Verdicts & Settlements

At Levin & Perconti, we have successfully handled thousands of cases involving virtually every type of personal injury and wrongful death claim. Since Steven Levin and John Perconti merged their practices, we have recovered more than $250 million dollars for our clients and their families. Following is a sampling of the many cases we have successfully handled.


Levin & Perconti Cases in the Headlines

S.H. v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital:

$14 million record high verdict against a doctor and hospital for not following and ignoring abnormal chest X-ray results, which caused a substantial delay in the diagnosis of lung cancer.

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article 8/04/00
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article 6/25/02

K.M. v. City of Chicago:

$10 million settlement for a 5-year-old boy who was run over by a City of Chicago Fire Department truck while playing in an open fire hydrant on the Fourth of July, resulting in the loss of his leg and half of his pelvis.

Chicago Tribune article
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article

D.G. as administrator of the estate of M.G. v. Mario Yu, M.D. et al.:

$7.62 million verdict against an HMO doctor who disregarded the mother's complaints of postpartum bleeding, which resulted in her bleeding to death.

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article

S.W. as mother and next friend of S.W. v. Christ Hospital and Medical Center:

$6.71 million verdict against a hospital because an inexperienced resident performed a vaginal delivery of a breech presentation (bottom first) resulting in shoulder dystocia and a crippling brachial plexus arm injury.

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article

A.R. and A.R. and M.R. v. Marshway Limited Partnership, Marshway, L.L.C. and CIG Management L.L.C.:

$6.0 million settlement for the families of 6 children who died in a tragic apartment fire on Chicago's north side.  Two other children sustained severe burns in the fire.  The landlords of the building failed to have proper and working smoke detectors in violation of the Chicago Municipal Code and the children were not able to escape the building in time.

Chicago Tribune article
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article

S.G. v. United States of America:

$5.77 million Federal Tort Claims Act bench trial verdict by a federal judge for a woman who became paralyzed as a result of a Veterans Administration physician's failure to recognize worsening neurological symptoms and perform a necessary surgery to relieve spinal cord compression.

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article March 2003
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article April 2003

D.B. v. J.L. Adler Roofing Inc. et al.:

$5.7 million settlement for a 27-year-old roofer in a workplace injury case who was paralyzed when he fell from a roof as a result of the general contractor's failure to provide appropriate safety devices.

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article

R.S. for O.S. v. Advocate Bethany Hospital:

$5.35 million settlement against a hospital and hospital staff for failure to diagnose postpartum cardiomyopathy in an 18-year-old woman who had just had her first child one month earlier.  The victim died as a result of this failure to diagnose.

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article

C.E. v. Michael Reese Hospital:

$5 million verdict against a doctor and resident for mishandling a breathing tube, losing our 14-year-old quadriplegic client's airway, which led to her death.

Chicago Sun-Times article
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article

D.J.B., a minor by his guardian E.J., v. David Freedman, M.D., et al.:

$4.5 million settlement for a child who suffered brain damage causing cerebral palsy as a result of a family practice physician's failure to perform a timely Caesarean section in the face of fetal distress.

National Law Journal article
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article

J.T. v. Material Service Corporation:

$4.5 million Illinois record Jones Act settlement for a deckhand whose leg was crushed between two barges resulting in an above the knee amputation.

Star Courier article
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article

M.C. and L.C. v. Unidentified Defendant

$4 million settlement for conduct by an unidentified defendant to a liver transplant recipient causing a liver transplant rejection necessitating a second liver transplant causing end-stage renal disease and hemodialysis.

John Doe, et al. v. major hotel corporation:

$4 million settlement awarded to three attendees at a national convention who contracted salmonella poisoning, leading to crippling arthritic injuries.

B.S. v. Boyle:

$3.6 million settlement for a radiologist's failure to correctly interpret an X-ray, missing a massive tumor which caused the death of a 29-year-old husband and father.

