Following a two-week trial, we are pleased to report that a Cook County jury awarded $1.7 million to a Lincolnwood family whose home sustained devastating property damage as a result of a dryer fire. In February 2006, John Molloy and Barbara Molloy bought a Fisher-Paykel clothes dryer from Abt Electronics, Inc. in Glenview.
Read more: Family sustains tremendous property damage after dryer fire
We’d like to report the settlement of the captioned matter in the amount of $1,500,000 which was entered into on Friday, August 29, 2014. We represented Brenda Beahm. On December 22, 2004, Ms. Beahm underwent a lymph node biopsy taken from the right posterior triangle of her neck. Ms. Beahm immediately suffered pain in her right shoulder.
Read more: Woman Suffers Loss of Function After Lymph Node Biopsy
In Chicago, David Axelrod and Associates saved a local industrial demolition firm by acquiring nearly $1.3 million for it from a chemical plant customer. The demolition company’s dilemma presented a number of industry specific issues. Frequently, in the demolition industry, a demolition firm will be paid the majority of its fee in the form of the scrap material that remains once the demolition is finished. Metal, equipment and various industrial tools can be sold for a substantial profit on the scrap metal market.
Read more: 1.3 Million Dollar Settlement for Demolition Firm for Lost Scrap Metal Profits
Catastrophic Injury
David A. Axelrod & Associates was successful in recovering two settlements on behalf of the family of a disabled child.
On August 27, 2003, the child was a passenger on a school bus that left the roadway, traveled down a steep embankment adjacent to the roadway, and rolled over. The child, who was twelve years old at the time of the bus crash, suffered permanent brain damage, paraplegia, orthopedic injuries and other multi-system injuries.
Read more: Child Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury Due to School Bus Rollover
Commercial Litigation; Punitive Damages
David A. Axelrod & Associates successfully represented clients whose trade secret customer information had been stolen, initially obtaining an injunction preventing use of that information and, ultimately, winning at trial an award of compensatory damages for business loss as well as punitive damages. After trial, while the court was to decide the amount of attorneys fees to be awarded, the case was settled in favor of the firm’s clients.
