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Dean James Caras
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We often obtain large verdicts or awards for clients that have been advised by other attorneys that they have no case. We recognize the frustration that people feel when they know they have been injured or lost their jobs as a result of someone else’s actions, yet cannot find a voice to represent them. Recently, we obtained a record verdict in the State of Illinois for an individual who was wrongfully terminated from his job for filing a worker’s compensation case. His employer terminated him the day before he was to have surgery, leaving him disabled with no money coming in to support his family. We recognized the hardship that was caused by his employer and fought his case through to a successful verdict providing him with justice and a financial award. In that instance, our client often reminded us that it was as important to him that a jury hear his case and rule in his favor as it was the financial award that he received.
VERDICTS and SETTLEMENTS
Surgery Center / Medical Malpractice: $5,200,000 record verdict against the Surgery Center for negligently discharging plaintiff without providing instructions on how to take care of herself and symptoms to watch for. The doctor had provided orders that he see his patients before release and the unqualified staff failed to follow the doctor's strict orders.
Medical Malpractice/Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: $1.4 Million recovery for young girl that received a right arm brachial plexus injury at birth. The Obstetrician claimed the proper maneuvers were used and the proper amount of traction was applied. However, during discovery it was proven that the Obstetrician used a maneuver that was not a proper maneuver and it was this maneuver that caused the injury. The matter settled during trial.
Police Misconduct: $2,300,000 verdict for a police officer who was falsely and maliciously prosecuted based on a personal grudge. Plaintiff worked part time as a security guard at a bank and was accused by a fellow police officer of clocking in at the bank and then leaving. However, bank representatives denied that the officer had done anything wrong. The police department went ahead with arresting and charging this officer as well as suspending him without pay. Plaintiff was acquitted of all criminal charges in October 2007 but the police department would not allow him to return to his job. Through our efforts we were able to uncover that in fact, it was one officer who falsely accused our client due to a personal grudge against him.
Slip and Fall: Woman wins appeal and gets new trial - Plaintiff fell on a patch of ice in a parking lot and broke her ankle. She sued the owner of the parking lot and the contractor responsible for snow removal. While the owner of the parking lot settled quickly, the contractor refused responsibility and the case proceeded to trial. An error in the instructions given by the judge to the jury lead to a not guilty verdict. Through our review of this case we uncovered that the instructions given to the jury by the judge were not applicable to this particular defendant. The Appellate court agreed and awarded the plaintiff a new trial.
Medical Malpractice: $1,000,000 settlement from surgeon for 38 year old woman who experienced septic shock as a result of small bowel perforation and unsterile surgical instruments during laparoscopic gynecological procedure performed at a surgery center which rendered her a quadriplegic. This amount represented all of the insurance coverage that the surgeon carried for this type of case. The surgeon claimed that the Surgery Center where the procedure was performed was at fault for sending the patient home while he was performing another surgery, depriving him of any opportunity to examine her or give her proper instructions.
Railroad Injury / Wrongful Death: $1,000,000 F.E.L.A. rail car hazardous materials chemical leak blamed for death of 55 year old railroad switchman. Defendant railroad denied any knowledge of the leak and we discovered through our investigation that the leak had been going on for over a week and had been reported on the same railcar the week before in Wisconsin.
Nursing Home Malpractice: $1,000,000 verdict for a violation of the "Illinois Nursing Home Care Act" 68 year old nursing home patient died as a result of nursing home's failure to administer medication in a timely fashion.
Retaliatory Discharge: $1.5 million dollar jury verdict award for a worker injured on the job and fired in retaliation for making a worker’s compensation claim.
Paramedic Malpractice / Wrongful Death: $1.5 million dollar verdict for family of woman who died when local paramedics willfully and wantonly failed to administer treatment. Through our investigation, we determined that paramedics arrived on the scene with empty oxygen tanks, which were crucial in the treatment of someone with asthma.
Birth Injury / Medical Malpractice: $900,000 settlement obtained during trial for a child that experienced meconium aspiration during delivery as a result of the physician and nurses failure to properly assess the fetal monitor strip that demonstrated that the child was in fetal distress.
Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death: $850,000 settlement for the family of a 63 year old man who died as a result of the emergency room physicians failure to timely diagnose an acute hemothorax which resulted in his death the same evening after he was discharged from the hospital.
Medical Malpractice / Loss of an eye: $700,000 verdict after 2 week jury trial. A Cook County jury awarded our client $700,000 for the loss of vision in one eye as a result of the opthamologist's failure to timely diagnose herpes simplex keratitis and the opthamologist's improper prescription of steroids in the face of herpes simplex keratitis. Our expert testified that prescribing steroids in this instance was like throwing gasoline on an already burning fire.
