer who was injured while restraining an inmate and suffered from shoulder impingement.
$175,000.00 for a construction worker who required a total knee replacement as a result of an injury in the course of his employment.
$175,000.00 for a cable installer who sustained a knee injury requiring a total knee replacement surgery.
$175,000.00 for a baggage handler with a shoulder tear that required surgery.
$173,316.24 for a laborer with an operated fractured thumb.
$170,000.00 for a ramp serviceman who was diagnosed with myofascial pain syndrome who slipped and fell on ice.
$170,000.00 – Nurse diagnosed with carpal tunnel and a TFCC tear as a result of assisting a patient.
$170,000.00 for a ramp serviceman who suffered a torn bicep tendon while working
$170,000.00 for a printer with a low back surgery.
$165,000.00 for an airline baggage handler with a low back injury without surgery.
$165,000.00 for a ramp serviceman who suffered a herniated disc in his low back while lifting freight.
$165,000.00 for a plumber who suffered from an operated torn shoulder.
$165,000.00 for a delivery driver who was struck by a forklift and suffered a knee tear that required surgery.
$165,000.00 for a collection supervisor with an operated bilateral carpal tunnel.
$164,000.00 for a nurse with an operated neck and thoracic outlet syndrome.
$160,000.00 for a ramp agent who injured his lumbar spine while pulling a baggage cart.
$160,000.00 for a factory worker with an operated hand.
$160,000.00 – Flight attendant who suffered from a fractured wrist with multiple surgeries.
$160,000.00 – Store manager who suffered from a herniated disc with no surgery but permanent work restrictions.
$159,000.00 for a tow truck driver with multiple injuries including a fractured hip with surgery.
$158,000.00 – Parts supervisor who suffered an injury at work, requiring a lumbar fusion.
$157,000.00 for an American Airlines fleet service clerk who needed bilateral shoulder surgeries for a work-related accident.
$155,000.00 for a Jewel store manager who suffered from a rotator tear with surgery and permanent restrictions.
$155,000.00 – Repair serviceman who suffered from an amputated finger while at work.
$152,000.00 for a truck driver with a fractured clavicle.
$151,754.28 for a flight attendant that fractured her hip when she slipped and fell at a bowling alley while on a layover.
$150,000.00 plus $57,000 for a Medicare set-aside for a ramp serviceman who injured his knee requiring a surgery.
$150,000.00 – Warehouse worker who suffered from a shoulder injury requiring a shoulder replacement as a result of a work-related injury.
$150,000.00 – Cook County corrections officer who suffered a torn meniscus with surgery as a result of an altercation with an inmate at work.
$150,000.00 – City of Chicago Streets and Sanitation worker who suffered from a torn ligament in her wrist requiring two surgeries.
$150,000.00 for a truck driver with an operated low back.
$150,000.00 for a truck driver with a low back surgery.
$150,000.00 for a truck driver who suffered from a shoulder tear with surgery.
$150,000.00 for a flight attendant with spine surgery.
$150,000.00 for a factory worker with two fractured legs with surgeries. Offer of $60,000.00 made the day of the trial. Offer was rejected and the client was awarded total disability benefits for life. Employer appealed the decision and the case settled.
$150,000.00 for a Cook County sheriff who suffered from a shoulder surgery.
$150,000.00 for a 70 year old painter who suffered an electrical shock.
$147,242.88 for a plumber with an operated neck and back.
$145,000.00 for a flight attendant who suffered a neck injury as a result of an accident that occurred while on an airplane.
$145,000.00 – IT technician who slipped and fell in an employee bathroom and suffered from a torn rotator cuff and ruptured bicep tendon, requiring surgery.
$145,000.00 and funding of future medical for a local municipality police officer who had an operated knee and back.
$144,577.50 for a laborer (student at the time) who fell and suffered multiple fractures.
$144,000.00 – Teacher’s aide who suffered from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) as a result of a work-related accident.
$143,449.66 – Warehouse worker who suffered from bilateral rotator cuff tears due to a lifting accident.
$140,000.00 for a union concert and theater worker who sustained a torn shoulder with surgery as a result of a work-related accident.
$140,566.00 – Operating room nurse who suffered a cervical spine injury that required a repair and extension of a prior cervical fusion.
$140,000.00 for a construction worker who suffered from a shoulder tear with surgery.
$137,872.00 for a factory worker with an operated back (heavily disputed causation).
$137,000.00 for a worker with a non-operated herniated disc.
$136,600.00 for an assembly worker with a shoulder injury (heavily disputed causation with an initial offer of $1,000.00).
$135,000.00 for a truck driver with an operated shoulder tear.
$135,000.00 for a truck driver who had a lumbar fusion surgery.
$135,000.00 for a teacher’s assistant who underwent a total knee replacement.
$135,000.00 for a messenger who suffered from a fractured leg. Settlement made after penalties and back lost wages were awarded at trial. Employer did not have workers compensation insurance. Settlement made after the trial award was paid in full and the employee was paid several years of additional benefits.
$135,000.00 for a messenger who suffered a back injury with surgery.
$135,000.00 for a laborer with an operated back.
$135,000.00 for a flight attendant with a fractured foot and knee tear with surgery.
$135,000.00 for a factory worker with an operated herniated disc.
$135,000.00 for a bus driver with a severe hand injury.
$130,000.00 for an office worker with operated carpal tunnel syndrome.
$130,000.00 for a union dock worker with a non-operated herniated disc.
$130,000.00 for a truck driver who was involved in a motor vehicle accident and suffered from cervical herniated discs that required surgery.
