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$25.31 Million Verdict In Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Case
Matthew Dudley and Marisa Schostok represented the estate of a 55-year-old man who died as a result of septic shock caused by an undiagnosed...
$25.04 Million Verdict In Malpractice Birth Injury Case
Matthew Dudley and Kevin Golden represented an eight-year-old boy who suffered from a lack of oxygen prior to birth, resulting in permanent and...
$20 Million Dollar Settlement With Hospital For Minor In Malpractice Case
Matthew Dudley and Marisa Schostok represented a 14-year-old girl who suffered from a lack of oxygen while in the emergency department of a...
$13.5 Million Record Verdict In Will County
David Pribyl and Alex Campos obtained a $13.5 million medical malpractice verdict against a Will County hospital for injuries sustained by our...
$11.23 Million Record Verdict In Highway Crash
Matthew Dudley represented a man from Morton Grove who was injured in a traffic accident in Western Nebraska. The man was stopped as a result of an...
$9.4 Million Settlement For Medical Malpractice Suit
Matthew Dudley settled a case against a suburban Chicago hospital in the amount of $9,400,000. The plaintiff was undergoing a transesophageal...
$8.25 Million Settlement For Medical Malpractice Suit
settled a case in the amount of $8,250,000 against a Chicago hospital arising out of negligence resulting in a child...
$8 Million Settlement For Man Who Suffered Brain Injury During Hospital Treatment
Kevin Golden settled a case in the amount of $8,000,000 on behalf of a 20-year-old man against Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. The man suffered...
$6.5 Million Settlement In Trucking Accident Injury Case
Attorney Marisa Schostok obtained a $6.5 million settlement on behalf of a 62-year-old woman injured in a trucking accident.
$6 Million Settlement For Personal Injury Suit
Thomas Lake represents a nine-year-old girl who was tragically injured when a concrete wall collapsed and fell on her at the United States Navy Base...
$6 Million Settlement For Medical Malpractice Suit
Matt Dudley and Alex Campos represented the estate of a 40-year-old man who died as a result of negligence in the work-up of his congenital heart...
$5.3 Million Settlement In 2019 Motorcycle Crash
Two Winnebago County motorcycle riders who were seriously injured in a 2019 crash have settled their case for $5.3 million. The plaintiffs were...
$5 Million County Record Settlement For Medical Malpractice Suit
Matthew Dudley reached a $5,000,000 settlement agreement on behalf of a woman who was victimized by medical malpractice, the highest medical...
$4.75 Million Settlement For Personal Injury Suit
Thomas Lake and Jacquelyn Melius settled a personal injury suit for $4,750,000 on behalf of a North Chicago man who suffered a spinal cord injury as...
$4.2 Million Settlement For A Family In Waukegan Hospital Lawsuit
Matthew Dudley settled a hospital lawsuit for the amount of $4,200,000 with the family of a former Lake County finance director who died from a...
$4 Million Settlement For Industrial Accident
Thomas Lake and Thomas Schippers recovered a $4,000,000 settlement on behalf of a truck driver whose right leg was amputated below the knee after a...
$3.9 Million Settlement For Man Who Died In Airplane Accident
Kevin Golden filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the estate of a man who died in a 2015 airplane accident. The case resolved in 2024 with a...
$3.85 Million Settlement For Medical Malpractice Suit
Kevin Golden settled a case against Alexian Brothers Medical Center and several doctors in the amount of 3,850,000. The 26-year-old plaintiff...
$3.7 Million Settlement For Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Case
Kevin Golden and Marissa Schostok represented the estate of a 29-year-old woman who died due to an untreated electrolyte imbalance. The plaintiff...
$3.45 Million Settlement
Attorneys Matt Dudley and Jesse Placher recently secured a $3.45 million settlement on behalf of our client.
$3.1 Million Settlement For Motor Vehicle Collision
Attorneys Thomas Lake and Jacquelyn Melius successfully secured a $3,100,000 settlement on behalf of a sewer and water worker who was involved in a...
$2.75 Million Settlement For Negligent Monitoring During Surgery
Matthew Dudley settled a case for $2,750,000 on behalf of a widow whose husband died due to anesthesia negligence. The patient, a 50-year-old male,...
