Results
*Past results should not be used to suggest that the same results will be obtained in similar matters. Attorney Michael Lichner obtained some of these results while at a prior law firm acting as the primary attorney or substantially contributing to these results.
Pedestrian Accident
$2,400,000 for the three surviving children of a woman who was a pedestrian walking along the shoulder of the roadway and killed by a passing motorist.
Rear-End Collision
$1,303,000.00 for a woman who was a front-seat passenger in a pick-up truck that was rearended by a semi-tractor trailer and who suffered neck injuries and underwent a neck fusion and the implantation of a spinal cord stimulator.
Right-of-Way Collision
$933,730.70 for the two surviving children of a woman who was killed when a passing motorists failed to yield the right of way and t-boned her in rural Illinois.
Traumatic Brain Injury
$872,500.00 for a man and his wife from a mild traumatic brain injury and other orthopedic injuries to his left leg when he was caused to fall from a ladder that collapsed on a residential construction site.
Dog Attack
$715,000.00 for a man who fell and seriously injured his left knee when a loose dog attacked his dog.
Semi-Truck Collision
$650,000.00 for a passenger in a vehicle who suffered a non-displaced clavicle and rotator cuff tear as the result of being struck by a semitrailer attempting a U-turn.
Pedestrian Accident
$575,000.00 for an elderly woman who was struck in a pedestrian crosswalk by a passing motorist and suffered lower left leg injuries as she pushed her shopping cart through a grocery store parking lot.
Dog Bite Accident
$505,000.00 insurance policy limits for a man who was knocked down by a loose dog and suffered closed head injuries.
Rear-End Collision
$500,000 insurance policy limits for a driver who was rear-ended and required minimally invasive surgery to extract the herniated portion of a disc in his lower back.
ATV Accident
$500,000 insurance policy limits for a teenager who sustained scarring and disfigurement to her lower leg when it became trapped between the ATV on which she was a passenger and its exhaust system.
Motorcycle Accident
$486,294.51 judgment obtained in favor of a woman who was injured and required right shoulder surgery because of a semi-driver who failed to check behind her tractor trailer before backing up, struck her, and caused her motorcycle to tip over and trap her between the motorcycle and the pavement.
Slip and Fall Accident
$425,000 for a woman who slipped and fell while walking across a parking deck to work re-injuring her shoulder and requiring two successive surgeries to repair the damage.
Red Light Collision
$380,000 for a woman who was struck by an elderly motorist who ran a red light and required shoulder surgery.
Fall Injury
$325,000 for an elderly who fell in a dimly lit theater, broke her hip, and required surgery.
Slip and Fall Accident
$320,000 for woman who slipped, fell down and suffered a tri-malleolar fracture because of a poorly designated and placed downspout that directed freezing water onto a sidewalk outside of her apartment building.
Bicycle Accident
$300,000 for a then 17-year old young lady suffered injuries to both shoulders that required surgical repair because she was struck by a motorist who failed to stop behind the designated lane and knocked her off her bicycle.
Dog Bite
$300,000 insurance policy limits for a woman who was bitten in the face by a dog being walked by a minor and required nasal reconstruction.
Fall Injury
$285,000 for an elderly woman who fell outside of a gas station and fractured her hip while trying to retrieve ice from the freezer that was located atop a raised curb.
Bicycle Accident
$280,000 for a woman who suffered closed head injuries and scarring when she fell from her bicycle on a roadway in a residential construction site due to a cutout and debris that was washed into the street by flooding sprinklers.
Head-On Collision
$275,000 insurance policy limits for a woman who was struck head on by another motorist and required multiple surgeries.
Train Accident
$250,000 insurance policy limits for the surviving mother and minor brother of an adolescent who was killed when his grandfather disregarded the lowered crossing gates, entered the path of a passing train and was struck.
Red Light Collision
$250,000 insurance policy limits for a gentleman who suffered soft-tissue injuries to his shoulder and lower back when another motorist ran a red light.
Fall Injury
$250,000 for a woman who fell down an interior staircase in her apartment building because of dim lighting, a wobbly handrail, and soiled carpeting.
Closed Head Injury
$250,000 insurance policy limits for the victim of a vehicular hijacking who was thrown off the back of her covered trailer while loading materials and struck her head on the pavement when a criminal entered her truck and drove it and the attached tailer away at high speed.
T-Bone Collision
$250,000 policy limits for a woman who was t-boned by an uninsured driver and required multiple surgeries.
Rollover Collision
$250,000 combined policy limits for a woman who was hospitalized when another motorist t-boned her vehicle at a high rate of speed and caused it to flip over.
Dog Attack
$231,000 for a woman who sustained fractures to her wrist when she was knocked to the ground by a dog that ran away from its owner.
Three-Vehicle Collision
$100,000 combined policy limits for a man who suffered a wrist fracture when another motorist pulled out directly into his path, causing a three-vehicle collision