Railroad Injury: $675,000 award for railroad worker who injured shoulder on the job.
Railroad Injury: $650, 000 award for a railroad employee that sustained a torn rotator cuff when a cable fell on his shoulder.
Construction Accident: $800,000 verdict for a television cable installer who fractured his ankle when he fell from an unsafe ladder.
Medical Malpractice/ Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: $850,000 recovery after the plaintiff had rested its case where a young girl received a left arm Brachial Plexus injury at birth that was proven to have resulted from a medical resident attempting a posterior arm sweep for the first time. The plaintiff proved that the injury resulted from the resident inappropriately applying traction during the maneuver she had never attempted before.
Construction Accident: $500,000 award for a 54 year old sheet metal worker that required a knee replacement surgery after a fall at an un-safe construction site.
Pedestrian / Car Accident: $350,000 settlement during jury deliberations for a 28 year old pedestrian that was struck by a vehicle making a left turn. The pedestrian suffered a tibial plateau fracture when he was struck by the vehicle.
Bicycle Car Accident: A jury verdict rendered on behalf of our client on February 23rd, 2012 in the court room the honorable judge Patrick Lustig wherein our client was struck while riding his bicycle in the bike lane on Milwaukee avenue and sustained a broken leg. The defendant who made a left turn and struck our client in the bike lane tried to argue that our client did not have a light on his bike in accordance with the applicable bike laws of the City of Chicago. The jury not being swayed by the defendants argument rendered a verdict on behalf of our client.
Construction Accident: $400,000 award for steel worker who separated his shoulder while working on a local downtown high rise.
Dog Bite: $450,000 verdict for an 11 year old boy was attacked by a pitbull and suffered a fractured arm that required numerous stitches.
Slip and Fall: $450,000 verdict in a matter where a 65 year old grandmother fractured her hip when she fell on a defective ramp at O’Hare Airport.
Automobile Accident: $550,000 award for a automobile accident where a 17 year old driver sustained a fractured tibula when an oncoming vehicle failed to yield when making a left hand turn and collided with his vehicle.
Slip and Fall: Woman wins appeal and gets new trial - Plaintiff fell on a patch of ice in a parking lot and broke her ankle. She sued the owner of the parking lot and the contractor responsible for snow removal. While the owner of the parking lot settled quickly, the contractor refused responsibility and the case proceeded to trial. An error in the instructions given by the judge to the jury lead to a not guilty verdict. Through our review of this case we uncovered that the instructions given to the jury by the judge were not applicable to this particular defendant. The Appellate court agreed and awarded the plaintiff a new trial.
Medical Malpractice: $1,000,000 settlement from surgeon for 38 year old woman who experienced septic shock as a result of small bowel perforation and unsterile surgical instruments during laparoscopic gynecological procedure performed at a surgery center which rendered her a quadriplegic. This amount represented all of the insurance coverage that the surgeon carried for this type of case. The surgeon claimed that the Surgery Center where the procedure was performed was at fault for sending the patient home while he was performing another surgery, depriving him of any opportunity to examine her or give her proper instructions.
Railroad Injury / Wrongful Death: $1,000,000 F.E.L.A. rail car hazardous materials chemical leak blamed for death of 55 year old railroad switchman. Defendant railroad denied any knowledge of the leak and we discovered through our investigation that the leak had been going on for over a week and had been reported on the same railcar the week before in Wisconsin.
Nursing Home Malpractice: $1,000,000 verdict for a violation of the "Illinois Nursing Home Care Act" 68 year old nursing home patient died as a result of nursing home's failure to administer medication in a timely fashion.
Retaliatory Discharge: $1.5 million dollar jury verdict award for a worker injured on the job and fired in retaliation for making a worker’s compensation claim.
Paramedic Malpractice / Wrongful Death: $1.5 million dollar verdict for family of woman who died when local paramedics willfully and wantonly failed to administer treatment. Through our investigation, we determined that paramedics arrived on the scene with empty oxygen tanks, which were crucial in the treatment of someone with asthma.
Birth Injury / Medical Malpractice: $900,000 settlement obtained during trial for a child that experienced meconium aspiration during delivery as a result of the physician and nurses failure to properly assess the fetal monitor strip that demonstrated that the child was in fetal distress.
Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death: $850,000 settlement for the family of a 63 year old man who died as a result of the emergency room physicians failure to timely diagnose an acute hemothorax which resulted in his death the same evening after he was discharged from the hospital.