$2.65 Million Settlement In Delayed Cancer Diagnosis Medical Malpractice Case
attorneys John A. Saletta and J. Matthew Dudley obtained a $2,650,000 medical malpractice settlement on behalf of a...
$2.5 Million Settlement For Bilateral Leg Amputations
Jesse Placher recovered $2.5 million from a downstate hospital for a man with partial paraplegia who ultimately required bilateral lower extremity...
$2.4 Million Settlement In Colonoscopy Wrongful Death Case
Attorneys Matt Dudley and Marisa Schostok obtained a $2.4M settlement on behalf of the family of a 35-year-old man who died during a colonoscopy...
$2.3 Million Settlement For Medical Malpractice Suit
Matthew Dudley and Jacquelyn Melius settled a medical malpractice case against a certified nurse-midwife employed by the University of Illinois...
$2.25 Million Settlement For Wrongful Death Of Mother With Respiratory Arrest
Matthew Dudley and Samantha Sindles settled a wrongful death medical malpractice case against a suburban Cook County hospital for 2.25 million...
$2.2 Million Global Settlement Against Chicagoland Hospital Following The Placement Of A Pacemaker
Matt Dudley and Alex Campos were able to obtain a $2,200,000 global settlement against a Chicagoland hospital and physician group for the family of...
$2.2 Million Settlement For Wrongful Death Of Newborn
Kevin Golden reached a $2.2 million settlement with Northwestern Hospital and the attending obstetrician/gynecologist of a child who died one day...
$2.1 Million Settlement For Permanent Disability For Injured Worker
Thomas Lake was able to secure a settlement of $2.1 million for a man who was injured during the collapse of a trench. The worker, who was a...
$2 Million Settlement For Medical Malpractice Suit
Kevin Golden and Alex Campos represented a 54-year-old man who presented to the hospital with fever and back pain. He had a spinal epidural abscess...
$2 Million Record Settlement In Extravasation Injury Case
Matthew Dudley and Marc McCallister settled a $2 million record settlement on behalf of an 80-year-old woman who suffered an extravasation injury...
$1.9 Million Dollar Settlement In Dental Malpractice Case
Matthew Dudley and Marisa Schostok represented the widow of a 55-year-old man who died during a dental filling procedure. In October 2016, the...
$1.8 Million Settlement For Neck And Back Injuries
Thomas Lake successfully prosecuted claims on behalf of a client that resulted in injuries to the client’s neck and back. This all resulted from...
$1.75 Million Settlement For Minor Abuse At A Chicagoland Church
Kevin Golden settled a case against a Chicagoland church where a volunteer sexually abused an eight-year-old boy with special needs at the church.
$1.7 Million Settlement For Man Hurt In Work Accident
Thomas Lake settled a cause for $1.7 million for a 50-year-old man who was injured in a work accident in Cook County. The jury accepted Mr. Lake’s...
$1.6 Million Settlement For Minor Sexual Assault Case
Kevin Golden recently settled a case for $1.6 million involving four minor female disabled plaintiffs who were attending high school and had been...
$1.5 Million Settlement Against A Supportive Living Facility In Illinois
Alex Campos was able to obtain a $1,500,000 settlement against a supportive living facility in Illinois for the estate of a resident who eloped from...
$1.50 Million Settlement In Negligent Supervision Sexual Assault Case
attorneys Kevin J. Golden and John A. Saletta obtained a $1.50 million settlement on behalf of a 15-year-old female...
$1.5 Million Settlement For Wrongful Death
Jesse Placher recovered $1.5 million from a downstate hospital after the death of a woman aged 76 years, leaving a husband and three children. She...
$1.5 Million Settlement For Nursing Home/Medical Malpractice Suit
Kevin Golden settled a nursing home/medical malpractice case on behalf of a 61-year-old bipolar woman who was living in a nursing home because of...
$1.5 Million Settlement For Back Injury Necessitated By Collision With Garbage Truck
Jacquelyn D. Melius settled a personal injury lawsuit for a 32-year-old woman involved in a motor vehicle collision with a garbage truck. The...
$1.4 Million Settlement For City Of Chicago Fuel Truck Driver Who Fell Off Truck
A fuel truck driver who had climbed to the top of his City of Chicago fuel truck and fallen off the top has settled his lawsuit for 1.4 million...
