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Our Record of Success

Corboy & Demetrio has tried and settled many cases that have significantly impacted the community and have resulted in fair and full monetary recovery for its clients. Listed below is a small, representative sample of the cases that have shaped the firm’s history.

$29.6 Million for Chicago Metra Crash Passenger
- March 2009
- Thomas A. Demetrio, William T. Gibbs, Daniel M. Kotin
$75 Million Global Settlement for Injured and Killed Victims in Hancock Scaffolding Collapse
- Robert J. Bingle, Thomas A. Demetrio
Record Settlement for Woman Injured at Target
- October 2009
- Philip Harnett Corboy Jr., Kenneth T. Lumb
$3.8 Million for Family of Boy Who Lost Vision in One Eye
- David R. "Chip" Barry, Jr.
$10 Million Settlement for Severely Injured Young Woman
- Daniel S. Kirschner, Daniel M. Kotin
$40 Million Record-Setting Verdict in Car-Truck Collision
- Thomas A. Demetrio
$18 Million Settlement for Death of Mother by Fallen High-Rise Window
- Robert J. Bingle, Philip Harnett Corboy Jr.
Police Officer Who Had Leg Amputated Agrees To $5.75 Million Settlement
$3.45 Million Federal District Court Settlement for Family Injured in Interstate Crash
- Robert J. Bingle
$11.5 Million Settlement for Failure to Deliver Infant in Timely Manner
- David R. "Chip" Barry, Jr.
Jury Awards $5.35 Million To Limousine Driver Who Loses His Leg
- Philip Harnett Corboy Jr.
$20 Million Settlement for Birth Trauma
- Barry R. Chafetz, Thomas A. Demetrio, Margaret M. Power
$9.5 Million Record-Setting Verdict for Keith Magnuson Family in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
- Daniel M. Kotin
$19.5 Million Settlement for Failure to Properly Treat Stroke Victim
- David R. "Chip" Barry, Jr.
Record-Setting $22 Million Verdict for Injuries from Vehicle Collision
- Michael K. Demetrio, Thomas A. Demetrio
Appellate Court Affirms Over $10 Million Jury Verdict
- Barry R. Chafetz, Kenneth T. Lumb
$1.5 Million Settlement with Cook County for Death at Stroger Hospital
- Barry R. Chafetz, Margaret M. Power
U.S. District Court Awards Over $1.8 Million For Negligent Laparoscopic Surgery
- Barry R. Chafetz
First Settlement Under Social Host Law Results in Over $1.5 Million
- Michael K. Demetrio, Edward G. Willer
Wrong Diagnosis of Heart Condition Results in $1 Million Settlement
- Barry R. Chafetz, Michelle M. Kohut, Margaret M. Power
Over $1.5 Million Settlement for Family of Mother Killed in I-90 Crash
- Francis Patrick Murphy
$1.25 Million Settlement for Realtor Killed by Drunk Driver
- Michael K. Demetrio, William T. Gibbs
$7.25 Million Settlement in Product Liability Case Where Victim Suffers Burns Over 90% of His Body
- David R. "Chip" Barry, Jr., Robert J. Bingle
$2 Million Settlement for Roofer Who Fractured Heel in Fall
- Shawn S. Kasserman, Michelle M. Kohut
Loss of Arm Results in $2.9 Million Settlement
- Robert J. Bingle
$6.75 Million Settlement with The University of Illinois at Chicago Hospitals
- David R. "Chip" Barry, Jr.
$6 Million Record-Setting Verdict in Lake County Case
- Barry R. Chafetz, Shawn S. Kasserman
$1.5 Million Settlement for Doctor Assaulted at The East Bank Club
- William T. Gibbs
$1.1 Million Settlement for Family of University of Illinois Student Killed by Bus
- Robert J. Bingle
$4 Million Settlement for Failure to Properly Treat Aneurysm
- Barry R. Chafetz
Reckless Deputy Costs County $5.75 Million
- Francis Patrick Murphy
St. Clair County Demolition Death Action Settles for $2.3 Million
- Philip Harnett Corboy Jr., Edward G. Willer
$6.6 Million Record-Setting Verdict in Nebraska Crash
- Robert J. Bingle, Michael K. Demetrio
$5 Million Settlement in Birth Injury Case
- Barry R. Chafetz, Michelle M. Kohut, Margaret M. Power
Settlement of $6.8 Million for Injured Pedestrian
- Francis Patrick Murphy
$4.5 Million Record-Setting Verdict Reached in Kane County
- Philip Harnett Corboy Jr.
