No lawyer can guarantee you a good result in a particular case.   You should, however, ask your lawyer about relevant experience and results in cases similar to yours. If you have a serious injury, you need a lawyer with experience in trying cases like yours. Hurley McKenna & Mertz, P.C. has successfully handled hundreds of personal injury cases of all types and sizes. Hurley McKenna & Mertz, P.C. has obtained record-breaking jury verdicts for its clients in state and federal courts throughout Illinois. These are some of our results:

• $14,128,000 - Verdict for 14 year old boy for brain injury caused by medical malpractice at birth.  An obstetrician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital failed to perform a timely C-section leading to brain damage.  Read the Chicago Sun-Times article about this case here.
• $12,000,000 - Settlement for three children neglected and abused in foster care when the agency placing them in the foster home failed to monitor their care.
  
• $9,800,000 - Settlement for child that lost her hearing as the result of a failure to diagnose meningitis.
• $9,066,086.06 - Settlement of verdict following successful appeal against a hospital for negligently credentialling a podiatrist. Affirmed as the first negligent credentialling case reported in the State of Illinois. Read Illinois Appellate Court's opinion affirming this verdict here.
• $9,000,000 - Verdict for a 20 year old disabled man for severe injuries caused due to medical malpractice at birth.  A resident doctor at Cook County Hospital prematurely and improperly performed an amniotomy leading to a cord prolapse and brain damage. 
  
• $7,775,668.02 - Record verdict for woman who underwent left foot amputation as a result of negligent podiatric surgery.  Read Illinois Appellate Court's opinion affirming this verdict here.
  
• $7,500,000- Settlement for brain injury suffered by a child at birth due to the failure of his doctors to treat a Group B strep infection.
• $7,500,000 - Settlement for brain injury which was caused when the doctors and nurses failed to use a fetal heart monitor to track labor.  
  
• $7,300,231 - Structured settlement for 6 year old girl injured at birth when resident physicians pulled excessively on girl's head during delivery, resulting in an injury to child's left brachial plexus nerve.
• $7,200,000 - Record verdict in DuPage County, Illinois for wrongful death of a 48 year old woman
• $6,800,000 - Settlement of verdict on behalf of woman that suffered loss of her kidney function due to a medication error. Successful appeal led to increase in amount recoverable from $3.2 million verdict in earlier trial.  Read Illinois Appellate Court's opinion affirming this verdict here.
• $6,500,000 - Settlement during trial for brain injury to a child caused during labor and delivery when doctor and nurse failed to realize that the fetal heart monitor was picking up the mother instead of the baby for nearly two hours.
• $5,300,000 - Settlement in Du Page County for the wrongful death of a 23 year old wife and mother where the hospital failed to diagnose and treat stroke in a timely way. 
  
• $4,500,000 - Settlement on behalf of a 12 year old boy born developmentally challenged when doctors failed to perform an immediate cesarean section after there were indications he was suffering from lack of oxygen in the womb
• $4,200,000 - Verdict for injury to newborn when physicians failed to treat a blood clot in the boy's leg, resulting in amputation of newborn's right leg below the knee.
• $3,750,000- Settlement for an elderly woman that was sexually abused by an employee of the nursing home that was charged with caring for the woman.
• $3,500,000 - Settlement for the estate of a deceased child that was injured during labor and delivery.
  
• $3,200,000 - Verdict to senior who suffered permanent kidney damage as a result of medication error.  Read Illinois Appellate Court's opinion affirming this verdict here.    
• $3,000,000 - Partial settlement for the wrongful birth of a second child with Angelman's syndrome where the responsible doctors failed to notify the parents that they carried the genetic marker for the disease.  This case resulted in a favorable change in Illinois law where parents are now able to recover damages for emotional distress in wrongful birth cases. 
  
• $2,025,000 - Record verdict for the wrongful death of a 78 year old woman who fell down an unlit staircase.
• $2,000,000 - Settlement before suit was filed for a 50 year old woman whose left arm was permanently paralysed when doctors failed to treat a hematoma in a timely way.
  
• $2,000,000 - Verdict for 7 year old girl injured at birth when an obstetrician pulled excessively on the girl's head during delivery, resulting in an injury to child's right brachial plexus nerve. After the verdict the defendant agreed to a structured settlement which will pay the girl $5,674,772 over her lifetime.
• $2,000,000 - Settlement for the death of a 60 year old man from an undiagnosed ulcer.
• $2,000,000 - Settlement for the death of a diabetic mother during childbirth.
• $1,710,000 - Verdict for 29 year old man that lost the use of his left arm due to failure to diagnose compartment syndrome.
• $1,200,000 - Verdict and settlement for orthopedic negligence for failure to properly repair a fractured elbow.
• $1,140,000 - Verdict for birth injury to a baby's arm caused by excessive pulling by the doctor.
• $1,100,000 - Verdict for a carpenter whose index finger was amputated by a defective Delta table saw.
• $1,000,000 - Settlement before filing suit against practitioners of facilitated communication(FC).  Use of this disproved technique to treat autistic children actually delayed getting a severely autistic boy proper therapies.
  
• $1,000,000 - Settlement for psychiatric malpractice for a 42 year old woman and her family.
• $1,000,000 - Settlement for the wrongful death of a 38 year old man resulting from medical negligence in failing to diagnose a defective heart valve.
• $1,000,000 - Verdict and settlement for the rape of a 90 year old woman in a nursing home.
• $1,000,000 - Settlement for a 46 year old woman whose multiple sclerosis was aggravated in an auto accident.
• $1,000,000 - Verdict where medical clinic failed to advise a 70 year old man of the fact that cancer was apparent on his chest x-ray.  The man died after six months of suffering from untreated lung cancer.
  
• $975,000 - Settlement for wrongful death of a 41 year old man who died because his doctors failed to properly treat his aspirin overdose
• $900,000 - Settlement for wrongful death of a 68 year old man who died because his doctor failed to diagnose and treat endocarditis.
• $900,000 - Settlement for an 8 year old girl injured at birth as a result of malpractice.
• $850,000 - Settlement for negligence in removing a gallbladder.
• $800,000 - Settlement for a 50 year old electrician injured on the job when a clay tile hit him and injured his neck.
• $800,000 - Verdict for birth injury to a baby's arm caused by excessive pulling by the doctor.
• $711,000 - Verdict for wrongful discharge of a security guard fired for making a workers compensation claim.
• $700,000 - Settlement in the State of Tennessee for the wrongful death of a 70 old man resulting from medical negligence in a hospital.
• $650,000 - Settlement for a 20 year old woman struck by a car causing a temporary head injury and a broken leg.
• $600,000 - Settlement for dental and orthodontic malpractice.
• $600,000 - Settlement for a 22 year old woman who injured her neck when a porch collapsed.
• $500,000 - Settlement for a 66 year old woman whose breast cancer diagnosis was delayed for thirteen months.
• $500,000 - Settlement for a 65 year old man for medical negligence in failing to diagnose and treat a stroke.
• $500,000 - Settlement for a fractured hip to a 70 year old woman in a nursing home.
• $400,000 - Settlement for a 25 year old woman who suffered a lower back injury when her car was struck from behind on the expressway.
• $400,000 - Settlement for a pipe-fitter whose shoulder was injured when struck by a falling pipe on the job
• $327,600 - Verdict for dental malpractice.
• $315,000 - Verdict for 24 year old man who fractured his knee in an automobile accident.

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