Personal Injury

A then eight-year-old girl sustained injuries to her right thumb due to a dog bite after she was asked to help a veterinary employee capture a runaway animal. According the John Kirkton of the Jury Verdict Reporter, this verdict is the highest verdict in the history of Illinois stemming from a dog bite. The previous record verdict in DuPage County was $335,000. Kirkton also confirmed that this verdict is the highest in the state for a thumb injury without other significant trauma. Click here to read more about the case.

A 16-year-old was exposed to cancer causing agents in water.

A 51-year-old woman develops complex regional pain syndrome when a pallet of turkeys is dropped on her right foot.

A 27-year-old female sustained a broken jaw as the result of an altercation outside of a downtown nightclub.

College student sustained injuries to his neck at a fraternity rush event requiring surgery.

A 12-year-old girl bucked and thrown from a horse at a stable resulting in cervical fractures requiring surgery.

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 smoky high-rise stairwell; one of the highest personal injury settlements in Chicago's Cook County history. Click here to read more about this case.

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.

Police shoot at suspect and innocent bystander gets bullet fragment in the eye.