H.B. v. United States of America:

$3.5 million settlement in this Federal Tort Claims Act case for a veteran who was paralyzed as a result of Veterans Administration physicians' failure to recognize and treat a spinal epidural abscess.

Special Administrator for the Estate of Jane Doe v. Defendant Hospital:

$3.3 million settlement for the family of a patient who died from severe head trauma and a subdural hematoma.  The hospital was negligent in failing to prevent the patient from falling and hitting their head, despite the patient's known risk for falls.

John Doe v. major American automobile manufacturer:

$3 million settlement against a car manufacturer that improperly designed the fuel delivery system of a vehicle, resulting in a fuel-fed fire after a head-on collision which killed the occupants of the vehicle.

S.W. v. Renaissance at Hillside, Inc.:

$3 million record nursing home pressure sore settlement against a suburban Hillside nursing home and physician for a 59-year-old resident who developed multiple painful and infected bedsores which took four years to heal.

S.A. v. HCR Manor Care Homewood:

$2.9 million record nursing home jury verdict against a suburban Homewood nursing home for the family of a deceased 57-year-old resident who was suffocated due to the home’s negligent care of her tracheostomy tube.

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Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article
Chicago Tribune
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D.B. v. West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, IL):

$2.9 million settlement for a child who suffered mild brachial plexus injuries that resulted from Dr. Weaver's failing to use proper disimpaction techniques to address a shoulder dystocia which caused excessive force placed upon the infant's head and nerve injury.

Estate of K.S. v. G&N Aircraft, Inc., et al.:

$2.32 million settlement awarded to the family of a pilot whose Cessna small-engine airplane crashed shortly after takeoff because of a defective part in the carburetor.

Chicago Tribute article
Daily Herald article

J.M. as administrator of the estate of M.M. v. Senior Lifestyle Maplewood Limited Partnership d/b/a Kingsley Place and Lincoln Square, Barry A. Rapaport, M.D., et al.:

$2.3 million settlement for the family of an 88-year old assisted living facility resident who developed severe and infected bed sores which ultimately brought about her death.  Her doctor was criminally indicted for his conduct and charged with involuntary homicide.

Estate of Jane Doe v. local laboratory:

$2.3 million settlement against a laboratory for failure to properly read Pap smears, resulting in the misdiagnosis of cervical cancer and eventual death of a 35-year-old mother of three children.

J.L. as mother and next friend of R.L. v. Dulce Malines, M.D., et al.:

$2.3 million settlement for a child who suffered severe brain injury and cerebral palsy as the result of a uterine rupture in a vaginal birth after Caesarean (VBAC) delivery that could have been avoided had the doctor and hospital performed a timely Caesarean delivery after the mother complained of a ripping and tearing sensation in her uterus.

News-Sun article

L.S. v. Chicago Housing Authority:

$2.3 million settlement for two boys who were severely burned in a Chicago Housing Authority apartment fire.

T.B. v. Undisclosed Chicago Hospital:

$2.25 million medical malpractice settlement for failure to diagnose infection for a 5- year-old boy, who had survived a bone marrow transplant from his brother to treat his acute myleucytic leukemia and resulting graft versus host disease, developed septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and intercerebral hemorrhage causing his death.

B.S. v. Lutheran General Hospital:

$2.1 million settlement against a hospital and doctors for the failure to manage prolonged elevated blood pressure of a 17-year-old dialysis patient which caused a hypertensive emergency resulting in death.

M.R. and K.M.R. v. Undisclosed Defendants

$2.0 million settlement for a 45-year-old optician and his wife against two chiropractors and an internist who failed to diagnose and refer for appropriate treatment the man’s cervical stenonsis,  which allowed it to progress to a condition of severe cervical spondylitic myelopathy, ultimately causing permanent loss of fine motor control, loss of sensation in his lower extremities, inability to work, difficulty performing normal activities of daily living, and other serious physical hindrances.

