Rhatigan Law Offices, LLC | Chicago, Illinois

Record of Success

Confidential Amount	Eight figure settlement for a Brazilian businessman involved in a contract dispute.
Confidential Amount	Multi-million dollar settlement for the family of a Chicago fire fighter killed during a training exercise.
$2,300,000	Construction worker who suffered a fractured leg when he was injured on the job.
$1,572,411	56 year old suffered a glenoid fracture and torn labrum in his right shoulder as a result of debris falling from the scaffold collapse at the John Hancock Center.
$1,500,000	54 year old ironworker suffered a grade II open olecronon fracture, a radial head fracture and a proximal humerus fracture all in the left arm when he fell from a ladder on a construction site.
$1,145,000	34 year old ironworker suffered a complex comminuted fracture of the right calcaneus when he fell from a masonry wall.
$1,250,000	27 year old electrician sustained fatal injuries when he was electrocuted while working on electrical box.
$990,000	54 year old ironworker sustained a torn rotator cuff when he tripped and fell over debris left by another subcontractor on a construction site.
$650,000	43 year old pipe fitter was injured when he tripped and fell over debris on a construction site. Plaintiff sustained a right knee injury. Settlement consisted of $525,000 paid by defendant and waiver of $125,000 workman’s compensation lien.
$615,000	43 year industrial engineer sustained injuries to his shoulder and arm requiring surgery as a result of trip and fall on a job site.
$600,000	46 year old roofer injured his back when he fell approximately 20 feet from a ladder. Plaintiff sustained an injury to his back requiring a lumbar fusion.
$525,000	Plaintiff sustained a herniated disc at L4-L5 as a result of an automobile collision.
$510,000	34 year old ironworker suffered a closed head injury as a result of 20 foot fall from structural steel deck.
$510,000	33 year old ironworker sustained shoulder injury requiring two surgeries as a result of fall from hole in deck that was not barricaded.
$500,000	56 year old was injured in an automobile collision. Plaintiff sustained a low back injury. Settlement consisted of $100,000 paid by the defendant’s insurance carrier and $400,000 paid by plaintiff’s underinsured motorist coverage.
$409,5000	59 year old carpenter was injured when he was caused to trip and fall on a bolt that was sticking out of a concrete floor. The bolts were used to hold security arches in place and were left by defendant when the security arches were removed. Plaintiff sustained a right radial head fracture and stage III carpal tunnel syndrome as a result of his fall.
$370,000	Ironworker sustained a herniated disk as a result of a fall on a job site.
$280,000	34 year old ironworker sustained an injury to his left shoulder when he fell from ladder on work site.
$275,000	52 year old carpenter sustained partial tear of anterior cruciate ligament in his knee when he was struck by forklift.
$235,000	Plaintiff was injured when she fell at defendant’s car wash. She fell in and area that was marked “Do not walk in area”. She sustained a fractured ankle requiring surgery. Defendant offered $25,000 to settle the case before trial.
$230,000	41 year old ironworker sustained bilateral wrist fractures when he fell from a beam.
$201,985	Uninsured motorist arbitration yielded a result for a 41 year old woman sustained bilateral post-traumatic chondromalacia when she was struck by defendant’s vehicle.
$200,000	32 year old painter sustained a herniated disc when he fell down the stairs of defendant’s home.
$195,000	Plaintiff was injured in an automobile collision. She sustained fibromyalgia from the collision.
$175,000	26 year old carpenter sustained torn meniscus when he fell from job made scaffold which collapsed.
$172,000	45 year old male sustained fractured pelvis in automobile collision.
$171,000	26 year old male sustained bulging disc in lower back as a result of car accident with uninsured motorist.
$157,500	31 year old male sustained a lacerated EPL tendon requiring surgery when he fell down the stairs of his apartment building.
$150,000	50 year old sheet metal worker sustained injury to shoulder while using defective ladder on job site.
$150,000	51 year old male sustained a torn rotator cuff as a result of a motor vehicle collision.
$120,000	46 year old woman sustained a medial and lateral meniscus as a result of an automobile collision.
$100,000	51 year old male sustained soft tissue injuries to hi low back as a result of an automobile collision