Below is a list of some of the Clifford Law Offices settlements/verdicts of $100,000 or more since January 1, 1997, which do not involve confidentiality agreements and can be released to the public.
DATE ATTORNEY(S) OUTCOME FACTS
01/24/2012
Robert P. Walsh $200,000 Settlement
48-year-old pedestrian suffers cracked vertebrae when struck by a car in Des Plaines.
01/06/2012
Robert P. Walsh $1,000,000 Settlement
52-year-old Coast Guard officer about to be deployed to Middle East is killed when his vehicle was rear-ended by a truck on 80-94 in northwest Indiana; insurer paid policy limits.
01/03/2012
Robert P. Walsh $200,000 Settlement
57-year-old suffers fractured pelvis and 80-year-old suffers multiple fractures and a head injury as pedestrians struck by an 88-year-old motorist whose insurance carrier paid policy limits.
01/03/2012
Timothy S. Tomasik $150,000 Settlement
25-year-old woman suffers a concussion and TMJ as a result of an intersection collision.
12/07/2011
Timothy S. Tomasik $150,000 Settlement
Surgeon negligently failed to remove a sponge during a procedure that required additional surgery to remove.
12/05/2011
Timothy S. Tomasik
Kimberly M. Halvorsen $220,500 Settlement
Building manager suffered heal fracture requiring surgery after building custodian negligently tripped him with a mop.
11/29/2011
Brian S. Shallcross $450,000 Settlement
50-year-old man visiting from China was struck in the face by a piece of mortar as he passed a Chicago building undergoing renovation, resulting in temporary vision problems.
11/23/2011
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace
Courtney Boho Marincsin $200,000 Settlement
Plaintiff sustained a fractured pelvis when the cab that she was a passenger in was t-boned by another vehicle at an intersection.
11/04/2011
Timothy S. Tomasik $775,000 Settlement
52-year-old cyclist struck by car resulting in minor back injuries, leg and foot fractures that required surgery.
11/01/2011
Robert P. Walsh $325,000 Settlement
30-year-old motorcyclist suffers anterior cruciate ligament injury (knee) when vehicle in front of him comes to a sudden stop after being cut off by a beer-delivery van.
10/21/2011
Robert P. Walsh $750,000 Settlement
37-year-old writer sustains concussion resulting in post-traumatic stress disorder when car she is driving is side swiped by a trailer on I-90 in Winnebago County.
10/20/2011
Colin H. Dunn $575,000 Settlement
Woman suffers leg fracture after being struck by a car walking home from work in Evanston.
10/06/2011
Robert A. Strelecky
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Susan A. Capra
Brian S. Shallcross $1,000,000 Settlement
Failure to diagnose a pituitary tumor resulting in 34-year-old unmarried male suffering frontal lobe strokes.
10/06/2011
Robert P. Walsh $162,333 Settlement
19-year-old passenger suffers fractured sternum when car he was riding in was struck at an intersection in DeKalb County.
10/05/2011
Robert P. Walsh $120,000 Settlement
74-year-old realtor suffers fractured knee when car he is driving is struck by a taxi on Chicago's North side.
10/05/2011
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $1,852,000 Settlement
12-year-old girl bucked and thrown from a horse at a stable resulting in cervical fractures requiring surgery.
10/04/2011
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement (Partial)
67-year-old woman killed in an intersection accident caused by an uninsured motorist who was also killed in the crash in Maywood.
10/03/2011
Shannon M. McNulty $2,100,000 Settlement
Man suffered fatal carbon monoxide poisoning while abrasive blasting.
08/09/2011
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $250,000 Partial Settlement
Off duty 30-year-old police officer killed on motorcycle when van turned left in front of him.
07/20/2011
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $225,000 Settlement
35-year-old hospital pharmacy inventory control technician sustains neck injury when she is sideswiped by a truck on Interstate 80.
07/13/2011
Sean P. Driscoll $500,000 Settlement
15 year old participates in U.S. Army obstacle course, falls and sustains head injury that eventually causes his death.
07/12/2011
Keith A. Hebeisen
Courtney Boho Marincsin $1,000,000 Verdict
Verdict on behalf of 24-year-old schoolteacher whose eye was permanently injured during lens implant surgery.
07/06/2011
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
58-year-old project coordinator suffers fractured hip when she was struck by a car as she was crossing the street in the UIC neighborhood.
06/29/2011
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $1,000,000 Settlement
49-year-old worker suffered leg and hip fractures when a careless driver slammed into his pick-up truck.
06/27/2011
Brian T. Nash $105,000 Settlement
55-year-old man sustains fractured ankle when his motorcycle is struck by elderly driver who ran stop sign.
06/18/2011
Robert P. Walsh $250,000 Settlement
38-year-old pedestrian killed when he was struck by a motorist on the north side.
06/13/2011
Keith A. Hebeisen $500,000 Settlement
Delayed resuscitation for blocked artery during cardiac ablation procedure at Chicago-area hospital results in the death of a 14-year-old girl.