R.G. v. Leider:

$2.0 million verdict for a 23-year-old woman who suffered multiple leg fractures in an automobile collision.

T.W. v. Wrona:

$2.0 million settlement against a physician in a wrongful life case for his failure to tell the mother that testing showed her child had severe birth defects, resulting in the delivery of a profoundly brain-damaged baby.

Chicago Sun-Times article

M.R. v. Hai Solomon, M.D.:

$1.95 million settlement against a gynecologist and his hospital employer who unnecessarily sterilized an unmarried 28-year-old woman with a mass on her left ovary by performing a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of all her reproductive organs).

J.C. as administrator of the estate of L.C. v. Nagui Hanna, M.D., and Sisters of St. Francis Health Services:

$1.8 million settlement against an emergency room doctor and staff whose failure to provide proper I.V. fluid resuscitation to a 19-month-old boy resulted in his death from dehydration.

R.C. as administrator of the estate of T.C. v. Rush Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, et al.:

$1.8 million settlement against a hospital and doctor for the death of a mother that could have been avoided by diagnosis of and timely response to her impending immediate postpartum sickle cell crisis.

P.C. as administrator of the estate of A.R. v. Ridgeview Pavilion, Inc., et al.:

$1.5 million settlement against a nursing home for violating the Nursing Home Care Reform Act by failing to monitor a mentally impaired resident's cigarette smoking, leading to severe burns and death.

M.P. as administrator of the estate of E.J. v. Brentwood North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, et al.:

$1.5 million settlement for an 87-year-old nursing home resident who suffered severe burns when seated in a steaming-hot sitz bath.

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article
Nursing Home Litigation Reporter article

M.W. as administrator of the estate of M.W. v. Eliot Roth, M.D., et al.:

$1.5 million settlement for an 80-year-old patient who was recovering from a stroke when a feeding tube was placed in his trachea instead of his esophagus, resulting in pneumonia, which led to his death.

J.F. v. Wedgwood Pavilion Nursing Home:

$1.4 million verdict against a nursing home for failure to manage a nursing home resident's behavior which caused a shoving match, fall, hip fracture and death of a 79 year old fellow nursing home resident.

C.F. as mother and next friend of D.J. v. Evanston Hospital

$1.35 million birth injury settlement for a newborn who suffered severe and permanent brachial plexus injuries during delivery as a result of the  defendant's failure to perform the proper disimpaction techniques.  As a result, she suffers from Erb's Palsy and requires ongoing physical and occupational therapy.

W.B. as administrator of the estate of W.B. v. Jackson Square Nursing Center, et al.:

$1.3 million settlement for a 74-year-old nursing home resident who died as a result of a beating he received when the nursing home placed a younger resident with violent tendencies in his room.

Nursing Home Litigation Reporter article
Nursing Home Legal Insider article

W.M and D.M. v. University of Chicago Hospitals:

$1.25 million settlement for a 70-year-old patient who, as a result of treatment for prostate cancer, suffered radiation burns to the rectal wall due to improper placement of radioactive seeds (brachytherapy) in the prostate requiring numerous surgeries and loss of all bladder and bowel function.

M.H. v. Chicago Transit Authority, et al.:

$1.25 million settlement for a 77-year-old woman whose right leg was amputated above the knee when she was struck by a bus while walking across a bus terminal.

D.T. v. Alltown Bus Service, Inc.:

$1.25 million settlement for a 50-year-old woman who was struck by a bus while walking in a cross walk.

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A.J. as administrator of the estate of E.J. v. Guadalupe Economic Services, et al.:

$1.2 million settlement for an 82-year-old nursing home resident who developed bed sores so severe that they caused an infection in the bone; the resident ultimately died as a result of complications from these injuries.

T.H. v. Halsted Terrace Nursing Center, Inc.:

$1.1 million settlement against a nursing home for a 75-year-old resident who developed multiple painful and infected bedsores, or pressure ulcers, which caused her death.

