Our Southside Chicago Personal Injury Attorneys' Verdicts and Settlements

At the law office of McArdle, Frost & Brinton, our Southside Chicago personal injury attorneys are proud of the successes that they have achieved for past clients. If you are looking for a personal injury lawyer in the metropolitan Chicago area, our staff has the experience and knowledge needed to provide you with sound, informed legal counsel.

Before you choose your legal representation, you should learn as much as you can about the practice, its lawyers, and its successes. In order to help you do so, we are pleased to provide a short list of some of our recent verdicts and settlements involving personal injury, product liability, elder abuse, and medical malpractice. While we can't guarantee that your case will result in a similar recovery, we believe that these cases demonstrate our litigation skills and intimate familiarity with Illinois law. Take a look and see for yourself whether our firm is right for you. If you like what you see, contact our Southside Chicago personal injury attorneys to schedule a free consultation.

Verdicts and Settlements

Medical & Hospital Negligence

• Wallain v. Swedish Covenant et al., $5,000,000.00 on behalf of the husband and children of deceased, mother of 2, age 36. Defendant physician and his employer failed to properly follow up on abnormal pap smear, and severe cervical dysplasia. As a result CIN III was present for one year without treatment. Plaintiff's decedent developed cervical cancer, with metastasis disease, resulting in long-term chemo and radiation therapy, and ultimately death.
• Confidential, $4.5 million recovery for retired construction worker, as a result of improper administration of spinal anesthesia, resulting in spinal cord injury, and partial paralysis.
• Confidential, $4,000,000.00 to the family of 46-year-old woman who died as a result of defendants' failure to diagnose pyelonephritis, a serious kidney infection.
• Burke v. University of Chicago Hospitals, $2,500,000.00 on behalf of the widow and children of a 42-year-old male who died as a result of delay in diagnosis and surgery to repair a leaking aortic aneurysm.
• Estate of Ardel Quinn v. Kasper, Scott County Iowa, $1,700,000.00 jury verdict in favor of the family of a 57-year-old woman who died as a result of her physician, and surgeons failure to recognize and treat appendicitis.
• Doe v. Bryant M.D., $1,150,000.00 settlement for 17-year-old girl who underwent an unnecessary hysterectomy as part of cancer staging and tumor removal.
• Leagans v. Silver, M.D., $500,000 for a 64-year-old woman who had surgery on her femur and the surgeon aligned her leg improperly, leaving her with a 45 degree misalignment. This made it difficult for her to walk until the condition was repaired 15 months later.
• Parr v. Alexian Bros. Medical Center et al., $740,000.00 recovered on behalf of the family of a 72-year-old woman who died as a result of the defendants failure to recognize and treat pulmonary embolism.
• Confidential, $700,000 to the family of a 54-year-old man who died from cardiac arrhythmia the day after he was discharged from the hospital. He had undergone repair of his mitral valve during the hospitalization.

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Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect

• Confidential, $500,000 to the family of a 85-year-old woman who was mistreated at the defendant nursing home, became malnourished, dehydrated and septic. The settlement was paid for directly by the nursing home.
• Hunt v. Concord Nursing Home, $600,000.00 on behalf of the family of 80-year-old male who died as a result of failure to provide adequate care for decubitus ulcers, which became severely infected.
• Wheeler v. Brentwood Nursing Home, $600,000.00 on behalf of the family of an 84-year-old male suffering from stroke and swallowing difficulties. The defendant nursing home failed to provide the decedent with adequate water and other fluids, and he died of dehydration.
• Duggan v. Peace Memorial, $600,000.00 on behalf of family of 78-year-old female. Defendant failed to monitor the decedent, who was wheel chair bound and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. She exited the nursing home unsupervised, and her wheelchair fell off a curb, resulting in fatal head injuries.
• Kalamaras v. Bridgview Health Care Center, $600,000.00 to the family of an 85-year-old woman who was asphyxiated and died after becoming tangled in unauthorized restraints, and slipped between the side rail of the bed and her mattress.

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Automobile / Trucking

• Israel Monsalvo, a Minor, v. City of Elmhurst et al. After two weeks of trial, obtained $4.8 million on behalf of child who sustained brain damage as a result of a high speed police pursuit.
• Reid v. Walsh, $700,000 to a 65-year-old Lake County woman who broke both bones in her lower leg after she was struck head on by the defendant's vehicle.
• Lindberg v. Advocate Christ Hospital, $2,750,000.00 settlement on the eve of trial for 77-year-old woman. While crossing the street as a pedestrian she was struck by a vehicle driven by a Christ Hospital delivery man, resulting in multiple skull fractures and traumatic brain injury.
• Kontchaev v. Wells, $1,320,000.00 arbitration award to 45-year-old motor vehicle passenger who experienced multiple facial fractures and mild traumatic brain injury in head-on vehicular crash.

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Construction / Workplace Injuries

• Melgoza v. Meccon, $2,100,000.00, on behalf of a 32-year-old construction worker who fractured his spine and experienced lower spinal cord injury in a fall at work.
• Clarke v. Pepper Construction, $1,651,000.00, on behalf of the family of a man who was struck and killed by a 12,000 pound section of concrete which fell from a flat bed truck.
• Munoz v. Archway Builders, 27-year-old male paralyzed in construction accident. $1,000,000 from the defendant's insurance carrier plus workers' compensation carrier made a $100,000 payment, guaranteed $2500.00 per month payments for life, and waived the workers' compensation lien. The defendant construction company was insolvent and the $1,000,000 was the limits of liability insurance coverage available.

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Roadway Construction

• Smith v. PT Ferro Construction, $2,000,000.00 to passenger of motorcycle who sustained severe brain injuries and facial fractures when the motorcycle collided with another vehicle in a construction zone. The construction was improperly barricaded and there were no signs or warnings.

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Product Liability

• Marcukaitis v. J & L Restaurant, Inc., $452,000 for a 68-year-old man who was poisoned with Salmonella after eating at the defendant's restaurant.
• Confidential, $600,000.00 on behalf of a 45-year-old carpenter, who had a defective knee replacement device implanted, requiring multiple additional surgeries.

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Defective Automobiles

• Confidential, $2,500,000.00 to driver of vehicle who sustained severe brain injuries and became hemiplegic when, following a collision, the driver's seat collapsed, allowing driver's head to strike hatchback arm.
• Confidential, $2,500,000.00 for severe burns sustained by three children when gas leaked from the tank after collision. One of the children died as a result of the fire.
• Confidential, $1,500,000.00 to family of a 30-year-old man who died when the door latch failed during a collision, causing him to be ejected from the car and suffer fatal internal injuries.

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Contact McArdle, Frost & Brinton

If you are in need of a personal injury lawyer, we can help. Our extensive experience in personal injury litigation makes us the right choice for you or a family member. Contact our office today to schedule a free consultation with our Southside Chicago personal injury attorneys.

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McArdle, Frost & Brinton
Attorneys at Law

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Chicago, Illinois 60602
Phone: 866-342-6621
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