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
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
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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
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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)
09/18/2007
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
09/13/2007
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
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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
Keith A. Hebeisen
$1,350,000 Settlement
Young woman suffers extensive skin loss and grafting procedures following infection that developed from negligent liposuction
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
08/09/2007
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
$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 S. Shallcross
$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.
01/24/2007
Susan A. Capra
Mary C. Sweeney
$750,000 Settlement
Infant girl suffers motor impairment of her limbs and trunk following inappropriately managed care of mother during labor and delivery that resulted in rupture of her uterus.
12/27/2006
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$5,800,000 Settlement
Negligent obstetrical treatment rendered to mother during labor and delivery at major Chicago hospital results in permanent and severe brain damage to infant.
12/20/2006
Robert P. Walsh
$495,000 Settlement
39-year-old woman suffers back injury requiring surgery when train in Chicago attempting to make a maneuver goes into reverse and strikes her car; gates did not operate and lights came on after she already was on the tracks
12/12/2006
Robert A. Clifford
$1,500,000 Settlement
26-year-old road maintenance worker on the job with Illinois Toll Highway Authority is killed when a tractor-trailer drove around a rolling construction zone and struck him on the highway.
12/01/2006
Keith A. Hebeisen
Mary C. Sweeney
$4,600,000 Settlement
Baby is severely and permanently brain damaged after medical personnel delayed in performing c-section for fetal distress.
12/01/2006
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Confidential Amount
Husband and father of three children killed in Mitsubishi SUV rollover.
11/20/2006
Robert A. Clifford
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Confidential Amount
A newly married 27-year-old woman is killed when the wing of an aging seaplane sheared off immediately after take-off to the Bahamas from Miami
10/22/2006
Kevin P. Durkin
Colin H. Dunn
$3,250,000 Settlement
Truck rear ends car with 71-year-old driver, killing him
10/12/2006
Robert A. Clifford
Sean P. Driscoll
$15,800,000 Verdict
12-year-old girl is left permanently brain damaged and wheelchair-bound
after a YMCA van strikes her as she attempts to cross an intersection
in south suburban Harvey
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10/11/2006
Michael S. Krzak
$1,250,000 Settlement
44-year-old male firefighter/paramedic suffers moderate hearing loss in one ear and severe hearing loss in the other ear when contractor performing maintenance work on fire engine inadvertently blasts air horn in fire station
10/05/2006
Robert P. Walsh
$300,000 Settlement
College student returning to the University of Illinois is struck and killed by another vehicle after car she was in struck a deer
09/21/2006
Robert A. Clifford
$2,850,000 Settlement
39-year-old man suffers crushed right foot after 1,600-pound steel beam is dropped from a magnetic lift while he is working at a steel plant
09/21/2006
Kevin P. Durkin
Thomas K. Prindable
$2,250,000 Settlement
Truck loses control and strikes car, killing young mother of two in Indiana
09/19/2006
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$1,175,000 Settlement
Maintenance man killed when he falls through a faulty high-rise building elevator shaft
08/30/2006
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace
$325,000 Settlement
41-year-old woman steps off sidewalk in Niles and slips on loose gravel left from recent paving work resulting in a compression in her spine which necessitated surgery and leaving her with a "drop" right foot
08/28/2006
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen
$3,500,000 Settlement
58-year-old woman dies following negligent treatment for bowel obstruction
08/22/2006
Timothy S. Tomasik
$250,000 Settlement
Oncoming car strikes vehicle of 39-year-old man, forcing him off the road and results in fracturing his leg
08/17/2006
Robert A. Strelecky
$1,400,000 Settlement
Failure to timely diagnose and treat extreme swelling of left leg resulted in nerve damage and chronic pain in 42-year-old man
08/11/2006
Robert A. Clifford
$725,000 Settlement
38-year-old father killed when general contractor fails to follow safety rules for operation of heavy machinery at construction site
08/01/2006
Robert A. Clifford
$850,000 Settlement
16-year-old boy suffers permanent shoulder injury during surgical excision of a lump on his neck
07/26/2006
Thomas K. Prindable
$350,000 Settlement
61-year-old woman suffers amputation of right leg below knee after nursing staff at Chicago area hospital fail to note decrease in pulses and circulation and further fail to notify doctors of change in condition of her leg
06/28/2006
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$16,698,788 Verdict
Hospital held responsible for independent physician’s negligent administration of spinal anesthesia, causing partial paralysis, incontinence, and other neurological deficits
06/26/2006
Robert A. Clifford
$1,200,000 Settlement
Contractor did not follow proper safety precautions during demolition of a wall; bricks fell on to a 59-year-old construction worker that led to a torn rotator cuff and frozen shoulder; unable to work
06/14/2006
Robert A. Strelecky
$1,350,000 Settlement
61-year-old woman with leg fracture suffers delay in diagnosis of extreme swelling in the limb resulting in permanent nerve and muscle damage
06/14/2006
Susan A. Capra
$1,200,000 Settlement
Unnecessary surgery is performed on a 31-year-old woman who broke her right leg; infection set in requiring amputation
06/07/2006
Robert A. Strelecky
$454,000 Verdict
57-year-old man suffers perforated small intestine during liposuction procedure
06/06/2006
Robert A. Clifford
$250,000 Settlement
Improperly performed tubal ligation leads to additional surgery for a 34 year old mother of two
06/05/2006
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty
Confidential Amount
49-year-old mother permanently paralyzed while seat belted in a reclined passenger seat in a van that was involved in a motor vehicle accident; vehicle manufacturer failed to adequately provide warnings of inadequate protection while seat is in that position
05/24/2006
Robert A. Clifford
$1,200,000 Partial Settlement
34-year-old worker suffers severe burns in electrical explosion at Neiman Marcus store in Northbrook Court mall. Attorney, John Karnezis
05/23/2006
Robert A. Clifford
Brian T. Nash
$300,000 Settlement
50-year-old woman falls from liquid left on restaurant floor and fractures kneecap requiring surgery
05/04/2006
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace
$311,197 Verdict
Off-duty Prospect Heights police officer on a motorcycle is sideswiped
by an off-duty Chicago police officer on Interstate 90/94 as she
attempts to enter local lanes from the express lane; officer on
motorcycle suffers broken leg and other injuries requiring missing two
months of work.
