Gerald Bekkerman | Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer

Here are just some of Bekkerman Law Offices, LLC's recent results: $2,276,496.23 jury verdict against the City of Chicago for an injured U.S. Postal worker who's leg fell into a sinkhole while he was walking in a pedestrian crosswalk. The injured postal worker sustained a torn ACL and other knee injuries, requiring six surgeries since 2008 and has not been able to return to full duty work. There was no offer to settle before trial. The City of Chicago through medical experts argued that Plaintiff had a pre-existing condition and was not injured to the extent claimed. The jury deliberated in under 5 hours before returning the unanimous verdict. $900,000.00 for the families of 2 minors who suffered third degree burns and scarring to their bodies after being burned with sulfuric acid. The incident occurred when a fellow minor took a container of high grade drain opener containing sulfuric acid and poured it on the 2 injured minors. The sulfuric acid was alleged to be left out on the property where the minors resided. The landlord and property manager at the premises were sued for negligence. $525,000.00 for the family of a teenage autistic boy who was violently assaulted by a Chicago Police Officer. The autistic minor, 15 years old, was struck by a metal baton over his head in the kitchen of his parent's restaurant in the Little Village neighborhood. He suffered a large scalp laceration with permanent psychological injuries. The mother and sister of the autistic boy also received compensation from the settlement from being assaulted by the officers in the family restaurant. $350,000.00 record jury verdict in Montgomery County, TN for a family of suburban Chicago residents who were injured on the interstate in rural Tennessee when they were struck from behind by a tractortrailer while traveling to a family vacation in Florida. The truck company blamed bad weather and alleged that the mother of the family, the driver, suddenly hit her brakes, contributing to the crash. Three family members sustained soft tissue injuries and one sustained a fractured collarbone. This week long jury trial in Clarksville, TN in July 2013 resulted in the highest ever jury verdict in that jurisdiction for an automobile crash. $325,000.00 workers compensation settlement for a 55 year old laborer who fell from a ladder while working at a printing plant in the western suburbs of Chicago. The laborer suffered multiple fractured discs in his spine which required surgery and may never be able to return to work in his former position due to his injuries. $262,500.00 settlement for a 42 year old woman struck by a large open table umbrella which fell from the 3rd floor of a condominium pool in downtown Chicago. The umbrella struck the woman in the right shoulder, causing her to eventually undergo surgery and extensive physical therapy and forced her to miss a significant time from her work. $225,000.00 settlement for a 44 year old woman who was involved in an intersection automobile collision in DuPage County. After the crash she complained of neck pain and was diagnosed with a herniated cervical disc, for which she underwent successful neck surgery, with limited physical therapy and post surgical care, allowing her to return to work. The case was resolved by Bekkerman Law Offices and the at fault driver's insurance company out of Court within 10 months of the date of accident.