Verdicts & Settlements

Below are some personal injury settlements and verdicts which the personal injury attorneys at the Law Offices of Jeffrey J. Kroll have been actively involved with and which do not involve confidentiality agreements and can be released to the public.  The settlements and verdicts arise from Chicago accidents, as well as, national personal injury matters.  

Amputations

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
5/07/2004$15,504,000
A tragic truck accident involving a 64-year old man who was killed and a 62-year old woman who suffered a below-the-knee leg amputation , fractured ribs and several broken bones in her legs and arms. The personal injury victims were involved in a multi-vehicle pile-up on the Interstate. A multiple vehicle pile up on the interstate involved several commercial trucks who were allegedly driving too fast under adverse conditions. The adverse condition which existed was large amounts of smoke on the roadway which was caused by a fire at Union Pacific Railroad . It was alleged that the Union Pacific Railroad failed to contain a fire that they purposely set. An 18-wheeler then rear ended the stopped vehicle, thereby causing the injuries and death to the central Illinois couple, which resided in Charleston .
09/03/2008$1,005,000A Chicago man suffered a personal injury when he was standing on the back of a parked pick-up truck when the truck was rear-ended by another vehicle. Plaintiff sustained an amputation of the left leg .
06/14/2006$1,200,000An unnecessary surgery is performed on a 31-year old Chicago woman who broke her right leg a subsequent infection sets in requiring amputation of the leg .
01/04/2011$1,500,000A Lockport railroad worker required the amputation of five toes and part of his foot when the outrigger pad on a crane slipped on to his foot.

Athletic / Sport Injury

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
04/13/2005$12,500,000
A Rolling Meadows High School football player suffered serious personal injury and was rendered a quadriplegic after he was tackled by a teammate and came into contact with an unpadded, 25-foot-high steel post that was located 11 feet 5 inches from the sideline of the Rolling Meadow's football practice field. Plaintiff contended that by permitting an unpadded pole so close to a practice field violated the Rules of the National Federation of State High School Associations.
12/21/2010$5,000,000A pool incident involving a serious personal injury to a Chicago high school student.

Bicycle Accidents

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
$250,000A Chicago woman was hit by a CTA bus and fractured her femur requiring surgery.

Bus Accidents

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
05/14/2000$6,500,000A Chicago resident who is a Chinese immigrant suffered a serious personal injury and had her legs crushed by a CTA bus which was making too tight a turn at a downtown intersection. The 55-year old woman was within the crosswalk at the time of the Chicago accident.
02/21/2003$2,775,000A serious bus personal injury accident involving a Greyhound bus making a tight right hand turn.  The bus pinned a 34-year old Hinsdale resident against a construction barrier and degloved her leg. The Chicago accident occurred downtown at an intersection in which construction was taking place.
12/15/2008$1,250,000An 18-year old University of Illinois student was struck and killed by a bus operated the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) in central Illinois. The Deerfield resident was within the crosswalk while walking home from class.