$1.3 Million Settlement For Hospital Suicide
Thomas Lake successfully prosecuted and settled a negligence claim for the family of a young woman who committed suicide on the psychiatric floor of...
$1.25 Million Settlement For Head-On Automobile Collision
Attorneys Thomas Lake and Daniel Smart secured a $1,250,000 underinsured motorist settlement on behalf of a client who sustained permanent neck, low...
$1.15 Million Settlement For Truck Driver Who Fell Off Semitruck Container
Kevin Golden settled the case in which a 53-year-old plaintiff was attempting to turn off the refrigerator unit for the container. The plaintiff was...
$1 Million Settlement For Failing To Properly Administer Perioperative Antibiotics
Matt Dudley and Jesse Placher recovered $1M from a downstate orthopedic surgeon who failed to properly administer perioperative antibiotics...
$1 Million Settlement For Nursing Home Fall
Jesse Placher recovered a total of $1 million from a downstate nursing home and a downstate health care provider for the death of a 78-year-old man...
$1 Million Settlement For Carbon Monoxide Death
Jacquelyn Melius settled a case for $1 million for the carbon monoxide death of a North Chicago resident. The woman was found unresponsive on the...
$1 Million Settlement For Boat Passenger Brain And Head Injuries
Thomas Lake represented a woman who sustained injuries as a result of a boating accident. She suffered brain and closed-head injuries, and was left...
$1 Million Settlement For Personal Injury Suit
Thomas Lake recently resolved a personal injury claim for a 70-year-old woman who was crossing the street mid-block when she was struck by a...
$1 Million Settlement With A Western Illinois Medical Facility And An ER Doctor
Kevin Golden reached a $1 million settlement with a Western Illinois medical facility and the emergency room doctor who treated the deceased...
$1 Million Medical Malpractice Case Against Downstate Hospital
Matthew Dudley and Daniel Smart settled a medical malpractice case against a downstate hospital for $1 million on behalf of a 60-year-old man who...
$1 Million Settlement For Woman Sexually Assaulted By A Hospital Employee While She Was A Patient At The Hospital
Kevin Golden and Jesse Placher obtained a $1 million settlement for a woman who was sexually assaulted by a hospital employee while she was a...
$950,000 For Failure To Make A Timely Diagnosis And/Or Referral
Marisa Schostok settled a case for $950,000 against an emergency department physician and a local hospital for their failure to make a timely...
$950,000 Settlement For Failure To Timely Diagnose Cauda Equina Syndrome
Matthew Dudley has settled a case for $950,000 against a Southern Illinois primary care physician for his failure to make a timely referral of his...
$885,000 Settlement For Truck Driver’s Leg Injury
Thomas Lake represented a truck driver who was involved in a head-on collision resulting in injuries to his leg. As a result of the injuries, the...
$875,000 Settlement For Man Involved In Auto Accident
Thomas M. Lake represented a laborer who was involved in a rear-end auto accident and suffered injuries to his back. He secured a total settlement...
$850,000 Settlement In Retail Store Premises Liability Case
attorneys Kevin J. Golden and John A. Saletta obtained an $850,000 settlement on behalf of their 88-year-old client who...
$850,000 Settlement For Former Nun Who Was Sexually Assaulted When She Joined The Convent
Kevin J. Golden settled a case for $850,000 for a nun who was sexually assaulted twice by a superior nun when she joined the convent at the age of...
$775,000 Record Settlement For Tazewell County Nursing Home
Matthew Dudley achieved a record settlement for Tazewell County against a national nursing home chain. The case settled for $775,000 for injuries to...
$750,000 Settlement For Wrongful Death
Jesse Placher recovered $750,000 from a downstate integrated living facility for the death of a male aged 41 years, leaving his mother as his only...
$750,000 Settlement For Nursing Home Abuse
David Pribyl and Alex Campos represented a 32-year-old female who was a resident of a nursing home specializing in mental illness treatment. As a...
$750,000 Settlement For Man Sexually Abused By Episcopal Priest 33 Years Ago
Kevin Golden settled a case against the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago on behalf of a man who was sexually assaulted by an Episcopal priest 33 years...
