Rideshare crash settlement for client who sustained a serious spinal injury.
Medical negligence settlement for our client who suffered nerve damage after routine ankle surgery.
Wrongful death personal injury settlement on behalf of a family who suffered due to the drowning death of their child.
Car accident policy limit settlement. Our client suffered a traumatic brain injury after being rear-ended at high speed. Before filing suit, the insurance company's best offer was $23,000. We settled before trial for the full insurance policy.
Slip and fall settlement for client who slipped on ice.
Motor vehicle recovery for a man injured in a ride share accident. The man was a passenger in a ride share vehicle when it rear ended another car. Our client injured his back and required a cervical fusion. The lawsuit filed by our personal injury attorneys sought damages for our client due to the injuries he suffered as a result of the accident.
Premises liability recovery for a high school student who fell from an elevated platform in a backyard while playing at a friend's house unsupervised. As a result of the fall, our client sustained injuries which required back surgery. Our personal injury attorneys recovered damages for this client because of the severity of her injuries.
Motor vehicle settlement for a pedestrian who was hit in the cross walk in a western suburb of Chicago. Our client was struck while crossing the street, when a driver ran the stop sign. Injuries included a tibial plateau fracture which required surgery. Damages were recovered for the client by our personal injury attorneys because of the serious nature of the injuries sustained.
hazing and sexual assault settlement for a student athlete.
Wrongful death settlement for a 90 year old nursing home resident who died.
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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