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    • Verdict - 35-year-old woman suffers fractures to her right leg and face in head-on collision after vehicle crossed center line into her lane of traffic
    • Jogger hit by bus suffers permanent injuries.
    • Collision at intersection with speeding ambulance, killing one and injuring two others.
    • Doctors failed to discontinue a blood-clotting drug: woman suffers amputation of both legs.
    • Failure to diagnose dehydration leading to death of infant.
    • Pedestrian struck by vehicle suffers severe injuries.
    • 34-year-old property adjuster investigating hail damage on roof suffered severe burns when he comes into contact with low-hanging wire.
    • Newborn twins die from failure to timely diagnose and treat infection and failure to perform timely C-section.
    • Girl on bicycle struck by police car in residential neighborhood, rendered quadriplegic.
    • Single female struck and injured by private bus.
    • 56-year-old man suffers shortened life expectancy for failure to diagnose and treat prostate cancer.
    • Defendant failed to timely diagnose and treat plaintiff's arachnoid cyst in his lower back, resulting in paraplegia.
    • Two-day-old died following negligent obstetrical care by defendants.
    • Mother and son die in car accident in negligent-kept construction zone.
    • Defendant turned left in front of oncoming car of plaintiffs; male plaintiff dies and 70-year-old wife suffered ankle and knee injuries.
    • 39-year-old woman dies during procedure to remove gallstone due to inadequate monitoring.
    • West suburban mother is severely injured in head-on collision.
    • Verdict - Two women involved in car accident; one killed, the other suffered post-traumatic stress in witnessing her best friend's death.
    • Female motorcycle passenger sustains severe crush injuries to leg in collision with van.
    • 6-year-old boy killed by garbage truck driver.
    • 10-year-old daughter killed in 1995 Mother's Day car accident.
    • Brain damage resulting from failure to diagnose lithium toxicity.
    • Negligent obstetrical care resulting in pre-term delivery.
    • 19-year-old woman suffers closed head injuries and broken pelvis in car accident.
    • 52-year-old woman suffers fractured vertebrae when she was struck in her stalled car on the side of the road.
    • Construction worker fractures hip and vertebrae after falling off unguarded bridge.
    • Loss of leg due to undetected infection following podiatric surgery.
    • 26-year-old construction worker dies after falling off roof at construction site.
    • Worker impaled by metal rod at construction site.
    • Construction worker fell through unsupported roof at Navy Pier project, fracturing pelvis and wrist.
    • Verdict - 44-year-old man died after back surgery from blood clots in lungs.
    • Verdict - Failure to detect colon cancer in 40-year-old anemic man.
    • Partial settlement - sport utility vehicle rolls over, injuring 6 passengers.
    • 55-year-old woman's legs were crushed by a CTA bus making too tight a turn in the crosswalk.
    • Tow truck strikes wooden tie; malfunctioning door opens; 26-year-old passenger falls out, hits head on pavement, and dies.
    • 64-year-old woman dies after surgeon fails to relieve pressure on brain cranial surgery.
    • 56-year-old woman dies from complications involving undiagnosed legionnaire's disease.
    • 6-month-old infant with ignored flu-like symptoms dies of meningitis.
    • Man dies after being improperly incubated after surgery.
    • Partial settlement - 26-year-old man dies from failure to diagnose and treat sickle-cell anemia after surgery.
    • Eight-year-old girl is electrocuted after grabbing live power line while climbing tree on city property
    • Verdict - 35-year-old postal worker delivering mail is struck by car and suffers erectile dysfunction.
    • Failure to assess 10-pound pre-birth weight of newborn results in her suffering fractured shoulder from vaginal delivery
    • 36-year-old woman suffers injury to ureter during laproscopic hysterectomy.
    • Semi-tractor trailer driver slams on his brakes, jack-knifes and hits father and two sons in car who suffer severe injuries.
    • 56-year-old man suffers from severed artery during surgery, which required two further surgeries to repair, resulting in severe complications.
    • 55-year-old man dies when doctors fail to diagnose pulmonary embolism.
    • 15-year-old severely injured and two teenagers killed when SUV rolls over on expressway.
    • 46-year-old woman suffers ankle fracture while riding in a rental car shuttle bus that is struck by a van.
    • 9-year-old girl permanently disabled during hernia surgery.