Medical Malpractice / Loss of an eye: $700,000 verdict after 2 week jury trial. A Cook County jury awarded our client $700,000 for the loss of vision in one eye as a result of the opthamologist's failure to timely diagnose herpes simplex keratitis and the opthamologist's improper prescription of steroids in the face of herpes simplex keratitis. Our expert testified that prescribing steroids in this instance was like throwing gasoline on an already burning fire.
Railroad Injury: $675,000 award for railroad worker who injured shoulder on the job.
Railroad Injury: $650, 000 award for a railroad employee that sustained a torn rotator cuff when a cable fell on his shoulder.
Construction Accident: $800,000 verdict for a television cable installer who fractured his ankle when he fell from an unsafe ladder.
Medical Malpractice/ Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: $850,000 recovery after the plaintiff had rested its case where a young girl received a left arm Brachial Plexus injury at birth that was proven to have resulted from a medical resident attempting a posterior arm sweep for the first time. The plaintiff proved that the injury resulted from the resident inappropriately applying traction during the maneuver she had never attempted before.
Construction Accident: $500,000 award for a 54 year old sheet metal worker that required a knee replacement surgery after a fall at an un-safe construction site.
Pedestrian / Car Accident: $350,000 settlement during jury deliberations for a 28 year old pedestrian that was struck by a vehicle making a left turn. The pedestrian suffered a tibial plateau fracture when he was struck by the vehicle.
Bicycle Car Accident: A jury verdict rendered on behalf of our client on February 23rd, 2012 in the court room the honorable judge Patrick Lustig wherein our client was struck while riding his bicycle in the bike lane on Milwaukee avenue and sustained a broken leg. The defendant who made a left turn and struck our client in the bike lane tried to argue that our client did not have a light on his bike in accordance with the applicable bike laws of the City of Chicago. The jury not being swayed by the defendants argument rendered a verdict on behalf of our client.
Construction Accident: $400,000 award for steel worker who separated his shoulder while working on a local downtown high rise.
Dog Bite: $450,000 verdict for an 11 year old boy was attacked by a pitbull and suffered a fractured arm that required numerous stitches.
Slip and Fall: $450,000 verdict in a matter where a 65 year old grandmother fractured her hip when she fell on a defective ramp at O’Hare Airport.
Automobile Accident: $550,000 award for a automobile accident where a 17 year old driver sustained a fractured tibula when an oncoming vehicle failed to yield when making a left hand turn and collided with his vehicle.
Our firm takes pride in helping people who have nowhere else to turn!
Practice Areas
17
Practice Areas
Animal and Dog Bites
6%
Animal Law
6%
Car Accident
6%
Civil Rights
6%
Fees and Rates
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Licenses
Licensed in New York for 39 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1987
No misconduct found
Licensed in Illinois for 40 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1985
No misconduct found
Licensed in Indiana
State: Indiana
No misconduct found
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Posted by anonymous | April 28, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Car Accidents
Best attorney ever!
Dean Caras represented me for m,y car accident while driving for Lyft He settled my case for the maximum amount he was extremely professional throughout the whole process I could not give him a higher recommendation
Posted by Dimitri | October 01, 2014 | Slip and Fall Accident
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Dean Caras represented my wife in a slip and fall case in a major supermarket . The case ended up in a jury trial where the jury awarded my wife with an amount ten times what was been offered by the supermarket. Dean and his staff were extremely supportive though out the long process always focu...
Posted by anonymous | September 29, 2014 | Personal Injury
Best Attorney in Chicagoland bar none!
Dean took on my person injury case more than four years ago . Dean is a true professional, a real master of his craft . He ' walks the walk" and he stood by my side fighting unrelentingly until the end. He won me ALOT of money! Thank you Dean! You changed my life! You're a class act! Thank you! adk...
Dean James Caras's Lawyer Endorsements
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Experience
Honors
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2017
Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy Of Personal Injury Attorneys
2016
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2016
Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy Of Personal Injury Attorneys
2015
Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy Of Personal Injury Attorneys
2015
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers Association
2014
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers
2014
Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell
2007
Selected Attorney, Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
Work Experience
1985 - Present
Attorney, Caras Law Group
1900 - Present
Member, Caras Law Group
Associations
2014 - Present
National Trial Lawyers: Top 100Member
2013 - Present
The Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers AssociationMember
2010 - Present
St Ignatius Law SocietyMember
2007 - Present
Super LawyersMember
2000 - Present
Illinois State Bar AssociationJudicial Evaluator
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Board of Directors
Sample of Legal Cases
VERDICTS
$5,200.000.00
Education
1985
Southern Methodist University
JD - Juris Doctor
1982
American University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
Spanish
Greek
Russian
Bulgarian
Romanian