Personal Injury - Medical Negligence - Wrongful Death
$24 million cumulative settlements for children sexually abused at residential institution (Kane County record high)
$13.4 million verdict for young man paralyzed in car accident (Kendall County record high)
$3.4 million verdict for family of 47-year-old father who died from undiagnosed aortic dissection (Will County record high)
$3 million for 34-year-old unmarried man injured by medical negligence
$2.5 million for family of 46-year-old father killed by backing truck at construction site
$2 million verdict for 57-year-old woman injured at Cook County race track when knocked to the floor of the grandstand by patrons frightened after shot from dropped handgun
$1.5 million verdict for 40-year-old man who injured his back in a supermarket fall
$1.5 million for family of high school student whose suicide death in psychiatric ward resulted from medical negligence
$1.1 million for family whose 68-year-old mother and 67-year-old father were killed in Indiana when oncoming car crossed the center line (insurance limits paid)
$1.050 million for family of 25-year-old unmarried woman who died in intersectional car accident
$850,000 for 52-year-old man whose Parkinson’s disease was worsened by a prescription error at pharmacy
$750,000 for family of 45-year-old unmarried man who died in DuPage County car accident
$975,000 for 58-year-old man who injured his wrist and shoulder in truck accident.
For more information about personal injury claims, go to our Personal Injury & Wrongful Death page.
Workers’ Compensation
Illinois law does not permit as complete a recovery in workers' compensation cases as it does in personal injury cases. The law is just different for work place injuries. Nonetheless, the attorneys at Kinnally Flaherty Krentz & Loran, P.C. consistently obtain some of the highest recoveries in the state for workers injured on the job.
$871,651 present cash value trial award for 49-year-old HVAC worker who was permanently disabled due to low back injury and now receives weekly disability payments for life
$702,663 for 45 year old truck driver who was permanently disabled due to a low back injury.
$500,000 trial award and subsequent settlement for a 40 year old who was permanently and totally disabled due to foot/leg injuries.
$416,250 trial award for 47-year-old industrial electrician who sustained back injury
$350,000 for 35-year-old electrician who developed an earnings loss (wage differential) due to shoulder injury
$325,000 for 40-year-old factory worker who developed an earnings loss (wage differential) due to bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.
$323,330 for 64 year old who injured his low back requiring surgery resulting in permanent work restrictions and retirement.
$250,000 for 42 year old roofer who developed an earning loss (wage differential) due to low back injury.
$250,000 for 32 year old who developed earning loss (wage differential) due to knee and foot injuries.
$240,000 for 30 year old construction worker who developed an earning loss (wage differential) due to a knee injury.
$220,000 for 50 year old drywall/painter who developed an earning loss (wage differential) due to head and psychological injuries.
$210,380 trial award for a 29 year old transportation worker who injured his low back resulting in daily pain. Petitioner returned to full time work.
Obtained award requiring the insurance company to pay for a 39-year-old woman to finish college as part of the employer's obligation to provide vocational rehabilitation.
Obtained award imposing financial penalties on insurance company and defense attorneys for an unreasonable delay in paying wage benefits and approving surgery and for needlessly prolonging the litigation.
For more information about workers' compensation claims, go to our Workers' Compensation page.
Commercial Transactions
The attorneys at Kinnally Flaherty Krentz & Loran have been instrumental in negotiating and closing transactions for companies and governmental agencies which allow businesses to prosper and which improve the quality of life in communities throughout the Fox Valley.
We negotiated and closed a $45 million land acquisition for a municipal forest preserve district preserving over 740 acres of land for use and enjoyment of community residents that was identified as the single largest remaining tract of open space along the Fox River in Kane County.
Our attorneys have been the exclusive legal counsel to Kane County in its ground breaking Open Space Agricultural Conservation Easement and Farm Land Protection Program. Over 4,000 acres in Kane County have been dedicated as farm land to be maintained in agricultural production and perpetuity. This continues the agricultural heritage of Kane County for generations to come. Kane County is the initial and leading county in the state of Illinois to pursue a Farm Land Preservation Program.
For more information about commercial transactions, go to our Business Counseling and Estate Planning.
For information about commercial litigation, go to our General & Commercial Litigation.
