Case Results

$12 million settlement for a baby who suffered permanent brain damage, paralysis, and cerebral palsy. The labor and delivery staff failed to recognize that the baby was breech and did not act quickly enough when it was obvious that he was not getting enough oxygen. This is the largest personal injury settlement or verdict in the history of Winnebago (Rockford) County, Illinois.

$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.