$1.6 Million Dollar Settlement to Factory Worker
Confidential 3rd Party Defendant operated a large manufacturing facility on the south side of Chicago where it manufactured steel and other metal parts for the automotive industry. The manufacturing …
Jury Awards Nearly $2 Million to Roofer in Construction Negligence Case
A Cook County jury awarded $1,985,000.00 to a man who suffered a low back injury as a result of a work injury. The gross award was reduced by 20% to account for the jury’s finding of plaintiff’s …
Robert J. Napleton Speaks on Ethics and Professionalism
On April 27, 2012, Robert J. Napleton spoke at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Seminar in Oak Brook Hills on Ethics and Professionalism, “Petitioning for Enhanced Attorney’s Fees in Medical …
$2,645,000 Million Dollar Award for Truck Driver
On October 4, 2007, plaintiff, Gale Cook, now age 58, was seriously injured while delivering a precast concrete septic tank for his employer, Sebens Concrete Products.
Robert J. Napleton Speaks at Seminar in California
Robert J. Napleton recently spoke at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, a 36,000 member organization. The 2 hour program was entitled “Providing Expert Opinion …
Quadriplegic Case Settles for $6.3 Million
A distributor of racecar seats that are sold and marketed for regular passenger vehicles has paid the lion’s share of a $6.3 million settlement reached in the case of a woman who was rendered a …
Top One Hundred Trial Lawyers
Nick Motherway and Bob Napleton have both been conferred the “Top One Hundred Trial Lawyers” award by the American Trial Lawyers Association, a national group of prominent attorneys dedicated to the …
Partners Named to Top Consumer Group
There are more than 85,000 licensed attorneys in Illinois. In a recent state-wide survey published in Leading Lawyers Network Magazine, partners Nick Motherway and Bob Napleton were named as among …
Wrongful Death of 86 Year Old Widow Settles for $1.1 Million
On December 23, 2007, Sigismunda Rizzo, age 86, walked across the street to her neighbor’s house to deliver a tray of Christmas cookies. On her way back from her neighbor’s house she was struck by a …
Robert J. Napleton Named to Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers List for 2009
Illinois Super Lawyers® is a magazine published by attorneys exclusively for attorneys and adheres to a rigorous selection process. The only way a lawyer can be listed in Illinois Super Lawyers …
Road Worker’s $14.6M Jury Award Named One of the Top Illinois Civil Jury Verdicts in 2008 by Well Known Legal Publication
The Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter publishes thousands of summaries of civil jury verdicts in the State of Illinois each year. Since 1959, it is the preeminent source of information for the legal …
Road Worker Wins $14.6M Jury Award for Loss of Leg
A Livingston County jury has awarded a $14.6 million judgment to a woman who lost part of her leg while working as a flagger on a highway construction site. In September 2002, a concrete cutter that …