Verdicts and Settlements - Stotis & Baird

Verdicts and Settlements

Personal Injury	Medical Malpractice	Civil Rights
Elder Law	Legal Malpractice	Commercial Litigation
Civil Litigation	Appelate Cases

Personal Injury/Wrongful Death

Gravitte v. Keller Williams Realtors et al.
$1,800,00 (Jury Verdict)
Client suffered from chronic pain syndrome after falling down stairs in her condominium building.

Newkirk v. Kapinski et al.
$600,000 (Settled during trial)
Client suffered a degloving injury in an auto accident.

Poders v AAA Village Limousine, Inc.
$250,000 (Settlement)
Client was rear-ended by a limo driver and suffered a rotator-cuff injury.

Huang v. City of Chicago
$17,500,000 (Jury Verdict)
Pregnant woman killed when her vehicle was struck by a car fleeing a police officer in a high-speed-chase.

Thakkar v. Hiebert
$600,000 (Settlement)
Client suffered brain injury after being rear ended by a truck.

McFadden v. September 11 Victim's Compensation Fund
$1,400,000 (Judge's Finding)
Client suffered a closed-head injury during the WTC attacks.

Doe v. Doe
$1,250,000 (Settlement)
Our client, a law school student, was killed in a traffic accident.

Fernandez v. Tempel Steel
$2,800,000 (Jury Verdict)
Our client suffered a closed-head injury due to a defective ladder on a construction site.

Conroy v. Sherwin Williams
$4,750,000 (Settlement)
The defendant failed to turn off electricity where client was working. Client had to have a double amputation after suffering severe electrical burns.

McGuigan v. AMC
$4,500,000 (Settlement)
Client suffered a closed-head injury after being thrown from her vehicle during a traffic accident.

Garza v. American Engineering, et.al.
$1,000,000 (Settlement)
Client suffered double traumatic amputation due to faulty safety equipment on construction equipment

Figueroa v Star Charters, et.al.
$200,000 (Verdict)
Passenger in a charter bus v. trailer-truck accident suffered a compression fracture of the spine and post-traumatic stress disorder

Thomas v. E & L Trucking
$750,000 (Verdict)
Driver of a vehicle was cut off and struck by a trailer truck, causing our client extensive cervical spinal injuries and requiring numerous surgeries.

Medical Malpractice

Artuz v. Michael Reese Hospital
$2,000,000 (Settlement)
Infant suffered mild cerebal palsy as a result of failure to properly monitor labor

Martinez v Dr. Ampuero
$200,000 (Settlement)
Brachial plexus injury to full term infant due to failure to properly deliver in mother with gestational diabetes

Prosser v. St. John's Hospital & Dr. Troy
$1,500,000 (Settlement)
Client died after doctor negligently performed an angiogram.

Thomas v. Hosain
$850,000 (Jury Verdict)
Client's doctors failed to promptly treat an infection, which resulted in death.

Jones v. Dr. Dedelow, et al
$6,300,000 (Jury Verdict)
Our client's child suffered brain injuries and eventually death due to doctor's improper use of medication to stimulate labor.

Sanabria v. Hochstedter, et al.
$1,017,000 (Jury Verdict)
Doctor botched an operation to correct an overbite, causing TMJ problems.

Mendez v. Dr. Chow & Suburban Heights Medical Center
$675,000 (Settlement)
Doctor prescribed a drug to our client that causes birth defects without first making sure she was not pregnant, resulting in a 2nd trimester stillbirth.

Jane Doe v. (Name withheld)
$500,000 (Settlement)
Client's psychologist used hypnosis to induce her into having an affair with him

Yankaway v. (Name withheld)
$800,000 (Settlement)
Client's bowel was perforated during an appendectomy.

Hansen v. Good Shepard Hospital
$3,000,000 (Settlement)
Client's child suffered brain injury after a delayed emergency C-section.

Reidy v Lutheran General Medical Group
$175,800 (Settlement)
Defendants failed to completely remove placenta following cesarean delivery, causing client to need a hysterectomy.

Civil Rights

Quentere v. City of Chicago
$1,900,000 (Verdict)
Our client, after being arrested by police for negligent driving, was found comatose in a holding cell.

Gwarnicki v. Chicago Police Department
$93,000 (Settlement)
A police officer bumped into our client, who spilled his beer on the officer, resulting in our client's arrest and facial injuries.

Elder Law Litigation

Jones v. Swedish Covenant
$175,000 (Settlement)
Client, a senior citizen, fell in an extended care facility after hospital staff failed to properly monitor her.

Wilson v. Halsted Terrace
$290,000 (Settlement)
Client developed bedsores after nursing home neglected to care for her.

Gollon v. Columbus Cabrini Medical Center
$250,000 (Settlement)
Client's father suffered a head injury due to a fall when left unattended in his wheelchair.

Colby v. Wojcicki
(Verdict)
Successfully defended an heir to her father's estate over claim of undue influence by her sister.

Legal Malpractice

Morehardt v. (Name Withheld)
$150,000 (Settlement)
Client's former lawyers failed to prosecute her sexual discrimination suit against her former employer.

Moss v. Nottage & Ward
$100,000 (Settlement)
Client's lawyer in divorce case caused his portion of the property to be improperly valued.

Commercial Litigation

Clarendon Ins. v. Modern General Lumber; American Family Ins. v. Garland Enterprises
(Summary Judgment)
After our client's insurance company refused to cover a loss, we filed suit against the insurance company and argued that they must provide coverage. The court agreed.

Beamish/Premier Textiles advs Meridian
$1,000,000 (Settlement)
Our client's insurance policy lapsed just prior to a fire. We argued that the insurance company had to provide coverage to our client.

Civil Litigation

Cox v NFL
Represented all-pro linebacker and forced the NFL to re-write game day security policy for players, and pay costs and attorneys fees for this case.

Appellate Cases

Olk v. T.K. Aviation, 243 Ill.App.3d 299, 611 N.E.2d 1144 (1st. Dist.1993)
Won reversal of a defense verdict in a case against an aircraft maintenance company following a small plane crash.

People v. Kevin Healy, 293 Ill.App.3d 684,698 N.E.2d 546 (1st Dist 1997)
Won a reversal and dismissal of a murder conviction based on a violation of the Speedy Trial Act.

Jones v. Chicago Osteopathic Hospital, 316 Ill.App.3d 1121, 738 N.E.2d 542 (1st Dist. 2000)
Successfully affirmed jury verdict for plaintiff for $6.3 million for brain injury and death of a newborn.

Smith v. PACE, 323 Ill.App.3d 1067, 753 N.E.2d 353 (1st Dist. 2001)
Won a reversal of an order granting summary judgment to the bus company. Stotis & Baird took over the case after client's first lawyer made several errors leading to its dismissal.

Weedon v. Pfizer, 332 Ill.App.3d 17, 773 N.E.2d 720(1st. Dist 2002)
Won a reversal of an order granting summary judgment to the manufacturer of a defective chemotherapy catheter.