Justice Record: Chicago Illinois Wrongful Death Attorneys Lawyers Chicago Brain Injury Lawyers: Clifford Law Offices

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.

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DATE	ATTORNEY(S)	OUTCOME	FACTS
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. Click here to view Web Release
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	$4,000,000 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 Click here to view Press Release.
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 Click here to view Press Release
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 Click here to view Press Release
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.
12/12/2007	Kevin P. Durkin Colin H. Dunn	$790,000 Settlement	72-year-old man suffers severe vascular injuries to his legs when truck backs up at gas station and traps him between the truck and his car
12/11/2007	Timothy S. Tomasik	$1,310,000 Partial Settlement	23-year-old college graduate killed after speeding car on Eisenhower Expressway rear ends her
12/10/2007	Robert A. Clifford Robert A. Strelecky	$750,000 Settlement	32-year-old man dies from allergic reaction to drug negligently administered by nurse
12/07/2007	Robert A. Strelecky Timothy S. Tomasik	$1,500,000 Settlement	Delayed surgery on 18-year-old's right leg following accident results in teenager suffering permanent limited function, range of motion and pain
12/01/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen	$3,000,000 Verdict	48-year-old mother of two dies from undiagnosed pulmonary embolism despite seeing emergency room doctor for symptoms two days before her death Click here to view Press Release
12/01/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen Susan A. Capra	$4,300,000 Settlement	Negligent managing of labor and delivery of mother's first born results in infant girl suffering serious and permanent brain damage
12/01/2007	Kevin P. Durkin	$4,405,000 Settlement	23-year-old tenant dies from carbon monoxide caused by a pool heater in the building's garage that was in violation of city ordinances
11/14/2007	Timothy S. Tomasik	$960,000 Settlement	52-year-old woman suffers leg and ankle fractures in trucking accident on Dan Ryan Expressway
11/06/2007	Craig J. Squillace	$300,000 Settlement	46-year-old county worker suffers traumatic brain injury when another vehicle runs a red light and strikes his car while on personal business
10/17/2007	Robert A. Clifford	$355,000 Settlement	Police officer suffers fractured wrist when knocked off motorcycle by driver of auto.
10/15/2007	Brian T. Nash	$630,000 Settlement	Floral manager at grocery store requires knee replacement after she falls on wet floor tile due to building's leaking roof
10/09/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen	$2,725,000 Settlement	Infant suffers severe and permanent brain damage when baby is dropped from scale by hospital nurse
10/02/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen Mary C. Sweeney	$12,000,000 Verdict	Record medical malpractice verdict in DuPage County on behalf of an infant who suffered permanent and severe brain damage as a result of a delayed cesarean section delivery Click here to view Press Release
09/18/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen Susan A. Capra	$2,000,000 Settlement	Failure of doctors and hospital personnel to timely perform a c-section results in baby's death
09/18/2007	Robert P. Walsh	$750,000 Settlement	19-year-old female passenger suffers pelvis and arm fractures and facial lacerations in single vehicle rollover on Eisenhower Expressway (defendant's policy limits paid)
09/13/2007	Robert A. Strelecky Sean P. Driscoll	$500,000 Verdict	84-year-old grandfather with swallowing problems dies when Chicago hospital personnel fail to properly monitor him while eating and he chokes on food Click here to view Press Release
08/27/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen	$2,000,000 Settlement	55-year old woman dies after radiologist failed to properly interpret MRI showing benign intra-spinal tumor, leading to a delay in diagnosis and its surgical removal
08/22/2007	Robert A. Clifford Keith A. Hebeisen	$6,500,000 Settlement	33-year-old woman dies of heart attack because of complications of medication interaction
08/22/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen	$1,350,000 Settlement	Young woman suffers extensive skin loss and grafting procedures following infection that developed from negligent liposuction
08/09/2007	Timothy S. Tomasik Brian S. Shallcross	$250,000 Settlement	Unexplained death of a young child in a nursing home who had been severely and medically compromised since birth due to spina bifida
08/08/2007	Shannon M. McNulty	$400,000 Settlement	83-year-old pedestrian injured after being struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk while crossing with the illuminated “walk” signal
08/06/2007	Richard F. Burke, Jr. Shannon M. McNulty	$600,000 Settlement	Driver of an unstable SUV killed when her vehicle rolled over on a flat and dry rural road
07/23/2007	Timothy S. Tomasik Brian S. Shallcross	$550,000 Settlement	37-year-old woman suffers severe leg injuries when car runs light at intersection and collides into her car
07/18/2007	Robert A. Clifford Thomas K. Prindable	$1,000,000 Policy Limits	Five-year-old Diamond Brownridge killed when dentist over sedates
07/17/2007	Robert A. Strelecky Brian S. Shallcross	$5,950,000 Verdict	39-year-old man suffers permanent injury to his leg following unnecessary and negligent stent procedure performed by cardiologist; highest adult non-death medical malpractice verdict in history of DuPage County
07/11/2007	Robert A. Clifford	$525,000 Settlement	64-year-old man suffers fractured arm and pelvis after being struck by van while walking to parking lot from store.
06/22/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen	$4,000,000 Settlement	Doctors and hospital personnel are negligent in delaying the C-Section of an infant of a high-risk mother; baby boy dies about 12 hours after delivery
05/24/2007	Robert A. Clifford	$1,550,000 Settlement	52-year-old construction worker knocked off scaffolding by hydraulic jack suffers torn rotator cuff and lacerations to back.
05/17/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen	$600,000 Settlement	Physician failed to diagnose and treat an impending stroke, resulting in the death of a 50-year-old mother
05/15/2007	Mary C. Sweeney	$425,000 Settlement	69-year-old woman dies as a result of doctors and hospital staff delay in operating on a brain hemorrhage
04/23/2007	Thomas K. Prindable	$1,500,000 Settlement	72-year-old-woman seriously injured requiring extensive surgery and rehabilitation when car crosses center line, striking plaintiff head on
04/16/2007	Robert A. Clifford Brian T. Nash	$4,190,000 Settlement	39-year-old Chicago city worker is killed while trying to protect his family members during a fight at a wedding reception
04/16/2007	Richard F. Burke, Jr. Shannon M. McNulty	$2,980,000 Settlement	20-year-old apprentice carpenter sustained spinal cord vertebrae fracture when he fell through an unguarded opening in a second story floor of a residential construction site
04/08/2007	Richard F. Burke, Jr. Shannon M. McNulty	$250,000 Settlement	74-year-old man suffers delay in diagnosis of lung cancer after medical clinic failed to communicate to treating physician that chest X-ray revealed abnormal mass that required immediate follow-up evaluation
03/05/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen	$4,000,000 Settlement	27-year-old computer programmer/software developer develops Stage IV cancer of the lungs due to a delay in diagnosis when radiologist negligently reads his chest x-rays as showing a benign nodule rather than a tumor
02/12/2007	Keith A. Hebeisen Susan A. Capra	$4,250,000 Settlement	40-year-old mom of two dies from negligent care during gastric bypass surgery and post-operative care.
01/31/2007	Robert A. Strelecky Timothy S. Tomasik	$2,000,000 Settlement	70-year-old widow undergoes knee replacement surgery and suffers a stroke to her spinal cord resulting in permanent damage to her legs, bladder and bowel.

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