    • 10-year-old boy suffers serious coronary disease from untimely diagnosis.
    • Photographer killed in helicopter crash in a northwestern suburb of Chicago.
    • Wheel came off vehicle and struck car driven by 46-year-old man, killing him.
    • Young boy suffers life threatening infection from defective medication.
    • Triplets born brain damaged after physicians fail to adequately assess and treat premature labor.
    • 25-year-old woman killed in accident on Dan Ryan Expressway.
    • Death of mother of one year old as a result of doctors' failure to diagnose and treat small bowel obstruction.
    • Driver crosses center line and strikes other car head on; suffers multiple and chronic pain.
    • Woman in crosswalk struck by bus and suffers permanent brain damage.
    • Baby injured when hospital and doctors fail to timely diagnose and treat a prolapsed umbilical cord.
    • Internationally acclaimed violinist severely injured due to negligence of train company.
    • 4-year-old boy suffers permanent brain damage after doctors fail to perform timely cesarean section on his mother; $10 million annuity expected to yield $54 million over the course of the child's lifetime.
    • 42-year-old woman is killed when her car is struck by semi-tractor trailer rig making an improper right turn.
    • Girl X, a 9-year-old, is brutally attacked and poisoned at a Chicago housing project.
    • 42-year-old construction worker shatters right leg after falling 20 feet when steel beam collapses.
    • Doctors and hospital fail to diagnose aneurysm; 61-year-old man requires round-the-clock care in the nursing home.
    • Female passenger suffers head trauma and multiple limb fractures when small aircraft crashed in northwestern suburbs after running out of gas.
    • Retired orthopedic surgeon suffers partial paralysis after anesthesiologist punctures spinal cord.
    • Psychiatric negligence for failure to diagnose depression in 43-year-old man which led to his death.
    • Tenant trips on pipe protruding from ground, sprains ankle requiring surgery, and develops painful reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) syndrome.
    • 62-year-old man is struck by U.S. Postal truck when crossing the street in suburban Forest Park.
    • 21-year-old worker severely burned in power plant explosion in Hammond, Indiana.
    • Verdict - 44-year-old woman blinded following stroke during valve replacement surgery.
    • 21-year-old man dies following medical malpractice involving complications from brain surgery.
    • Mother paralyzed following kidney surgery
    • Infant suffers severe brain damage at birth as a result of improperly mixed intravenous solution.
    • Family of four injured in car accident in suburban Lake Forest.
    • Failure to perform cesarean section resulted in infant born with brain injuries.
    • 52-year-old hairdresser was crossing the street when a vehicle driven by a nun hit her, breaking her leg and fracturing her cheek bone.
    • Failure to diagnose cancer leads to metastatic cancer in 55-year-old man.
    • Young woman developed flesh eating infection after undergoing liposuction surgery.
    • 39-year-old woman sustains severe permanent disfigurement and disability to her leg following routine surgery
    • A 41-year-old woman suffered permanent disfigurement to her leg and a loss of range of motion following the improper application of a heat activated cast by residents at Cook County Hospital.
    • A 37-year-old woman suffered a broken leg when struck by a truck when crossing the street in Chicago.
    • Waukegan child suffered serious esophogeal and abdominal injuries when emergency room physicians failed to diagnose and treat child's accidental caustic ingestion.
    • Medical residents applied a heat-activated plaster splint directly to the plaintiff's broken leg without placing cotton insulation on the skin. Instead, residents put the insulation on the outside of the splint, creating a thermos effect which caused s
    • Bus makes tight right-hand turn and pins 34-year-old woman against barrier; leg is degloved
    • 17 dialysis patients brought suit against Dialysis Center of America after learning that an aluminum wrench had been accidentally dropped by a defendant employee into the dialysis solution, exposing patients to potential aluminum toxicity.
    • 19-year-old college student reparing flat tire on shoulder of Wisconsin highway is struck and killed by van.
    • Speeding hearse hits squad car on routine patrol, severing injuring police officer; black box in hearse recorded speed.
    • Passenger killed in small plane crash at Palwaukee Airport outside of Chicago
    • Defendants failed to properly diagnose and treat Group B Strep infection in a two-month-old newborn who developed bacterial meningitis leading to severe brain damage, blindness, and amputation of one leg.
