Auto Collisions: Verdicts and Settlements

Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen, Ltd.

Below are brief summaries of motor vehicle accident cases that we have resolved for past clients.

$7,515,000 verdict for a motorcyclist partially paralyzed as a result of negligence of a village in failing to properly maintain a road sign.

$3,200,000 verdict in a wrongful death action involving a railroad crossing in Will County.

$2,950,000 settlement for a woman severely injured in an automobile collision caused by a vehicle crossing over the center line.

$2,550,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a man killed in an automobile collision.

$2,270,900 verdict for a female plaintiff who injured her back when struck by a Commonwealth Edison truck. After Defendant's medical expert's deposition, Defendant withdrew the expert who then testified in Plaintiff's case in chief.

$2,114,000 verdict for a woman whose automobile was rear-ended by a Commonwealth-Edison truck.

$2,000,000 settlement - the full limits of insurance - for a motorist injured when the defendant disobeyed a traffic signal; the case involved issues of underinsured drivers.

$1,600,000 settlement in an automobile action in Lee County.

$1,600,000 settlement for a woman who had her leg severely injured in a collision with a truck in Joliet, Illinois.

$1,500,000 settlement for a traffic accident in Lake County, Illinois in which our client suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries when his car was struck at an intersection.

$1,500,000 settlement for a woman who suffered exacerbation of multiple sclerosis and suffered spinal injuries in a collision with a semi-tractor trailer.

$1,350,000 verdict for a woman who required spinal fusion surgery as the result of a traffic accident.

$1,200,000 settlement for a man who suffered a back injury after a truck rear-ended his vehicle.

$1,200,000 settlement for a woman injured in an automobile collision and was unable to return to her job as a police dispatcher.

$1,050,000 settlement for a passenger who was injured in a collision when his vehicle's driver lost control of his vehicle; the case involved issues of underinsured drivers.

$1,007,200 verdict for a motorist whose condition of multiple sclerosis was triggered by the impact of an automobile collision.

$950,000 verdict for a woman training to be a tri-athlete who was struck by a car while riding her bicycle.

$600,000 settlement for a man injured when struck by the transit authority's PACE bus.

$550,000 record settlement in Kankakee County for a neck injury suffered by a woman when the car in which she was a passenger was run off the road by a truck. MORE

$495,000 settlement for a man who sustained a fractured leg when he was struck by a taxicab.

$450,000 settlement for a woman who suffered a concussion aboard a boat that struck a retaining wall.

$417,000 verdict for an 82-year-old woman who sustained a shoulder injury when the transit authority bus she was riding stopped too sharply and caused her to lose her balance and fall; the offer prior to the jury trial was only $100,000.

Contact any of our Illinois personal injury attorneys all of whom have extensive experience in handling in all types of Auto Accident cases, to schedule a free initial consultation