Representative Cases

• Defamation: plaintiff sued defendant, her former employer, for false and defamatory statements; $1.5 million settlement was reached after lengthy negotiations
• Medical Malpractice: following appendectomy surgery, patient went into respiratory distress, patient was without oxygen for several minutes resulting in brain damage; patient remained in vegetative state until death two years later; settled for $3.4 million
• Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death: decedent was mother of son with schizoaffective disorder and was receiving in-patient treatment provided by the doctor; after evaluation by treating psychologist, son was discharged to home, where son murdered mother; mother had two surviving children: one who was severely disabled and a ward of the state; pretrial had various legal issues regarding privacy and mental health that were necessary to navigate for a successful resolution
• Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death: plaintiff in labor and doctor prescribed an off-label medication, resulting in the hyper stimulation of the uterus and plaintiff’s death shortly after birth of her baby; settled for $1.44 million
• Medical Malpractice: plaintiff admitted to hospital for endoscopy and perianal biopsy surgery; plaintiff received the wrong anesthesia injection, causing significant injury and requiring additional treatment; settled for $300,000
• Medical Malpractice: failure to monitor patient, resulting in permanent injury; settled for $300,000
• Nursing Home and Personal Injury: plaintiff had a history of strokes and hypoxic events that caused her to be disabled and require nursing home care; plaintiff developed an ulcer which became infected, resulting in amputation of her leg below the knee; settled after two pretrials for $320,000

• Personal Injury: plaintiff ordered a ride share vehicle for her and her grandchild; plaintiff was entering the rear passenger door and driver pulled away before she was inside, resulting in injury; settled for $350,000
• Premises Liability and Personal Injury: plaintiff was delivery driver and pulled into defendant’s loading bay in the distribution center; defendant employee failed to place a dock plate over the one-foot gap between loading dock and trailer; plaintiff fell into the gap and severely injured his arm and shoulder; settled for $300,000
• Premises Liability and Personal Injury: defendant provided custodial services to CPS; teacher slipped and fell on recently waxed hallway floor, sustaining severe injuries to his head and back; $780,000 settlement reached after lenghty negotiations complicated by a pending Chancery matter
• Premises Liability and Construction Accident: large building project case with seven defendants; plaintiff tripped on a masonry tool belt and was injured; settled with all defendants for a total of $770,000
• Premises Liability and Construction Accident: plaintiff worked as a flagger on construction site when he was struck on leg and foot by a Bobcat operated by an employee of the scaffold company; plaintiff suffered permanent injury to his knee and foot; settled for $500,000
• Product Liability: plaintiff injured when she fell over the handlebars when carbon fiber wheel fork broke during bicycle race; settlement included the bike shop and the foreign manufacturer of the bicycle
• Toxic Tort: dispute involved the largest toxic tort case tried in Cook County history with more than 800 plaintiffs and several defendant corporations; plaintiffs sued for injuries relating to long-term release of ethylene oxide emissions from sterilization plant