Archive for January 2019
Significant Settlement For Illinois Whistleblower Act
In June 2016, our team at Shannon Law Group secured a significant settlement on behalf of one of our clients against a major financial institution. In our case, we alleged counts based on the Illinois Whistleblower Act and on Retaliatory Discharge.
Read MoreSix-Figure Policy Limit For Client With Permanent Hip And Leg Injuries
In August 2016, Shannon Law Group secured the six-figure policy limits for a client with permanent hip and leg injuries when a young driver attempted to make a left-hand turn in front of our client’s motorcycle.
Read More$7,775,000: Multi-Vehicle Crash Results In Record Will County Verdicts
Taluc v. C.H. Robinson On April 1, 2004, DeAn Henry was driving a 40-ton semi-tractor trailer loaded with potatoes when she lost control of the vehicle in slow moving traffic on northbound Interstate 55 near Plainfield, IL, rear-ending several cars and setting off a multi-vehicle chain reaction that resulted in 2 deaths, one serious injury,…
Read More$1,050,000 Settlement For Family Of Boy Killed By Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
The estate of a 5-year- old boy has reached a settlement in the amount of $1,050,000 with a landowner and a contractor in a case that arose from a fire on the south side of Chicago on December 29, 2000. On Tuesday, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Edward R. Burr approved the agreement between the…
Read More$1,200,000 Settlement For Unsecured Cargo Truck Injury
Defendant caused steel rings to fall onto M-33 while his trailer was being loaded, causing right femur fracture with open reduction internal fixation. Client was unable to return to work. Shannon Law Group was able to secure a $1.2 million settlement to cover cost of recovery and medical bills
Read MoreSeven-Figure Settlement For Loading Dock Worker Injury
Shannon Law Group obtained a confidential seven figure settlement for a loading dock worker injured by the negligence of a commercial driver.
Read MoreSignificant Settlement For Man Permanently Injured When Bus Knocked Him Over
In March 2015, Shannon Law Group, P.C. secured a significant settlement for a man permanently injured when a bus knocked him over as he lawfully crossed the street in a marked crosswalk in Chicago.
Read MoreSeven-Figure Settlement for Man Injured on His Motorcycle
In September 2015, Shannon Law Group, P.C. secured a seven figure settlement for man permanently injured on his motorcycle when a motorist, operating a commercial vehicle without proper licensing, cut across two lanes of highway traffic to make an illegal left turn in front of our client. More recently, Shannon Law Group filed a Petition…
Read More$897,740.81: Punitive Damages Against Cab Company Upheld On Appeal
On July 28, 2017, the Illinois Appellate Court sided with our client. It published an opinion that will make Illinois roads safer. Here’s what happened: In 2011, an Express Cab Company vehicle struck our client while walking in a crosswalk in Berwyn, Illinois. Our client is a retired nurse from Oswego, Illinois. She suffered…
Read MoreSeven-Figure Settlement Recovered For Injured Truck Driver
On July 13, 2017, our client, an injured truck driver, reached a confidential seven figure settlement. We had filed his case in Cook County because of the serious injuries he sustained as a delivery truck driver. In January 2013, our client made a delivery to a construction site in suburban Chicago. In the process, he helped the construction…
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