$8.1 million for motorcycle driver struck by a Pace Bus
$6.725 million for vehicle passenger struck by construction vehicle with resulting catastrophic injuries
$2 million for a truck driver crushed by a shifting load
$1.7 million for a mother and son hit head on by an oncoming commercial work pick up truck
$1.2 million for a client with pre-existing injuries who was a passenger in a pick-up truck struck by a semi-tractor trailer
$1 million settlement for a vehicle rear-ended by a semi-truck
$975,000 for a trucking accident rear-end collision causing cervical herniation and surgery
$800,000 for an elderly woman that suffered a lower back and cervical injury after a collision with a semi-truck
$775,000 settlement for estate of motorcycle passenger when semi turned left in front of motorcycle
$775,000 for a retiree passenger in a vehicle on way to annual fishing trip in Canada
$775,000 settlement for female executive rear-ended by tractor trailer on I-55
750,000 for a man struck by a rideshare vehicle that suffered lower back injury requiring injections
$675,000 recovery for client turning left when hit by driver disregarding red light
$650,000 for a motorcycle driver cut off by a delivery person turning left
$625,000 settlement for a Minnesota college student who was a pedestrian struck by a vehicle making a right-hand turn
$625,000 for minors of man crushed between a stalled car and assisting vehicle
$600,000 for a woman that was working at a retail store that was struck by a pest-control company van that drove through the store front and caused a neck injury
$600,000 third-party settlement for a 61-year-old bus aide with three-part comminuted left humeral head fracture and multiple blunt trauma injuries
$600,000 settlement for client hit head-on by driver who fell asleep and crossed center line
$525,000 for a minor with multiple facial fractures injured in a rear-end MVA with semi
$500,000 recovery for a client making a left turn and hit by a motorist failing to stop
$500,000 settlement for a rear-end 3-car collision
$500,000 recovery for passenger sideswiped by semi-truck as it attempted to change lanes
$500,000 for a car accident case requiring lumbar surgery
475,000 for an elderly woman knocked down by a grocery store attendant in the grocery store parking lot suffering a lower back injury
$465,000 for a driver who suffered a knee and wrist injury in a multivehicle collision
$400,000 for a yoga instructor that suffered a wrist injury and 2 wrist surgeries after a left-turn collision
$400,000 for an elderly client with pre-existing conditions in a rear end auto collision
$400,000 settlement to a motorcyclist hit by vehicle turning left in his path
$325,000 for an elderly woman who was involved in a multi-vehicle collison and suffered a cervical injury requiring surgery
$300,000 for an elderly man who was rear ended with preexisting condition that needed a cervical fusion – policy limits offer
$281,000 for an elderly man with preexisting spinal issues that suffered a fractured vertebra without surgery
$265,000 for a young woman that suffered a fractured radius and ulna in a left turn collision
$250,000 for a motorcyclist that was hit by a pickup truck – policy limits offer
$250,000 policy recovery for woman with numerous traumatic injuries sustained in a head-on collision
$250,000 settlement for passenger in a vehicle that was hit by a driver turning left and caused to crash into two more vehicles
$230,000 for a gentleman who suffered a shoulder injury when he was t-boned by another vehicle
$200,000 settlement for pizza delivery man with MVA-caused lateral meniscus tear with prior injury to the same knee
$180,000 settlement for motorcyclist rear-ended while turning into entranceway
$180,000 settlement for elderly woman who was a passenger on a transit bus involved in crash
Wrongful Death
$7.6 Million for a wrongful death case/trucking accident
$3.2 Million for a failure to diagnose blood clots resulting in the death of an Army Captain
$605,000 recovery in wrongful death action against a rural county police department for engaging in police pursuit with teenagers on an ATV
$500,000 for wrongful death caused by head-on collision
$403,000 policy limit recovery for death of a young woman in I-80 crash
Work-Related Injuries
$2,400,000 for a construction worker injured on a scissor lift
$850,000 settlement for injured worker on workers' compensation claim
$650,000 for an insulator who fell in an open hole on a worksite – Construction Negligence OSHA violation
$210,000 for an electrician with fracture of distal fibula caused by falling wall – Construction Negligence
Premises Liability
$1 million settlement for a man with 3rd degree burns
$390,000 recovery for woman with knee injury caused by a slip and fall in a shopping mall due to a leaking sky light
$378,000 for a bicyclist who broke his clavicle on a bicycle while riding on a Forrest Preserve trail that was defective
$330,000 for 56-year-old with a right hip fracture caused by a slip and fall at a retail store
$275,000 for a client who fractured her wrist on ice at the Midway Airport park and ride facility
$140,000 for World War II veteran who tripped and fell at Dominick’s causing fracture of femoral head
125,000 recovery for injuries sustained as a result of negligent failure to install gutters on garages resulting in unnatural accumulation of ice on apartment complex parking lot
Nursing Home
$900,000 to the Estate of an elderly woman abused/neglected in nursing home
Product Liability
$190,000 for products liability against distributor of table saw; tips of fingers cut requiring surgery
Additional Case Results
Frank S. Cservenyak, Jr.: Lead attorney on behalf of Menard, Inc. in Federal Court regarding complex litigation in the recovery of $1.5 million in damages to a retaining wall.
$1 million recovery for school children poisoned by tainted chicken. Defendants also prosecuted criminally for their misconduct.
$675,000 for an elderly woman that suffered a cervical injury and necessitated injections
$581,000 for a woman dropped by her home health care assistant with resulting wrist and hip fractures
$105,000 recovery for 73-year-old champion bowler with de Quervain’s Syndrome