05/25/2011
Robert P. Walsh $300,000 Settlement
44-year-old steel worker suffers fractured pelvis and skull when cable snaps on construction crane due to negligence of co-worker and load block strikes him.
05/17/2011
Sean P. Driscoll
Robert A. Strelecky $500,000 Settlement
Disabled firefighter develops chronic pain syndrome after physical therapist improperly administered functional capacity exam.
05/16/2011
Timothy S. Tomasik $2,250,000 Settlement
Wrongful death of a 63-year-old single man caused by the errant administration of the incorrect chemotherapy drug for cancer.
05/09/2011
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $200,000 Settlement
Surgeon errantly failed to remove sponge during procedure requiring a second surgery to remove the surgical sponge.
05/06/2011
Robert P. Walsh $110,000 Settlement
39-year-old female attorney suffers head injury after being injured on Eisenhower Expressway in a three-vehicle collision.
05/02/2011
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $175,000 Settlement
49-year-old nurse is rear-ended in Kane County and suffers back and neck injuries.
04/22/2011
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
26-year-old systems analyst for major insurance company is rear-ended by fellow employee while leaving work and sustains facial lacerations and chipped teeth.
04/21/2011
Craig J. Squillace $115,000 Settlement
55-year-old violin teacher walking to student’s home in DuPage County falls on an unnatural accumulation of ice and fractures her right wrist.
04/13/2011
Sean P. Driscoll $250,000 Settlement
89-year-old woman slips and falls on improperly secured metal tile in grocery store and sustains a fractured hip.
04/13/2011
Sean P. Driscoll $250,000 Settlement
89-year-old woman slips and falls on improperly secured metal tile in grocery store and sustains a fractured hip.
03/09/2011
Colin H. Dunn $281,000 Settlement
Mother and son seriously injured when their car was struck by a drunk driver who crossed the center line.
03/04/2011
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty
Courtney Boho Marincsin $400,000 Settlement
Woman taking cardiac treadmill stress test was given drug which was contraindicated in light of her history of asthma resulted in esophageal tear during resuscitation efforts.
03/04/2011
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $110,000 Settlement
30-year-old police officer suffers neck and back injuries when she is rear ended at a north side stoplight by a van carrying senior citizens.
02/22/2011
Kevin P. Durkin
Sean P. Driscoll $4,500,000
In December, 2009, a 62 year old male Indiana resident was killed as a result of an accident involving the failure of industrial equipment at a manufacturing plant. Defendants included the plant owner, the plant contractor, and the industrial equipment manufacturers.
02/10/2011
Robert P. Walsh $330,000 Settlement
54-year-old woman pedestrian suffers knee and head injury when she is struck by a turning motorist in DuPage County.
01/13/2011
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $650,000 Settlement
20-year-old male electrician sustained fractures to the face and his right leg which required surgery when the vehicle in which he was traveling struck a tractor trailer as it negligently exited a gas station.
01/11/2011
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $100,500 Settlement
25-year-old dock worker suffers broken arm when a truck negligently backs into him.
01/06/2011
Robert P. Walsh $250,000 Settlement
47-year-old Wisconsin resident suffers fractured pelvis when her car is hit head on by intoxicated motorist in Lake County.
12/18/2010
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty $450,000 Settlement (Verdict)
Defendant physician treated plaintiff with multiple medications for severe headaches that he diagnosed as migraines for over three years without ever conducting an MRI which, when eventually performed, revealed the presence of a benign brain tumor.
12/01/2010
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty $3,500,000 (Verdict)
8-year-old boy dies when an unsafely designed seatback in a conversion van collapses and traps him in the rear portion of his family’s vehicle.
11/22/2010
Craig J. Squillace $100,000 Settlement
64-year-old male electrician sustained torn tendons and quadriceps muscles in his right knee when he fell as he was exiting a banquet hall on defective staircase.
11/18/2010
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
46-year-old systems analyst fractures her legs when struck by motorist turning on north side.
11/11/2010
Robert P. Walsh $187,500 Settlement
20-year-old college student returning to Chicago for Christmas break sustains fractured collarbone and hand as passenger in vehicle that rolled over on a New Mexico highway.
10/28/2010
Keith A. Hebeisen $1,750,000 Partial Settlement
Medical negligence involving the failure to properly treat a condition of swelling of the throat in a 32-year-old man leading to severe and permanent brain injury due to lack of oxygen.
10/26/2010
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
64-year-old retired farmer sustains multiple fractures to his lower limbs when he was riding his bike and was struck by a motorist exiting a hospital parking lot.
10/26/2010
Robert A. Strelecky
Mary C. Sweeney $11,500,000.00 (VERDICT)
Bolingbrook woman, now 36, suffers the loss of her baby and her small intestine requiring a transplant due to negligence of suburban hospital.
