Richard F. Burke, Jr.

Despite risk factors for coronary artery disease, a 56-year-old woman was taken to surgery for a hysterectomy without a pre-operative cardiac consultation. She died of a heart attack shortly after the surgery.

A 45-year-old man lost part of his leg after it was crushed due to the unsafe design of a large piece of industrial equipment used in a Chicago manufacturing plant.

Elderly woman was hit by a sliding door as she entered a large department store, knocking her to the ground and causing a nondisplaced fracture of her hip.

A construction laborer experienced permanent back injuries when he was struck by a piece of equipment protruding from a passing truck on a roadway construction job site.

A woman sustained knee and neck injuries, as well as significant emotional distress, when she was a passenger onboard a large aircraft that experienced an engine fire immediately before takeoff.

A 64-year-old man died as a result of dehydration and kidney failure that resulted from inadequate evaluation and a premature release from the emergency room following a fall to the ground when a residential porch collapsed.

Plaintiff sustained permanent back injuries when a stretcher unexpectedly collapsed as a result of a defective design.

Plaintiff sustained a fractured sternum when he was struck by a vehicle that crossed the center line allegedly driven by a man who experienced a medical issue at or around the time of the incident.

A grammar school boy sustained a short-term head injury as a result of being thrown to the floor with excessive force by a school security guard during a minor student altercation.