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04/27/2006
Robert A. Clifford
$250,000 Settlement
50-year-old pipe fitter injures right knee when his foot gives way under ladder laden with resin at work site
04/25/2006
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$5,000,000 Partial Settlement
Neurosurgeon using spine instruments during surgery caused permanent incontinence in a 30 year-old-woman due in part to manufacturer failing to advise surgeon about the appropriate imaging required for the proper use of the instruments
03/31/2006
Robert A. Strelecky
$1,500,000 Settlement
Mother pregnant with twins dies due to failure to appropriately manage a ruptured uterus
03/27/2006
Robert A. Strelecky
$550,000 Settlement
Failure to diagnose and treat heart disease by doctor led to the death of 80-year-old grandmother
03/27/2006
Robert P. Walsh
$1,500,000 Settlement
43-year-old man suffers back, elbow and hip injuries when hit head-on in motor vehicle accident on the Elgin/O'Hare Expressway by a truck that swerved after being cut off by another driver
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03/09/2006
Robert A. Clifford
$300,000 Settlement
26-year-old painter falls through skylight while working at a west suburban mall
03/01/2006
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$1,250,000 Settlement
Police shoot at suspect and innocent bystander gets bullet fragment in the eye
02/13/2006
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$1,000,000 Settlement
Medical negligence case involving the wrongful death of a nine day old baby from an undiagnosed and untreated cardiac defect
02/07/2006
Keith A. Hebeisen
$1,750,000 Settlement
Improper treatment of 28-year-old woman's Crohn's disease results in severe osteoporosis
02/01/2006
Robert A. Clifford
Kevin P. Durkin
Timothy S. Tomasik
$70,000,000 Settlement
Two young women killed and three others seriously injured when scaffolding collapses from the John Hancock Center in windy conditions; settlement represents majority of $77 million global agreement in consolidated cases where Clifford Law Offices acted as lead counsel in taking more than 100 depositions
12/22/2005
Keith A. Hebeisen
$5,000,000 Settlement
Newborn suffers permanent severe brain damage when c-section not timely performed
12/15/2005
Robert A. Strelecky
$1,350,000 Settlement
35-year-old husband and father of teenage daughter dies when hospital staff mismanages a leak in endotracheal tube following surgery
11/29/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$250,000 Settlement
49-year-old doctor's ureter was cut during a procedure for removal of kidney stone, resulting in loss of a kidney
11/28/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$400,000 Settlement
33-year-old woman suffers injured bowel during exploratory abdominal surgery
11/23/2005
Robert P. Walsh
$275,000 Settlement
40-year-old pedestrian crossing street in Chicago's Loop is struck by left-turning taxi; suffers contusion and sprain to knee that had been previously repaired surgically
11/17/2005
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$350,000 Settlement
Elderly woman dies in hospital due to lack of timely anti-seizure medication that resulted in aspiration and pneumonia
11/08/2005
Keith A. Hebeisen
$1,700,000 Settlement
64-year-old man dies in a major Chicago area hospital after doctors fail to diagnose and treat a stroke
10/26/2005
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Brian T. Nash
$380,000 Settlement
33-year-old passenger on new custom motorcycle is thrown from vehicle and sustains fractured skull when front wheel locks up because of manufacturer's improper lubrication of wheel bearings
10/20/2005
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Shannon M. McNulty
$1,030,000 Settlement
74-year-old grandmother and passenger in car driven by her husband is struck and killed by police car speeding through intersection in residential neighborhood during non-emergency patrol without lights or activated sirens
10/13/2005
Timothy S. Tomasik
$500,000 Settlement
38-year-old injured following three-week delay in diagnosing pelvic abscess following tubal ligation & C-section
10/11/2005
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$1,875,000 Settlement
59-year-old man dies in hospital after doctors failed to diagnose and treat an abscess on his buttocks
10/07/2005
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$790,000 Settlement
Business executive sustains serious leg and shoulder injuries as a passenger in a limousine headed to O'Hare Airport that struck a stalled taxi in the middle of the highway
09/30/2005
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$400,000 Settlement
Art Director suffered a broken neck when a metal truss collapsed on her during the filming of a commercial for a major vehicle manufacturer
09/15/2005
Robert P. Walsh
$450,000 Settlement
52-year-old truck driver rear-ended by another tractor-trailer resulting in subsequent neck pain and numbness leading to cervical fusion surgery
08/31/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$325,000 Settlement
31-year-old cleaning woman suffers electrical shock injury after coming into contact with an improperly guarded electrical outlet during new home construction
08/04/2005
Robert A. Strelecky
$3,100,000 Settlement
Physician fails to diagnose and treat intracranial pressure leading to death of 12-year-old boy from herniating brain
07/26/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$975,000 Verdict
40-year-old woman suffers debilitating leg injury when gynecologist compresses nerve during routine surgery to remove fibroids
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07/19/2005
Timothy S. Tomasik
$1,700,000 Settlement
