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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 11:00:05+00:00

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Illinois' largest verdicts and settlements in 2004 Ranked by amount. From the Feb. 28, 2005 issue of Crain's Chicago Business. Amounts in millions.
Description: Class of Plaintiffs v. Pfizer Inc. Pfizer Inc. represented Type 2 diabetic drug Rezulin as safe after FDA research found it was not.
Description: Boim v. Quranic Literacy Institute et al. Hamas' domestic supporters must pay $156 million to slain teen's family. Chicago jury awarded $52 million to the family of David Boim, a U.S. citizen who was murdered by Islamic militants while living in Israel in 1996. Pursuant to the Anti-Terrorism Act, Judge Arlander Keys tripled the damages to produce a total award of $156 million. First private party suit against domestic supporters of terrorism.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Robert Kelter, Citizens Utility Board; DiTommaso P.C.
Description: Erikson et al. v. Ameritech Corp. Voicemail subscribers claimed Chicago-based Ameritech Corp. hid charges in this multi-state case. Illinois attorney fees would total $1.2 million.
Description: Yoder v. Ferguson Multi-vehicle accident resulted in death of 4-year-old daughter and injuries to father, mother and 2-year-old son. Mother sued numerous parties, including her husband, who was the driver.
Description: Arkebauer v. Lojeski et al. Anesthesiologist failed to respond to multiple calls and pages resulting in delayed childbirth. Child has cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia.
Description: Campbell v. Rush-Prudential HMO Inc. et al. Doctor's failure to do C-section resulted in child's severe brain damage. Dr. Mary Ann Dean-Onayemi, HMO and St. Francis Hospital in Blue Island paid plaintiff a total of $34 million.
Description: Shahid v. Home Care Home Health Agency Family blamed baby's death on failure to timely test blood samples. According to plaintiff's attorney, this is the largest total verdict for a baby's death in Illinois.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Robert Zaideman, Zaideman & Esrig P.C.
Description: Schneider v. Union Pacific Railroad Corp. et al. Seven children were killed and 21 were injured when the school bus they were in was hit by a Metra commuter train in 1995. Union Pacific owned and operated train.
Description: Jones v. Provena St. Therese Medical Center Provena St. Therese Medical Center staff's failure to inform physician of irregular fetal heart rate and delays in delivery resulted in boy's brain damage and cerebral palsy.
Description: Gerhke v. Walgreen Co. Misfilled prescription left 7-month-old girl a spastic quadriplegic.
Description: Tengler v. Preferred Unlimited Inc. Truck pushed car into oncoming traffic, where it was hit by a semi. 28-year-old passenger died.
Description: Stanley v. Cook County Hospital Doctor discontinued clot-preventing drug Heparin, resulting in fatal embolism.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Shawn S. Kasserman, Corboy & Demetrio P.C.
Description: Fears v. Mosley et al. Female passenger was hit by a semi-truck at age 19, resulting in brain damage and paralysis. Only the driver of vehicle she was in was found at fault.
Description: Duvall v. Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corp. Fetus had signs of low oxygen, but nurse took no action, resulting in brain damage to child.
Description: FTC v. Bay Area Business Council Inc. Consumers victimized by dummy credit card scam.
Description: Garcia v. Edward Hospital and Dr. John Rigali Hospital staff did not respond to non-reassuring fetal heart rate, resulting in brain damage and cerebral palsy.
Description: Madalinski v. St. Alexius Medical Center Woman died due to an undiagnosed ruptured pancreatic cyst, just hours after giving birth.
Description: Graves v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital Medical device broke during surgery, which rendered patient quadriplegic. Patient died from complications related to the injury to spinal cord. Patient's widow sued Northwestern and surgeons who performed surgery. They in turn sued the manufacturers and distributors of the device.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Thomas F. Londrigan, Londrigan Potter & Randle P.C.
Description: Heitman v. Hurst and Landmark Ford Inc. Three college students on their way to do volunteer work were killed by drunk driver in company car. Two other students injured.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): David A. Nester, Nester & Constance P.C.
Description: Mink v. Maytag Corp. Maytag's Neptune front-load washing machines defective and produced foul odors. Plaintiffs' counsel estimates class comprises approximately 1.9 million people. Total repair and reimbursement costs are $2 million.
Description: Henry et al. v. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Co. et al. Three men were killed by electrocution in 1999 while stacking railcar containers on the job.
Description: Okaro v. Edgewater Medical Center Patient died from injury sustained in unneeded surgery.
Amount and type: $8.4 Verdict – Medical malpractice. Award reduced to $4.2 million as a result of the comparative negligence.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Marvin A. Brustin and Milo W. Lundblad, Marvin A. Brustin Ltd.
Description: Dunn v. Lee and Medlin Suicide blamed on doctors' failure to commit mentally ill man.
