Attorney Ehsan Eftekhari's Legal Cases

Personal injury

Innocent Bystander v. Police Officer

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OUTCOME: $82,000 for victim of police shooting

This is a case which I am particularly proud of because I had to overcome Tort Immunity laws which protected the defendants, City of Chicago Police Officers. An officer who shot 4 rounds at a couple o ... f German Shepard dogs, missed them. His bullet instead ricocheted and hit my client on the knee cap. My client's injuries were caused by the shrapnel which penetrated his knee cap. Surgeons at Illinois Masonic took out the shrapnel and he had to wear a cast for a few months, but he made full recovery. The City of Chicago didn't offer much to settle the case before trial, so I had to take the case to the jury. The City argued that since the officer feared for his life, his use of deadly force to defend himself was reasonable. The jury did not buy that argument. I argued that while the officer may have been fearful, something that was reasonable but we could not prove, he should not have used deadly force. He had, at his disposal, other methods of protecting himself, such using pepper spray, in order to subdue the dogs. The jury sided with us and gave my client a fair amount of money. Given the difficulty of this case, I can honestly say when the jury held for my client, I was extremely proud and very happy for my client. The trial lasted about a week with multiple witnesses. The City had its share of police officers coming to court to testify on behalf of one of their own. Nevertheless, we won.

Personal injury

Alzheimer Patient v. Nursing Home

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OUTCOME: $1,000,000 settlement for Nursing Home Victim

Our client was a middle aged man with Alzheimer, and memory problems. He was a resident at a nursing home. He was found dead at 6 a.m., his body laid frozen in cold outside of his room at the nursing ... home's yard/corridor. There may have been evidence of his unsuccessful attempt to get back in. We alleged that the nursing home should have properly secured his room in order to prevent his exit. The case became the subject of a bankruptcy court in Texas. The settlement which was reached was $1,000,000, approved by the bankruptcy court.

Personal injury

Worker from Catering Company v. Boat Company

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OUTCOME: $417,500.00 for Shoulder and Back Injury

This was an important case for me since it was the first time I used full technology at a non-binding mediation. I spend $1500 on digitally presenting the case to Judge Casciato, and the boat company' ... s lawyers and their insurance representatives. Mr. Mata had a shoulder injury, and a back surgery, with no surgery. The award was successfully obtained after extensive discovery and digging up evidence against the boat company.

Personal injury

4 Year Old Child v. Podiatric Physician

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OUTCOME: $375,000 settlement against podiatrist

My client was a 4-year old minor who was diagnosed with flat feet. Surgery was performed by podiatrist to cure the flat feet. An implant called STA-PEG was put in, which subsequently failed. We alle ... ged that my client was too young to have such an implant and that the surgery was not indicated as there were other ways to cure his flat feet issue.

Personal injury

Dentist v. Turning Car

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OUTCOME: $299,000 for Unoperated Shoulder Injury

Mr. Sternberg was on his bike when a teenager on his father's Mercedes cut him off while turning right. Mr. Sterngberg's clavicle was fractured in this incident, but healed without surgery. We allege ... d that the injury forced him to take time off from work, ultimately affecting his dental practice.

Personal injury

Client v. Experimental Node Mapping Therapy

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OUTCOME: $85,000 against physician

Client was diagnosed with lung cancer. A physician at Evanston Northwestern Memorial Hospital treated her with an experimental node-mapping procedure. We alleged that the physician, while failing to ... remove all cancerous tissue, failed to obtain proper consent form for the experimental therapy.

Personal injury

Biker v. Car

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OUTCOME: $100,000 Policy turned over by State Farm

Client was on a bike when hit by a car. My client was traveling side-by-side a van, going through an intersection which was governed by stop signs. The defendant alleged that his vision was obstructed ... by the van and he could not see my client who was traveling on the other side of the van. We alleged that regardless of his vision, the defendant should have waited for all cars, and my client, to clear the intersection before proceeding. In other words, the defendant had made a judgment call which turned to be wrong. That judgment call was based on the assumption that no one was on the other side of the van. The client sustained injury to her ear, and ended up with some loss of hearing ability. The insurance company paid the full $100,000 policy.

Personal injury

Elevator Passenger v. Elevator Company

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OUTCOME: $105,000 for client who was in an elevator acciden

Client was invited to a luncheon at a local university. As she was talking the elevator up to the luncheon, the elevator fell several floors. The brakes engages and ultimately the springs at the bott ... om brought the elevator to a hart. Client's injuries were soft-tissue, and her doctor did not support her back surgery and contributed it to several years of pre-existing back problems with hardware in place before the elevator fall. We also found out several years later that the client had a hormonal imbalance from the damage to the pathway of her pituitary gland. We could not find any other reason for this, since she had not been in any other trauma, other than the elevator incident. Her endocrinologist gave her a 55% probability that the elevator incident caused her hormonal imbalance which was diagnosed about 3 years later. Most of the money obtained was for the hormonal imbalance. Client was in her 70s.

Personal injury

Worker v. Construction Company

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OUTCOME: $293,000 for worker who was injured at work

We represented a worker who was at a construction company and was injured when the subcontractors from another company accidentally dropped a large piece of wood from 3rd floor down, hitting him in the ... head and shoulder. He ended up with a fractured skull and a fracture scapula. Both of these healed within 1 year and without any residuals. Client is back to work, full duty, doing similar work he used to do. We settled his workers compensation case for $48,000, and his 3rd-party case for $245000.

Personal injury

Passenger v. Car

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OUTCOME: $100,000 Policy turned over by State Farm

Client was a passenger in a car driven by her husband. Another car, driving at a high rate of speed, going down a ramp in the opposite direction, lost control, hit a pole, split in half, and the front ... half flew over the midline and hit my client's car head on. My client had a severe femur fracture and foot problem. State Farm turned over the $100,000 policy.

Ehsan Eftekhari's Legal Cases (12)

Innocent Bystander v. Police Officer

Alzheimer Patient v. Nursing Home

Worker from Catering Company v. Boat Company

4 Year Old Child v. Podiatric Physician

Dentist v. Turning Car

Client v. Experimental Node Mapping Therapy

Biker v. Car

Elevator Passenger v. Elevator Company

Worker v. Construction Company

Passenger v. Car