Anesthesia negligently injected into spinal cord during surgery and 54-year-old man suffers neurological injuries
07/18/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$775,000 Settlement
Radiologist failed twice to detect breast cancer apparent on mammograms over a 20-month period; 50-year-old social worker dies
07/13/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$500,000 Settlement
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
07/05/2005
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$2,885,000 Settlement
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
07/01/2005
Robert A. Strelecky
$1,100,000 Settlement
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
06/29/2005
Robert P. Walsh
$600,000 Settlement
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
06/29/2005
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace
$365,000 Settlement
24-year-old woman driving southbound hit by car making left at intersection in Glenview sustains fractured leg that required surgery
06/09/2005
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$450,000 Settlement
Corporate jet crashes killing the pilot; multi-defendant case partially settles against the Fortune 500 corporation
06/09/2005
Robert A. Strelecky
$2,500,000 Settlement
($700,000 Verdict)- 44-year-old
construction worker dies when medical personnel fail to properly
monitor and treat pneumonia at Chicago area hospital
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06/03/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$325,000 Settlement
49-year-old woman dies in nursing home after staff and attending physician fail to treat sepsis infection
06/01/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$2,600,000 Settlement
24-year-old truck driver killed in a heptane gas explosion in Des Moines , Iowa , leaving a wife and three-year-old daughter
05/31/2005
Timothy S. Tomasik
$350,000 Settlement
91-year-old woman suffers broken leg when an automatic sliding door strikes her as she is exiting a residential high rise in Chicago
05/10/2005
Robert A. Strelecky
$400,000 Settlement
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
05/10/2005
Kevin P. Durkin
Brian T. Nash
$348,333 Settlement
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
04/29/2005
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$2,300,000 Settlement
Negligent care during labor and delivery of infant
boy in breech position resulting in nerve damage causing permanent
disability of both arms
04/28/2005
Robert A. Strelecky
$750,000 Settlement
Warming blanket overheats during surgery of 43-year-old man and he suffers second and third-degree burns
04/21/2005
Brian T. Nash
$583,750 Settlement
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
04/06/2005
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen
$6,000,000 Settlement
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.
03/31/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$400,000 Settlement
64-year-old father of two suffered fatal head injuries after falling down a flight of unsafe stairs at a car dealership
03/22/2005
Keith A. Hebeisen
$1,175,000 Settlement
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
03/22/2005
Robert P. Walsh
$2,000,000 Settlement
Company van strikes passenger van of Chicago area family on vacation; all five family members injured including daughter who sustains spinal fracture requiring fusion
03/01/2005
Robert A. Strelecky
$2,500,000 Settlement
52-year-old father dies of heart attack after hospital emergency room personnel misdiagnose left shoulder and chest pains as bursitis
02/23/2005
Michael S. Krzak
$300,000 Settlement
Four-year-old girl suffers burns on her chin and shoulder when day care center worker spills boiling water during a demonstration
02/14/2005
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen
$16,000,000 Settlement
Newborn suffers brain damage when oxygen is cut off after doctors and hospital personnel fail to perform timely cesarean section.
02/09/2005
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$1,500,000 Settlement
Doctors at university health center failed to timely diagnose and treat a 20-year-old woman's pneumonia causing her death
01/29/2005
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$1,500,000 Settlement
Wrongful death of 11-month-old infant due to hemorrhaging after negligent insertion of a central line for the administration of chemotherapy
01/20/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$705,000 Settlement
58-year-old man crushed by backhoe at construction site
01/12/2005
Robert A. Clifford
$3,000,000 Settlement
Woman killed when a pick-up truck crosses the center line of traffic and strikes her vehicle.
01/04/2005
Timothy S. Tomasik
$500,000 Settlement
32 year-old woman suffers leg fractures following automobile accident
01/04/2005
Susan A. Capra
$400,000 Settlement
Failure to diagnose and treat abdominal infection in a 57-year-old man with liver disease resulting in his death.
01/03/2005
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace
$335,000 Settlement
54-year-old pedestrian struck by taxi at Chicago intersection and suffers fractured shoulder and rotator cuff tear.
12/21/2004
Robert A. Clifford
Kevin P. Durkin
Michael S. Krzak
$13,730,000 Settlement
29-year-old worker burned at power plant fire in Indiana.
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12/20/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$400,000 Settlement
34-year-old pedestrian falls into improperly guarded hole at construction site and suffers fractured vertebra.
11/30/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$3,000,000 Verdict
20-year-old killed when fellow Evans Scholar threw cinder block from third floor balcony at Northern Illinois University.
