Michael Dean Carter Jr.'s Legal Cases (21)

Patterman v. Weis Builders, Et Al.

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Date: Dec 20, 2011

Outcome: Settled for $1,250,000 fresh with full WC lien waiver.

Description: Stone Mason injured on job site.

Haney v. Walsh Construction Co.

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Date: Apr 29, 2011

Outcome: Settled for $1,000,000 fresh with $400,000 WC lien waiver

Description: Ironworker suffers left shoulder injury with three shoulder surgeries. Returned to medium heavy... more

People v. Wooley

Practice Area: Criminal Defense

Date: Feb 25, 2011

Outcome: We prevailed.

Description: Client wrongly charged with a simple assault. A couple times a year I'll do a pro bono trial for... more

Tyler v. Hunter Towing.

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Date: Feb 15, 2011

Outcome: Jury verdict for $200,000

Description: Client ran into the side of a tow truck in an intersection. Suffered subdural hematoma and... more

Smith v. Hartz Construction Co.

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Date: Jan 19, 2011

Outcome: Case settled against primary defendants for well in excess of seven figures.

Description: Worker installing lumbar to be bolted to a foundation tripped over imbedded anchor bolt and fell... more

Krywin v. Chicago Transit Authority

Practice Area: Appeals

Date: Aug 29, 2010

Outcome: Supreme Court reversed the trial court and ignored the issue involving the effect of the adoption of the restatement.

Description: I wrote the amicus curiae brief for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association arguing that the verdict... more

Lavelle Burt v City of Chicago

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Date: Jul 30, 2007

Outcome: We won in the trial and appellate court.

Description: Michael Carter was honored to argue the case before the Appellate Court and was very happy the... more

Fischer v. Senior Living Properties

Practice Area: Appeals

Date: Dec 10, 2002

Outcome: We prevailed in the Appellate Court.

Description: The Appellate Court reversed the trial court's dismissal of the plaintiff's case. The attorney... more

Flores v. Gilbane, et al.

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: Settled: 1.5 million plus $900,000 WC lien waiver

Description: Ironworker tripped over outrigger on job site. Suffered severe shoulder injury.

Tina Tews v. Deerfield Construction Company, Inc.

Practice Area: Personal Injury

Outcome: $1,000,064.00 verdict for our client.

Description: Rear end auto collision resulting in herniated disc (unoperated) and neck pain.