Gerald Jonathan Bekkerman's Legal Cases (4)

Personal injury

Montgomery v. Chicago

Feb 27, 2014

OUTCOME: Unanimous jury verdict of $2.27 million

$2,276,496.23 jury verdict against the City of Chicago for an injured U.S. Postal worker who's leg fell into a sinkhole while he was walking in a pedestrian crosswalk. The injured postal worker sustain ... ed a torn ACL and other knee injuries, requiring six surgeries since 2008 and has not been able to return to full duty work. There was no offer to settle before trial. The City of Chicago through medical experts argued that Plaintiff had a pre-existing condition and was not injured to the extent claimed. The jury deliberated in under 5 hours before returning the unanimous verdict.

Car accident

Yarosh, et al. v. Eagle Transport

Jul 12, 2013

OUTCOME: Unanimous jury verdict of $350,000.00

$350,000.00 record jury verdict in Montgomery County, TN for a family of suburban Chicago residents who were injured on the interstate in rural Tennessee when they were struck from behind by a tractort ... railer while traveling to a family vacation in Florida. The truck company blamed bad weather and alleged that the mother of the family, the driver, suddenly hit her brakes, contributing to the crash. Three family members sustained soft tissue injuries and one sustained a fractured collarbone. This week long jury trial in Clarksville, TN in July 2013 resulted in the highest ever jury verdict in that jurisdiction for an automobile crash.

Personal injury

Davis v. Chicago Rental

Jun 30, 2013

OUTCOME: $900,000.00 settlement

$900,000.00 for the families of 2 minors who suffered third degree burns and scarring to their bodies after being burned with sulfuric acid. The incident occurred when a fellow minor took a container o ... f high grade drain opener containing sulfuric acid and poured it on the 2 injured minors. The sulfuric acid was alleged to be left out on the property where the minors resided. The landlord and property manager at the premises were sued for negligence.

Personal injury

Guzman v. CPD

Feb 01, 2012

OUTCOME: $525,000.00 settlement

$525,000.00 for the family of a teenage autistic boy who was violently assaulted by a Chicago Police Officer. The autistic minor, 15 years old, was struck by a metal baton over his head in the kitchen ... of his parent's restaurant in the Little Village neighborhood. He suffered a large scalp laceration with permanent psychological injuries. The mother and sister of the autistic boy also received compensation from the settlement from being assaulted by the officers in the family restaurant. The case received national attention.

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