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Premises liability cases often raise complicated questions about the duty of property owners to those on their property. For example, was the person lawfully on the property? Was he an invited guest? Did the owner take any precautions or warn of potential dangers existing on the property? The attorneys at Burke, Mahoney and Wise have successfully represented individuals injured while on another’s property.
Szymanska v. The Marcus Corporation
A woman suffered postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome as a result of a fall from a ski lift.
Verdict Date: 6/12/08. Verdict Amount: $1,130,000.
Krantz v. Artmark
A self-employed truck driver was walking across the dock area in the back of Artmark, Chicago when he slipped and fell on ice. He fractured his tibia and fibula near his ankle.
Settlement date: 10/01/02. Settlement amount: $950,000.
Fay v. Parrish Blacktop
A teenage boy went fishing with his friend. On the way home they crossed Parrish Blacktop property. While on the property the boys were caught in wet gravel that acted like quicksand. The boy died of drowning and hypothermia.
Settlement date: 08/08/02. Settlement amount: $575,000.
Waldroup v. Oden and ERA Unique Realty, Inc.
A man leaned over to pick up his bike pump on a 2d floor porch. The railing gave way and the man fell over the edge. He is now a paraplegic.
Settlement date: 07/18/02. Settlement amount: $1,000,000.
Chang v. Soldier Field
A former Notre Dame soccer star slipped and fell in water which had accumulated on the floor in a men’s room at Soldier Field. He suffered a patellar fracture which caused significant scar tissue and infection, requiring a surgical rod to be inserted into his leg.
Verdict date: 03/11/02. Verdict amount: $2,227,846.
Olsen v. Merchandise Mart
A woman was attacked and sexually assaulted behind a showroom in the Merchandise Mart.
Settlement date: 12/01. Settlement amount: $1,400,000.
Estate of Fornek v. Village of Bolingbrook
A 6-year-old boy drowned when he was drawn into a drainage pipe.
Settlement date: 09/27/01. Settlement amount: $2,800,000.
O’Shea v. Girl Scouts of America
A teenage girl was ringing a 300 pound bell at summer camp when it fell from its mounting and crushed her leg.
Verdict date: 09/01/00. Verdict amount: $1,300,000.
Booth v. Neiman Marcus
A man was killed when a slab of ice fell from the façade of the Neiman
Marcus Building on Michigan Avenue and struck him while walking on the sidewalk.
Settlement date: 01//99. Settlement amount: $4,500,000.
Haviar v. Reynolds Metal Company
A firefighter was killed while attempting to rescue several employees who were lying unconscious in an excavation site. He died as a result of inhaling argon gas.
Settlement date: 01/14/99. Settlement amount: $1,074,650.
Larrigan v. Commonwealth Edison
An 8 year-old boy crawled under a nine-inch gap in a barbed-wire security fence surrounding a Commonwealth Edison substation. He received an electrical charge after climbing on some metal framing housing an electrical transformer. As a result of the charge, he sustained burn injuries requiring six separate grafting procedures.
Settlement date: 03/28/97. Settlement amount: $1,700,000.
Beck v. Arlington Heights
An 8-year-old boy was hit by a car at an intersection controlled by a crossing guard employed by the Village of Arlington Heights. He suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Settlement date: 10/02/96. Settlement amount: $3,900,000.
Gustie v. Capital Development Corp.
An elderly man tripped over a bolt in a parking lot, resulting in the fracture of a femoral head and requiring hip replacement.
Settlement date: 09/22/96. Settlement amount: $850,000.
Soccorso v. Village of Buffalo Grove
A 10-year-old Buffalo Grove girl died after falling down a 2 foot by 2 foot access hole that led to an underground water reservoir. She drowned in the 40-degree water.
Verdict date: 05/21/96. Verdict amount: $3,900,000.
Tuglus v. Village of Riverside
An 8-year-old girl sustained serious head injuries after a driver lost control of his car and careened onto a Little League baseball field, killing three players and injuring six others. The design of the baseball diamond and players’ bench was only 15-feet from a curve in the adjacent roadway.
Verdict date: 01/25/96. Verdict amount: $2,050,000.
Mecklenburg v. J.C. Penney
A 74-year-old Glen Ellyn woman was rendered a quadriplegic after tripping on a step leading to a fitting room, subsequently striking her head on floor-length mirror.
Settlement date: 02/21/95. Settlement amount: $5,250,000.
Milligan v. Palatine Park District
A 50-year-old man was riding his bike on a Park District bike path when he collided with a young boy who was also riding his bike. The man was paralyzed as a result of the accident.
Settlement date: 06/02/92. Settlement amount: $1,050,000.