10/15/2010
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $1,000,000 Settlement
67-year-old married man killed when a speeding, overweight semi-tractor trailer rig strikes his vehicle.
10/08/2010
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty $600,000 Settlement
Death of 53-year-old man hit by driver of auto dealership test drive car in intersection collision.
09/27/2010
Susan A. Capra $1,900,000 Settlement
29-year-old woman suffers brain damage after suffering cardiac arrest following complications due to untreated lupus by her physicians for nearly a year.
09/27/2010
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $100,000 Settlement
83-year-old pedestrian suffers torn rotator cuff when struck by vehicle driven by 85-year-old woman in southwest suburban shopping center parking lot.
09/22/2010
Robert P. Walsh $250,000 Settlement
21-year-old college student suffers multiple fractures (ankle, pelvis and heel) in head-on collision with drunk driver in Lake County.
09/02/2010
Sean P. Driscoll $1,250,000 Settlement
Lubricant worker sustained burns to 19 percent of his body when improperly cleaned gasoline tanker exploded.
09/02/2010
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $615,000 Settlement
30-year-old man retrieving packages from the rear seat of his parked car is struck by westbound motorist on north side and suffers fractured hip.
09/01/2010
Colin H. Dunn $100,000 Settlement
Boy struck by car while walking to school suffers traumatic brain injury.
08/31/2010
Sean P. Driscoll $475,000 Settlement
Woman sustains severe facial fractures as passenger in pleasure craft that collides with barge on Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal.
08/27/2010
Kevin P. Durkin
Timothy S. Tomasik $4,000,000 Verdict
Wrongful death of an infant that was born prematurely caused by the failure of physicians and nurses to recognize the severity of lung infection and admit the infant to the hospital despite multiple visits to the ER.
08/24/2010
Robert P. Walsh $209,326 Arbitration Award
18-year-old cosmetologist suffers broken back when car she was riding in was broadsided during a turn at an intersection in southwest suburban Cook County.
08/17/2010
Robert A. Strelecky $700,000 Settlement
54-year-old husband and father of six dies of heart attack after his primary care physician failed to order appropriate cardiac testing.
08/13/2010
Brian S. Shallcross $137,500 Settlement
55 year-old postal worker hit by car while crossing the street suffers broken arm and headaches.
08/05/2010
Sean P. Driscoll $135,000 Settlement
51-year-old man diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the July 2000 CTA Blue Line derailment.
07/28/2010
Brian S. Shallcross $190,000 Settlement
Woman on bicycle suffers back injury and road rash after being knocked to the ground by a CTA bus that was attempting to pass her.
07/15/2010
Keith A. Hebeisen $2,175,000 Settlement
Failure to diagnose and treat heart condition resulting in the death of 56-year-old female.
07/15/2010
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $190,000 Settlement
18-year-old pedestrian suffered concussion and open wounds to her face and leg requiring surgery following infection after she was struck by Pace bus as it turned into a bus station on the Northwest side.
07/09/2010
Timothy S. Tomasik
Kimberly M. Halvorsen $5,000,000 Settlement
Hospital and primary care physician failed to timely diagnose and treat lung cancer, resulting in death of 45-year-old mother.
07/08/2010
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $3,000,000 Settlement
35-year-old male passenger suffered multiple facial, arm, rib and hip fractures, requiring surgery, when driver lost control of vehicle and struck a tree.
07/02/2010
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $110,836 Settlement
Man was rear-ended and killed by a speeding uninsured intoxicated motorist.
06/30/2010
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $150,000 Settlement
52-year-old retired sanitation worker from New York who worked on the post-9/11 clean up was rear-ended while northbound on I-94 in Lake County and suffered a fractured thumb, requiring surgery and permanent metal screws to be implanted.
06/28/2010
Robert A. Clifford
Sean P. Driscoll $2,000,000 Settlement
Cook County employee fractures hip and shoulder after speeding Metra heading to Chicago derails when conductor ignores switch signal and fails to perform a successful crossover from one track to another.
06/28/2010
Timothy S. Tomasik $250,000 Settlement
55-year-old woman suffered leg fracture requiring surgery after being rear ended by a careless driver in McHenry County.
06/21/2010
Robert P. Walsh $1,049,049 Settlement
8-year-old girl suffers permanent facial disfigurement and multiple surgeries after pit bull attacks her.
06/16/2010
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $225,000 Settlement
Falling ice from downtown building strikes 39-year-old woman in the head, causing concussion, lacerations and broken teeth.
06/10/2010
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $400,000 Settlement
51-year-old man's herniated disc is aggavated requiring surgery after being rear ended by a truck in Wisconsin.
06/04/2010
Robert A. Strelecky
Mary C. Sweeney $1,130,000 Settlement
72-year-old woman suffered brain injury after medical staff attempted to wean from a ventilator in the ICU following surgery; she never recovered consciousness and died seven months later.
