Victories
The attorneys of Pullano & Karnezis have successfully represented clients in difficult cases involving medical negligence; automobile, truck, motorcycle, airplane, boat and other vehicle accidents; construction site accidents; premises and product liability and other forms of negligence.
Collectively, the firm’s lawyers have more than 25 years of personal injury law experience and have earned significant awards and settlements for their clients, including:
- $38.3 million for the victims of a truck accident in which a four-year old child was killed, a two-year old suffered brain injury, and a 36-year old incurred facial fractures and lacerations
- $10.5 million for a pilot killed at Palwaukee Airport shortly after takeoff
- $4.5 million for a 30-year-old woman whose doctors failed to diagnose early-stage lung cancer that consequently spread to her lymph nodes
- $4.19 million for the family of a Chicago city worker who was killed while trying to protect them during a fight at a wedding reception
- $3.67 million for a 30-year-old worker injured by a chemical spill causing burns to 30 percent of his body
- $3 million for a family of four who were injured in a car accident in Lake Forest, Illinois
- $2.5 million for the estate of a 90-year-old woman who was killed by a van while crossing the street
- $1.55 million for a victim of sexual assault whose apartment was broken into as a result of the landlord’s negligence
- $1.55 million for a 52-year-old construction worker who suffered a torn rotator cuff and lacerations to his back after being knocked off scaffolding by a hydraulic jack
- $1.4 million for a 15-year-old student who was struck by a bus on her way to school, suffering severe injury to her leg
- $1.2 million for a 34-year-old employee of Neiman Marcus who suffered burns in an electrical explosion at the store’s Northbrook Court mall facility.
- $1 million for a man stuck by a vehicle driven by an automotive shop employee
- $1 million for the family of a 14-year-old boy killed when his school bus was struck by a Metra commuter train
- $927,000 for the estate of an 89-year-old man who was fatally injured after being hit by a CTA bus while crossing the street
- $725,000 for the family of a 38-year-old father killed when a general contractor failed to follow safety rules for operation of heavy machinery at a construction site
- $710,000 for a child who suffered multiple, permanent injuries due to unsafe shopping carts at a national chain hardware store
- $705,000 for the family of a 58-year-old man who was crushed by heavy equipment at a construction site
- $662,000 for a 91-year-old woman who was injured when her car was struck by a commercial delivery truck
- $607,204 for a postal worker who suffers from erectile dysfunction as a result of being struck by a car while delivering the mail
- $525,000 for a 64-year-old man who was hit by a van in a store parking lot, causing fractures to his arm and pelvis
- $500,000 for a truck driver who was hit by another truck that was backing out of a soft drink bottling plant facility in South Bend, Indiana
- $475,000 for a woman who fell and suffered significant leg injuries as a result of negligence on the part of a local restaurant
- $424,000 for a sexual assault victim, settled with the parking facility that failed to provide adequate security
- $355,000 for a police officer who suffered a fractured wrist after being hit on his motorcycle by an automobile
- $350,000 for a 79-year-old woman who was seriously injured in an automobile accident
- $225,000 for a child who suffered burns at a promotional event for a Chicago-area grocery store
- $154,541 for a 57-year-old bicyclist struck by a car in Roselle, Illinois, causing multiple fractures in left leg
- $138,000 for a 55-year-old taxi driver who suffered neck injuries following a multi-vehicle accident
- $100,000 for the family of a 44-year-old motorcyclist killed when an automobile forces him to lose control of his motorcycle