$750,000 Settlement For Diabetic: Below-The-Knee Amputation
Kevin J. Golden settled a case for $750,000 against two podiatrists and their medical group for neglecting an infected ulcer on the bottom of a...
$700,000 Settlement For Wrongful Death
Jesse Placher recovered $700,000 from a downstate nursing home for the death of a female aged 84 years with six children. She was living...
$685,000 Settlement In Retail Store Slip And Fall Injury Case
attorneys John A. Saletta and J. Matthew Dudley obtained a $685,000 settlement on behalf of their 78-year-old client...
$675,000 Settlement For Wrongful Death
Jesse Placher recovered $675,000 from a downstate nursing home for the death of a female aged 74 years, leaving three children. She went to the...
$650,000 Settlement In Group Home Negligent Supervision Case
attorneys Kevin J. Golden and John A. Saletta obtained a $650,000 settlement on behalf of a 22-year-old man with autism...
$650,000 Settlement After Radiologist Fails To Properly Interpret CT Scan
Kevin Golden settled a case for $650,000 against a hospital and the radiologist who interpreted her CT scan. The plaintiff went to the emergency...
$610,000 Settlement In Commercial Vehicle Intersection Crash Case
attorneys John A. Saletta and Kevin J. Golden obtained a $610,000 settlement on behalf of a 48-year-old man who was a...
$600,000 Resolution In Nursing Home Bedsore Case
Daniel Smart successfully resolved a nursing home bedsore case against a downstate nursing home for $600,000. The 77-year-old male plaintiff...
$550,000 Large Payout For Loss Of Eye
Tom Lake represented a young man who lost his eye as a result of being shot by a pellet gun. The case ultimately settled for $550,000.00.
$525,000 Settlement For Nerve Injury
Jesse Placher recovered $525,000 for a woman who suffered a nerve injury caused by the medical negligence of a downstate orthopedic surgeon. She...
$500,000 Settlement For A Man Killed In A Cop Car Crash
A wrongful death suit was settled for $500,000 to the family of a Wisconsin man against the Zion Police Department. The man was killed when a squad...
$500,000 Settlement For Brachial Plexus Injury
Kevin J. Golden settled a case for $500,000 against Ingalls Memorial Hospital on behalf of a 10-year-old patient who had suffered a brachial plexus...
$475,000 Settlement In Dog Attack
Daniel Smart recovered a $475,000 settlement on behalf of a 61-year-old male who was bitten by a dog while he was conducting a land survey. The...
$450,000 Settlement In Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect Case
Daniel Smart settled a nursing home abuse and neglect case for $450,000. Upon admission to the defendant’s facility, the staff failed to properly...
$450,000 Settlement For Wrongful Death Of Veteran
Matthew Dudley and Dan Smart successfully resolved a wrongful death nursing home case in Peoria County for $450,000. The decedent died while...
$430,000 Settlement For Woman Injured After A Slip-And-Fall At A Store
Marisa Schostok obtained a $430,000.00 settlement on behalf of a woman who fractured her knee after she slipped and fell on a slippery surface while...
$325,000 Settlement For Woman Injured After Falling Down Defective Stairs
Marisa Schostok obtained a settlement for $325,000.00 on behalf of a woman who fell down the front entry steps of the home she was renting,...
Confidential Settlement For Two Women Who Were Videotaped In A School Restroom In The Chicagoland Area
Kevin Golden obtained a settlement on behalf of two women who were videotaped separately while in a school restroom. The settlement amount is...
Two 1983 Civil Rights Lawsuits Settled
Kevin Golden has settled two Civil Rights Act of 1983 lawsuits, one in the Northern District of Illinois and the second in the Central District of...
$12.9 Million Settlement In Plant Explosion Case
Kevin Golden and Tom Lake represented the estates of a 29-year-old man and a 24-year-old man who died as a result of an industrial explosion at a...
$12.7 Million Global Settlement Relating To Injuries Sustained In Motor Vehicle Collision In Construction Zone
Tom Lake and Alex Campos were able to obtain a $12,700,000 global settlement on behalf of two families relating to injuries sustained in a motor...
Near-Record Award For Police Officer
Thomas Lake received one of the highest awards recorded in Illinois for an injured police officer in a workers’ compensation claim. The officer...