05/28/2010
Robert P. Walsh $245,000 Settlement
9-year-old boy suffers fractured hip and wrist as well as abdominal injuries when the car he was riding in was hit head-on in Will County.
05/27/2010
Robert P. Walsh $225,000 Settlement
64-year-old widow sustains fractured knee when she is involved in intersection collision on north side of Chicago.
05/24/2010
Susan A. Capra
Keith A. Hebeisen
Robert A. Strelecky $2,420,000 Settlement
Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer, causing death of 55-year-old single mother of one daughter.
05/17/2010
Brian T. Nash
Thomas K. Prindable $177,000 Settlement
49-year-old male snowplow driver suffers herniated disc after striking unmarked hazard in parking lot requiring cervical fusion.
05/12/2010
Sean P. Driscoll $200,000 Settlement
12-year-old girl/boy struck by motorist in River Forest and suffered a broken leg.
05/04/2010
Craig J. Squillace $100,000 Settlement
25-year-old woman suffers fracture of arm requiring surgery when her stopped vehicle at intersection is struck by defendant who runs a red light.
04/27/2010
Brian S. Shallcross $225,000 Settlement
Woman suffers leg fracture and cartilage damage in her knee when she falls through a rotted wood plank at a restaurant’s boat pier in Lake County.
04/21/2010
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
63-year-old retired iron worker riding his motorcycle suffers fractured pelvis requiring surgery when he is hit by 25-year-old motorist who runs a red light.
04/16/2010
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty Confidential Settlement
Father of two killed after sliding door to minivan improperly opens during accident involving rollover of the vehicle.
04/16/2010
Robert A. Strelecky
Kimberly M. Halvorsen $2,910,000 Verdict
Anesthesiologist improperly intubates a 52-year-old woman who dies following a routine outpatient procedure at a surgery center in the southwest suburbs.
04/15/2010
Brian S. Shallcross $166,500 Settlement
50-year-old woman tears rotator cuff when elevator malfunctions at retail outfit causing her to fall.
04/13/2010
Timothy S. Tomasik
Mary C. Sweeney $300,000 Settlement
Improper insertion of surgical screw during lower back surgery resulted in nerve injury.
04/07/2010
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
50-year-old chemist sustains torn rotator cuff requiring surgery when his vehicle was t-boned in Kankakee County.
04/06/2010
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement (Policy Limits)
16-year-old boy was killed when vehicle he was riding in crashed into light pole in Lincolnwood.
04/06/2010
Robert P. Walsh $150,000 Settlement
53-year-old purchasing agent suffers fractured vertebrae when car she was riding in was struck by another vehicle while she was traveling on interstate highway.
03/24/2010
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $220,000 Settlement
22-year-old woman fell on an unnatural accumulation of ice on neighbor’s driveway suffering a fractured ankle.
03/12/2010
Robert A. Strelecky $840,000 Settlement
63-year-old husband and father prescribed an inappropriate and excessive dose of a steroid for his prostate cancer causing him to contract pneumonia and die.
03/12/2010
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $2,200,000 Settlement
19-year-old freshman dies of alcohol toxicity due to university’s failure to adequately train resident assistant on duty to recognize the signs and symptoms of severe alcohol toxicity.
03/05/2010
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $1,000,000 Settlement
74-year-old man dies from blood clot after being tackled by police who improperly and negligently determined that he was involved in gang activity.
02/19/2010
Robert A. Strelecky $1,100,000 Settlement
6-month-old infant died as a result of a brain injury suffered when the hospital staff failed to appropriately and timely respond to a respiratory arrest she suffered on the first day of her life.
02/17/2010
Michael S. Krzak $172,750 Settlement
59-year-old man suffers broken nose and cracked front teeth when defective wooden hammock frame collapses and strikes him in the face.
02/10/2010
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $100,000 Settlement
79-year-old gun club member fell at event and fractured his arm which required surgical repair.
01/11/2010
Robert P. Walsh $280,000 Settlement
28-year-old passenger suffered a skull fracture when driver was storm-chasing in Nebraska and swerved to avoid a deer, losing control of car and crossing the centerline, and hitting an 18 wheeler.
01/08/2010
Craig J. Squillace
Robert P. Walsh $375,000 Settlement
79-year-old bachelor pedestrian struck and killed by motorist on Chicago's north side.
12/29/2009
Craig J. Squillace
Robert P. Walsh $150,000 Settlement
45-year-old woman was rear-ended on the Kennedy Expressway and sustained chronic permanent pain in her neck and back.
12/29/2009
Colin H. Dunn
Kevin P. Durkin $3,250,000 Settlement
Husband/father of two children killed when he was run over by a CTA bus at Midway Airport.
12/21/2009
Colin H. Dunn $100,000 Settlement
Man seriously injures eye in head-on collision in Florida when motorist crosses center line.
12/15/2009
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $2,500,000 Settlement
21-year-old student crushed to death on the premises of Wrigley Field when a dilapidated wall collapsed on him during an afternoon windstorm.