G.R. and D.R. v. a Local Municipality and its Paramedics and Hospital:

$1.1 million settlement against a village, its paramedics and a hospital for failing to timely transport a 55-year-old asthmatic to the hospital and to provide necessary resuscitative measures, causing cardiac arrest.

J.A., a minor, et. al v. CB, M.D.

$1.03 million verdict against a doctor for improperly performing the McRoberts maneuver in the delivery of a baby who developed shoulder dystocia during birth, resulting in a crippling brachial plexus arm injury.

C.M., administrator of the estate of H.M. v. Winchester House:

$1 million record Lake County settlement for an 83-year-old nursing home resident who fell several times while a resident at the nursing home, with the last fall contributing to her death.  Despite her risk for falls, the nursing home neglected to implement changes in her care plan to prevent further falls from occurring.

P.G., administrator of the estate of R.G.. v. Lee Manor Nursing Home:

$1 million Cook County Jury Verdict for the family of a 54-year-old nursing home resident who exited a window on the fifth floor of the nursing home and died from fall-related injuries.  The jury found that the nursing home was negligent in failing to prevent the resident from exiting the window.

J.S. , a minor v. Dr. R.T.:

$1 million settlement against a pediatrician for failure to diagnose meningitis in an 18-month-old boy.  The physician's error led the boy to suffer hearing loss and brain damage.

C.A. as administrator of the estate of W.R. v. Mercy Health Care Rehabilitation Institute:

$1 million settlement against a nursing home for a 75-year-old resident who suffered malnutrition, dehydration and Stage IV pressure sores, resulting in death.

J.W. v. Alden Northshore Nursing Home

$1 million settlement on behalf of a quadriplegic that developed severe pressure sores that his nursing home claimed were unavoidable. After leaving the home, it took one year for the sores to heal and they have not returned.

Press Release
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article

C.W. as administrator of the estate of L.D. v. Stanley Sims and Humana Health Plan:

$1 million settlement against an HMO doctor for failing to diagnose and treat a failing artificial heart valve, which resulted in the patient's death.

B.W., administrator of the estate of I.H. v. Baptist Convalescent Center, Inc., et al.:

$1 million settlement for an 82-year-old nursing home resident who asphyxiated and died after becoming entrapped between her mattress and bed rail. Her bed alarm was found unplugged, and the required alarm mat was missing. Levin & Perconti was asked to co-counsel this out-of-state nursing home neglect case by a referring attorney from Kentucky.

J.W. v. Digby's Detective and Security Agency:

$1 million settlement for a teenager who was shot by gang members outside of a Chicago Housing Authority building while visiting his girlfriend, because a security guard agency failed to provide proper security.

E.L. v. Sunrise Assisted Living:

$1 million verdict against assisted living facility who admitted liability for failing to give a proper mechanical soft diet due to understaffing and poorly trained staff resulting in choking and death of a 67-year-old man.

C.P. v. Unidentified Nursing Home:

$1 million settlement for failure to properly care plan for and monitor a wheelchair bound resident’s risk of strangulation resulting in death.

D.Y. v. Alden Naperville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center and Dr. Seema Gupta:

$1 million settlement for the family of a 78-year-old nursing home resident against a Naperville nursing home and doctor for failure to prevent and treat seven stage IV pressure ulcers which caused the resident’s death.

O.W. v. Hillcrest Healthcare Center:

$995,000 settlement against a Joliet nursing home for the mother of a 45-year-old nursing home resident with schizophrenia and alcoholism who died as a result of a gastric ulcer which perforated a vein and caused a hemorrhage. Signs and symptoms of the gastric ulcer, present two weeks prior to the resident’s death, were not reported to the resident’s physician.

C.H. v. LGH:

$975,000 settlement for a 58-year-old female who suffered permanent ulnar nerve damage due to defendant hospital’s staff’s failure to properly position, pad, and monitor the condition of her dominant right upper extremity during a prolonged surgical procedure under general anesthesia.

