recovery of a Wrongful death bus accident case.
recovery in a toxic tort Personal injury case.
jury verdict in a Medical negligence lawsuit against a Chicago-area hospital.
recovery in a toxic tort Personal injury case.
Premises liability settlement on a woman who was injured when she fell backwards down an open flight of stairs at a local restaurant.
Personal injury verdict in DuPage. The recovery was reached (despite tort immunity being asserted by the defendant) in a case against a local school district for injuries suffered by a high school student in a fall during gym class.
Toxic tort recovery for the Wrongful death of a worker who died of mesothelioma after years of exposure to asbestos.
Defective product settlement on behalf of a client who suffered serious burn injuries when her pressure cooker malfunctioned.
Product liability settlement in a case where the client was injured by a defective consumer product.
recovery in a Car accident case.
verdict in a toxic tort case where a woman contracted breast cancer after years of exposure to ethylene oxide.
toxic tort settlement for multiple cancer victims in an air pollution case.
class action Groundwater contamination recovery.
class action Groundwater contamination recovery
recovery in a class action lawsuit over air, soil and Groundwater contamination.
court approval of Environmental class action cases (Madison, Wisconsin).
recovery in Groundwater contamination case (Mallard Lake).
toxic tort recovery for a cancer victim.
recovery in Methane gas contamination case (Mallard Lake).
recovery of Groundwater contamination case (Wauconda).
Over $250 million in resolutions of credit facilities for numerous financial institutions.
Over $40 million recovered in arbitrations for condominium owners.
class action recovery.
arbitration win (behalf of owners of condominiums in Hawaii).
recovery. Our client's home, located in a downtown Chicago high-rise, was flooded after the defendant (a general contractor) hit a sprinkler head in the unit above our client.
jury verdict in a property damage case. The firm's clients, owners of eight townhomes in Tinley Park, suffered multiple floods at their homes as the result of development activity on adjacent vacant land.
jury verdict in business dispute case.
recovery for its client in a breach of contract case over the failure of a large life insurance company to pay out the proceeds of a life insurance policy.
lender collection recovery. The firm was able to secure payment of cash and a transfer of real property for the lender in the collection proceedings.
in settled claims in just two months in four separate business matters.
On August 19, 2011, Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn signed "Paul's Law", providing dramatically enhanced protections for the developmentally disabled who live in Illinois homes, and for their families. This law was borne out of tragedy earlier this year, when Paul McCann — for whom the new law is named — died at his group home in Charleston, Illinois, after being beaten by the health care workers who were supposed to protect him.
The Collins Law Firm was instrumental in the passing of the 2006 Right-To-Know Law that requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to notify citizens when contamination in soil or groundwater poses a threat of exposure to the public. The Right-To-Know notifications include information about the contaminant, a description of the potential adverse health effects and a recommendation that water wells be tested.
CNN 2/12: Shawn Collins speaks with Dr. Drew Pinsky: On February 3rd, Shawn appeared on CNN with Dr. Drew Pinsky. The show was exploring whether there was an environmental cause for the neurological disorders being experienced by many citizens, including high school teenagers, in LeRoy, New York. During his appearance on Dr. Drew's show, Shawn called for a full investigation of a massive chemical spill that had occurred years earlier in the town, and for the testing of the air, soil and water at the local high school which most of the victims attend. You can view the full transcript here (Shawn's contribution is about halfway down the transcript).
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