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Representative Results

$8.8 Million

Landscape laborer suffered traumatic brain injury when hit by a school bus after dropping his two children off at school.

$6 Million

Paid by Chicago Transit Authority after its bus struck a 26-year-old woman walking home from work on Michigan Avenue. She developed complex regional pain syndrome in both legs. (Record for Illinois for this type of case.)

$3 Million

Wrongful death of 50-year-old woman killed when her car was rear-ended by an intoxicated speeding motorist on Interstate 55 in Missouri.

$2 Million (Jury Verdict)

Wrongful death of a 24-year-old, undocumented Honduran man killed by a speeding police squad in Waukegan, Illinois.

$2 Million

Painter who had his left arm traumatically amputated in a automobile crash when returning home from a job site (Insurance policy limits)

$1.3 Million

Apprentice electrician suffered mild traumatic brain injury in car crash while on way to work site.

$1.25 Million
(Settlement 6 months after incident)

Wrongful death of a US Postal worker struck by car while walking to post office to begin night shift (full insurance policy limits).

$1.2 Million

Injuries caused during a police pursuit in Hammond, Indiana.

$1.3 Million (Gross Jury Verdict)

ER nurse suffered severe ankle fractures while riding her motorcycle to begin her shift at University of Chicago Medical Center and was hit by a turning car.

$1 Million

Wrongful death of a single 62-year-old man killed when he alighted from a CTA bus, stumbled and fell to the street just before the driver pulled away into traffic. He left behind 4 adult siblings who had not seen him in nearly 2 years.

$897,000 (Jury Verdict)

Sheet metal worker with severe pre-existing back condition suffered new injuries when he was rear-ended by school bus operated by local school district. (McHenry County Record-Case settled for $920,000)

$300,000

Semi-pro hockey player who hurt his hip during a bus accident.

 

$1.75 Million

Wrongful death of 31-year-old man whose delivery truck struck the rear of a semi-tractor trailer illegally parked on the road without warning flags, flares or signage.

 

$2.85 Million

Medical malpractice involving a four-year-old girl prematurely discharged from the ER who died from an undiagnosed bowel obstruction. Paid by a north suburban, Illinois hospital. [Lake County Record for this type of case]

$2.3 Million + waiver of $1.7 Million
in medical expenses

Malpractice involving a north suburban, Illinois hospital and anesthesiology group for injuries suffered by a 22 year old woman during the delivery of anesthesia while undergoing a routine gynecological procedure. [Lake County, Illinois Record for this type of case]

$1.45 Million

Carpet cleaner suffered severe complications after back surgery as a result of medical malpractice by his surgeon. Hospital paid $750,000 for its own corporate negligence.

$1 Million

Paid by a North Suburban physician and hospital for failing to diagnose and treat breast cancer in 40-year-old woman.

$1 Million

A young woman who was overprescribed opiates by her physiatrist thereby causing addiction.

 

$2.85 Million

Medical malpractice involving a four-year-old girl prematurely discharged from the ER who died from an undiagnosed bowel obstruction. Paid by a north suburban, Illinois hospital. [Lake County Record for this type of case]

$2.3 Million + waiver of $1.7 Million
in medical expenses

Malpractice involving a north suburban, Illinois hospital and anesthesiology group for injuries suffered by a 22 year old woman during the delivery of anesthesia while undergoing a routine gynecological procedure. [Lake County, Illinois Record for this type of case]

$1.45 Million

Carpet cleaner suffered severe complications after back surgery as a result of medical malpractice by his surgeon. Hospital paid $750,000 for its own corporate negligence.

$1 Million

Paid by a North Suburban physician and hospital for failing to diagnose and treat breast cancer in 40-year-old woman.

$1 Million

A young woman who was overprescribed opiates by her physiatrist thereby causing addiction.

 

$1.8 Million

Product Liability involving a maintenance worker who lost his arm while servicing a conveyor system designed and operated by Federal Express at O’Hare Aiport.

$1.83 Million/Product Liability/Wrongful Death

Sign installer operating a vehicle mounted aerial lift inadvertently hit two buttons on the control panel at the boom tip. The boom suddenly elevated and crushed him under the eave where he was working.

 

$5 Million (Gross Jury Verdict)

Wrongful death of a 28-year-old woman who was struck and killed by a speeding semi-tractor trailer on the Indiana Toll Road near Portage County, Indiana.

$1.183 Million/Product Liability/Wrongful Death

Sign installer operating a vehicle mounted aerial lift inadvertently hit two buttons on the control panel at the boom tip. The boom suddenly elevated and crushed him under the eave where. he was working.

$915,000

Wrongful Death of a speeding motorcyclist who had been drinking and was legally intoxicated who entered a road construction zone near his home and hit an umarked vertical cut in the roadway. Survived by his wife.

$750,000

Wrongful death of an electrician working at a Chicago Transit Authority subway train washing facility at Midway Airport who was sprayed with dormant water and contracted Legionnaire’s Disease.

$2.6 Million

Carpenters working at the McCormick Place project suffered serious injuries when their work tower collapsed.

$1.375 Million

Leg injury suffered by ironworker injured during construction of pedestrian walkway leading from the Art Institute to Millennium Park in Chicago.

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Mr. Ruder I would have to say is my family’s angel, because he was the initial person who helped me with my husbands motorcycle accident. He not only was our lawyer but he quickly became a part of our family. He always communicated with me and updated me every step of the way. I would highly recommend him…

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After my husband suddenly passed away from a work related accident Mr. Ruder handled the third party portion of the case and successfully mediated a settlement for me. It was a very challenging case, with several roadblocks that came up along the way. Larry always put my mind at ease when I needed to have a compassionate and understanding attorney navigate me through the process, I’m very grateful he was the attorney handling my case.

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