Giamanco Law Partners

$2.3M

Wrongful Death

Automobile and truck collision. Collision resulted in the death of the plaintiff’s spouse. Case was referred to a California based law firm.

$2M

Personal Injury

Defendant drugged and sexually assaulted our client after providing her with alcohol. She was 15 years old at the time. Defendant had a history of drugging underage girls and assaulting them. Although the defendant was charged criminally he was found not guilty and our client was left with no ability to hold him accountable for his actions without our assistance. We obtained summary judgment on our client’s behalf for liability. At trial, on the issue of damages, our client was awarded compensatory damages of $1,025,406 and punitive damages of another $1,000,000.

$1.1M

Personal Injury

Client was a 7-year-old boy who was riding in a side-by-side ATV when the driver, another 7-year-old boy, rolled it over causing our client to sustain a traumatic head and hand injury. The parents of the boy who was driving were negligent in allowing him to drive and not properly supervising the children. The case was settled pre-suit for the full policy limits available.

$500,000

Personal Injury

Minor was injured while visiting his grandfather’s home by a firework that exploded when it was lit. Homeowner’s insurance company hired three different lawyers to defend each of the three family members who were the cause of the minor’s injuries. Our office aggressively pursued the case and after discovery depositions a policy demand was made to the insurance company. The client’s net funds were placed into a structured settlement that will massively increase his recovered proceeds over time.

$473,329

Construction Law

Client was a general commercial construction contractor out of Houston, Texas that hired the defendants to perform a portion of the work on two auto parts stores. The sub-contractor/defendant was ultimately fired from the job site due to a poor quality of work and not completing the job on schedule. The sub-contractor/defendant originally filed a lien against the property claiming our client breached the contract and sued to foreclose on the lien. Our client hired our office to defend the lien foreclosure case on behalf of the owners and to bring a counter-claim against the sub-contractor/defendant. On our motion, and at our client’s request, all matters were ordered to proceed to binding arbitration in Houston, Texas in accordance with our client’s contract. We partnered with another law firm in Texas to handle the arbitration for cost saving reasons. After the arbitrator ruled in our client’s favor, we entered the judgment against the sub-contractor in two Illinois courts. We then moved to dismiss all remaining cases filed by the sub-contractor against our client and the property owner and both judges granted our motions. A second case was subsequently filed by our office against the company’s owner individually and we were successful in entering the judgment against him personally.

$330,000

Eminent Domain

Eminent domain case involving the taking of a client’s land for public purpose. Case hinged on how much the land was valued at. IDOT claimed the land was only worth $138,000.