Dangerous Property and Products

A 28-year-old sign painter was electrocuted while painting a billboard due to employer, billboard owner, and electrical company's negligence.

Kevin P. Durkin obtains a record $16 million verdict on behalf of two families whose sons were killed in a grain bin entrapment incident in northwestern Illinois. The two teenagers suffocated in what became a sinkhole of grain. The previous record in that county was $220,000 in 1989. Click here to read more about this case.

Home health care worker suffers nerve damage and scarring on arm when bit by a dog owned by her elderly client.

Man injured by falling glass from high-rise window on unprotected public sidewalk in the Loop.

A 29-year-old electrician suffers severe electrical burns to both hands while working on an electrical cabinet that was not supposed to be energized.

Three men were severely burned in a grain elevator explosion at work. It was the 11th highest verdict in the nation that year. Click here to read more about this case.

Plaintiff suffered a shoulder injury when he fell on an unnatural accumulation of ice on a sidewalk that formed as a result of a leak in a can light in a defective canopy.

A 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.

$1.2 billion settlement regarding the 9/11-related property damage and insurance subrogation claims against airlines and security companies. (Property and Financial Loss Claim) Click here to read more about this settlement.