Case Results

At Ankin Law in Chicago, our injury attorneys have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts on behalf of our clients and their families. Whether you were injured in a motor vehicle accident, you suffered workplace injuries or injuries in a slip and fall, or medical malpractice caused you harm, our law firm can help you recover maximum compensation. 

Our Settlements & Verdicts

$17 Million

as co-counsel for medical negligence.

$10 Million

as co-counsel for misdiagnosis resulting in above-the-knee leg amputation. 

$9 Million

in combined benefits for tradesman who fell from scaffold.

$6 Million

for negligence of a forklift driver causing partial loss of a foot.

$6 Million

as co-counsel for a client who suffocated and died while cleaning her tracheotomy.

$5.6 Million

as co-counsel for anesthesia death.

$5 Million

settlement for the death of a mother who died following an L&D.

$4.75 Million

settlement for failure to timely diagnose cancer.

$4.6 Million

for a degloving injury of a foot from a highway accident.

$4.6 Million

settlement for a college student who received a foot fracture and degloving of the foot stemming from a multi-car accident.

$4.5 Million

settlement for a newborn with a heart defect who suffered permanent brain damage after a nurse injected an overdose of prescribed medication.

$4.4 Million

trial verdict for misdiagnosis of a minor.

$4.2 Million

as co-counsel defective machine products liability.

$4 Million

jury verdict for the family of a 9-year-old who died due to failure of doctors to timely diagnose and treat a fungal infection. He is survived by his mother, father, and brother.

$3.65 Million

settlement for client death from surgical complications after hernia surgery.

$3.6 Million

settlement after a hospital failed to diagnose a stroke, resulting in the client suffering a brain injury.

$3.5 Million

jury verdict for a 58-year-old female who suffered a post-operative infection following lumbar fusion at L4-L5.

$3.4 Million

settlement for a client who had to have her leg amputated above the knee because the hospital failed to timely treat an infection.

$2.785 Million

in a highly-disputed case involving a fatal construction injury.

$2.75 Million

for a patient who suffered multiple fractures and required an above-the-knee leg amputation that resulted from a truck/bicycle accident.

$2.65 Million

for a ten-year-old who was driving in a carpool unseatbelted and thrown through an open car window in an auto crash. Head injuries.

$2.5 Million

for a birth injury caused by a delivery mistake at a local hospital.

$1.8 Million

as co-counsel in defective machine products liability.

$1.8 Million

trial verdict for brachial plexus.

$1.8 Million

settlement for a 42-year-old man who died in a construction accident. Defendants failed to properly secure the safety railing and failed to use construction grade lumber.

$1.8 Million

settlement for a contractor who suffered a permanent back injury in an on-the-job accident.

$1.75 Million

for a woman who was rear-ended by a semi-truck.

$1.6 Million

settlement after a patient died because the hospital did not properly address his post-operative complaints.

$1.5 Million

for a Painter who fell on a job site. Following combined worker’s compensation recovery of about $500,000, an additional $1 Million was obtained against third-party defendants, with a waiver of Section 5 subrogation. Painter returned to work full duty.

$1.5 Million

settlement for a client who suffered back and neck injuries, and a hip injury that required a right total hip replacement.

$1.5 Million

jury verdict for a forty-nine-year-old man who was undergoing hemodialysis for his kidney disease and developed obvious signs of an infection in his catheter. Unfortunately, the doctors and nurses failed to remove the infected catheter and failed to promptly start antibiotic treatments. The infection eventually spread and caused him to suffer a lethal stroke. He was survived by his wife and two adult daughters.

$1.5 Million

as co-counsel in slip and fall.

$1.5 Million

for plaintiff and her husband who were struck while bike riding.

$1.3 Million

after a truck rear-ended a vehicle and a 17-year-old male passenger died.

$1 Million

settlement for client who suffered urinary complications after a hysterectomy.

$1 Million

for an injured employee who was rear ended on way to worksite. Non-operated, herniated disc.

$1 Million

settlement for a 9-year-old girl who suffered severe burns to the forehead caused by a science experiment by her teacher during a school holiday assembly.

$1 Million

after a 36-year-old man suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while working to lower an industrial smokestack.