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11/22/2004
Robert A. Strelecky
$2,900,000 Settlement
41-year-old father of two dies after major blood vessel is lacerated during routine surgery to release fluid from his lung cavity.
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10/26/2004
Robert P. Walsh
$2,671,000 Settlement
45-year-old plumber and father of three falls six stories to his death at a Chicago construction site.
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10/25/2004
Michael S. Krzak
$500,000 Settlement
72-year-old bank patron slips in vault on oil negligently left on floor by maintenance workers; woman fractures left leg and right ankle.
10/19/2004
Craig J. Squillace
$374,430 Verdict
41-year-old passenger on bus is thrown into air landing on his right heel, fracturing it, when bus hits a bump in the street.
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09/28/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$6,800,000 Settlement
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.
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09/23/2004
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$1,650,000 Settlement
26-year-old man killed on expressway when stopped behind jackknifed truck and second truck rear-ended him, forcing him into first truck.
09/21/2004
Robert A. Clifford
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Brian T. Nash
$10,000,000 Settlement
Confidential settlement involving serious injuries incurred in a premises liability case
09/17/2004
Susan A. Capra
Keith A. Hebeisen
$950,000 Settlement
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.
09/08/2004
Robert P. Walsh
$300,000 Settlement
Elderly visitor to local hospital was knocked down by custodian pushing a dumpster. She sustained a fractured hip which was surgically reduced.
08/27/2004
Robert P. Walsh
$534,094 Settlement
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.
08/26/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$350,000 Settlement
26 year-old woman suffered TMJ, myofacial pain and various cervical injuries as a result of a low speed, minor impact, rear-end collision.
08/18/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$1,000,000 Settlement
75-year-old retired nurse and grandmother admitted to medical center in Iowa for mild hypertension; doctor fails to monitor her sodium level and she suffers permanent brain damage (settlement during trial after plaintiff's case put on)
08/16/2004
Timothy S. Tomasik
$1,250,000 Settlement
Carpenter crushed to death by steel beam at Northbrook construction site after co-worker detached supporting wood brace, leaving wife and three children.
08/03/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$825,000 Settlement
31-year-old mother ejected from vehicle during rollover sustained multiple fractures to her pelvis, leg and spinal vertebrae.
07/29/2004
Robert P. Walsh
Craig J. Squillace
$720,000 Settlement
20-year-old passenger sustains multiple fractures when driver loses control of car and crashes into a tree
07/29/2004
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$335,000 Settlement
Physician failed to administer proper screening tests for prostate cancer, resulting in spread of disease necessitating radiation treatment and increased likelihood of recurrence
06/30/2004
Robert A. Strelecky
$350,000 Settlement
41-year-old woman undergoes unnecessary hysterectomy following surgeon's failure to control excessive bleeding.
06/29/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$800,000 Settlement
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
05/23/2004
Robert A. Clifford
Susan A. Capra
$3,000,000 Verdict
46-year-old woman undergoes disc removal surgery and is permanently disabled.
05/11/2004
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen
$1,350,000 Settlement
Failure to diagnose breast cancer in 50-year-old woman, resulting in otherwise avoidable mastectomy and chemotherapy.
05/07/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$15,504,000 Settlement
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.
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04/30/2004
Kevin P. Durkin
$1,125,000 Settlement
37-year-old man injured in Amtrak train collision in Bourbonnais, Illinois
04/30/2004
Robert A. Strelecky
$900,000 Settlement
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.
04/25/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$12,500,000 Settlement
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
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04/14/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$491,863 Verdict
37-year-old nurse injured in car collision at the suburban intersection requiring her to have right kidney removed.
04/13/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$1,000,000 Settlement
34-year-old man struck by car repair shop employee; suffers injuries requiring numerous surgeries and skin grafting
03/26/2004
Kevin P. Durkin
$38,300,000 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. Attorneys, Kevin Durkin and John Karnezis
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03/25/2004
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$1,000,000 Settlement
13-year-old boy drowned in hotel swimming pool while on school field trip
03/15/2004
Keith A. Hebeisen
$3,049,000 Settlement
30-year-old man died in hospital after doctors failed to diagnose and treat blood clot
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03/12/2004
Robert P. Walsh
$490,000 Settlement
51-year-old high school gymnastic coach fractured his knee in a motor vehicle collision.
03/08/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$1,750,000 Settlement
61 year-old man suffered a subdural hematoma and later died when his car was rear-ended while stopped at a red light.
02/24/2004
Robert A. Strelecky
$2,750,000 Settlement
38-year-old father of two dies as a result of failure to diagnose and treat dissected aorta
02/19/2004
Timothy S. Tomasik
$835,000 Settlement
42-year-old woman dies from failure to diagnose ovarian cancer.
02/09/2004
Robert P. Walsh
$590,000 Settlement
Motorist in downstate Illinois fails to yield, striking motorcyclists. Husband dies and wife suffers facial injuries.
02/06/2004
Robert P. Walsh
$625,000 Settlement
39-year-old man falls on wet floor in restaurant bathroom requiring back fusion surgery and infection set in.