Car Accidents

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
05/07/2004$15,504,000A tragic truck accident involving a 64-year old man who was killed and a 62-year old woman who suffered a below-the-knee leg amputation , fractured ribs and several broken bones in her legs and arms.  The personal injury victims were involved in a multi-vehicle pile-up on the Interstate. A multiple vehicle pile up on the interstate involved several commercial trucks who were allegedly driving too fast under adverse conditions. The adverse condition which existed was large amounts of smoke on the roadway which was caused by a fire at Union Pacific Railroad. It was alleged that the Union Pacific Railroad failed to contain a fire that they purposely set. An 18-wheeler then rear ended the stopped vehicle, thereby causing the injuries and death to the central Illinois couple, which resided in Charleston.
11/20/98$5,250,000A Lake County woman traveling eastbound on the Kennedy Expressway from O'Hare International Airport was injured when a Yellow Cab taxi driver drove his cab across three lanes of traffic in an attempt to reach an exit. The woman suffered a serious personal injury involving a brain injury and had difficulty with walking. At the time, the settlement was the largest with a cab company in the State of Illinois.
8/12/97$5,000,000A 31-year old Hoffman Estates woman was involved in a bus accident .  The personal injury victim was struck by a Schaumburg Township bus in May of 1994 while jogging across Huntington Boulevard at Higgins Road in Hoffman Estates and suffered permanent brain damage.
01/05/2011$3,065,000A River Forest police officer suffered a serious personal injury when he fractured his left ankle and left knee in a serious auto accident in an intersection when his vehicle was struck in an intersection car accident.
03/31/2008$2,900,000A 43-year old LaGrange Park man was killed in a motor vehicle collision when a drunk driver crossed over the center line on Route 83 near Bluff Road in DuPage County. He was survived by a wife and two adult children.
06/30/2008$2,800,000A 22-year old female college student from Yorkville was rear-ended by a Jewel Foods truck and killed in Kendall County in central Illinois.
06/18/1999$2,583,000 Verdict in a Chicago car accident - Two adult women were involved in a catastrophic car accident; one was killed, the other suffered personal injury and post-traumatic stress in witnessing her best friend's death. It was a hit and run collision which occurred on the Kennedy expressway in Chicago, Illinois.
07/01/1996$2,450,000 Verdict in a car accident - An unemployed Wauconda woman was struck by a car crossing the center line and suffered  orthopedic injuries, including a fractured leg. A Lake County jury awarded $2.45 million dollars, mostly for physical pain and mental suffering. The jury also found a Lake Barrington gravel company partly liable for causing, although not directly involved in the head on collision.
6/4/93$2,005,000This Chicago car accident involved a single mom from the south side who was struck and killed by a taxicab at the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Green Street in the City of Chicago.
04/23/2007$1,500,000A 72-year old north suburban woman was seriously injured requiring extensive surgery and rehabilitation when a car crossed the center line, striking the plaintiff head on.
02/05/2009$1,450,000A Downers Grove motorcyclist in a Chicago accident during a "Toys for Tots" fundraiser was struck by a motor vehicle and killed while riding in the parade along Western Avenue.
09/03/2008$1,005,000A Chicago man suffered a personal injury when he was standing on the back of a parked pick-up truck when the truck was rear-ended by another vehicle. Plaintiff sustained an amputation of the left leg.
05/01/1998$1,000,000A non-English speaking Hispanic pedestrian crossing within the crosswalk is struck by a corporate vehicle thereby causing a closed head brain injury.
11/02/2000$607,204 Verdict in a pedestrian accident - 35-year old postal worker from Streamwood delivering mail was struck by a car backing up and suffers erectile dysfunction.
09/30/2003$400,000A south suburban 52-year old hairdresser suffered a personal injury when she was was crossing the street when a vehicle driven by a nun hit her, breaking her leg and fracturing her cheek bone.

Construction Liability and Negligence

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
01/02/2002$6,850,000A 37-year old mother of two boys suffered a tragic personal injury while she was looking at a home under construction in the Fox Run Estates subdivision in Schererville, Indiana when she fell 11 feet through an unsecured and unbarricaded hole and is now paralyzed from the waist down.
04/30/2002$4,750,000A 42-year old construction worker shattered his right leg after falling 20 feet when the steel beam he was working on collapsed. Plaintiff argued that neither welder confirmed that the steel beam had been welded prior to allowing other trades to work on the steel beam.
09/21/2006$2,850,000A 39-year old construction worker suffered a serious personal injury resulting in a crushed right foot after 1,600 pound steel beam was dropped from a magnetic lift while he was working at a steel plant.
02/21/2003$2,775,000A serious bus personal injury accident involving a Greyhound bus making a tight right hand turn.  The bus pinned a 34-year old Hinsdale resident against a construction barrier and degloved her leg. The Chicago accident occurred downtown at an intersection in which construction was taking place.
11/01/1999$2,000,000A Chicago construction worker was impaled and died when a metal rebar dropped by another subcontractor during this Chicago construction site injury.
06/26/2006$1,200,000In a construction site personal injury matter, a contractor did not follow proper safety precautions during demolition of a wall; bricks fell on to a north-suburban 59-year old construction worker that led to a torn rotator cuff and frozen shoulder. He was unable to return to work.
12/08/2008$1,100,000An Indiana ironworker fractured his left ankle and right heel after the scissors lift he had been operating toppled into a snow-covered excavation. Two other construction companies working on the jobsite participated in the 1.1 million dollar settlement.
05/07/1999$1,000,000Mother and son die in truck/auto accident in a newly opened construction zone in Bartlett, Illinois . Plaintiff contended the signage was inappropriate to warn the motoring public and the Defendant's truck was traveling too fast for conditions.

Medical Malpractice

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
04/25/2004$10,000,000A four year old boy from Norridge, Illinois suffers birthing injuries including permanent brain damage , after doctors failed to perform a timely C-section on his mother.; $10 million annuity is expected to yield $54 million over the course of the child's lifetime. The boy is now a teenager.
03/11/2000$3,500,000 Verdict A Greenville, South Carolina 40-year old anemic man died of colon cancer. A jury awarded $7 million dollars, which was reduced by 50%, for a net verdict of $3.5 million dollars. The Greenville, South Carolina jury determined that the doctor should have detected the colon cancer earlier.

