Walsh, Knippen & Cetina

$2.7M

Product Liability, Wrongful Death

Callahan v. Bernz-O-Matic. For a 21-year-old college co-ed who died of asphyxiation by a Bernz-O-Matic space heater while on a camping trip. Faulty recall effort by the successor corporation was a primary issue.

$5.7M

Medical Malpractice, Spinal Cord Injury

Thomas v. Ibrahim, MD. Largest paraplegia settlement or verdict in DuPage County history, for a 15-year-old who suffered permanent paraplegia due to negligently performed spine surgery.

$51.6M

Personal Injury, Spinal Cord Injury

Bland v. Q-West. Logan Bland, an honorably-discharged Marine, was paralyzed when a group of bouncers broke Logan’s neck while forcefully ejecting him from a bar and flipping him over.

$1.6M

Premises Liability

Franzen v. Fry's Electronics. Record setting premises liability settlement for a 90-year-old client who suffered disabling injuries due to negligent maintenance of automatic entrance doors at a store.

$1.4M

Auto Accident

Settlement for a client severely injured in a multi-vehicle rear-end accident. Client was hit by an Illinois Department of Transportation vehicle, causing his vehicle to spin into the path of a third vehicle. Client sustained severe neck and hip injuries requiring numerous surgeries, injections, and physical therapy; missed work; and ultimately took a much lower-paying, low-impact job.

$1.8M

Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death

Garcia v. Horwitz, M.D., et al. For the needless death of Alberto Gallardo, age 34, after routine outpatient surgery to correct a deviated nasal septum. Chicago hospital and head and neck surgeon negligently ordered post-operative pain medication (Toradol), which prevented blood coagulation, leading to two additional surgeries and death.