02/04/2004
Robert A. Clifford
$1,000,000 Settlement
14-year-old boy killed when his school bus is struck by Metra train
01/26/2004
Brian T. Nash
$250,000 Settlement
Snow plow pulls in front of 40-year-old female's vehicle, she suffers herniated disc necessitating spinal fusion surgery.
01/08/2004
Robert P. Walsh
$300,000 Settlement
56-year-old woman rear ended in a low-impact collision on the Westbound Eisenhower sustaining an aggravation of her fibromyalgia.
01/07/2004
Timothy S. Tomasik
$1,020,000 Settlement
Man suffers infection following endoscopic procedure requiring removal of part of his pancreas.
11/23/2003
Timothy S. Tomasik
$400,000 Settlement
67-year-old man injured after falling on ice which had accumulated due to a defective drainage system.
11/03/2003
Robert A. Clifford
$375,000 Settlement
11-year-old boy sustained serious leg injuries from a moving auger in Rock Island.
11/01/2003
Robert A. Clifford
$1,250,000 Settlement
Delay in diagnosis and treatment of uterine cancer in a 56-year-old results in her death.
10/14/2003
Keith A. Hebeisen
$950,000 Settlement
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.
10/09/2003
Robert A. Clifford
$900,000 Settlement
Motorcyclist had the right of way; the defendant proceeded with a left hand turn directly in his path, causing him to fly over the car and sustain short term memory loss and hearing loss in one ear.
10/09/2003
Brian T. Nash
$250,000 Settlement
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.
10/07/2003
Keith A. Hebeisen
$900,000 Settlement
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.
10/07/2003
Kevin P. Durkin
$2,250,000 Settlement
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.
09/30/2003
Robert A. Clifford
$600,000 Settlement
34-year-old man fractures leg, requiring a rod, following accident with truck.
09/29/2003
Timothy S. Tomasik
$325,000 Settlement
80-year-old cancer patient suffers laceration of liver during biopsy surgery and hemorrhages to death.
09/26/2003
Robert P. Walsh
$500,000 Settlement
26-year-old man rendered paraplegic when junked vehicle fell from forklift truck onto him in downstate Illinois.
09/26/2003
Keith A. Hebeisen
$315,000 Settlement
Following a trauma to the head, doctors failed to timely diagnose and treat increased intracranial pressure due to bleeding in the brain.
09/25/2003
Keith A. Hebeisen
$3,000,000 Settlement
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.
09/09/2003
Robert A. Clifford
$1,400,000 Settlement
15-year-old student is struck by a bus on her way to school; suffers severe degloving injury to her leg.
09/04/2003
Kevin P. Durkin
Susan A. Capra
$1,500,000 Settlement
Patient died due to a heart attack because of the failure to diagnose and treat an enlarged heart condition.
08/29/2003
Kevin P. Durkin
$1,000,000 Settlement
Husband and wife killed when a truck rear-ended their disabled car on a bridge in southern Illinois.
08/18/2003
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$11,000,000 Settlement
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.
08/11/2003
Brian T. Nash
$250,000 Settlement
Truck driver's right foot crushed by a forklift driven by warehouse worker resulting in surgery with insertion of metal plates and permanent pain.
08/05/2003
Robert A. Clifford
$375,000 Settlement
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.
08/01/2003
Robert A. Clifford
Kevin P. Durkin
$40,000,000 Settlement
Clifford Law Offices represented seven families killed in the crash of Alaska Air 261 that plunged in the Pacific Ocean in 2000 on a return flight from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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07/10/2003
Michael S. Krzak
$900,000 Settlement
Wife and mother of two killed when a sight-seeing helicopter crashes on a glacier in Juneau, Alaska.
06/21/2003
Timothy S. Tomasik
$750,000 Settlement
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.
06/06/2003
Michael S. Krzak
$250,000 Settlement
A 31-year-old pipe fitter tore his rotator cuff while climbing a ladder when the bottom of the ladder broke.
06/05/2003
Susan A. Capra
$250,000 Settlement
Partial settlement for failure to timely treat a stroke in a 45-year-old man.
05/23/2003
Robert P. Walsh
$350,000 Settlement
Husband and wife injured in head-on accident on Lake-Cook Road.
05/22/2003
Robert P. Walsh
$300,000 Settlement
Man suffered herniated disc in head-on car accident with intoxicated driver at Chicago intersection requiring surgery.
05/15/2003
Keith A. Hebeisen
$1,200,000 Settlement
Physicians failed to detect a cardiac abnormality on prenatal ultrasound; infant died two weeks after birth.
05/15/2003
Timothy S. Tomasik
$1,020,000 Settlement
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.
05/06/2003
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$10,450,000 Settlement
Pilot killed in Palwaukee air crash moments after take off.
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04/25/2003
Michael S. Krzak
$590,000 Settlement
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.
04/16/2003
Susan A. Capra
$1,000,000 Settlement
Failure to properly treat pancreatitis, premature discharge from the hospital resulted in death of 36-year-old man.
04/16/2003
Susan A. Capra
$2,200,000 Settlement
Failure to diagnose a heart attack by ER physician and family practice physician resulting in the death of a 46-year-old man.
04/14/2003
Susan A. Capra
$2,500,000 Settlement
49-year-old woman dies following improper post-operative care at a Chicago hospital.
04/09/2003
Keith A. Hebeisen
$350,000 Settlement
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.