12/10/2009
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $2,500,000 Settlement
60-year-old student pilot dies when plane crashes during instruction flight from Wisconsin to Minnesota.
11/18/2009
Shannon M. McNulty $900,000 Settlement
53-year-old woman suffers a serious ankle fracture, with related complications, after a semi-truck driver made an improper lane change on interstate highway.
11/12/2009
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
43-year-old truck driver heading eastbound on I-90 near Hammond, Indiana, was sideswiped and forced off the road by another motorist, causing him to suffer a torn labrum requiring surgery.
10/19/2009
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra $1,400,000 Settlement
Medical negligence case involving a young woman who undergoes an unnecessary hysterectomy during which her bowel was lacerated, resulting in a severe infection that causes permanent injuries.
10/14/2009
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty $3,125,000 Settlement
A Scripto-Tokai barbeque lighter, designed without a child safety device, results in a 3 year old operating the lighter near his 18-month-old sister’s bed and she suffers severe burn injuries and her death.
10/13/2009
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty $450,000 Settlement
Woman sustained a severed ureter and punctured bladder during a laparoscopic hysterectomy necessitating a second surgery for repair of the injuries and causing bladder dsyfunction.
10/12/2009
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty $1,200,000 Settlement
37-year-old heating contractor and father of four is electrocuted at a manufacturing plant undergoing remodeling where other contractors did not ensure power had been shut off in designated work area.
09/25/2009
Sean P. Driscoll $525,000 Settlement
19-year-old passenger in car requires spinal surgery after his back is broken when he is thrown from car that leaves the roadway and rolls over multiple times.
09/18/2009
Robert P. Walsh $750,000 Settlement
58-year-old realtor rear-ended on Tri-State Tollway which aggravated his previously-operated back.
09/16/2009
Keith A. Hebeisen
Brian S. Shallcross $5,000,000 Verdict
Doctor performs unnecessary hysterectomy on 31-year-old Chicago area woman after c-section to deliver her first child.
08/19/2009
Timothy S. Tomasik $1,050,000 Settlement
Construction worker on Skyway roadway fell to his death through a hole due to improper protection for falls.
08/18/2009
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
70-year-old widow crossing Golf Road in mid-block in Arlington Heights was struck by motorist and suffered fractured pelvis.
08/16/2009
Colin H. Dunn $330,000 Settlement
Northwestern student is severely injured when an art exhibit severs her Achilles tendon.
08/14/2009
Michael S. Krzak $330,000 Settlement
63-year-old truck driver falls on ice while getting out of delivery truck at a Rockford business, sustaining a severe broken wrist which required surgical repair with an external fixator.
07/28/2009
Sean P. Driscoll $800,000 Settlement
Woman passenger struck by rear tires of tractor trailer in Tennessee suffers serious leg fractures.
07/21/2009
Colin H. Dunn $170,000 Settlement
32-year-old man breaks leg after falling on steps built in violation of city code.
06/24/2009
Keith A. Hebeisen
Robert A. Strelecky $3,600,000 Settlement (Verdict)
55-year-old woman dies when doctor fails to properly and timely diagnose her breast cancer, leaving one adult disabled daughter.
06/22/2009
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $100,000 Partial Settlement
18-year-old cosmetologist who was a passenger in a left turning car which was broadsided at an intersection in southwest suburban Cook County suffers broken back. Host driver's insurance company paid policy limits.
06/12/2009
Timothy S. Tomasik $2,150,000 Settlement
Passenger in a limo suffered a burst fracture of his lumbar spine requiring spinal fusion as a result of collision at intersection near Midway airport.
06/03/2009
Robert P. Walsh $250,000 Settlement
59-year-old woman suffers fractures to her clavicle, tibia and foot when she is hit head-on by drunk driver in southwest suburbs.
06/02/2009
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty $900,000 Settlement
24-year-old race car driver sustained serious burn injuries in a crash during an on-track amateur racing event that had insufficient equipment to promptly suppress the fire that erupted on impact.
06/01/2009
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $225,000 Settlement
34-year-old social worker sustains abrasions and burns after she was struck by a car while walking her bike across Lake Shore Drive entrance ramp.
06/01/2009
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $100,000 Settlement
15-year-old passenger in van suffers fractured kneecap in single vehicle accident in River Forest.
05/11/2009
Brian T. Nash $100,000 Settlement
45-year-old female passenger suffers blurred vision in eye as a result of injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision in Schaumburg.
05/05/2009
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $640,000 Partial Settlement
High school student who had right of way is killed when police car involved in a high-speed chase collides into student's vehicle.
05/04/2009
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $100,000 Settlement
31-year-old cab passenger sustains facial lacerations and dental injuries when the taxi in which he was riding was involved in an intersection collision in Chicago.
04/30/2009
Brian T. Nash $600,000 Settlement
42-year-old female passenger in limousine sustains herniated disk requiring cervical fusion surgery after being struck by drunk driver who ran a red light.
