We are a trial firm specializing in serious injury and wrongful death cases involving construction site accidents, Worker's Compensation, medical malpractice, automobile, and railroad cases with 5 MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR JURY VERDICTS AND 2 MILLION DOLLAR PLUS SETTLEMENTS IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
$9.5 MILLION DOLLARS jury verdict for a Local 5 construction laborer against a general contractor. (The jury reduced the amount by one-third for contributory negligence). This construction laborer suffered a severe fractured femur and a herniated disc as a result of a fall from a scaffold. We showed that the defendant allowed the plaintiffs' employer, a masonry subcontractor, to use a scaffold that did not have proper fall protection, and in addition was a tripping hazard. Our client had several operations to treat his injuries and is unable to return to work as a Union laborer.
$6.5 MILLION DOLLARS jury verdict obtained for a 12 year old boy who lost his leg below the knee while trespassing and attempting to "hitch" a ride on a freight train. We showed that the railroads should have had better fencing or a pedestrian overpass. The jury agreed but reduced the verdict by 40% plaintiffs' fault.
$2.6 MILLION DOLLARS settlement on a medical malpractice case against a hospital for the death of an attorney's wife because of failing to timely notify her of an E-Coli infection so it could be properly and quickly treated.
$1.75 MILLION DOLLARS on behalf of a lady who was an active member of a Missionary Baptist Church and a prominent member of its' choir whose husband died due to anesthesia errors during a kidney transplant.
$1.5 MILLION DOLLARS another case tried by Marvin Brustin and Milo Lundblad involving a construction laborer's fall from a scaffold where we showed the scaffold was improperly stabilized. The defendant appealed the case and the Appellate Court denied their appeal and upheld the jury verdict. (In addition, the Court restored $200,000 to the verdict for the construction worker's future medical expenses). The Appellate Court's Opinion regarding recovery by an employee of a subcontractor from a general contractor has made new Illinois law which will help all construction workers.
$1 MILLION DOLLARS OCTOBER 2010 – Jury verdict awarded to Railroad Engineer with back injury who had an unrelated gender operation while case was pending.
$2 MILLION DOLLARS OCTOBER 2010 – Jury verdict awarded to farm worker on a Product Liability case. - no offer. LARGEST VERDICT EVER IN FORD COUNTY, IL
JURY VERDICT AGAINST KMART AND MANUFACTUER – For Product Liability due to improper stretch cord on work jacket that "sling shot" and caused vision loss in one eye – trial on damages to follow.