04/09/2003
Keith A. Hebeisen
$4,750,000 Settlement
43-year-old patient received inadequate oxygen during skin grafting surgery on leg; sustains severe and permanent brain damage.
04/08/2003
Keith A. Hebeisen
$6,000,000 Settlement
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.
04/01/2003
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$2,500,000 Settlement
Passenger killed in small plane crash at Palwaukee Airport outside of Chicago
03/24/2003
Robert A. Clifford
Kevin P. Durkin
Timothy S. Tomasik
$10,000,000 Settlement
Speeding hearse hits squad car on routine patrol, severing injuring police officer; black box in hearse recorded speed.
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03/17/2003
Timothy S. Tomasik
$250,000 Settlement
19-year-old college student repairing flat tire on shoulder of Wisconsin highway is struck and killed by van.
02/27/2003
Robert A. Clifford
$625,000 Settlement
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.
02/21/2003
Robert A. Clifford
$2,775,000 Settlement
Bus makes tight right-hand turn and pins 34-year-old woman against barrier; leg is degloved
02/06/2003
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$3,500,000 Settlement
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 severe burns and infection.
02/05/2003
Robert A. Strelecky
$1,300,000 Settlement
Waukegan child suffered serious esophogeal and abdominal injuries when emergency room physicians failed to diagnose and treat child's accidental caustic ingestion.
01/14/2003
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$1,000,000 Settlement
A 37-year-old woman suffered a broken leg when struck by a truck when crossing the street in Chicago.
01/14/2003
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$3,500,000 Settlement
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.
01/14/2003
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$4,500,000 Settlement
39-year-old woman sustains severe permanent disfigurement and disability to her leg following routine surgery
12/20/2002
Susan A. Capra
$1,700,000 Settlement
Young woman developed flesh eating infection after undergoing liposuction surgery.
12/02/2002
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen
$12,000,000 Settlement
Failure to diagnose cancer leads to metastatic cancer in 55-year-old man.
11/15/2002
Robert A. Clifford
$2,300,000 Settlement
Smoke from brush fire at Union Pacific work site caused blackout on highway resulting in car accident that caused death of 68-year-old driver and injuries to his 62-year-old wife.
10/28/2002
Robert A. Clifford
$400,000 Settlement
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.
10/14/2002
Robert A. Clifford
Susan A. Capra
$1,700,000 Settlement
Failure to perform cesarean section resulted in infant born with brain injuries.
09/30/2002
Kevin P. Durkin
$3,000,000 Settlement
Family of four injured in car accident in suburban Lake Forest.
09/28/2002
Robert A. Clifford
$1,640,000 Settlement
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
09/17/2002
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen
$13,500,000 Settlement
Infant suffers severe brain damage at birth as a result of improperly mixed intravenous solution.
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08/30/2002
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$5,500,000 Settlement
Mother paralyzed following kidney surgery
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08/25/2002
Robert A. Clifford
Susan A. Capra
$2,900,000 Settlement
21-year-old man dies following medical malpractice involving complications from brain surgery.
07/03/2002
Robert A. Strelecky
$1,000,000 Verdict
44-year-old woman blinded following stroke during valve replacement surgery.
07/03/2002
Kevin P. Durkin
$2,900,000 Settlement
21-year-old worker severely burned in power plant explosion in Hammond, Indiana.
07/01/2002
Kevin P. Durkin
$2,468,000 Settlement
62-year-old man is struck by U.S. Postal truck when crossing the street in suburban Forest Park.
06/21/2002
Robert P. Walsh
$1,100,000 Settlement
Tenant trips on pipe protruding from ground, sprains ankle requiring surgery, and develops painful reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) syndrome.
06/18/2002
Susan A. Capra
Timothy S. Tomasik
$1,050,000 Settlement
Psychiatric negligence for failure to diagnose depression in 43-year-old man which led to his death.
06/13/2002
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$12,600,000 Verdict
Retired orthopedic surgeon suffers partial paralysis after anesthesiologist punctures spinal cord.
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05/24/2002
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
Brian T. Nash
$6,800,000 Verdict
Female passenger suffers head trauma and multiple limb fractures when small aircraft crashed in northwestern suburbs after running out of gas.
05/02/2002
Keith A. Hebeisen
$3,700,000 Settlement
Doctors and hospital fail to diagnose aneurysm; 61-year-old man requires round-the-clock care in the nursing home.
04/30/2002
Robert A. Clifford
$4,750,000 Settlement
42-year-old construction worker shatters right leg after falling 20 feet when steel beam collapses.
03/22/2002
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$3,015,000 Settlement
Girl X, a 9-year-old, is brutally attacked and poisoned at a Chicago housing project.
03/16/2002
Kevin P. Durkin
Timothy S. Tomasik
$1,250,000 Settlement
42-year-old woman is killed when her car is struck by semi-tractor trailer rig making an improper right turn.
03/08/2002
Robert A. Clifford
Susan A. Capra
$10,000,000 Settlement
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.
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03/04/2002
Robert A. Clifford
Kevin P. Durkin
$35,000,000 Verdict
Internationally acclaimed violinist severely injured due to negligence of train company.
