Case Results

$67,000,000 verdict for a worker who suffered burn injuries when a grain bin exploded at a ConAgra, Inc. facility in Chester, Illinois.

$24,250,000 settlement for an ironworker rendered a quadriplegic as a result of a 50-foot fall.

$22,000,000 combined settlement for seven masons injured when a masonry wall collapsed during construction due to high winds and the failure to properly brace the wall during construction.

$20,937,000 verdict for an ironworker whose arm was severed by a 550-lb. steel beam falling from a crane on a construction site. The arm was surgically re-attached but will not be fully functional.

$20,000,000 settlement for a laborer who was paralyzed when a wall collapsed.

$18,000,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case involving the traumatic birth of a baby boy who was deprived of oxygen during labor and delivery which resulted in the baby being born with Cerebral Palsy of the spastic quadriplegic type.

$11,700,000 landmark settlement for a client who lost the use of both legs and one arm in a fall while walking down a flight of stairs at McCormick Place that had a defective handrail. Our firm’s unique strategy on damages involved providing a fully handicap-accessible home for the client.

$11,287,500 settlement for a worker paralyzed when falling construction materials struck him at the waist.

$10,000,000 settlement for a construction worker who fell through a floor decking opening and suffered a brain injury.

$9,250,000 for an ironworker who suffered mild brain damage and a neck injury that required a cervical fusion from a fall while setting structural steel.

$8,000,000 combined settlement for a carpenter who was knocked off a wall by a crane during a residential construction project and rendered paraplegic.

$7,820,000 settlement for a female construction worker who suffered the amputation of her arm when her arm became entangled in the gears of a crane due to the defective design of the safety guard.

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

$7,500,000 settlement on behalf of a union roofer who suffered a spinal fracture in a fall at a job site.

$7,173,000 record jury verdict for an ironworker whose ankle was crushed when a steel I-beam fell over onto his leg due to unsafe ground conditions.

$6,700,000 settlement in the wrongful death of an ironworker due to construction negligence.

$6,700,000 settlement for a construction worker crippled while working with a crane that had a defective brake drum and cables.

$6,700,000 verdict in the wrongful death of a worker due to construction negligence.

$6,500,000 settlement for two factory workers injured when a portion of the plant they were working in exploded.

$6,500,000 settlement for two ironworkers injured when a portion of the building they were constructing fell on them.

$6,000,000 settlement for the negligent management of a baby’s breathing tube that resulted in severe brain injury.

$5,200,000 settlement for a union painter killed when his scaffold collapsed.

$5,200,000 settlement for a union pipefitter killed when his scaffold collapsed.

$5,100,000 settlement for an ironworker who suffered a fracture and cognitive and speech disorders as the result of a head injury when a crane boom fell on him.

$4,500,000 settlement -the full limits of insurance -for the wrongful death of an ironworker.

$4,500,000 settlement for a brain-damaged baby resulting from misdiagnosed spinal meningitis.

$4,500,000 settlement for an apprentice ironworker who became a paraplegic and subsequently died as the result of a fall while setting decking during construction of a distribution center.

$4,250,000 verdict for an ironworker who was impaled by a piece of rebar when he fell from the steel.

$4,065,000 settlement for an ironworker who suffered a foot injury that developed into reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) when a bar joist fell on him as a result of improper ground conditions.

$4,000,000 verdict in Lake County, Illinois for the death of a two-year-old girl as a result of medical negligence for the failure to diagnose meningitis. The medical personnel responsible for the child’s care misinterpreted a bruise, which can be a tell-tale sign of spinal meningitis, to be child abuse.

$3,500,000 settlement for the death of a construction worker who fell from a building during construction as a result of improper safeguards and inadequate fall protection.

$3,370,000 verdict and ultimate settlement for a man who bled to death because the City of Chicago failed to respond to an emergency 911 call and dispatch an ambulance.

$3,300,000 settlement for an ironworker who fractured both ankles in a 20-foot fall.

$3,242,000 record jury verdict for a carpenter who severely injured an ankle in a construction accident.

$3,200,000 settlement for a union ironworker who suffered extensive nerve damage on his dominant right arm while installing rebar in an unsafe work area.

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