03/15/2007
$3,000,000		 Verdict - A Country Club Hills woman died after doctors at St. James-Olympia Fields Hospital sent her home without the diagnosis or treatment of a pulmonary embolism.
02/10/2000$2,600,000 Verdict A 44-year old Quincy man died after back surgery from blood clots in his lungs. The Adams County jury awarded a record $2.6 million dollar verdict to the family.
04/14/2003$2,500,000A 49-year old Indiana resident dies of medical negligence due to improper post operative care at a Chicago hospital.
06/14/2006$1,200,000An unnecessary surgery is performed on a 31-year old Chicago woman who broke her right leg a subsequent infection sets in requiring amputation of the leg.
07/26/2005$975,000 Verdict - 40-year old Chicago woman suffers debilitating leg injury when gynecologist compresses nerve during routine surgery to remove fibroids.

Pedestrian Accidents

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
05/14/2000$6,500,000A Chicago resident who is a Chinese immigrant suffered a serious personal injury and had her legs crushed by a CTA bus which was making too tight a turn at a downtown intersection. The 55-year old woman was within the crosswalk at the time of the Chicago accident.
02/21/2003$2,775,000A serious bus personal injury accident involving a Greyhound bus making a tight right hand turn. The bus pinned a 34-year old Hinsdale resident against a construction barrier and degloved her leg. The Chicago accident occurred downtown at an intersection in which construction was taking place.
12/15/2008$1,250,000An 18-year old University of Illinois student was struck and killed by a bus operated the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) in central Illinois. The Deerfield resident was within the crosswalk while walking home from class.
05/01/1998$1,000,000A non-English speaking Hispanic pedestrian crossing within the crosswalk is struck by a corporate vehicle thereby causing a closed head brain injury.
11/02/2000$607,204Verdict in a pedestrian accident - 35-year old postal worker from Streamwood delivering mail was struck by a car backing up and suffers erectile dysfunction.
09/30/2003$400,000A south suburban 52-year old hairdresser suffered a personal injury when she was crossing the street when a vehicle driven by a nun hit her, breaking her leg and fracturing her cheek bone.

Premises Liability
Electrocution

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
06/30/1998$15,000,000A 34-year old property adjuster investigating hail damage on roof suffered severe burns when he comes into contact with low-hanging wire. Texas Utilities had received complaints about the low hanging electrical wire but failed to correct the problem. This case was pending in Dallas, Texas.

Premises Liability and Negligence

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
06/30/1998$15,000,000A 34-year old property adjuster investigating hail damage on roof suffered severe burns when he comes into contact with low-hanging wire. Texas Utilities had received complaints about the low hanging electrical wire but failed to correct the problem. This case was pending in Dallas, Texas.
04/13/2005$12,500,000A Rolling Meadows High School football player suffered serious personal injuries and was rendered a quadriplegic after he was tackled by a teammate and came into contact with an unpadded, 25-foot-high steel post that was located 11 feet 5 inches from the sideline of the Rolling Meadow's football practice field. Plaintiff contended that by permitting an unpadded pole so close to a practice field violated the Rules of the National Federation of State High School Associations .
01/02/2002$6,850,000A 37-year old mother of two boys was looking at a home under construction in the Fox Run Estates subdivision in Schererville, Indiana when she fell 11 feet through an unsecured and unbarricaded hole and is now paralyzed from the waist down .
11/30/2004$3,000,000 Verdict A graduate of Marist High School and a senior at Northern Illinois, was killed when a fellow Evans Scholar threw a cinder block from the 3rd floor balcony at Northern Illinois University.
06/01/2005$2,600,00024-year old Plainfield truck driver was killed in a heptane gas explosion in Des Moines, Iowa, leaving his wife and a three-year-old daughter.
02/17/2009$1,300,000Glen Ellyn resident slips and falls on a wet floor which was caused by a leak in the roof of the Oglivie train station, shattering his kneecap.
03/31/2005$400,00064-year old father of two suffered fatal head injuries after falling down a flight of unsafe stairs at a car dealership.

School Injury/Accident

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
04/13/2005$12,500,000A Rolling Meadows High School football player was rendered a quadriplegic after he was tackled by a teammate and came into contact with an unpadded, 25-foot-high steel post that was located 11 feet 5 inches from the sideline of the Rolling Meadow's football practice field. Plaintiff contended that by permitting an unpadded pole so close to a practice field violated the Rules of the National Federation of State High School Associations .
12/21/2010$5,000,000A pool incident involving a serious personal injury to a Chicago high school student.