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01/24/2002
Susan A. Capra
$3,200,000 Settlement
Baby injured when hospital and doctors fail to timely diagnose and treat a prolapsed umbilical cord.
01/02/2002
Kevin P. Durkin
$7,000,000 Settlement
Woman in crosswalk struck by bus and suffers permanent brain damage.
01/02/2002
$6,850,000 Settlement
Driver crosses center line and strikes other car head on; suffers multiple and chronic pain.
11/27/2001
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$3,000,000 Settlement
Death of mother of one year old as a result of doctors' failure to diagnose and treat small bowel obstruction.
11/21/2001
Kevin P. Durkin
$1,115,000 Settlement
25-year-old woman killed in accident on Dan Ryan Expressway.
11/12/2001
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen
$12,000,000 Settlement
Triplets born brain damaged after physicians fail to adequately assess and treat premature labor.
11/01/2001
Timothy S. Tomasik
$2,250,000 Settlement
Young boy suffers life threatening infection from defective medication
10/24/2001
Kevin P. Durkin
$2,250,000 Settlement
Wheel came off vehicle and struck car driven by 46-year-old man, killing him.
10/10/2001
Kevin P. Durkin
$4,100,000 Settlement
Photographer killed in helicopter crash in a northwestern suburb of Chicago
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07/31/2001
Keith A. Hebeisen
$1,200,000 Settlement
10-year-old boy suffers serious coronary disease from untimely diagnosis.
07/24/2001
Keith A. Hebeisen
$2,000,000 Settlement
9-year-old girl permanently disabled during hernia surgery.
06/20/2001
Timothy S. Tomasik
$300,000 Settlement
46-year-old woman suffers ankle fracture while riding in a rental car shuttle bus that is struck by a van.
05/23/2001
Robert A. Clifford
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$22,000,000 Settlement
15-year-old severely injured and two teenagers killed when SUV rolls over on expressway.
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04/20/2001
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$3,250,000 Settlement
55-year-old man dies when doctors fail to diagnose pulmonary embolism.
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04/11/2001
Keith A. Hebeisen
$1,375,000 Settlement
56-year-old man suffers from severed artery during surgery, which required two further surgeries to repair, resulting in severe complications.
03/22/2001
Kevin P. Durkin
$7,000,000 Settlement
Semi-tractor trailer driver slams on his brakes, jack-knifes and hits father and two sons in car who suffer severe injuries.
02/24/2001
Timothy S. Tomasik
$380,000 Settlement
36-year-old woman suffers injury to ureter during laproscopic hysterectomy.
02/13/2001
Timothy S. Tomasik
$400,000 Settlement
Failure to assess 10-pound pre-birth weight of newborn results in her suffering fractured shoulder from vaginal delivery
11/02/2000
$607,204 Verdict
35-year-old postal worker delivering mail is struck by car and suffers erectile dysfunction. Attorney, John Karnezis
09/15/2000
Timothy S. Tomasik
$750,000 Settlement
Eight-year-old girl is electrocuted after grabbing live power line while climbing tree on city property
09/11/2000
Susan A. Capra
Keith A. Hebeisen
$2,100,000 Partial Settlement
Partial settlement - 26-year-old man dies from failure to diagnose and treat sickle-cell anemia after surgery.
09/05/2000
Robert A. Clifford
Keith A. Hebeisen
$5,500,000 Settlement
Man dies after being improperly incubated after surgery.
07/19/2000
Susan A. Capra
$1,000,000 Settlement
6-month-old infant with ignored flu-like symptoms dies of meningitis.
06/30/2000
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$1,100,000 Settlement
56-year-old woman dies from complications involving undiagnosed legionnaire's disease.
06/30/2000
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$1,000,000 Settlement
64-year-old woman dies after surgeon fails to relieve pressure on brain cranial surgery.
06/15/2000
Kevin P. Durkin
$1,000,000 Settlement
Tow truck strikes wooden tie; malfunctioning door opens; 26-year-old passenger falls out, hits head on pavement, and dies.
06/01/2000
Robert A. Clifford
$3,500,000 Settlement
Failure to detect colon cancer in 40-year-old anemic man.
05/14/2000
Robert A. Clifford
$6,500,000 Settlement
55-year-old woman's legs were crushed by a CTA bus making too tight a turn in the crosswalk.
05/02/2000
Robert A. Clifford
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$14,000,000 Settlement
Partial settlement - sport utility vehicle rolls over, injuring 6 passengers.
03/11/2000
$3,500,000 Verdict
Failure to detect colon cancer in 40-year-old anemic man.
02/10/2000
Susan A. Capra
$2,600,000 Verdict
44-year-old man died after back surgery from blood clots in lungs.
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01/04/2000
Kevin P. Durkin
Timothy S. Tomasik
$2,950,000 Settlement
Construction worker fell through unsupported roof at Navy Pier project, fracturing pelvis and wrist.
11/01/1999
Robert A. Clifford
$2,000,000 Settlement
Worker impaled by metal rod at construction site.
10/21/1999
Timothy S. Tomasik
$650,000 Settlement
26-year-old construction worker dies after falling off roof at construction site.
10/19/1999
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$2,000,000 Settlement
Loss of leg due to undetected infection following podiatric surgery.
10/15/1999
Kevin P. Durkin
Michael S. Krzak
$1,800,000 Settlement
Construction worker fractures hip and vertebrae after falling off unguarded bridge.
