Skokie, IL
Nursing home abuse and neglect Lawyer at Skokie, IL
Practice Areas: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Car Accidents ... +2 more
OUTCOME: $205,000 settlement
Defendant exiting a parking lot pulled out in front of the client's vehicle, resulting in neck injuries for which surgery was recommended but was not performed. Prior to hiring us, the client offered ... to settle the case for $35,000, but the insurance company made a "top offer" of $30,000.
OUTCOME: $600,000 settlement
We reached a settlement on behalf of a woman who resided in a Chicago nursing home. After she was admitted to the facility for long-term IV antibiotic therapy and therapy after from an infection. She ... suffered a fall in the nursing home, after which she was on a 72-hour fall watch which required the nursing staff to make a full assessment of her condition each shift. The nursing staff failed to recognize signs and symptoms of progressive ischemia from a blood clot while she was on the fall watch, leading to the amputation of her leg.
OUTCOME: $160,000 settlement
Client had just boarded bus when the bus driver started going forward before the client was seated, in violation of CTA operating rules. The bus driver stopped short, causing the client to fall backwa ... rds, suffering injuries to his lower back which required surgery.
OUTCOME: $500,000
2 month old baby at home day care center was left unattended on a water bed owned by the day care center operator. Child rolled over face down in the water bed and suffocated, survived by parents and ... two brothers. Settlement represents the policy limits for the insurance held by the day care center operator.
OUTCOME: $1,025,000
Vlient was employed as an attorney at a large law firm and was injured when she struck her head on a low-hanging pipe while going down a fire exit stairwell during a fire drill. Client suffered aggrav ... ation of prior neck injuries. Settlement also includes $50,000 settlement from unrelated auto accident which also injured her neck.
OUTCOME: $100,000 settlement
Girl was bitten in face by dog belonging to family friend at a cookout. Settlement represents policy limits on homeowner's coverage.
OUTCOME: $400,000 settlement
Client fell while being walked from bathroom to wheelchair. Aide assisting the client did not use a gait belt, in violation of the care plan and nursing home policies and procedures. She suffered a f ... ractured hip and developed a bed sore on her healt which became infected, leading to her death.
OUTCOME: $400,000 settlement
We reached a settlement on behalf of the estate of nursing home resident who fell during physical therapy due to the failure of the physical therapist to use a gait belt and to take adequate fall prote ... ctions. The fall resulted in a lacerated elbow which became infected with MRSA, resulting in a lengthy hospitalization. The nursing home resident died later of an unrelated stroke.
OUTCOME: $120,000 settlement
Defendant's pit bull got out and attacked the client and her dog while they were out for a walk. Client was bitten on the hand and had to have surgery to remove scar tissue which was irritating a nerv ... e.
OUTCOME: $150,000 settlement
Client was a passenger in a car where her driver pulled away from a stop sign into the path of a speeding car, resulting in a high speed impact and multiple fractures to the client. Settlement represe ... nts policy limits of both drivers
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