Verdicts & Settlements
Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, is more than just a law firm — it is a litigation firm. Tony Romanucci and Stephan Blandin are prepared to litigate all cases in order to ensure maximum compensation for clients and their families.
Listed below is a representation of the verdicts and settlements Tony Romanucci and Stephan Blandin have obtained on behalf of their clients:
12/07
$1, 450,000 settlement
Plaintiff sustained career ending shoulder injuries when he was side swiped by a light truck in a motor vehicle collision. The defendant's insurance policy covered $1 million of the settlement and the remainder was paid out of pocket by the defendant itself.
12/07
$4,000,000 settlement
In a wrongful death case, the family of a man who died received payment after developing a post-surgical complication related to a routine gastric bypass surgery.
3/07
$4,850,000 settlement
A male carpenter sustained traumatic brain and other injuries while working at the Shedd Aquarium when an improperly secured fish tank weighing thousands of pounds fell on him.
3/07
$1,500,000 settlement
A male laborer sustained a crushed leg when a stacker was improperly loaded onto a delivery truck.
2/07
$775,000 settlement
The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident and suffered foot and ankle injuries resulting in multiple surgeries.
2/07
$645,000 settlement
A pedestrian was struck by a taxi, suffered a skull fracture, facial fractures, left knee fracture and other injuries resulting in vertigo, dizziness, post-concussion syndrome, hearing loss in both ears, insomnia and a bone graft.
1/07
Confidential settlement
A locomotive engineer was exposed to diesel exhaust, suffered from cancer and ultimately died from the disease.
12/06
Confidential settlement
A female passenger on a jet ski watercraft suffered internal injuries from a jet propulsion system that was found to be defectively designed.
11/06
$500,000 verdict
An elderly nursing home resident, undergoing rehab following a stroke, fell and fractured his hip. The nursing home and physician were found guilty of failing to properly care for the man.
8/06
$5,550,000 settlement
A female construction worker suffered incomplete paraplegia when a more than five foot trench collapsed on to her body.
7/06
Confidential settlement
In a wrongful death case, the family of a diseased woman received compensation for the failure to diagnose a life threatening condition while she was aboard a cruise ship.
3/05
$21,000,000 verdict
$21,000,000 recovery against the City of Chicago for negligent and willful wanton police chase causing spinal cord injury to innocent bystander
3/05
$2,000,000 settlement
In a wrongful death suit, a deliveryman's decedents received compensation for his death, resulting when he was hit by a street sweeper's vehicle as it improperly merged from a highway median.
6/04
$1,516,000 settlement
The plaintiff, a 10-year-old bicyclist, was struck by a school bus as she rode to school, causing her to fall and sustain fatal brain injuries.
4/04
$1,750,000 settlement
A pedestrian suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was hit by a side-view mirror of a left-turning bus.
4/04
$900,000 settlement
A 59-year-old woman died when her physician misdiagnosed the patient's paralysis as Bell's palsy when, in fact, she was suffering from a stroke.
2/03
$375,000 verdict
A retired police officer underwent surgery for a degenerative spinal condition during which he sustained intro-operative neuropathy to his left arm. While he regained normal control of his hand, he was left in constant pain, numbness and tingling.
2/03
$800,000 settlement
A worker for Nicor Gas Company suffered injuries and traumatic arthritis due to an injury caused by an explosion resulting from an improperly marked gas line.
5/03
$2,250,000 verdict
A 42-year-old man was stopped in his car when he was rear-ended by a commercial truck, aggravating a pre-existing back condition.
2/03
$1,000,000 settlement
The plaintiff suffered a stroke as a result of the doctors' failure to follow up with the Plaintiff's transitory ischemic attacks. The plaintiff is now permanently impaired.
7/03
$250,000 settlement
The plaintiff suffered amputation of the middle two fingers of her non-dominant hand while operating a 50-year-old Bliss press.
1/02
$3,500,000 verdict
A 39-year-old male, with a blood alcohol content of .26, was run over by a CTA bus as he stood outside the front passenger door. The plaintiff suffered multiple fractures of his right leg.
6/02
$1,125,000 settlement
In a wrongful death case, the family of a pregnant teenage woman received death benefits after she was killed in the middle of the street by a speeding car. All insurance limits were exhausted in the case.
4/02
$2,500,000 verdict
The plaintiff, a 50-year-old Bosnian immigrant working as an iron worker, fell while on the job at a construction site. He suffered bi-lateral pelvic fractures and underwent surgery for the insertion of plates and screws to stabilize the pelvic rim
9/01
$3,527,459 verdict
A truck driver fell and sustained brain injuries while exiting his semi-tractor cab. The trucking company owner had failed to replace a missing driver's side safety grab bar, which the plaintiff contended would have prevented or lessened the severity of the fall.
2001
$750,000 settlement
The plaintiff, a 73-year-old female, developed decubitus ulcers at a Highland Park rehab center while recovering from a stroke.
2/01
$3,689,733 verdict
In a record chiropractic malpractice verdict, the plaintiff suffered a sudden onset of paralysis from the chest down due to a growth in his thoracic spine which completely compromised his spinal cord. The chiropractor ignored x-rays of his lumbar spine which revealed this progressive, degenerative disease and performed chiropractic manipulations on that area of his back.
2/00
$3,850,000 settlement
An 85-year-old woman who survived the collapse of a supermarket roof received a record settlement for her injuries that included a traumatic brain injury, crushed right eye and fractures. This was the highest award on record for an accident involving a survivor over age 80.
2000
$1,300,000 settlement
In a wrongful death settlement, a family was compensated for the loss of the male head of household and breadwinner who was struck and killed by a moving vehicle.
6/99
$5,348,750 verdict
A self-employed roofing contractor, who was heading home on the Dan Ryan expressway, suffered multiple injuries when his vehicle was cut off by a CTA bus, and he struck another bus which was stalled in the middle lane.
1999
$425,000 verdict
A graphic artist sustained an un-operated lumbar disc herniation as a result of a motor vehicle collision.