David A. Axelrod & Associates

Won a jury verdict of $31,351,107 against Walgreen Co. due to its failure to properly control and inventory the use of narcotic controlled substances causing the jury to find that a drug abusing pharmacist placed the wrong pills into a customer's prescription bottle which led to permanent kidney failure and brain injuries and, ultimately, death;

Negotiated over $10,000,000 in lifetime payments from Lutheran General Hospital and a doctor for a child who, at the age of 22 months, suffered from acute and undiagnosed kidney failure leading to multiple surgeries, hospitalizations and long-term risk of end stage kidney failure;
Recovered $4,500,000 from Northwestern Memorial Hospital for the failure to diagnose and treat a continuing surgical infection which caused the client to suffer from septic shock, multi-organ failure, nine years of illness and, ultimately, death;
Settled a personal injury lawsuit against a bus manufacturer for $3,000,000 in a bus rollover case alleging product defects. The payment was based upon an alleged product defect in the chassis and warning mechanism supplied by General Motors Corp.;
Recovered $2,100,000 from Lutheran General Hospital and a doctor for the mother and sister of a 22 year old man who died while in the Lutheran General Hospital intensive care unit because they failed to make sure he was receiving enough oxygen;
Received $1,950,000 from a urologist and his practice for their failure to diagnose and treat recurrent bladder cancer for a period of almost 2 years causing the cancer to spread and eventually kill the client;
Won a jury verdict in the amount of $1,500,000 from a hospital and two doctors who caused their 79 year old patient to die because they performed surgery to remove his gall bladder in spite of evidence of existing heart failure;
Collected $925,000 from Holy Cross Hospital and a surgeon who failed to properly monitor a wound infection in a 76 year old woman which was allowed to spread into her blood and heart valve eventually killing her;
Won an $814, 444 jury verdict from a cardiac surgery practice because of the failure to timely diagnose and treat a surgical infection causing the client to lose his sternum; and
Recovered $450,000 from Highland Park Hospital for the family of an 82 year old woman who died after she was released from the emergency room even though she had a serious heart condition.

Recovered over $5,600,000 through arbitration in a complicated real estate/fraud matter in which the client was a
co-investor in a condominium conversion project who was squeezed out by another investor;
Recovered over $2,600,000 for a construction and lighting business which had the money stolen from its corporate profit sharing plan by one of its employees. The recovery was frm a series of businesses including the former employee, the investment advisor firm, the national accounting firm and the corporate administrator of the profit sharing plan;
Won a $1,672,083 verdict on behalf of a business client who took a promissory note in conjunction with the purchase of real estate out of bankruptcy. The defendant claimed that the promissory note had been fraudulently procured and, if not, had been satisfied;
Negotiated a $1,350,000 recovery of unpaid sales commissions after two days of trial from a multi-million dollar international electronics firm who had terminated the sales representatives and argued that there were no commissions due under their contracts;
Collected $1,290,000 for a construction and demolition firm from an international chemical manufacturer for breach of contract, fraud and conversion arising from the unlawful confiscation of thousands of pounds of scrap metal which belonged to the client;
Recovered $1,250,000 from a major national retail chain for infringement of a copyrighted fabric pattern which had been used on patio furniture throughout the country;
Procured $1,125,000 for a mortgage banking company who had been fraudulently induced by a large finance company to issue mortgage loans against what turned out to be worthless property;
Won a $1,083,906 verdict from a Chicago real estate broker and investor who cheated the client out of real estate and personal wealth. The broker was found to have defrauded the client as well as breached his fiduciary duties thereby causing the judge to assess punitive damages as part of the award; and
Won a $700,000 jury verdict on behalf of a client who purchased an office building based upon the understanding that the building contained limited amounts of asbestos caused by the report of a nationally known environmental inspection firm.

Won a jury verdict of $31,351,107 against Walgreen Co. due to its failure to properly control and inventory the use of narcotic controlled substances causing the jury to find that a drug abusing pharmacist placed the wrong pills into a customer's prescription bottle which led to permanent kidney failure and brain injuries and, ultimately, death;
Recovered over $2,600,000 for a construction and lighting business which had the money stolen from its corporate profit sharing plan by one of its employees. The recovery was frm a series of businesses including the former employee, the investment advisor firm, the national accounting firm and the corporate administrator of the profit sharing plan;
Won a $1,083,906 verdict from a Chicago real estate broker and investor who cheated the client out of real estate and personal wealth. The broker was found to have defrauded the client as well as breached his fiduciary duties thereby causing the judge to assess punitive damages as part of the award; and

Won $765,000 in a legal malpractice case arising from an attorney=s failure to preserve an argument on appeal leading to the reversal of an award in favor of the client based on employment discrimination against General Motors Corp.;

Procured $730,000 from divorce attorneys who had failed to discover the value of marital assets and consequently recommended that the client accept a settlement that was for hundreds of thousands of dollars less than she was entitled to under the law; and
Won a $700,000 jury verdict on behalf of a client who purchased an office building based upon the understanding that the building contained limited amounts of asbestos caused by the report of a nationally known environmental inspection firm.

Collected $1,290,000 for a construction and demolition firm from an international chemical manufacturer for breach of contract, fraud and conversion arising from the unlawful confiscation of thousands of pounds of scrap metal which belonged to the client;
Won a $700,000 jury verdict on behalf of a client who purchased an office building based upon the understanding that the building contained limited amounts of asbestos caused by the report of a nationally known environmental inspection firm.
Won $700,000 jury verdict from an environmental firm arising from the failure to discover and disclose the existence of asbestos in an office building;
Represented officers of defunct contractor in suits claiming breach of fiduciary duty and conversion, successfully negotiating settlements for all non-equity holders;
Secured dismissal with prejudice of wrongfully sued contractor in major Superfund suit;
Defended contractor wrongly accused of responsibility for collapse of building caused by another contractor;
Brought action against, and negotiated settlement with, United States regarding alleged preemption of approved siting of landfill;
Brought action against multinational aggregate company regarding breach of lease resulting in damage to landfill site;
Negotiated contracts between subcontractors and contractors, filed and prosecuted mechanic’s liens, and prepared claims, change orders, and similar documents;
Counseled corporations on compliance with contracts, environmental and other laws, and proactive avoidance of disputes;
Represented surety in appeal of mechanic’s lien judgments relating to multiple public projects.

Won a $31.35 million dollar verdict, including $25 million in punitive damages against Walgreen Company for pharmacy malpractice;
Collected $1.35 million from a national retail chain for copyright infringement arising from illegal use of copyrighted fabric design;
Won a judgment of over $1 million, including $300,000 in punitive damages, for a real estate broker’s deception, causing his client to lose his property and business;
In a case involving violation of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act, won an award of compensatory and punitive damages arising from the theft of secret financial and customer information.