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09/29/1999
Kevin P. Durkin
$2,750,000 Settlement
52-year-old woman suffers fractured vertebrae when she was struck in her stalled car on the side of the road.
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09/08/1999
Robert P. Walsh
$1,800,000 Settlement
19-year-old woman suffers closed head injuries and broken pelvis in car accident.
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07/20/1999
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$1,400,000 Settlement
Negligent obstetrical care resulting in pre-term delivery.
07/20/1999
Keith A. Hebeisen
$2,000,000 Settlement
Brain damage resulting from failure to diagnose lithium toxicity.
07/06/1999
Robert P. Walsh
$1,500,000 Settlement
10-year-old daughter killed in 1995 Mother's Day car accident.
07/02/1999
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$3,000,000 Settlement
6-year-old boy killed by garbage truck driver.
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07/02/1999
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$1,000,000 Settlement
Female motorcycle passenger sustains severe crush injuries to leg in collision with van.
06/18/1999
Michael S. Krzak
$2,583,000 Verdict
Two women involved in car accident; one killed, the other suffered post-traumatic stress in witnessing her best friend's death.
05/28/1999
Robert A. Clifford
Timothy S. Tomasik
$14,000,000 Verdict
West suburban mother is severely injured in head-on collision.
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05/27/1999
Susan A. Capra
Keith A. Hebeisen
$1,500,000 Settlement
39-year-old woman dies during procedure to remove gallstone due to inadequate monitoring.
05/13/1999
Robert P. Walsh
$1,230,000 Settlement
Defendant turned left in front of oncoming car of plaintiffs; male plaintiff dies and 70-year-old wife suffered ankle and knee injuries.
05/07/1999
$1,000,000 Settlement
Mother and son die in car accident in negligent-kept construction zone.
04/15/1999
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$1,300,000 Settlement
Two-day-old died following negligent obstetrical care by defendants.
03/05/1999
Robert A. Clifford
$4,000,000 Settlement
Defendant failed to timely diagnose and treat plaintiff's arachnoid cyst in his lower back, resulting in paraplegia.
01/01/1999
Robert A. Clifford
$28.2 million, $15 million, $250,000 Verdict
The passengers on United Airlines Flight 232 were thrown from the plane when it crash-landed in flames into a soybean field in Iowa in 1989. The jury took less than three hours to return a verdict of $28.2 million on behalf of a 70-year-old woman with permanent injuries. Robert Clifford, airplane crash attorney, also obtained a $15 million settlement for a father who lost his wife and daughter and an additional $250,000 donated for a bereavement center at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago in their names.
11/10/1998
Keith A. Hebeisen
$2,500,000 Settlement
56-year-old man suffers shortened life expectancy for failure to diagnose and treat prostate cancer.
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09/30/1998
Kevin P. Durkin
$1,200,000 Settlement
Single female struck and injured by private bus.
09/01/1998
$1,500,000 Settlement
24-year-old male with untreated hypertension develops kidney failure and requires kidney transplant
07/14/1998
Robert A. Clifford
Richard F. Burke, Jr.
$3,450,000 Settlement
Girl on bicycle struck by police car in residential neighborhood, rendered quadriplegic.
07/02/1998
Keith A. Hebeisen
Susan A. Capra
$1,500,000 Settlement
Newborn twins die from failure to timely diagnose and treat infection and failure to perform timely C-section.
06/30/1998
Robert A. Clifford
$15,000,000 Settlement
34-year-old property adjuster investigating hail damage on roof suffered severe burns when he comes into contact with low-hanging wire.
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06/01/1998
Robert A. Clifford
Kevin P. Durkin
$7,500,000
Drunken driver kills one person and injures three others in
Sioux Falls.
05/01/1998
$1,000,000 Settlement
Pedestrian struck by vehicle suffers severe injuries.
04/06/1998
Susan A. Capra
Keith A. Hebeisen
$1,500,000 Settlement
Failure to diagnose dehydration leading to death of infant.
01/23/1998
Keith A. Hebeisen
$2,300,000 Settlement
Doctors failed to discontinue a blood-clotting drug: woman suffers amputation of both legs.
01/14/1998
Kevin P. Durkin
$2,475,000 Settlement
Collision at intersection with speeding ambulance, killing one and injuring two others.
01/01/1998
Robert A. Clifford
Kevin P. Durkin
$110,000,000 Verdict
Clifford Law Offices represented 16 individuals who were killed on flight 4184 in Roselawn, Indiana in 1994 and took 110 depositions. Robert Clifford sat on the Plaintiff’s Discovery Committee. The firm obtained a $110 million settlement on the eve of trial in federal court for 28 families who had brought suit. Besides an inattentive pilot in an ice storm, the cause of the crash was determined to be an inadequately sized de-icing boot on the wing.
11/04/1997
Robert A. Clifford
$5,000,000 Settlement
Jogger hit by bus suffers permanent injuries.
07/01/1996
Robert A. Clifford
$2,540,000 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
10/11/1991
Robert A. Clifford
$24,000,000 Verdict
8-year-old boy suffers permanent brain damage and motor impairment after he was struck by a
CTA bus as he crossed the street in a school zone crosswalk