    • 43-year-old patient received inadequate oxygen during skin grafting surgery on leg; sustains severe and permanent brain damage.
    • Physicians failed to advise an expectant couple during genetic counseling that they were at risk of having a child born with hemophilia (bleeding disorder); child was born with hemophilia.
    • 49-year-old woman dies following improper post-operative care at a Chicago hospital.
    • Failure to diagnose a heart attack by ER physician and family practice physician resulting in the death of a 46-year-old man.
    • Failure to properly treat pancreatitis, premature discharge from the hospital resulted in death of 36-year-old man.
    • A 49-year-old woman was stabbed in the hand and back while alone in the Grant Park South Parking Garage at approximately 1:00 a.m. sustaining injuries to the tendons in her hand and post traumatic stress disorder.
    • Pilot killed in Palwaukee air crash moments after take off.
    • A 38-year-old man suffered an acute infection to his pancreas when a physicians improperly performed a biopsy during a scope procedure to examine his stomach and upper GI tract.
    • Physicians failed to detect a cardiac abnormality on prenatal ultrasound; infant died two weeks after birth.
    • Man suffered herniated disc in head-on car accident with intoxicated driver at Chicago intersection requiring surgery.
    • Husband and wife injured in head-on accident on Lake-Cook Road.
    • Partial settlement for failure to timely treat a stroke in a 45-year-old man.
    • A 31-year-old pipe fitter tore his rotator cuff while climbing a ladder when the bottom of the ladder broke.
    • A four month delay in diagnosing breast cancer contributed to the need for a radical mastectomy as well as a loss of chance at a complete recovery.
    • Wife and mother of two killed when a sight-seeing helicopter crashes on a glacier in Juneau, Alaska.
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    • An Elk Grove Village motorcyclist sustained traumatic injuries when he was struck by a car driven by defendant who turned without warning directly into the motorcyclist's path.
    • Truck driver's right foot crushed by a forklift driven by warehouse worker resulting in surgery with insertion of metal plates and permanent pain.
    • Hospital's pharmacy mixed an intravenous solution with excessive amounts of glucose which were given to a premature newborn who sustained severe and permanent brain damage.
    • Husband and wife killed when a truck rear-ended their disabled car on a bridge in southern Illinois.
    • Patient died due to a heart attack because of the failure to diagnose and treat an enlarged heart condition.
    • 15-year-old student is struck by a bus on her way to school; suffers severe degloving injury to her leg.
    • 28-year-old husband developed an allergic reaction to a drug which caused a blood clot in his leg which the hospital failed to timely diagnose and treat resulting in an above-knee amputation.
    • Following a trauma to the head, doctors failed to timely diagnose and treat increased intracranial pressure due to bleeding in the brain.
    • 26-year-old man rendered paraplegic when junked vehicle fell from forklift truck onto him in downstate Illinois.
    • 80-year-old cancer patient suffers laceration of liver during biopsy surgery and hemorrhages to death.
    • 34-year-old man fractures leg, requiring a rod, following accident with truck.
    • 57-year-old passenger on South Shore train dies when the train strikes a truck standing between the gates. It is the largest wrongful death settlement in the history of Porter County, Indiana.
    • Female developed an ovarian vein blood clot due to failure to treat an infection after tubal ligation which led to her sustaining oxygen deprived brain damage during a subsequent D & C procedure.
    • Visiting doctor from the Netherlands was a passenger in a cab that collided with another cab resulting in serious fracture of the right wrist requiring surgery.
    • Motorcyclist had the right of way
    • Delay in diagnosis and treatment of brain tumor resulted in the patient sustaining severe disabilities related to swallowing, speaking, and movement of her left shoulder.
    • Delay in diagnosis and treatment of uterine cancer in a 56-year-old results in her death.
    • 11-year-old boy sustained serious leg injuries from a moving auger in Rock Island.
    • 67-year-old man injured after falling on ice which had accumulated due to a defective drainage system.
    • Man suffers infection following endoscopic procedure requiring removal of part of his pancreas.
    • 56-year-old woman rear ended in a low-impact collision on the Westbound Eisenhower sustaining an aggravation of her fibromyalgia.
    • Snow plow pulls in front of 40-year-old female's vehicle, she suffers herniated disc necessitating spinal fusion surgery.