$130,000.00 for a flight attendant with a non-operated herniated disc.
$127,800.00 for a flight attendant with an operated back.
$127,500.00 for a flight attendant with an unoperated herniated disc.
$125,000.00 workers’ compensation award against the CTA for a bus driver who suffered a fractured leg and a bulging disc as a result of a slip and fall accident in a CTA garage. The CTA offered $30,00.00 prior to trial.
$125,000.00 – State of Illinois worker who underwent a cervical spine fusion as a result of an injury while lifting boxes at work.
$125,000.00 plus partial open medical for a special education teacher with a total knee replacement. Case was settled after it was initially tried and won so that the client could get knee replacement surgery.
$125,000.00 for an IT professional who suffered from a cervical herniated disc as a result of a shelf falling on her.
$125,000.00 for an airline ground crew worker with a non operated disc bulge. Case was initially tried within a few weeks after the accident because the employer was denying an MRI and not paying lost time benefits. Following a successful trial the employer paid benefits for over three years until the case settled.
$125,000.00 for an airline fleet service clerk who slipped and fell and suffered from a herniated disc with a fusion surgery.
$125,000.00 for an airline customer service representative who sustained a herniated disc in her low back.
$125,000.00 for a worker with an operated spine.
$125,000.00 for a union dock worker with a torn shoulder with surgery.
$125,000.00 for a truck driver with a rotator cuff tear (without surgery).
$125,000.00 for a truck driver with a repetitive trauma back injury that required surgery.
$125,000.00 for a truck driver who suffered from a knee injury during the course of his employment.
$125,000.00 for a store worker with an operated back.
$125,000.00 for a store manager with a herniated disc in her neck.
$125,000.00 for a nurse who suffered from an operated back (heavily disputed causation).
$125,000.00 for a maintenance man earning $300.00 a week at the time of his injury who had a knee surgery.
$125,000.00 for a flight attendant who suffered a lumbar spine injury while pushing a serving cart.
$125,000.00 for a construction worker with an operated back.
$123,000.00 for a hotel auditor who slipped and fell resulting in a knee surgery and a shoulder surgery.
$122,500.00 for an injured ramp agent with alleged reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
$121,761.50 for a paramedic who suffered a shoulder tear, bicep tear and elbow impingement that required multiple surgical procedures.
$121,000.00 – Laborer who suffered from a knee tear that required surgery.
$120,000.00 for a factory worker who suffered from a fractured wrist with multiple surgeries.
$120,000.00 for a construction worker with bilateral cubital tunnel syndrome.
$120,000.00 – Truck driver who injured her shoulder, requiring labral tear surgery.
$120,000.00 for a carpenter/foreman who suffered a torn shoulder while lifting at work.
$119,232.32 for a packer who suffered from a torn shoulder with surgery and thoracic outlet syndrome.
$118,722.00 for a laborer who suffered from a herniated disc with surgery.
$117,000.00 for a truck driver who fractured his ankle while working.
$115,000.00 for a waitress who suffered from reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
$115,000.00 for a flight attendant with shoulder impingement.
$115,000.00 for a flight attendant that suffered from a torn rotator cuff which required two surgeries. The case went to trial because the employer refused to pay for the second surgery. The case settled after the second surgery was awarded and she completed the surgery and subsequent treatment.
$114,000.00 – Nurse who suffered from bicep tendon and rotator cuff tears which required surgery and resulted in permanent restrictions.
$112,000.00 for a store clerk who had a shoulder surgery and knee replacement
$110,480.00 for a key maker with a knee tear that required surgery.
$110,000.00 for a janitor with a surgically repaired torn rotator cuff.
$108,966.25 – Hotel worker who suffered from a rotator cuff and frozen shoulder injury.
$107,000.00 for a warehouse worker who had a low back injury with surgery.
$106,000.00 for a truck driver who had a bulging disc as a result of a work injury.
$106,000.00 for a factory worker with an operated knee.
$105,469.00 – Flight attendant who suffered from multiple injuries, including a rotator cuff tear with surgery and a torn meniscus.
$105,000.00 – Chicago Public School security guard who suffered from a rotator cuff tear as a result of a work-related accident.
$103,000.00 for a pilot with a torn rotator cuff with surgery.
$102,847.50 for a teacher who fell down stairs while working and suffered a nasal fracture and herniated discs in her lumbar spine requiring surgery.
$100,000.00 for the widow of a truck driver who fell asleep while driving his truck which caused an accident that led to his death. The employer had no insurance and agreed to pay this sum from his own assets.
$100,000.00 for an office worker with non-operated tendonitis.
$100,000.00 for an engineer who injured his hip requiring a surgery when he was crushed by machinery.
$100,000.00 for a warehouse worker who suffered a back injury that required surgery.
$100,000.00 for a truck driver with a back injury (case settled after a successful ruling on causation at trial).
$100,000.00 for a scale operator who was injured while working and required a cervical spine fusion.
$100,000.00 for a printing press worker who had a shoulder surgery.
$100,000.00 for a metal worker who suffered from a lumbar spine injury with surgery.
$100,000.00 for a laborer with a severe hand injury.
$100,000.00 for a flight attendant who suffered from a non-operated herniated disc.
$100,000.00 for a factory worker with bilateral rotator cuff tears with surgery on one shoulder.
$100,000.00 for a currency exchange worker with a non-operated herniated disc.
$100,000.00 for a concrete laborer with a TFCC tear that required surgery.
$100,000.00 – Hospital technician who tripped at work and required a total knee replacement.
$100,000.00 – Ground crew worker who suffered an accident while in a work vehicle, causing a herniated disc.
