Case Results

$7 million verdict at trial for the wrongful death of a 22-year-old student.

$2.75 million for a man severely injured because the general manager of a short line railroad required his train crew to ignore safe work practices so the job could be performed faster, placing both railroaders and the public in harm's way.

$1,750,000 in a medical negligence case arising out of the improper use of neck traction during the treatment of a lower back strain, resulting in a neck injury requiring surgery and limiting a 46-year-old diesel mechanic to light duty work for the rest of his life.

$1.5 million for the death of a 22-year-old woman who suffocated in an MRI tube.

$1,486,000 for the death of a 79-year-old husband, father, and grandfather as a result of injuries he sustained following injuries he sustained with a tractor-trailer on a rural Indiana highway.

$1.3 million for a baby who suffered a permanent injury to his brachial plexus, the bundle of nerves to the child's arm, as a result of errors by the obstetrician and delivery nurse during his birth.

$1,100,000 for the death of a 16-year-old boy, as a result of medical errors by his doctors in failing to recognize hypothermia (or low body temperature), which caused a blood clotting disorder following a car crash.

$1 million for the death of a young man as a result of improper treatment of severe asthma by his family doctor. This case settled for policy limits.

$775,000 for the death of a fetus, following a car crash. Mother was eight months pregnant. Baby was survived by his parents and two siblings.

$700,000 for a medical negligence case against a pediatrician on behalf of a 14 year old boy after the doctor failed to diagnose scoliosis (curvature of the spine), requiring multi-level spinal surgery to correct the curvature. This child’s surgery and disability could have been avoided with an earlier diagnosis.

$700,000 paid by an auto manufacturer for injuries a 35-year-old physician sustained as a result of defendant’s utilization of a “lap belt only” design, which has a tendency to allow for “submarining” and “jackknifing” in head on collisions.

$640,000 for a 43-year-old concrete finisher who suffered a skull fracture and mild traumatic brain injury when he was hit in the head by a stanchion plate that fell from above on a worksite.

$595,000 for a medical malpractice case arising from the failure to diagnose coronary artery disease, resulting in the heart attack and death of a 42 year old wife and mother of three.

$550,000 for a mother and wife for injuries she sustained in a "trip and fall" on a raised piece of concrete.

$515,000 on an FELA claim for a carman who developed hyper-reactive airway disorder following exposure to hydrochloric acid vapors spilled from a railway tank car.

$341,000 (including all available insurance limits) for an 8-year-old girl, whose father was killed in a single vehicle car crash. Paternity of the child and her right to recovery was disputed prior to the successful efforts of the attorneys of Coplan & Crane.

$300,000 for a 48-year-old electrician for the partial amputation of two fingers on his left hand following a work site injury.

$300,000 for a medical malpractice claim arising from the improper treatment of a premature baby.

$300,000 for a products liability claim against a well known baby products manufacturer for burn injuries sustained by a nine week old baby when an automobile bottle warmer melted a baby bottle, spilling the scalding liquids on the child’s hand and wrist.

$300,000 for the death of an 89-year-old husband, father and grandfather in a nursing home malpractice case, as a result of injuries sustained when he was left unsupervised while using the restroom.

$300,000 on an FELA claim for a carman who injured his knee and back when a piece of the railroad car he was replacing rolled into him.

$250,000 against the Chicago Transit Authority for a 5-year-old boy who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury when he became entangled in a turnstile.

$250,000 for a medical negligence claim in which a physician incorrectly performed a vasectomy resulting in nerve injury and loss of a testicle in a 42-year-old husband and father.