    • 14-year-old boy killed when his school bus is struck by Metra train
    • 39-year-old man falls on wet floor in restaurant bathroom requiring back fusion surgery and infection set in.
    • Motorist in downstate Illinois fails to yield, striking motorcyclists. Husband dies and wife suffers facial injuries.
    • 42-year-old woman dies from failure to diagnose ovarian cancer.
    • 38-year-old father of two dies as a result of failure to diagnose and treat dissected aorta
    • 61 year-old man suffered a subdural hematoma and later died when his car was rear-ended while stopped at a red light.
    • 51-year-old high school gymnastic coach fractured his knee in a motor vehicle collision.
    • 30-year-old man died in hospital after doctors failed to diagnose and treat blood clot
    • 13-year-old boy drowned in hotel swimming pool while on school field trip
    • Verdict - Truck-car crash involving wrongful death of 4 year-old, brain injury to 2 year-old and facial fractures and lacerations to a 36 year-old woman.
    • 34-year-old man struck by car repair shop employee; suffers injuries requiring numerous surgeries and skin grafting
    • Verdict - 37-year-old nurse injured in car collision at the suburban intersection requiring her to have right kidney removed.
    • Physician lacerated and failed to repair 60-year-old female bladder during routine surgery, resulting in liver failure, dialysis treatments, emergency hysterectomy, and extended hospitalization.
    • 37-year-old man injured in Amtrak train collision in Bourbonnais, Illinois
    • 64 year-old man was killed and 62 year-old woman suffered a below-the-knee leg amputation, fractured ribs and several broken bones in her legs and arms when they were involved in a multi-vehicle pile-up on the Interstate.
    • Failure to diagnose breast cancer in 50-year-old woman, resulting in otherwise avoidable mastectomy and chemotherapy.
    • Verdict - 46-year-old woman undergoes disc removal surgery and is permanently disabled.
    • Death of 44-year-old wife and mother of two due to internist 's failure to diagnose gastric cancer despite two years of unresolved complaints of stomach pain to the doctor
    • 41-year-old woman undergoes unnecessary hysterectomy following surgeon's failure to control excessive bleeding.
    • RFB - 7/29/2004 - $335,000
    • RPW/CJS - 7/29/2004 - $720,000
    • 29-year-old worker burned at power plant fire in Indiana.
    • 34-year-old pedestrian falls into improperly guarded hole at construction site and suffers fractured vertebra.
    • Verdict - 20-year-old killed when fellow Evans Scholar threw cinder block from third floor balcony at Northern Illinois University.
    • 41-year-old father of two dies after major blood vessel is lacerated during routine surgery to release fluid from his lung cavity.
    • 45-year-old plumber and father of three falls six stories to his death at a Chicago construction site.
    • 72-year-old bank patron slips in vault on oil negligently left on floor by maintenance workers; woman fractures left leg and right ankle.
    • Verdict - 41-year-old passenger on bus is thrown into air landing on his right heel, fraturing it, when bus hits a bump in the street.
    • 37-year-old woman looking at new home with her husband and two children falls 11 feet through unsecured hole and is paralyzed from the waist down.
    • 26-year-old man killed on expressway when stopped behind jackknifed truck and second truck rear-ended him, forcing him into first truck.
    • Confidential settlement involving serious injuries incurred in a premises liability case
    • Hospital failed to diagnose and timely treat blocked artery in the right leg following knee surgery that resulted in disability and disfigurement of the leg.
    • Elderly visitor to local hospital was knocked down by custodian pushing a dumpster. She sustained a fractured hip which was surgically reduced.
    • Couple on date hit head on in south suburban Palos; 20-year old woman suffers perforated bowel and 22-year old male sustains compound fractured femur, both resulting in surgery.
    • 26 year-old woman suffered TMJ, myofacial pain and various cervical injuries as a result of a low speed, minor impact, rear-end collision.
    • Carpenter crushed to death by steel beam at Northbrook construction site after co-worker detached supporting wood brace, leaving wife and three children.
    • 31-year-old mother ejected from vehicle during rollover sustained multiple fractures to her pelvis, leg and spinal vertebrae.