Description: Hurtado v. Pradeep Nagaraju M.D. Overcorrection of patient's sodium led to coma and eventual death.
Description: Villagomez v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital Infant's defects blamed on Northwestern Memorial Hospital doctors' inattention to fetal distress.
Description: Lindsey Smith v. Steven Smith Father sexually abused daughter 16 years ago.
Description: Aero Products International Inc. and Chaffee v. Intex Recreation Corp. Aerobed mattress' One Touch technology patent, trademark was infringed.
Description: U.S. v. First American Bank Regulators claimed bank in Carpentersville engaged in redlining.
Description: Bugner v. Unnamed Hospital Patient showed change in vital signs at 10 a.m., first intervention at 5 p.m. Died the next morning.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Matthew S. Miller and Richard J. Prendergast, Richard J. Prendergast Ltd.
Description: Kemerer v. Illinois Power Co. Man cleaning church killed when ladder touched electrical lines.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Daniel M. Kotin, Corboy & Demetrio P.C.
Description: Wawdiwala v. Chicago Transit Authority Mother watched as bus ran over her child's head.
Description: Hashmi v. Swedish Covenant Hospital et al. Delayed C-section caused child's death.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Michael R. Bilbrey, Bilbrey & Hylla P.C.
Description: Lindau v. A.W. Chesterton Inc. et al. Painter exposed to asbestos at job site, now suffers from a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
Description: Benton v. U.S. Delay for an MRI at Hines VA Hospital in Maywood led to permanent paralysis of 46-year-old man's lower extremities. Patient sued U.S. under Federal Tort Claims Act.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Brent D. Holmes and Fred Johnson, Heller Holmes & Associates P.C.
Description: Miller v. Effingham Equity Inc. and Todd Voelker High school senior killed by farm vehicle with steering problem.
Description: Hannon v. Evans Scholars Foundation Northern Illinois University student died when another student threw cinder block off balcony.
Description: Janecek v. University of Chicago Hospital Patient underwent surgery based on misdiagnosis of cancer. Injuries include choleretic diarrhea and severe gas.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Fay Clayton, Robinson Curley & Clayton P.C.
Description: Deirdre Pawell v. Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Navy Pier electrician claimed gender bias, harassment.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Clifford W. Horwitz and Jay R. Luchsinger, Horwitz Horwitz & Associates Ltd.
Description: Larry West v. Select Erecting Inc. Ironworker claimed injury on the job led to rotator cuff tear years later.
Description: Bledsoe v. City of Evanston Police Department Panhandler claimed officer's neckhold left him quadriplegic. Loss of bodily functions and related functions below his neck led to his death two years later.
Description: Vinicky v. Savickas Gold Coast Tavern customer fatally shot by patron who was ejected.
Description: Kulasik v. Boller Construction Corp. Bricklayer fell through gap between two scaffolds.
Description: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Carl Buddig & Co. Homewood-based meatpacking company hired few blacks, kept women at lower-paying jobs.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Michael Kaczmarek, Vaughn Cascino Law Offices Ltd.
Description: Nolan v. Weil-McLain Inc. et al. Plumber's estate blamed boilers for mesothelioma death.
Description: Surface Shields Inc. v. Polytak Protection System Inc. Company bribed retailers to keep their business.
Description: McGowan v. Merlo, Hosain and Sherman Hospital Earlier colonoscopy would've revealed cancer. Patient's death could have been prevented, estate alleged.
Description: John Hobart v. Eric Rahn Doctor claimed back injury from collision ended his career.
Description: Sheryl Kuzma v. Yorkville National Bank et al. Bank president repeated false allegations of bribery.
Description: Rosa Herrera v. City of Chicago City's failure to fix pothole blamed for fatal car crash.
Description: Unique Russey v. Rockford Housing Authority Stove toppled onto infant who had crawled inside.
Description: Slovinski v. Elliott Executive claimed he was slandered by CEO.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): George F. LaForte Jr. and Raymond E. Rossi, Bishop Rossi & Scarlati Ltd.
Description: Fogle v. Witvoet Trucking and Excavating Inc. and Robert Koch Plaintiff claimed truck ran stop sign at T-intersection.
Description: Jane Doe v. Elizabeth Dilling Parents of AIDS sufferer lied about son's condition to woman he slept with.
Description: Parents v. Detectives James Cassidy and Alan Nathaniel, City of Chicago Boy's murder confession fabricated, parents alleged. At the time they were the youngest juveniles ever charged with murder.
Lead plaintiff's attorney(s): Thomas M. Harris, Jermone Mirza & Associates Ltd.
Description: Hines v. Decatur Memorial Hospital Estate claimed neurosurgeon and nurse at fault for death of 62-year-old man who underwent surgery.

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