What these cases changed.

A confidential settlement for two families who lost loved ones.

A landscape laborer struck by a school bus, left with a traumatic brain injury, recovered enough to fund the rest of his care.

A confidential settlement in a transportation case.

A 26-year-old pedestrian run over by a CTA bus on Michigan Avenue, who developed complex regional pain syndrome in both legs. An Illinois state record.

A 28-year-old West African woman killed by an inattentive semi driver on the Indiana Toll Road. The carrier's final pre-trial offer was $100,000.

A family who lost their mother, a verdict reported by the Chicago Tribune.

A 50-year-old woman rear-ended and killed on Interstate 55 by an intoxicated, speeding driver.

A family who lost a loved one to medical malpractice.

A four-year-old girl discharged from a Lake County emergency room with an undiagnosed bowel obstruction. A county malpractice record.

Carpenters seriously injured when a work tower collapsed at McCormick Place.

A 22-year-old woman severely injured during anesthesia for a routine gynecological procedure. A further $1.7M in medical debt was written off. A Lake County anesthesia record.

A 24-year-old undocumented Honduran man killed by a speeding Waukegan police squad car.

A painter whose left arm was traumatically amputated in a car crash on his way home from a job site. The full insurance policy limits.

A maintenance worker who suffered a traumatic arm amputation servicing a FedEx conveyor system at O'Hare.

A 31-year-old delivery driver killed when his truck struck a semi-trailer left illegally parked in the road with no flags, flares or signage.

A carpet cleaner left with severe complications after back surgery. The hospital paid $750,000 of it for corporate negligence.

An ironworker with a serious leg injury from the construction of the pedestrian walkway between the Art Institute and Millennium Park.

An apprentice electrician who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury in a car crash on his way to a work site.

A U.S. Postal worker struck and killed by a car while walking to the post office for a night shift. Full policy limits, settled six months after the crash.

An innocent 12-year-old girl killed during a high-speed police chase between Hammond and East Chicago.

A sign installer crushed under an eave when a vehicle-mounted aerial lift's boom suddenly elevated after he inadvertently hit two buttons on the control panel. Product liability and wrongful death.

An ER nurse with severe ankle fractures, hit by a turning car while riding her motorcycle to her shift at University of Chicago Medical Center.

A 62-year-old man who stumbled stepping off a CTA bus and fell into the street just as the driver pulled away into traffic. Survived by four siblings.

A 40-year-old woman whose breast cancer went undiagnosed and untreated by her north suburban physician and hospital.

A young woman over-prescribed opiates by her physiatrist, leaving her with an addiction.

A family who lost a loved one to medical malpractice.

A motorcyclist killed by an unmarked vertical cut in a road construction zone near his home, a recovery secured despite his own speed and intoxication. Survived by his wife.

Back injuries to a sheet metal worker rear-ended by a school bus. A McHenry County record, settled post-trial for $920,000.

An electrician at a CTA train-washing facility at Midway, sprayed with stagnant water and killed by Legionnaires' disease.

A fall on spilled water in a grocery store.

A semi-pro hockey player who injured his hip in a bus accident.

A pedestrian struck in the roadway.

A client injured in an intersection crash.

A client hit by a negligent motorist who ran a red light.