04/30/2009
Robert P. Walsh $150,000 Settlement
35-year-old epidemiologist suffered fracture to her dominant wrist in a car crash on the south side of Chicago.
04/24/2009
Sean P. Driscoll $865,000 Settlement
Carpenter installing a gable on a residential roof falls and injures his back and legs after general contractor failed to enforce safety program.
04/23/2009
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement (Policy Limits)
61-year-old man killed on Edens Expressway when uninsured motorist has blowout and loses tire which strikes decedent’s windshield.
04/20/2009
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
57-year-old bicyclist suffers fractured hip when a motorist on Chicago's South side strikes him on his bike.
04/20/2009
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
28-year-old man standing near a food stand while attending a celebration at a Hindu temple in Lemont was struck by motorist and suffered broken leg.
04/13/2009
Brian T. Nash $345,000 Settlement
21-year-old suffers fractured pelvis when car strikes the vehicle in which she is a passenger.
04/08/2009
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $150,000 Settlement
Defendant driver of flatbed truck was hauling steel that extended four feet beyond the bed of the truck with no warning flags; 23-year-old client drove into the rear of the defendant truck and was struck in the head by the steel, suffering a concussion and facial fractures.
04/08/2009
Sean P. Driscoll $100,000 Settlement
Car strikes a nine-year-old boy crossing the street in River Forest and suffers a broken leg.
04/07/2009
Colin H. Dunn $273,250 Partial Settlement
Grandmother killed when the car in which she was a passenger was side-swiped by a truck hauling gravel on the I-88 Tollway Construction Project.
04/01/2009
Robert P. Walsh $250,000 Settlement
51-year-old retired female postal worker suffers fractured pelvis and wrist when car in which she was a passenger struck a retaining wall on westbound Eisenhower Expressway.
03/30/2009
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $100,000 Settlement
15-year-old male passenger suffers neck injury requiring surgery when his 16-year-old friend lost control of his vehicle and struck a light pole in Will County.
03/26/2009
Robert A. Strelecky $1,500,000 Settlement
Chicago area hospital failed to timely diagnose lung cancer in 69-year-old woman, resulting in metastasis to her brain and adrenal glands.
03/20/2009
Kimberly M. Halvorsen $178,000 Settlement
25-year-old female driver suffers shoulder injury and puncture wound to the scalp when forced off the road by a semi-truck trailer causing her vehicle to roll over.
02/25/2009
Keith A. Hebeisen $1,200,000 Settlement
48-year-old father dies after Chicago-area hospital failed to admit him without performing proper and timely exams and failed to treat bleeding in his brain.
02/24/2009
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $325,000 Settlement
47-year-old Wisconsin woman in Chicago to celebrate 25th wedding anniversary is rear ended by out-of-town businessman and she is forced to undergo cervical fusion in her back; minor damage to car.
02/19/2009
Robert A. Strelecky
Sean P. Driscoll $425,000 Partial Settlement
44-year-old father dies after hospital failed to obtain an adequate and appropriate medical history, failed to take a CT scan of the brain and failed to diagnose bleeding on his brain.
02/06/2009
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
23-year-old event planner suffers fractured foot in car crash in Prospect Heights.
02/06/2009
Robert P. Walsh $250,000 Settlement
41-year-old woman building maintenance worker struck by car in Oak Brook and suffers fractured pelvis.
01/22/2009
Timothy S. Tomasik
Brian S. Shallcross $150,000 Settlement
Home care attendant's negligence causes elderly cancer patient to fall and suffer head injury resulting in his death.
01/13/2009
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
Car strikes 30-year-old bicyclist in northern suburbs of Chicago and fractures his hip.
01/12/2009
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty $2,500,000 Settlement
Young mother is in labor for 25 hours with prolonged periods during which her baby was deprived of sufficient oxygen and suffered from poor fetal tones; her son is born with cerebral palsy and he dies two years later from a seizure disorder.
01/09/2009
Robert A. Strelecky $750,000 Settlement
Doctor negligently applies excessive force on a newborn's head resulting in permanent neck and shoulder injury and deformity for life.
01/09/2009
Robert P. Walsh $201,363 Settlement
46-year-old woman was a passenger on a motorcycle that was struck by a turning car, causing her to suffer a non-operative arm fracture.
01/05/2009
Robert A. Strelecky $3,650,000 Settlement
47-year-old meat packer dies after hospital employee fails to conduct routine tests to detect blood clot in man's leg following brain surgery.
01/02/2009
Michael S. Krzak $350,000 Settlement
21-year-old driver sitting at a stop sign is struck head-on by a slow-moving car and suffers tear in left shoulder.
