Our Record As Trial Lawyers

Our firm has achieved the following representative results in various cases over the past several years:

Motor vehicle, truck and pedestrian cases

$4.5 million settlement for 7 year old girl who sustained multiple fractures and severe vaginal laceration when she was struck by a garbage truck while playing in the alley behind her home. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.
$1.5 million settlement for family of 6 year old girl killed when struck by a school bus while crossing the street in front of her home in Justice, Illinois. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.
$2.5 million verdict for 28 year old truck driver who suffered a back injury requiring three surgeries as a result of the negligence of another trucker. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.
$1.1 million settlement for 27 year old woman struck on Lake Shore Drive when her automobile became disabled in moving lanes. Bryan J O'Connor was lead counsel in the case.

Undisclosed settlement for family of 19 year old college honor student, who died in a Bronco II rollover collision, caused by the dangerously unstable design of the sports utility vehicle. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.
$1.5 million verdict for an elderly woman who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of a defective hot water boiler, which was less than two years old. Bryan J O’Connor and Robert B Baal were lead counsel in the case.
$2.1 million settlement for a 22 year old female who suffered burns when the engine of her Chrysler New Yorker caught fire due to defective fuel injectors which allowed gasoline to spray on a hot engine. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.
$10 million settlement for the wrongful deaths of family members residing in a home on the South Side who died from carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of a leak from a defective high-efficiency furnace. Bryan J O’Connor was counsel in the case.

$5.9 million settlement for 9 year old girl who suffered brain damage from a hypoglycemic coma as a result of a dietician and physician error in prescribing a diet. Bryan J O’Connor was co-lead counsel in the case.
$2.25 million verdict for a 78 year-old female nursing home resident who was sexually assaulted by an aide. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.
$2.75 verdict to the family of a severely handicapped 2-year old girl with multiple congenital abnormalities, who died when physicians performed an unnecessary surgery because of a misdiagnosis of a tumor, which resulted from misreading a CT scan. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.
$2 million settlement for family of a 2-year old boy, who died in a hospital burn unit, where the severity of the child's burns were misdiagnosed. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.
$1 million settlement to family of 93 year old woman sexually assaulted in nursing home in Melrose Park. Bryan J O'Connor was lead counsel.

$4.8 million settlement for the family of a 38 year old bricklayer, who was killed during a wall collapse at the construction of the James Jordan Boys & Girls Club in the West Side. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.
$2.85 million settlement for 30 year old factory worker injured by an inadequately guarded steel slitting machine in an Elk Grove Village factory. Bryan J O’Connor and Robert B Baal were lead counsel in the case.
$2.34 million settlement for 40 year old floor installer, who sustained severe nerve damage from close contact with electricity, without actual entrance or exit wounds, in a case where the electricians and general contractor on a construction site in Chicago failed follow OSHA power lockout rules. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.
$1 million settlement for 46-year old construction laborer, who sustained severe leg fractures in a construction accident in Addison. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.

$5.2 million verdict for two plaintiffs, including one passenger in a hot air balloon who suffered multiple orthopedic injuries when he had to jump from a height of 20 feet to save his own life after the balloon struck a power line. Bryan J O’Connor was co-lead counsel in the case.
5.0 million settlement for 13 year old girl who sustained catastrophic neurological injuries when she dove into a swimming pool during swim team practice, where the water depth was mis-marked, and the team coach failed to move the diving practice to a deeper area of the pool. Bryan J O’Connor was co-lead counsel in the case.
$1.1 million verdict for family of 5-year old boy who fell at a roller rink, and later died from head injuries. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel in the case.

$2.5 million settlement for the family of a student at Northwestern University who died in a fall from the rear staircase of his apartment as a result of a rotted wooden railing. Bryan J O’Connor was lead counsel on the case.