    • 17-year-old football player rendered a quadriplegic during a high school football practice after he is tackled into an unpadded steel pole less than 12 feet from the sideline; school subsequently moved the field further from the pole
    • RAC - 8/18/2004 - $1,000,000
    • American Eagle Flight 4184
    • United Airlines Flight 232 - RAC
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    • RAC - $24,000,000 - 10/11/91
    • RAC-$1,500,000-Fall 1998
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    • RAC-$3,500,000-Summer 2000
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    • RAC-$2,300,000- 8/30/2002
    • RAC-$1,640,000-9/28/2002
    • 54-year-old pedestrian struck by taxi at Chicago intersection and suffers fractured shoulder and rotator cuff tear.
    • Failure to diagnose and treat abdominal infection in a 57-year-old man with liver disease resulting in his death.
    • 32 year-old woman suffers leg fractures following automobile accident
    • Woman killed when a pick-up truck crosses the center line of traffic and strikes her vehicle.
    • 58-year-old man crushed by backhoe at construction site
    • Wrongful death of 11-month-old infant due to hemorrhaging after negligent insertion of a central line for the administration of chemotherapy
    • Doctors at university health center failed to timely diagnose and treat a 20-year-old woman's pneumonia causing her death
    • Newborn suffers brain damage when oxygen is cut off after doctors and hospital personnel fail to perform timely cesarean section.
    • Four-year-old girl suffers burns on her chin and shoulder when day care center worker spills boiling water during a demonstration
    • 52-year-old father dies of heart attack after hospital emergency room personnel misdiagnose left shoulder and chest pains as bursitis
    • Company van strikes passenger van of Chicago area family on vacation; all five family members injured including daughter who sustains spinal fracture requiring fusion
    • 71-year-old man dies as a result of doctors and nurses failing to prevent, diagnose and timely treat the blood clots in his lungs, which developed during a nine-hour cosmetic surgery procedure
    • 64-year-old father of two suffered fatal head injuries after falling down a flight of unsafe stairs at a car dealership
    • 62-year-old man dies during second surgery to remove a four-inch refractor negligently left in his abdomen during a previous operation to remove tumors.
    • 60-year-old female automobile passenger struck by negligent teenage driver on interstate highway; she sustains multiple finger fractures requiring surgeries and still suffers chronic pain in her hand
    • Warming blanket overheats during surgery of 43-year-old man and he suffers second and third-degree burns
    • Negligent care during labor and delivery of infant boy in breech position resulting in nerve damage causing permanent disability of both arms
    • 42-year-old male taxi passenger sustains severe facial fractures and dental injuries when cab runs red light at intersection and collides with another vehicle
    • Delay in diagnosis and treatment of three-year-old child suffering from an acute bloodstream infection that resulted in inflammation of her blood vessels and her death
    • 91-year-old woman suffers broken leg when an automatic sliding door strikes her as she is exiting a residential high rise in Chicago
    • 24-year-old truck driver killed in a heptane gas explosion in Des Moines , Iowa , leaving a wife and three-year-old daughter
    • 49-year-old woman dies in nursing home after staff and attending physician fail to treat sepsis infection
    • ($700,000 Verdict) - 44-year-old construction worker dies when medical personnel fail to properly monitor and treat pneumonia at Chicago area hospital
    • Corporate jet crashes killing the pilot; multi-defendant case partially settles against the Fortune 500 corporation
    • 24-year-old woman driving southbound hit by car making left at intersection in Glenview sustains fractured leg that required surgery
    • 52-year-old attorney crossing the street in Chicago's Loop is struck by vehicle negligently making a left-hand turn; he suffers neck, back and shoulder injuries that require numerous surgeries
    • 34-year-old mentally disabled woman admitted to hospital to manage her medication; she dies due to respiratory arrest after nurses fail to properly monitor her condition
    • Oxygen is cut to the brain of a 54-year-old man during minor hand surgery; he goes into a coma for two weeks and dies
    • 31-year-old husband and father died from infection following physician instructions to continue taking medication which suppressed his immune system, even though he exhibited clinical signs of infection
    • Radiologist failed twice to detect breast cancer apparent on mammograms over a 20-month period; 50-year-old social worker dies
    • Anesthesia negligently injected into spinal cord during surgery and 54-year-old man suffers neurological injuries
    • Verdict - 40-year-old woman suffers debilitating leg injury when gynecologist compresses nerve during routine surgery to remove fibroids