Recent Settlements & Verdicts
$950,000 - Medical Malpractice lawsuit involving an adverse reaction to prescription medication resulting in death (10/2011)
$435,000 - Fall due to a defective step causing a torn meniscus (7/2011)
$4,750,000 - Birth injury causing cerebral palsy (3/2011)
$1,500,000 - Injury causing infection and lower leg paralysis (12/2010)
$1,500,000 - Failure to diagnose breast cancer leading to death (9/2010)
$1,750,000 - Burn injuries to a child caused by nail polish remover (1/2010)
$7,500,000 - Truck collision killing a wife and injuring her husband (2009)
Recent Firm News
1/2012 - Richard J. Schroeder acknowledged as one of the "top 40 attorneys under 40" in Illinois by the National Trial Lawyers Association
1/2012 - Richard J. Schroeder acknowledged as an Illinois Super Lawyer "Rising Star" in the Field of Plaintiff Personal Injury
1/2012 - Paul B. Episcope acknowledged as an Illinois Super Lawyer in the Field of Plaintiff Personal Injury
11/2011 - Peter D. Tarpey invited to join the exclusive Million Dollar Advocates Forum reserved for less than 1% of trial lawyers in the U.S. due to his numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements
10/2011 - Peter D. Tarpey recovers $950,000 in a medical malpractice lawsuit on behalf of the familiy of an 8-year-old boy after a doctor improperly presribed the medication Bactrim. This is the only documented recovery for a case where Bactrim allegedly caused pulmonary fibrosis
7/2011 - Eric D. Jones recovers $435,000 on behalf of a man who fell due to a defective step on his semi-tractor and tore his meniscus
3/2011 - Peter D. Tarpey and Eric D. Jones recover $4.75 million dollars on behalf of a severely injured child and his family in Will County
2/2011 - The firm's attorneys acknowledged in Chicago Magazine as being top personal injury attorneys in Illinois
1/2011 - Paul B. Episcope acknowledged as an Illinois Super Lawyer in the Field of Plaintiff Personal Injury
1/2011 - Richard J. Schroeder acknowledged as an Illinois Super Lawyer "Rising Star" in the Field of Plaintiff Personal Injury
12/2010 - Richard J. Schroeder recovers $1.5 million dollars on behalf of a family in a premises liabililty case involving injuries sustained at a swimming pool
9/2010 - Peter D. Tarpey and Richard J. Schroeder obtain a $1.5 million dollar jury verdict on behalf of a father and his children in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a failure to timely diagnose cancer
