Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in Illinois in 2023

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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 personal injury verdicts obtained in Illinois in the year 2023. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of Illinois.

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Visit: Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in Illinois in 2023
21
Amount:$596,089.00
Attorneys:David J. Rashid of Wise Morrissey L.L.C.
Case:Hammonds v. Northwest Comm. Hosp.
Type:Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Lack of Informed Consent, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury
22
Amount:$580,000.00
Attorneys:Bryan O'Connor of Whiteside & Goldberg Ltd.
Case:McGovern v. Sandoval
Type:Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
23
Amount:$550,198.00
Attorneys:Amanda Martin of Parente & Norem P.C.
Case:Graunke v. Estate of Roumeliotis, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Vehicular Accident
24
Amount:$500,000.00
Attorneys:Elizabeth S. Picou of Shuman Legal
Case:Dugaduga v. Cherney
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
25
Amount:$413,313.00
Attorneys:Stephanie K. Nathanson, Michael T. Peterson of Law Offices of Stephanie K. Nathanson
Case:Stephani, et al. v. Erickson, et al.
Type:Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Unnecessary Surgery, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury
26
Amount:$400,001.00
Attorneys:Lawrence Jackowiak of Jackowiak Law Offices
Case:Mikulski v. Weiss, et al.
Type:Dog Bite, Personal Injury, Animal Attack, Strict Liability, Bodily Injury
27
Amount:$400,000.00
Attorneys:C. Nicholas Cronauer, Ross Brennan of Cronauer Law, LLP
Case:Cruz v. Alvarez
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Vehicular Accident
28
Amount:$375,000.00
Attorneys:Richard J. Schroeder of Tarpey, Jones & Schroeder L.L.C.
Case:Novakovic v. Vaccaro
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
29
Amount:$372,735.00
Attorneys:Michael A. Silverman of Horwitz, Horwitz and Associates Ltd.
Case:Blackman v. A&P Hospitality of Illinois LLC
Type:Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury
30
Amount:$368,000.00
Attorneys:Michael D. Fisher, Lawrence J. Amato of GWC Injury Lawyers LLC
Case:Wilmet, et al. v. Ent. Leasing Co. of Chicago LLC, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
31
Amount:$336,712.00
Attorneys:Dominick P. Ranallo of Cary J. Wintroub & Associates
Case:Corona v. Filhour, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
32
Amount:$325,000.00
Attorneys:David P. Huber of Healy Scanlon Veugeler Gannon
Case:Kubasak v. City of Chicago
Type:Dangerous Condition, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
33
Amount:$315,125.00
Attorneys:David J. Starshak of Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates Ltd.
Case:Blakemore v. Johnson
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
34
Amount:$300,000.00
Attorneys:Anthony Ivone, Karolina M. Kuczmanski of Costa Ivone LLC
Case:Flores v. Solomon
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
35
Amount:$272,623.00
Attorneys:Karolina M. Kuczmanski of Costa Ivone LLC
Case:Jones v. Galligani
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
36
Amount:$251,204.00
Attorneys:David B. Nemeroff of Nemeroff Law Offices Ltd.
Case:Jones v. Gonzalez, et al.
Type:Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Mass Transit Accident, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
37
Amount:$250,000.00
Attorneys:Joseph L. Dombrowski of Dombrowski, Sorensen & Gigac
Case:Pagan v. Montenegro
Type:Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accident, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
38
Amount:$178,191.00
Attorneys:Daniel R. Klosowski of McHargue & Jones LLC
Case:Sotelo v. Brown
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
39
Amount:$163,539.00
Attorneys:Marc E. McCallister, Emmett Harrington of Cavanagh Law Group
Case:Ceroll v. Salinas
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
40
Amount:$160,000.00
Attorneys:Mohammad A. Owaynat of Owaynat Law Offices
Case:Ramos, et al. v. Barron-Esparza
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
41
Amount:$152,183.00
Attorneys:Julia E. Alcaraz of The Vrdolyak Law Group LLC
Case:Zouras v. City of Chicago
Type:Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
42 (tie)
Amount:$150,000.00
Attorneys:Vincent Luisi Jr. of Luisi Legal Group
Case:Vazquez, et al. v. Kijewska
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
42 (tie)
Amount:$150,000.00
Attorneys:Michael S. Baird of Stotis & Baird Chartered
Case:Reynolds v. Kitching, et al.
Type:Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture
43
Amount:$142,500.00
Attorneys:Hall Adams of Law Offices of Hall Adams
Case:Woodside v. Burton, et al.
Type:Dog Bite, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Animal Attack, Strict Liability, Bodily Injury
44
Amount:$134,916.00
Attorneys:Michael A. Silverman of Horwitz, Horwitz and Associates Ltd.
Case:Hayes v. Estate of Savage
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
45
Amount:$133,500.00
Attorneys:Robert S. Fakhouri of The Fakhouri Firm LLC
Case:Sanchez-Catano v. Hernandez, et al.
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
46
Amount:$132,409.00
Attorneys:Matthew G. Burke of Heineke & Burke LLC
Case:Zaborska v. Dabrowska
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
47
Amount:$122,500.00
Attorneys:Joseph A. Power Jr., James Power, Dominic LoVerde of Power Rogers LLP
Case:Magnuson v. Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions LLC
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Vehicular Accident
48
Amount:$113,057.00
Attorneys:Frank J. Olavarria of Law Offices of Frank J. Olavarria P.C.
Case:Gonzalez v. Home Depot U.S.A. Inc.
Type:Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury
49
Amount:$112,509.00
Attorneys:Aretha R. Bright of The Vrdolyak Law Group LLC
Case:Hill-Layne v. Chicago Trans. Auth.
Type:Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Fall, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident, On-board Accident, Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accident
50
Amount:$110,200.00
Attorneys:Adrian Bracy of The Vrdolyak Law Group LLC
Case:Distefano, et al. v. Balint
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident
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