12/18/2008
Brian S. Shallcross $154,541 Verdict
57-year-old bicyclist struck by car in Roselle causing multiple fractures in left leg and requiring surgeries to repair and treat. Attorneys, John Karnezis/Brian Shallcross
12/10/2008
Keith A. Hebeisen $2,000,000 Settlement
61-year-old woman becomes permanently blind due to negligence of anesthesia team during spinal surgery
12/09/2008
Craig J. Squillace
Robert P. Walsh $1,295,000 Settlement
56-year-old accountant and father of three was killed when the driver of an SUV lost control and crashed into a fast food restaurant where he was dining in Kane County.
12/09/2008
Craig J. Squillace
Robert P. Walsh Confidential
46-year-old paraplegic using a service station restroom was injured when the commode snapped off the wall and shattered as he was attempting to transfer himself from his wheelchair causing him to fall onto the broken porcelain which lacerated his buttocks with serious arterial bleeding.
12/09/2008
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra $1,050,000 Settlement
37-year-old husband and father dies after hospital's anesthesiologist fails to diagnose and treat an air embolism during surgery.
12/08/2008
Robert A. Clifford $1,100,000 Settlement
47-year-old ironworker severely injured and is unable to continue in his trade when a scissors lift he was driving topples into an excavated hole covered by snow at warehouse construction site.
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12/03/2008
Susan A. Capra $225,000 Settlement (partial)
A young woman underwent an unnecessary hysterectomy during which her bowel was lacerated resulting in an infection that caused severe injuries.
12/01/2008
Robert A. Clifford
Robert A. Strelecky $4,500,000 Settlement
52-year-old mother of three suffers permanent and severe brain damage after hospital fails to monitor her breathing following hip replacement surgery.
11/19/2008
Robert A. Clifford
Thomas K. Prindable $3,500,000 Settlement
22-year-old college student killed instantly in Washington County, Il, 10 days before graduation when tractor-trailer rig rear-ended his car which was stopped in a construction zone at the direction of a "flagger".
11/14/2008
Craig J. Squillace
Robert P. Walsh $240,000 Settlement
52-year-old man sustains fractured ankle when the motorcycle he was driving was struck by a left-turning motorist in the northwest suburbs.
10/21/2008
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $106,000 Settlement
Driver of car and her passenger are hurt when wheel comes off of van and crashes through windshield of the car.
10/15/2008
Robert A. Clifford $100,000 Settlement
44-year-old father of two is killed when driver of car causes dad to lose control of his motorcycle.
10/11/2008
Robert A. Clifford $138,000 Settlement
55-year-old taxi passenger suffers neck injuries following multi-vehicle collision.
10/08/2008
Timothy S. Tomasik $100,000 Settlement
Off duty Chicago Police officer struck by car while walking in crosswalk resulting in torn knee ligament.
10/01/2008
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
54-year-old woman pedestrian suffers knee and head injury when she is struck by a turning motorist in DuPage County.
09/30/2008
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
66-year-old cleaning lady crossing street at South Loop intersection suffers blood clot from multiple bruises after she is struck by motorist making a left-hand turn.
09/29/2008
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
69 Year-old woman crossing street on south side of Chicago in the crosswalk is struck by a car and suffers a fractured upper left arm.
09/22/2008
Keith A. Hebeisen $6,350,000 Settlement
Defendant hospital’s failure to timely perform a cesarean section resulting in severe and permanent brain damage to the minor.
09/18/2008
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
32-year-old mom injures left knee when her vehicle is struck at intersection in DuPage County.
09/11/2008
Craig J. Squillace
Robert P. Walsh $300,000 Settlement
53-year-old nursing administrator suffers neck injury when her car is rear ended in a three-car collision on Tri-State expressway.
09/05/2008
Craig J. Squillace
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
Woman injures her hand on wet dance floor when tub falls on her.
09/05/2008
Craig J. Squillace
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
22-year-old office worker slips on a wet floor of a bar causing a beer tub to fall on her hand causing the amputation of part of her left index finger and a fractured left thumb.
08/25/2008
Timothy S. Tomasik $750,000 Settlement
Construction superintendent dies in fall from scaffolding.
08/12/2008
Robert A. Clifford
Michael S. Krzak Confidential
Five families who lost loved ones in the Comair crash in Lexington, Kentucky;pilots directed the plane down a runway that was under construction.
08/12/2008
Colin H. Dunn $300,000 Settlement
64-year-old nanny suffers severely broken leg and months of physical therapy when a PACE bus strikes her as she crosses an Evanston intersection.
08/07/2008
Keith A. Hebeisen $970,000 Settlement
Pediatrician's failure to conduct simple test on two young girls results in delayed diagnosis of cystic fibrosis six years later.
07/10/2008
Keith A. Hebeisen $2,270,000
Failure to diagnose and properly treat the pregnancy of twins results in the death of one girl and severe brain damage to the other infant girl.
07/01/2008
Robert A. Strelecky
Sean P. Driscoll $1,400,000
Newborn baby dies after pediatric surgeon unsuccessfully
operates on hernia four times, including one at infant's bedside
06/24/2008
Keith A. Hebeisen $6,750,000 Settlement
Doctors and hospital personnel negligently fail to timely recognize, diagnose and treat baby girl after birth when she developed jaundice while in the intermediate care nursery that resulted in permanent brain injury.
