Top 50 Verdicts in Illinois in 2016
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $120,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony C. Valiulis, David A. Eisenberg, Melinda J. Morales of Much Shelist, PC; Michael I. Kanovitz, Scott R. Rauscher of Loevy & Loevy |
| Case: | County of Cook v. AIG, et al. |
| Type: | Insurance; Breach of Contract |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $53,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas J. Raymond, Jack M. Beam, Matthew M. Patterson of Beam & Raymond; Geoffrey N. Fieger of Fieger Law PC |
| Case: | I.E. v. University of Chicago Med. Ctr. |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Delayed Childbirth Delivery; Hospital Malpractice |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $27,114,848.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Sweeney, Adam S. Miller of RDS Law |
| Case: | Rivera v. Allstate Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Defamation |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $22,729,371.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Clifford, Kevin P. Durkin, Colin H. Dunn of Clifford Law Offices, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Swenson v. Troy, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Truck Accident |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $14,564,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank S. Cservenyak, Jr., William V. Kozol, Kevin G. Cronk of Rathbun, Cservenyak & Kozol L.L.C |
| Case: | Hickey v. Pace Suburban Bus Service |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Motorcycle Accident |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $13,890,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry D. Goldberg, Ian R. Alexander, Joseph M. Preiser of Goldberg & Goldberg |
| Case: | Estate of Sabanovic v. City of Chicago |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Dangerous Condition; Premises Liability |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $12,864,874.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew P. Connelly, Cory D. Anderson of Rock Fusco & Connelly LLC; Mark D. Roth, Tima Ramadani of Roth Fioretti, LLC |
| Case: | Chicago Imports v. Commonwealth Edison |
| Type: | Property Damage; Dangerous Condition; Negligent Maintenance |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David R. Barry, Jr., Susan J. Schwartz of Corboy & Demetrio, PC |
| Case: | Khankari v. Pombar, DO |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Delayed Treatment; Medical Malpractice |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $10,713,601.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jay P. Deratany, Gregory J. Olmstead, Megan K O’Connor of The Deratany Firm |
| Case: | Estate of M.K. v. American Water Heater Co. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Product Liability |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $10,054,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan S. Hofeld, Howard S. Schaffner of Hofeld and Schaffner |
| Case: | Avila v. Balla, MD |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Failure to Diagnose; Medical Malpractice |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clifford W. Horwitz, Michael D. Carter, Jr., Michael A. Silverman of Horwitz, Horwitz and Associates Ltd. |
| Case: | Miyagi v. Dean's Transportation Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Supervision |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $9,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas Q. Keefe, Jr. of Keefe, Keefe & Unsell, PC |
| Case: | Spencer v. API Construction Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elizabeth A. Kaveny, Kevin G. Burke, Brian T. Monico of Burke Wise Morrissey Kaveny LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Bilbro-Beverly v. Norwegian American Hospital |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $8,718,848.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian Hurst, Thomas F. Boleky of Beutel Hurst Boleky LLC |
| Case: | Williams v. Northwestern MCO Corp. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Hospital Malpractice |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $8,055,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clifford W. Horwitz, Michael D. Carter, Jr. of Horwitz, Horwitz and Associates Ltd. |
| Case: | Fonte v. American River Transportation Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Watercraft Accident |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jay P. Deratany, Michael A. Kosner of The Deratany Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Pipkin v. Mount Sinai Hospital |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Anesthesia; Medical Malpractice |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $7,884,762.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Napleton, Bradley Z. Schulman of Motherway & Napleton LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Arient v. Alhaj-Hussein, MD, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Anesthesia; Medical Malpractice |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $7,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith A. Hebeisen, Bradley M. Cosgrove, Susan A. Capra, Brian S. Shallcross of Clifford Law Offices, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Munden v. Vohra, MD, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Anesthesia; Medical Malpractice |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David N. Damick of Law Offices of David N. Damick |
| Case: | Brown v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Toxic Exposure; Workplace Safety |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $7,355,400.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel E. Murphy, Justin S. Stoner of Murphy & Murphy |
| Case: | Stiles v. Shadid, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Premises Liability |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $7,130,100.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Jaffe, Bradley J. Edwards, Adam D. Horowitz, Brittany N. Henderson of Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. |
| Case: | Rainey v. Taylor a/k/a 'The Game' |
| Type: | Sexual Assault |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter W. Ross of Browne George Ross LLP; Edward W. Feldman, of Miller Shakman & Beem, LLP |
| Case: | Playboy Enterprises v. Play Beverages, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory L. Shevlin of Cook, Ysursa, Bartholomew, Brauer & Shevlin, Ltd. |
| Case: | Kimme v. Highway Technologies, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $5,625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John S. McCollough, Melissa R. Null of Lashly & Baer, PC; William C. Brittan of Campbell Killin Brittan & Ray LLC; Frank J. Niesen, III of Law Office of Frank J. Niesen, Jr. |