Train
Accidents/Derailment/Train Crossing Accident

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
05/07/2004$15,504,00064-year old man was killed and 62-year old woman suffered a below-the-knee leg amputation , fractured ribs and several broken bones in her legs and arms when they were involved in a multi-vehicle pile-up on the Interstate. A multiple vehicle pile-up on the interstate involved several commercial trucks who were allegedly driving too fast under adverse conditions. The adverse condition which existed was large amounts of smoke on the roadway which was caused by a fire at Union Pacific Railroad. It was alleged that the Union Pacific Railroad failed to contain a fire that they purposely set. An 18-wheeler then rear ended the stopped vehicle, thereby causing the injuries and death to the Charleston, Illinois couple.
01/04/2011$1,500,000A Lockport railroad worker required the amputation of five toes and part of his foot when the outrigger pad on a crane slipped on to his foot.
12/14/2009$135,000 Verdict in a CTA case - First case to go to trial after July 2006 Blue Line derailment . The 29-year old Chicago man suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and a nerve damage to his lower leg, which he suffered when he struck his leg on the catwalk when he jumped from the train.

Trucking Accidents & Negligence

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
05/07/2004$15,504,000A tragic truck accident involving a 64-year old man who was killed and a 62-year old woman who suffered a below-the-knee leg amputation , fractured ribs and several broken bones in her legs and arms.  The personal injury victims were involved in a multi-vehicle pile-up on the Interstate. A multiple vehicle pile up on the interstate involved several commercial trucks who were allegedly driving too fast under adverse conditions. The adverse condition which existed was large amounts of smoke on the roadway which was caused by a fire at Union Pacific Railroad. It was alleged that the Union Pacific Railroad failed to contain a fire that they purposely set. An 18-wheeler then rear ended the stopped vehicle, thereby causing the injuries and death to the central Illinois couple, which resided in Charleston.
06/30/2008$2,800,000A 22-year old female college student from Yorkville was rear-ended by a Jewel Foods truck and killed in Kendall County in central Illinois.
06/01/2005$2,600,00024-year old Plainfield truck driver was killed in a heptane gas explosion in Des Moines, Iowa, leaving his wife and a three-year-old daughter who were beneficiaries in a wrongful death lawsuit.
07/01/1996$2,450,000 Verdict An unemployed Wauconda woman was struck by a car crossing the center line and suffers orthopedic injuries, including a fractured leg. A Lake County jury awarded $2.45 million dollars, mostly for physical pain and mental suffering. The jury also found a Lake Barrington gravel company partly liable for causing, although not directly involved in the head on collision.
03/08/2004$1,750,000A 61-year old man suffered a subdural hematoma and later died when his car was rear-ended by a Pepsi owned vehicle while stopped at a red light.
12/12/2006$1,500,000A 26-year old road maintenance worker for the Illinois Toll Highway Authority is killed when a tractor-trailer drove around a rolling construction zone and struck him on the highway.
03/10/2009$1,495,000A 49-year old woman from Danville (which is located in central Illinois) was struck and killed by a Dayton Freight Line semi-tracker trailer in downtown Danville, Illinois. A wrongful death lawsuit was also brought against the City of Danville for inadequate signage to alert motorists of a non-functioning traffic control device.
05/01/1998$1,000,000A non-English speaking Hispanic pedestrian crossing within the crosswalk is struck by a corporate vehicle thereby causing a closed head brain injury .
05/07/1999$1,000,000Mother and son die in truck/auto accident in a newly opened construction zone in Bartlett, Illinois . Plaintiff contended the signage was inappropriate to warn the motoring public and the Defendant's truck was traveling too fast for conditions.
10/09/2003$900,000A Lake County motorcyclist had the right of way when a truck proceeded with a left hand turn directly in his path, causing him to fly over the truck and sustain short term memory loss and hearing loss in one ear.