$2.5 Million Settlement Reached in Bike Path Injury Case
- Francis Patrick Murphy
Female Construction Worker Settles Structural Work Act Case for Nearly $6.8 Million
- Thomas A. Demetrio
$10 Million Settlement for Electrocuted Railroad Employees
- Robert J. Bingle
Record Settlement for Death of 88 Year-old Women
- Francis Patrick Murphy
Child's Death from Portable Crib Results in $3 Million Settlement
- Shawn S. Kasserman
$7.9 Million Record-Setting Verdict for Child Blinded by Doctor's Negligence
- Thomas A. Demetrio
Record-Setting $25.2 Million Settlement in US Airways Crash
- Michael K. Demetrio, Thomas A. Demetrio
$22 Million Record-Setting Jury Verdict for Family in Death of Mother After Childbirth
- David R. "Chip" Barry, Jr., Susan J. Schwartz
Elderly Woman Injured in Blue Line Derailment Settles for $1.25 Million
- Daniel S. Kirschner, Daniel M. Kotin
Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Abscess Results in $1.9 Million Settlement
- David R. "Chip" Barry, Jr.
$2 Million Settlement for Mother’s Post-Childbirth Death
- Barry R. Chafetz
$3.75 Million for Motorcyclist Injured in Crash
- Philip Harnett Corboy Jr.
$2 Million Settlement for Delayed Death of a Woman Struck by CTA Bus
- Daniel M. Kotin
Settlement of $1.75 Million for Boy Killed by School Bus
- Daniel S. Kirschner
Porch/Deck Railing Collapse Case Settles for $2.15 Million
- Francis Patrick Murphy
$690,000 Record-Setting Will County Settlement for Radial Nerve Injury
- Barry R. Chafetz
Corboy & Demetrio Attorney Victorious in Fight For Clients Whose Attorney Leaves Case Dormant for 18 Years - $6.2 Million Verdict for Brothers Severely Burned in Explosion
- Thomas A. Demetrio
Record Jury Verdict of Over $16 Million for Brain-Damaged Victim Hit by Limousine
- Thomas A. Demetrio
Record-Setting Jury Verdict of Over $16 Million for Brain Damaged Baby
- Thomas A. Demetrio
$3.9 Million Settlement with Chicago Transit Authority
- Michael K. Demetrio, Shawn S. Kasserman
$1.4 Million FELA Settlement
- Robert J. Bingle, Thomas A. Demetrio
$7 Million Settlement for Misread Pap Smear
- Susan J. Schwartz
Record-Setting Aviation Settlement of $25 Million
- Philip H. Corboy, Michael K. Demetrio, Francis Patrick Murphy
Fox River Grove School Bus/Train Crash Settlements Exceed $25 Million
- Robert J. Bingle, Thomas A. Demetrio
$6 Million Settlement for Wife Killed in Airplane Crash
- Thomas A. Demetrio
$8.5 Million Settlement for Baby Born with Cerebral Palsy
- David R. "Chip" Barry, Jr., Barry R. Chafetz, Margaret M. Power
Jury Verdict Returns Verdict for Over $10 Million for Victim of Medical Malpractice
- Daniel M. Kotin
Workers Recover Over $31 Million in Chemical Company Explosion and Fire
- Robert J. Bingle
$10 Million Settlement for Teenager Trapped and Burned in Car Collision
- Robert J. Bingle, Shawn S. Kasserman
$3.25 Million Settlement For Man Injured in Home Explosion
- Philip Harnett Corboy Jr.
$4.5 Million Settlement for Man Burned While Working at Oil Refinery
- Robert J. Bingle, Shawn S. Kasserman
$1.3 Million Recovered for Foreman in Explosion and Fire Case
- Michael K. Demetrio, Edward G. Willer
Homeowners Recover $1 Million for Injuries from Propane Gas Explosion
- Michael K. Demetrio
$20 Million Judgment for RICO Violation, Fraud, Breach of Contract
- René A. Torrado, Jr.
Torrado Secures $8 Million Judgment for Inventor
- René A. Torrado, Jr.
Record-Setting Jury Verdict of $7 Million Secured by Robert Bingle
- Robert J. Bingle
DeKalb Jury Returns Largest Wrongful Death Award in County History
- Thomas A. Demetrio
$4.5 Million Settlement for Family of Pedestrian Killed by Falling Ice
- Thomas A. Demetrio
Portable Crib Death Settlement of $2.6 Million
- Shawn S. Kasserman, Daniel S. Kirschner
$1.1 Million Settlement for Breach of Contract
- René A. Torrado, Jr.
Global Settlement of $100 Million for Loop Office High-Rise Fire Victims
- Daniel M. Kotin
Family Settles Lawsuit for $7.75 Million for Failure to Properly Treat Infant’s Elevated Bilirubin
- Barry R. Chafetz, Shawn S. Kasserman, Margaret M. Power