C.B. v. American Baptist Homes of the Midwest:

$950,000 settlement against a nursing home for allowing an 85-year-old woman with dementia to wander outside the nursing home, where she froze to death.

T.S. v. Kamen:

$950,000 settlement against a physician for failing to biopsy a known breast tumor, resulting in the delay of diagnosis of breast cancer, causing death.

E. V. v. Emerald Park Health Care Center:

$950,000 settlement against an Evergreen Park nursing which has subsequently been shut down by the State of Illinois for a 91-year-old nursing home resident who over a three year period suffered from malnutrition and dehydration sustaining a body loss of 1/3 of her total weight within the last three months, causing a hospitalization and death.

A.B. v. Unidentified Chicago Area Nursing Home:

$950,000 settlement for the family of an 81-year-old nursing home resident in a wheelchair who fell down a flight of stairs and suffered a subdural hematoma and died seven months later.

A.C. as special administration of the estate of L.C. v. Manorcare Health Services Inc., et al.:

$925,000 settlement on behalf of the family of an 86-year-old nursing home resident who was so badly neglected that she became malnourished and dehydrated, and developed severely infected bed sores that caused an infection in her bone and in her blood, and resulted in her death.

R.B. as administrator of the estate of J.P. v. Kenwood Healthcare Center, Inc.:

$900,000 settlement against a nursing home whose failure to monitor a 58-year-old wheelchair- bound resident's unauthorized smoking caused the resident to sustain severe burns, resulting in death.

A.J. as administrator of the estate of S.J. v. Regency Nursing Center Inc.:

$900,000 settlement against a nursing home that failed to appropriately feed and hydrate a 76-year-old resident, leading to his malnutrition, dehydration and death.

D.R. v. Northern Illinois Gas:

$900,000 settlement for a mentally handicapped pedestrian who was struck by a gas company vehicle and suffered severe leg fractures.

O.A. v. Columbus Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Pavilion of Forest Park:

$900,000 settlement for the family of an 81-year-old nursing home resident against two nursing homes. One Chicago nursing home failed to prevent the resident from falling and sustaining a hip fracture. The other, Forest Park nursing home failed to prevent the formation of and worsening of multiple pressure ulcers, including multiple stage IV pressure ulcers.

A.P. v. Dr. Michael Pourtabib:

$850,000 settlement against a physician for failing to diagnose and treat diabetes during pregnancy which resulted in diabetic ketoacidosis in the death of a 26-week-old fetus.

K.T. v. Chevy Chase Nursing Home:

$850,000 settlement against a nursing home for a woman who fell from her bed, resulting in a subdural hematoma and death.

R.T. for R.K v. Jiffy Lube International:

$850,000 settlement for the family of an Edison Park man who died from injuries he sustained in a fall at a Chicago Jiffy Lube.

D.R. v. Midwest Welding:

$840,000 verdict for a man who sustained a workplace back injury resulting in multiple spinal surgeries.

C.T., special administrator of the estate of D.F. v. Manorcare Health Services, Inc., et al.

$825,000 settlement for a 75-year-old nursing home resident with dementia and a history of wandering who died of hypothermia after exiting the facility in bitter cold temperatures resulting from the home’s failure to verify if his tracking bracelet was functioning, properly supervise him, and promptly notify the police.

L. E. v. Ferrara:

$820,000.00 settlement for a 33-year-old plaintiff was passenger in auto hit by defendant auto causing car to flip over and extensive injuries to her arm requiring multiple orthopedic and plastic surgeries.

I.R. v. Halsted Terrace Nursing Center:

$800,000 settlement against a Chicago nursing home for failing to appropriately monitor an 88-year-old patient’s hydration levels after a fall causing severe pain, appetite loss, severe dehydration and death.

I.P. for N.P. v. Riverside Foundation:

$800,000 settlement against a Lincolnshire, Illinois intermediate care facility for failing to appropriately supervise a 32-year-old mentally disabled woman on a  facility outing where she choked to death.

