$11 million settlement in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a Dupage County single working mother of two boys, ages 17 and 15, due to the failure of Chicagoland hospital and doctors to diagnose and treat stroke. 

$850,000 settlement on behalf of the estate of a woman who treated at a methadone clinic for opioid withdrawal and overdosed after the clinic increased her daily dosage to an unsafe level. 

$1,075,000 settlement in a case against an orthopedic surgeon and a hospital for the botched knee replacement surgery of a 57-year-old woman. 

$3,500,000 jury verdict obtained on behalf of the family of a 69-year-old Cook County mother who died due to complications following an endovascular procedure to repair an aneurysm. 

$925,000 settlement on behalf of the family of a woman who died from an improperly treated infection. 

$3,000,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a newborn who, due to the failure of medical providers to properly treat a bone infection that led to the failure of his left leg to grow, necessitating numerous painful leg lengthening surgeries (the case had been previously rejected by two other plaintiffs’ firms). 

Won a $704,595 verdict against a hospital for a client who had a hip fracture that went undiagnosed for a month following his presentation to the hospital’s emergency room after a dirt bike accident.

Awarded $3.5 million for the family of a woman who died due to complications following an endovascular procedure.

Settled a medical malpractice case for $3,800,000 with a surgeon and a hospital for a 76 year old woman that developed several enterocutaneous fistulas, and other complications, from several cuts to the bowel during an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Settled a medical malpractice case with a hospital for $2,500,000 for a man that suffered neurologic injuries after doctors mismanaged excessive bleeding from three fingers that were surgically reattached, which ultimately had to be amputated.

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.

Recovered $2,100,000 from a hospital and a doctor for the mother and sister of a 22 year old man who died while in the hospital’s intensive care unit because they failed to make sure he was receiving enough oxygen.

Recovered $4,500,000 from a 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.

Negotiated over $10,000,000 in lifetime payments from a 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.

Negotiated a $4,400,000 settlement with one of Chicago’s prominent hospitals for a child who suffered a brain injury resulting from negligent post-operative care.

Negotiated settlement of $1,500,000 with a doctor and hospital for a woman who suffered a spinal accessory nerve injury resulting in the loss of range of motion and function of right shoulder and arm, after undergoing a lymph node biopsy.

Won a $5,835,000 jury verdict in a medical malpractice case involving negligent post-operative care following a total knee replacement, which resulted in permanent nerve damage in her ankle.

Negotiated a $2,200,000 settlement with a hospital for failing to properly treat a woman’s infection prior to performing surgery to remove kidney stones, which led to sepsis and emotional trauma.

Recovered $2,000,000 from a hospital for a man after its doctors failed to diagnose and treat squamous cell carcinoma in the man’s neck for almost two years, allowing it to progress to an advanced stage.

Settled a medical malpractice case for $1,950,000 with a prominent Mohs surgeon for failing to diagnose and treat a recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma on man’s forehead.

Proven Results

Settled a medical malpractice case for $1,950,000 with a prominent Mohs surgeon for failing to diagnose and treat a recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma on a man's forehead.

Negotiated a $195,000 settlement with the driver of a car that sped through an intersection and crashed into the rear end of an unmarked Chicago Police car, causing back ...

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 ...

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 ...

Negotiated a $185,000 settlement with a corporation that loaded its own products into a truck driver’s trailer without properly securing the products, causing the load to fall ...

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