Newland, Newland & Newland Recent Case Study Report
Case Study: A local retail supply store is paid to deliver certain products to the client's home. The client was asked to help unload the product. While assisting the client falls and suffers minor traumatic brain injury. The case resulted in a $1,200,000 settlement.
Case Study: A 36 year old nursing home patient with various physical and mental limitations chokes to death in his own wheel chair while left unattended. The case resulted in a $1,000,000 settlement.
Case Study: A client gets injured as a wheel breaks off a semi trailer on the expressway and strikes his vehicle traveling in the opposite direction at a combined speed of approximately 100 miles per hour. His injury is to his foot and back and he requires about $30,000 in medical treatment. The case however has a unique aspect pertaining to a birth defect. The client was born with one hand. The injury created work restrictions on a man who was already limited. He obtained a $500,000 settlement largely based upon future lost wages and the fact that the trucking company had been sanctioned throughout the litigation for discovery violations.
Case Study: A client working for one airline at O'Hare Airport has a crate lowered down on the client's finger by another airline. As a result he had the tip of his index finger amputated just below the nail by the incident. Though the client did not have any permanent work restrictions and the client was otherwise normal, the client obtained a judgment of $135,000 with approximately $8,000 in medical bills.
Case Study: Client had been food poisoned by a local restaurant chain. The client was in the hospital for several days as the doctors could not diagnose her at first. The client settled before trial for $53,000.00. She had no permanent injury. The restaurant chain paid additional funds to purchase the clients silence to avoid negative publicity.
Case Study: Client purchased a business with real estate in Elk Grove and paid over $4,500,000.
Case Study: We represent the guardian bank in disabled child's estate worth $13,000,000. The child has severe brain damage and obtained the money through a medical malpractice case.
Case Study: We had a client that indicated her saline breast implants had leaked, necessitating replacement. After discussing the client's life style with the client we determined that the odds of two breast implants leaking without a physical impact were very low. Further research showed the implants were banned in the United Kingdom because the implants leaked. We are in the process of seeking a nation wide class action status.
Case Study: A client was concerned because she never received interest on her apartment security deposit. We investigated and determined the owner of the complex was one of the largest landlords in Illinois. We also discovered they had rather unscrupulous practices with respect to return of the security deposit and we are seeking state wide class action status. We are attempting to have the law apply to all the buildings owned in Illinois. The total number of class members is in the thousands. We are utilizing Illinois Consumer Fraud Law and laws pertaining to refund of the security deposit and interest to be paid thereon.
Case Study: A five year old client was scarred in the face by a dog bite. The girl had less than $5,000 in medical bills and we settled for $65,000.
Case Study: Our client purchased a house with her siblings. Our client only lived in the house for a few months. She contributed only a few thousand dollars to the purchase of the property and contributed nothing further. One of her siblings forged her name on a deed that transferred title out of her name. We sued for fraud, conversion, breach of contract and quantum merit. She received over $46,000 through settlement.
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