Winters Salzetta O'Brien & Richardson, LLC

$1.9M

Trucking Accident

The defendant’s semi-tractor-trailer rear ended the plaintiff’s vehicle on northbound I-294 near its exit with I-88, resulting in the death of a 35-year-old male. There were issues regarding whether the plaintiff’s vehicle had cut in front of the semi-tractor-trailer due to another vehicle cutting across three lanes of traffic to reach the I-88 exit.

$2.9M

Birth Injury

A Cook County jury awarded parents a $2.9 million verdict following the intrauterine death of their baby girl. The defendant nurses failed to alert a doctor even though the mother showed signs and symptoms of a uterine rupture while in the hospital. The mother’s condition progressively worsened for eight hours, but the nurses did not take action and did not check the mother’s vital signs for three of those hours. When the nurses finally alerted a doctor, the doctor initiated an emergency C-section within five minutes but found the mother’s uterus had ruptured, and the baby girl had passed away.

$3.8M

Workplace Injury

An electrician was hit with a ten foot long cement hose that was dropped from a third floor building. The hose struck the plaintiff on the right shoulder, which resulted in right shoulder impingement and a torn labrum. The plaintiff later developed lateral epicondylitis and ulnar neuritis of the right elbow. This award was the highest Illinois verdict for an adult shoulder injury.

$1.6M

Workplace Injury

Partners John F. Winters, Jr. and Daniel E. O'Brien obtained a verdict from a Cook County jury on behalf of an ironworker injured while working on the 'Revive Wacker Drive' construction project. The plaintiff was forced to walk on rebar while carrying a heavy load of construction materials because the general contractor failed to keep the walkways on the site free of obstructions. The rebar was also slippery due to the contractor spraying water in the area, causing the plaintiff to slip and fall, causing injury to his knee and shoulder.

$2.7M

Workplace Injury

A 51-year-old excavator was buried alive and died when the dirt mound he was working on collapsed. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant construction manager controlled the manner of work because they required scrapers to haul dirt rather than bulldozers, which caused the dirt mound to be unstable.

$2.4M

Medical Malpractice

Winters Salzetta O'Brien & Richardson, LLC obtained a jury verdict on behalf of a young woman who suffered infertility as a result of medical negligence. During the course of her pregnancy, the young lady tragically suffered a miscarriage. The defendant doctor failed to remove the products of conception following the miscarriage, and as a result, one of the plaintiff's fallopian tubes needed to be partially removed, rendering her unable to have children in the future.