Workplace Accident and Negligence

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
04/30/2002$4,750,000A 42-year old construction worker shatters right leg after falling 20 feet when the steel beam he was working on collapsed. Plaintiff argued that neither welder confirmed that the steel beam had been welded prior to allowing other trades to work on the steel beam.
09/21/2006$2,850,000A 39-year old construction worker suffers a crushed right foot after 1,600 pound steel beam was dropped from a magnetic lift while he was working at a steel plant.
06/01/2005$2,600,00024-year old Plainfield truck driver was killed in a heptane gas explosion in Des Moines, Iowa, leaving his wife and a three-year-old daughter.
01/04/2011$1,500,000A Lockport railroad worker required the amputation of five toes and part of his foot when the outrigger pad on a crane slipped on to his foot.
06/14/2006$1,200,000An unnecessary surgery is performed on a 31-year old woman who broke her right leg a subsequent infection sets in requiring amputation of the leg.
12/08/2008$1,100,000An Indiana ironworker fractured his left ankle and right heel after the scissors lift he had been operating toppled into a snow-covered excavation. Two other construction companies working on the jobsite participated in the 1.1 million dollar settlement.

Wrongful Death

DATE VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS FACTS
05/07/2004$15,504,000
A tragic truck accident involving a 64-year old man who was killed and a 62-year old woman who suffered a below-the-knee leg amputation , fractured ribs and several broken bones in her legs and arms.  The personal injury victims were involved in a multi-vehicle pile-up on the Interstate. A multiple vehicle pile up on the interstate involved several commercial trucks who were allegedly driving too fast under adverse conditions. The adverse condition which existed was large amounts of smoke on the roadway which was caused by a fire at Union Pacific Railroad. It was alleged that the Union Pacific Railroad failed to contain a fire that they purposely set. An 18-wheeler then rear ended the stopped vehicle, thereby causing the injuries and death to the central Illinois couple, which resided in Charleston.
03/11/2000$3,500,000 Verdict A Greenville, South Carolina 40-year old anemic man died of colon cancer. A jury awarded $7 million dollars, which was reduced by 50%, for a net verdict of $3.5 million dollars. The Greenville, South Carolina jury determined that the doctor should have detected the colon cancer earlier.

03/15/2007
$3,000,000		 Verdict - A Country Club Hills woman died from her injuries after doctors at St. James-Olympia Fields Hospital sent her home without the diagnosis or treatment of a pulmonary embolism.
11/30/2004$3,000,000 Verdict - A graduate of Marist High School and a senior at Northern Illinois, was killed when a fellow Evans Scholar threw a cinder block from the 3rd floor balcony at Northern Illinois University.
03/31/2008$2,900,000A 43-year old LaGrange Park man was killed in a motor vehicle collision when a drunk driver crossed over the center line on Route 83 near Bluff Road in DuPage County. He was survived by a wife and two adult children.
06/30/2008$2,800,000A 22-year old female college student from Yorkville was rear-ended by a Jewel Foods truck and killed in Kendall County.
02/10/2000$2,600,000 Verdict in a medical malpractice wrongful death action - A 44-year old Quincy man died after back surgery from blood clots in his lungs. The Adams County (Central Illinois) jury awarded a record $2.6 million dollar verdict to the family.
06/01/2005$2,600,00024-year old Plainfield truck driver was killed in a heptane gas explosion in Des Moines, Iowa, leaving his wife and a three-year-old daughter.
06/18/1999$2,583,000 Verdict in a Chicago car accident - Two adult women were involved in a catastrophic car accident; one was killed, the other suffered personal injury and post-traumatic stress in witnessing her best friend's death. It was a hit and run collision which occurred on the Kennedy expressway in Chicago, Illinois.
04/14/2003$2,500,000A 49-year old Indiana resident died of medical negligence due to improper post operative care at a Chicago hospital.
11/01/1999$2,000,000
A Chicago construction worker was impaled and died when a metal rebar dropped by another subcontractor during this Chicago construction site injury.
03/08/2004$1,750,000A 61-year old man suffered a subdural hematoma and later died when his car was rear-ended by a vehicle owned by Pepsi while stopped at a red light.
12/12/2006$1,500,000A 26-year old road maintenance worker for the Illinois Toll Highway Authority was killed when a tractor-trailer drove around a rolling construction zone and struck him on the highway.
03/10/2009$1,495,000A 49-year old woman from Danville (which is located in central Illinois) was struck and killed by a Dayton Freight Line semi-tracker trailer in downtown Danville, Illinois. A wrongful death lawsuit was also brought against the City of Danville for inadequate signage to alert motorists of a non-functioning traffic control device.
12/15/2008$1,250,000An 18-year old University of Illinois student was struck and killed by a bus operated the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) in central Illinois. The Deerfield resident was within the crosswalk while walking home from class.
03/31/2005$400,00064-year old father of two from Des Plaines, IL suffered fatal head injuries after falling down a flight of unsafe stairs at a car dealership.  His family received a wrongful death settlement.