| Case: | JBS Carriers v. EJA Trucking |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Truck Accident |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $5,008,922.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce R. Pfaff, Matthew D. Ports of Pfaff, Gill & Ports Ltd.; Dick L. Williams of Williams, Williams & Loeffel PC |
| Case: | Estate of Sawyer v. Brown, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Anesthesia; Medical Malpractice |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark D. Roth of Roth Fioretti, LLC |
| Case: | Chicago Import v. American States Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Insurance Bad Faith |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $4,768,351.47 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Napleton, Brion W. Doherty of Motherway & Napleton LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Blockmon v. Cutco Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $4,590,576.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Scanlon, Matthew M. Gannon of Healy Scanlon Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Smith v. Stecy, MD |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William V. Kozol of Rathbun, Cservenyak & Kozol L.L.C; Brian M. Begley of Jendryk, Farmans, Hamer & Begley LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Duskey v. Hilton Worldwide Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Inadequate Security; Premises Liability |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Francis P. Morrissey, Michael L. Gallagher of Burke Wise Morrissey Kaveny LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Bellows v. Dehnee, MD, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Delayed Treatment; Medical Malpractice |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $3,310,959.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas W. Graham of Douglas W. Graham |
| Case: | Patel v. Mahajan |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $3,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Philip F. Maher of Philip F. Maher & Associates; Keith A. Hebeisen of Clifford Law Offices, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Vandelinder v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Medication Overdose; Medical Malpractice |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sal Indomenico of Sal Indomenico and Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Harris v. West Suburban Medical Center |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Postsurgical Monitoring; Hospital Malpractice |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $2,814,338.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen D. Phillips, Terrence M. Quinn of Phillips Law Offices |
| Case: | Valencia v. McMahon, MD |
| Type: | Birth Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $2,810,792.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin L. Weisberg, Raymond M. Krauze, Clifford C. Histed, Nora E. Becerra of K&L Gates LLP |
| Case: | F.E. Moran v. Illinois Union Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $2,656,315.50 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Saks of Rittenberg, Buffen, Gulbrandsen, Robinson & Saks, Ltd. |
| Case: | Francek v. Safeway |
| Type: | Retaliatory Discharge |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $2,575,338.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Axelrod, Jason M. Kleinman of David A. Axelrod & Associates, PC |
| Case: | Casey v. TLC Management Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $2,528,882.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joel N. Goldblatt, Andrew D. Arons, Tricia L. Putzy of Williams, Bax & Saltzman, P.C. |
| Case: | Industrial Staffing Svcs. v. Inktel Holdings |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $2,514,849.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey J. Neslund of Law Offices of Jeffrey J. Neslund |
| Case: | Estate of Hess v. Estate of Flores |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Premises Liability |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Donald A. Shapiro of Donald A. Shapiro Ltd. |
| Case: | Estate of Chibe v. Montes, RN, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Negligent Postsurgical Monitoring; Medical Malpractice |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $2,481,246.00 |
| Attorneys: | William M. Walsh of Law Office of William M. Walsh, LLC |
| Case: | Benson v. City of Chicago |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Race Discrimination; Negligence in Employment |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $2,480,547.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Belcher of Aleksy Belcher |
| Case: | Bryant v. City of Chicago |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Railroad v. Car Accident |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $2,479,712.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph J. Miroballi, Adam S. Budz of Miroballi, Durkin & Rudin LLC |
| Case: | Pipala v. Resource Mgmt. Ent. Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Work Accident; Workplace Safety |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $2,332,641.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher M. Norem of Parente & Norem, PC |
| Case: | Rosignal v. First Student Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $2,318,656.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark A. Brown, Scott D. Lane of Lane & Lane, LLC |
| Case: | Shadley v. Pflow Industries Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Failure to Warn; Product Liability |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $2,249,850.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel P. Hogan of McCabe & Hogan, PC |
| Case: | Wokoun v. Goldner, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Assault and Battery |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $1,749,890.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. MacInerney of Hofeld and Schaffner |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Fore Trucking Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck & Pedestrian Accident |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,671,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean C. Burke of Sean Burke Law, LLC; Stephan D. Blandin of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC |
| Case: | Moraites v. Goshgarian, MD |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Surgery; Medical Malpractice |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tara R. Devine, Elizabeth R. Olszewski, John A. Mennie of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard PC |
| Case: | Estate of Ruiz v. Phoenix Care Systems, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Nursing Home Malpractice |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,515,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth R. Fiedler, Stephanie K. Nathanson of Fiedler & Nathanson Ltd. |
| Case: | Dujmovic-Terman v. Levine, MD, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Improper Prenatal Care; Medical Malpractice |