06/19/2008
Keith A. Hebeisen $3,200,000 Settlement
Plaintiff sustained a spinal cord injury during surgery performed at defendant hospital. Plaintiff is permanently disabled and is partially paralyzed in all four extremities.
06/19/2008
Keith A. Hebeisen $3,200,000 (partial)
46-year-old man is paralyzed after surgery, also leaving him incontinent, impotent and severely spastic.
06/02/2008
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra $1,500,000 Settlement
Newborn suffers permanent nerve damage to right side during labor and delivery at Cook County Hospital.
06/01/2008
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty $600,000
Father of two killed as a passenger in a limousine when driver has a heart attack and limo strikes a tree while departing from Florida airport terminal
05/15/2008
Sean P. Driscoll $130,000 Settlement
11-year-old boy is mauled and his
sister tries to rescue him when neighbor's dog attacks him when he
retrieves a ball he is playing with
04/30/2008
Robert A. Clifford
Kevin P. Durkin $100,000,000
Six people killed and 16 others injured at
the Cook County Administration Building in Chicago's downtown when firefighters
failed to save people stuck in smokey high-rise stairwell; one of the highest
personal injury settlements in Chicago's Cook County history
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04/21/2008
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty $2,500,000
72-year-old grandmother injured as a passenger in a car when a Cook County Sheriff's police car struck hers and then hospital rehabilitation unit negligently allows her to fall out of bed.
04/21/2008
Craig J. Squillace
Robert P. Walsh $2,800,000 Settlement
16-year-old high schooler suffers traumatic brain injury when bus rams car in which he was a passenger
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04/21/2008
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace $2,800,000
16-year-old high schooler suffered traumatic brain injury when a bus rammed the car in which he was a passenger.
04/02/2008
Brian S. Shallcross $460,000 Settlement
56-year old flight attendant suffers career-ending disk herniation injury when elevator car at O'Hare Airport malfunctions, causing her to fall on her back
04/01/2008
Timothy S. Tomasik $300,000 Settlement
Mother of three suffers chronic neck and shoulder pain after being rear ended by vehicle
03/04/2008
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen $6,000,000 Settlement
Young mother of two suffers severe disfigurement after doctors unnecessarily
remove healthy breast when lab technician mixes up pathology slides
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03/03/2008
Robert A. Clifford
Kevin P. Durkin $14,000,000
A one-year-old boy suffered permanent brain damage after choking on an apple slice at a daycare center where workers failed to monitor him.
03/02/2008
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra $2,270,000
Failure to diagnose and treat monochorionic twin pregnancy results in severe brain damage of one little girl and wrongful death of her twin sister.
02/29/2008
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Susan A. Capra
Shannon M. McNulty $1,000,000
32-year-old mother dies after obstetrician fails to recognize critically high blood pressure resulting in hypertensive brain hemorrhage.
02/26/2008
Robert P. Walsh $250,000 Settlement
43-year-old mother is injured when driver of vehicle strikes her car head-on
02/15/2008
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen $6,000,000
33-year-old physical trainer and mother of two is severely disfigured when her healthy breast is unnecesarily removed when a lab technician negligently mixes up her slide with that of another woman's.
02/13/2008
Robert P. Walsh $225,000 Settlement
16-year-old passenger in car suffers a broken leg requiring multiple surgeries after 15-year-old unlicensed teenager is allowed to drive car, losing control of vehicle on country road in DeKalb County and strikes utility pole
01/29/2008
Robert P. Walsh $427,500 Settlement
Faulty brakes on a van caused vehicle to crash into back of UPS truck, pinning the driver, and causing him to suffer fracture of his hip/upper pelvis
01/29/2008
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Susan A. Capra
Shannon M. McNulty $1,000,000 Settlement
Pregnant 32-year-old woman dies after obstetrician fails to recognize her critically high blood pressure that resulted in a hypertensive brain hemorrhage
01/23/2008
Robert P. Walsh $105,800 Settlement
Family of 3 is hurt when their car is rear ended and pushed into another vehicle
01/23/2008
Robert P. Walsh $950,000 Settlement
83-year-old woman coming out of church in western suburb is hit by motorist making turn and suffers head injury and rib fractures
01/17/2008
Brian S. Shallcross $100,000 Settlement
38-year-old man ruptures Achilles tendon while de-boarding a train when his foot falls into the gap between the train and the station platform
01/14/2008
Robert P. Walsh $100,000 Settlement
78-year-old
pedestrian suffers multiple fractured ribs and collapsed lung when struck by
motorist
01/05/2008
Robert A. Clifford
Kevin P. Durkin
Colin H. Dunn $6,100,000 (partial)
Man crushed by punch press machine at factory.
