William S. Wojcik, LTD., is a premier law firm that has achieved numerous million and multi-million dollar settlements on behalf of our clients. We are proud of our proven track record of success in handling complex legal cases across various practice areas, including personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. Take a closer look at some of our most notable settlements that showcase our commitment to achieving the best possible outcomes for our clients. 

Medical Malpractice Settlements

Medical malpractice refers to professional negligence or misconduct by healthcare providers, such as doctors, nurses, or hospitals, that results in harm or injury to a patient. This can include failure to diagnose or treat a condition, surgical errors, medication mistakes, and failure to obtain informed consent from a patient, among others. Here are notable medical malpractice settlements our clients have received: 

$3.775 MILLION DOLLARS

For multiple female plaintiffs whose ob/gyn doctor allegedly performed unnecessary biopsies on them in his office.

$1.5 MILLION DOLLARS 

$1,500,000.00 settlement with a laboratory in a suit brought by female plaintiffs. Alleged a novel theory that led to recovery, namely, that the laboratory breached its ethical duty to inform women of the lab's concern that their physician was performing unnecessary surgeries on them and that the specimens sent to the lab did not correlate to the body parts their doctor allegedly removed. This case was the first case in the U.S.A. to assert that theory.

$1.495 MILLION DOLLARS

An elderly patient entered a hospital for knee replacement. Surgical errors caused vascular injury and required nursing home stay, which resulted in negligent wound care.

$1.2 MILLION DOLLARS

$1.2 million settlement on behalf of a newborn baby. The baby was infected perinatally with Hepatitis B. Hospital, and the doctor allegedly failed to administer the Hepatitis B vaccine and Hepatitis B Immune Globulin at birth or during the hospital stay, resulting in a chronic form of Hepatitis infection.

Personal Injury Settlements

Personal injury refers to any physical or emotional harm caused to an individual as a result of another person's negligence or intentional actions. Common examples of personal injury cases include car accidents, slip and fall accidents, defective products, and workplace accidents. 

$2.1 MILLION DOLLARS

$2,100,000.00 million settlement for a 34-year-old Lemont pipefitter who was injured when he tripped and fell on stairs at a newly opened commercial office building in Western Springs received $2.1 million in a settlement approved by a Cook County judge. Steven Brocken suffered an ankle sprain which required surgery, and developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in his left foot and ankle, according to his attorney, William S. Wojcik of Oak Lawn. The fall was unwitnessed. Mr. Brocken alleged that his fall was caused by a high stair riser in a rear stairwell at the building. The settlement ended a lawsuit that had been filed in 2006 against the building's owner, 800 Hillgrove LLC., its general contractor, Everett Builders, and several sub-contractors.

$1.13 MILLION DOLLARS

Dram Shop $1.13 Settlement for a 42-year-old female who was injured by an alleged intoxicated person (AIP). Plaintiff alleged that she was struck by a female AIP's motor vehicle after she threatened her outside of the front doors of the well-known Merrionette Park tavern complex. Plaintiff alleged that in addition to contributing to the intoxication of the AIP, the tavern failed to take appropriate security measures to protect its patron from foreseeable harm arising from AIP's verbal threats directed toward Plaintiff.

$1 MILLION DOLLARS 

$1,000,000.00 settlement for a laborer who was pinned under a lattice boom crane, which collapsed while he was dismantling. Plaintiff suffered multiple fractures.

Automobile Accidents Settlements

$3.37 MILLION DOLLARS

Deft tractor-trailer driver Gary Sucku made a left turn from northbound Archer into the Dolphin Cartage truck yard near Knox. Deft Jason Kondys, driving a Pontiac 70 mph in rainy conditions, struck the rear tandem wheels of Sucku's trailer, causing the F-16 backseat passenger to sustain torn descending aorta requiring a Hemashield graft, epidural hematoma, closed head injury causing ongoing headaches, and traumatic Bell's Palsy which has resolved ($235,000 medl. expense). Pltf is currently seeking her GED and plans to attend college. Confidential insurers paid $3,350,000 for Sucku and a $20,000 policy limit for Kondys. 

$1.5 MILLION Dollars 

$1,500,000.00 settlement to a 56-year-old male who alleged a neck injury when rear-ended in a low-speed collision in Chicago, IL. Defendant disputed the causation, nature, and extent of plaintiff's injuries.

$710,000 

$710,000 settlement to sisters F-13 and F-14, who were traveling in a van owned and operated by a deft transportation company on October 30, 2012. Near the intersection of Joliet and LaGrange (Countryside), the driver allegedly collided with two vehicles and then rear-ended a stopped garbage truck. The 13-year-old suffered a fractured femur (ORIF required), and the 14-year-old suffered a pelvic rami fracture ($78,828 medical expenses total for both pltf). The confidential insurer paid $345,000 to F-13 and $365,00 to F-14.

$700,000

Female, 49 injured when the shuttle bus she was being transported in struck a pedestrian. Plaintiff walked off the bus but later felt back pain and consulted an Orthopedic Surgeon a month after the accident.

$515,000 

Deft Durley, waived on by stopped drivers in two of three lanes of traffic on southbound Cicero, made a left turn onto westbound 78th St. Deft Talavera, driving a Custom Staffing Inc. (CSI) club wagon van (15-seats), switched to the open lane to bypass traffic and swerved onto 78th St. when he saw Durley and broadsided pltfs' vehicle as they waited at a stop sign. F-51 sustained C6-C7 herniations with fusion ($53,000 medl., $26,000 LT as a computer tech for IRS), and M-5I had two broken ribs ($7,000 medical. expense). Pltf brought a willful and wanton entrustment count against CSI based on Talavera's poor driving record and alleged illegal alien status. Joint settlement paid $40,000 by Affirmative for Durley and $475,000 by Progressive for CSI.

$500,000.00 

$500,000.00 settlement to a 39-year-old female who was rear-ended in a 3-car collision on I-290, sustaining a hip injury requiring arthroscopic surgery seven (7) months later. No ambulance arrived at the scene and no emergency room visit.

These are a few of the high-end settlements that our clients have received with our legal services; click here to see a full list of settlements we have achieved for our clients 

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