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N. J. v. Undisclosed Property Owner & Mgmt Co.:

$775,000 settlement for the family of a 3-year-old boy who fell out of a 3rd story window to his death 10 days after his mother removed a broken window from their apartment and covered the opening with plastic. The landlord/managing company failed to have the window repaired in a timely manner.

C.W. as administrator of the estate of L.E. v. Burnham Terrace Nursing Center:

$760,000 verdict against a nursing home doctor who failed to respond to signs and symptoms of a bowel obstruction, leading to the death of a 67-year-old resident with Alzheimer's disease.

L. S. v. Glenview Terrace Nursing Center:

$750,000 settlement against a Glenview nursing home for the family of an 80-year-old Parkinson’s nursing home resident with dementia who developed Stage IV pressure sores, dehydration and malnutrition resulting in hospitalizations and death.

C.G. v. Avenue Care:

$750,000 settlement against a nursing home for an 86-year-old who developed pressure sores resulting in an amputation.

P.H. v. Countryside Care Center:

$750,000 settlement for a 77-year-old nursing home resident who fell, suffered a subdural hematoma, and died.

J.P. v. John Doe doctor:

$750,000 settlement for a doctor's failure to test a mother for HIV, which resulted in her baby being born with HIV.

L.S. v. Glenview Terrace Nursing Home:

$750,000 settlement against a nursing home for an 80-year-old who was malnourished and developed pressure sores, resulting in death.

P.S. v. S.G.:

$750,000 settlement against an attorney for failing to file a medical malpractice action within the Statute of Limitations.

D.M. for D.M. v. Prairie View Care Center:

$700,000 record Coles County nursing home settlement for a 43-year-old man who died after suffering a serious Stage IV pressure ulcer while living at the nursing home.

L.C. v. Bariatric Treatment Center and Dr. Roy Berkowitz:

$700,000 settlement for a 34-year-old plaintiff against a Belvedere Bariatric Treatment Center and Dr. Berkowitz for failure to appropriately respond to a postoperative infection after gastric bypass. L.C. suffered a severe infection requiring additional surgeries and additional scarring.

D.C. as executor of the estate of J.C. v. Balmoral Home, Inc.:

$700,000 settlement against a nursing home for a 63-year-old resident who suffered a fractured femur, malnourishment, dehydration and a Stage IV pressure ulcer.

E.P. as administrator of the estate of A.P. v. Oak Lawn Pavilion:

$700,000 verdict awarded when an 82-year-old resident with Alzheimer's disease wandered out of the nursing home and was struck by a car, sustained a leg fracture and ultimately died.

R.H. v. The Renaissance At 87th Street:

$650,000 settlement for the family of a 76-year-old nursing home resident against a Chicago nursing home for failure to appropriately prevent and treat pressure ulcers resulting in gangrene, bilateral leg amputations and death.

C.S. v. Rush Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center and Dr. Nguyen:

$650,000 settlement against Rush Presbyterian and a doctor who administered a 17-year-old plaintiff brachytherapy for a cancerous tumor on the back of her leg and during the brachytherapy caused serious burns which took two years to heal.

R.W. v. Defendant Doctor and Defendant Pharmacy:

$650,000 settlement against a pharmacy and a doctor who failed to provide the victim with new medication dosing instructions after the doctor changed the dose of his regular medication.  As a result, he suffered toxicity and died as a result of this negligence.

R.P. v. Leimbach:

$630,000 settlement against a physician for failing to perform an annual pelvic exam, which resulted in the untimely diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

S.J. v. Dawson Nursing Home:

$600,000 settlement against a nursing home and hospital for a 71-year-old man who developed Stage IV heel pressure sores, resulting in amputation.

B.H. v. Alden Wentworth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center:

$600,000 settlement against a nursing home in death of a 46-year-old disabled woman who developed multiple infected pressure sores, resulting in death.

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S.N., Individually and as Mother and next friend of A.N., a minor v. James A. Huskey:

$600,000 settlement for an 8-year-old girl who was struck by a boat, partially severing her foot and leaving her permanently disfigured with ongoing emotional and physical pain. The boat driver negligently failed to keep a lookout and maintain a safe speed.

M.H. v. Pickus Construction and Equipment Company, Inc. et al.:

$600,000 settlement for a 47-year-old heating and air conditioning foreman who suffered a severe back injury after he tripped over a piece of structural steel lying in a passageway of a construction site. 

D. N. v. Edge:

$530,000 settlement against a doctor for a 36-year-old male who suffered a serious second bout of pancreatitis and developed chronic pancreatitis due to psychiatrist’s negligence in prescribing Depakote.

J. C. v. Rose Garden Restaurant:

$510,000.00 settlement against a restaurant which caused patrons to wait in area too close to steps leading to downstairs banquet area leading to a fall down the stairs resulting in a fractured hip and foot, causing the foot to become severely infected requiring a skin graft.

J. P. v. Lexington Health Care Center of Streamwood:

$510,000.00 settlement against a Streamwood nursing home for the family of a 78-year-old resident who repeatedly took off her personal alarm, fell on her way to the bathroom and fractured her hip and died four months later from heart problems.

J. S. v. Manor Care of South Holland:

$500,000 settlement against a South Holland nursing home for a nursing home’s failure to treat corneal abrasion and dental problems of 74-year-old resident which resulted in the loss of eye and multiple tooth extractions.

K. C. v. Bernstein, M.D.:

$500,000 settlement against a physician who incorrectly interpreted a 59-year-old’s prostate hormone levels and failed to refer patient to a urologist causing a nine month delay in diagnosis of prostate cancer resulting in a more invasive surgery causing impotency and a recurrence of the cancer requiring radiation therapy.

P. O. v. The Catholic Bishop of Chicago:

$500,000 settlement against property owner for an 83-year-old woman who tripped and fell on plywood planks at cemetery while visiting her husband’s grave and fractured her right hip, post-operative infection requiring the removal of her prosthesis.

L.M. v. Gerald Adelman & Associates:

$500,000 settlement against insurance broker for negligently advising client that the purchase of certain replacement life insurance policies was appropriate for client’s situation and for guaranteeing that such policies could be paid for entirely by the stream of cash value in earlier policies.

J. M. v. South Shore Care Center:

$475,000 settlement against a Chicago nursing home for its failure to obtain final lab report for urine culture of 82-year-old resident and notify the doctor of sensitivity findings resulting in patient remaining on an antibiotic which was resistant to infection, urosepsis developed and the resident died.

S.K. v. Sullivan and UIM:

$450,000 settlement for a 6 persons (2 adults and 4 children) who sustained multiple injuries with one child sustaining fatal injuries as result of a driver crossing the center line and hitting their van head on in DuPage County on Thanksgiving night 2002.

A.C., independent administrator of the estate of B.S. v. Country Lanes, Inc., et al.:

$412,500 settlement for a 69-year-old man who fell after missing a step at a bowling alley due to inadequate lighting. He suffered an aggravation of his cervical myleopathy and his injuries resulted in surgery; he died after developing post operative complications.

J.L. v. Board of Education of City of Chicago:

$400,000 settlement for a student against the Board of Education and the student's teacher arising from being sexual abused by the teacher for several years.

J.C. v. William A. Mohs, D.P.M. and Forest View Foot & Ankle Center

$400,000 settlement against a podiatrist who deviated from the required standard of care in treating a 54-year-old woman’s mild bunion by selecting an unnecessarily invasive procedure involving cutting through bone, a Hohmann osteotomy, using inadequate fixation, and allowing premature weight bearing, which necessitated six subsequent remedial procedures and resulted in permanent pain, disfigurement, and disability.