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Illinois attorney Bob Edens has gotten millions of dollars for his clients and will do everything in his power to ensure that you get the money you deserve for your personal injuries. In the drop down list you can select The Law Offices of Robert T. Edens, P.C. and see just some of the cases that Bob has handled over the past.

Defendant Rear-Ends Vehicle While Sliding on Snow

Posted On June-2-2013.


Verdict: $750,000 Date: February 2011 County: Lake Summary: Defendant skidded on snow and ice and struck Plaintiff’s vehicle from behind. Plaintiff suffered C4-C5 and C5-C6 radiculopathy with discectomy and fusion. Plaintiff had neck and back pain from an earlier gun shot wound. Category: Car Accidents, Cervical Spine/Neck Injuries, Low Back Injuries, Mid Back Injuries

Category: Cervical Spine/Neck Injuries, Low Back Injuries, Mid Back Injuries,

Defendant Rear-Ends Vehicle While Drunk

Posted On June-2-2013.


Verdict: $850,000 Date: February 2011 County: Cook Summary: Defendant rear-ended a vehicle in which the Plaintiff was a passenger while driving drunk. Plaintiff suffered right torn rotator cuff with surgery, right town meniscus with surgery, right wrist nerve injury, and traumatic carpal tunnel with surgery. Category: Car Accidents, Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, DUI Accidents, Knee Injuries, Repair and Replacement, Shoulder Injuries - Rotator Cuff/Other

Category: Car Accidents, Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, Knee Injuries, Repair and Replacement, Shoulder Injuries - Rotator Cuff/Other,

Police Officer Squad Car Runs Red Light Strikes Car

Posted On June-2-2013.


Verdict: $1,000,000 Date: February 2011 County: Cook Summary: Defendant police officer ran a red light while in pursuant of a stolen vehicle and struck Plaintiff vehicle. Plaintiff suffered multiple pelvis and rib fractures, spleen and liver lacerations, and ongoing pelvic pain requiring implantation of spinal cord stimulator. Plaintiff alleged pursuit was not authorized. Defense contended that the squad card had its lights and siren activated. Category: Car Accidents, Fractures, Tears, and Dislocations

Category: Car Accidents, Dislocations, Fractures, Tears,

Multi-Million Dollar Award For Police Officer

Posted On June-2-2013.


Verdict: $3,065,000 Date: February 2011 County: Cook Summary: Defendant failed to obey a stop sign and struck police officer’s vehicle as he responded to an armed robbery. Plaintiff sustained left ankle and tibial plateau fractures. Plaintiff is unable to return to work as a police officer. Category: Ankle Injuries, Car Accidents, Fractures, Tears, and Dislocations

Category: Ankle Injuries, Car Accidents, Dislocations, Fractures, Tears,

Driver Gets Lost on the Way to Great America

Posted On June-2-2013.


Verdict: Not Guilty Date: December 2010 County: Cook PLTF Medical: Dr. Scott Otto (general surgeon), Dr. Scot R. Christiansen (Family Practice) Dr. Dennis Hoffman (Pulmonologist), Richard Iasaacson, D.D.S. (Oral Surgeon) and Dr. Grant Geissler (Pediatric Surgeon) PLTF Experts: Michael Dilich (Accident Reconstruction) DEF Experts: David Sallmann (Accident Reconstruction) Summary: Parties were on their way to Great American when the driver missed her turn and gets lost. The driver stated that she turned left into a driveway to turnaround. Plaintiff’s car…

Category: Car Accidents, Other Cases,

Car Versus Truck Jury Verdict

Posted On June-2-2013.


 Verdict: Deadlock Date: January 2011 County: Cook PLTF Medical: Dr. Walter Virkus (Orthopedist) and Dr. Jorge Prieto (Orthopedist) Summary: Plaintiff was driving his car when he claimed he was cut off by Defendant’s delivery truck as it made a left turn causing Plaintiff’s car to strike the right rear axle of the trailer. Plaintiff sustained a fractured hip requiring pinning, fractured femur requiring rods and pins, ruptured patellar tendon, and damage to the weight-bearing surface of the knee (osteochondral defect).…

Category: Car Accidents, Dislocations, Fractures, Knee Injuries, Repair and Replacement, Tears,

Woman Run Down in Crosswalk

Posted On June-2-2013.


Verdict: $300,000.00 Date: January 2011 County: Cook PLTF Medical: Dr. Nishitkumar Patel (Orthopedist), Dr. Ryan Sullivan (Trauma Surgeon) and Dr. Patricia Hantsch (Rehab/Physical Medicine) Summary: Retiree Plaintiff was crossing the street, in the crosswalk, when she was struck by Defendant’s vehicle. Plaintiff sustained a fractured left femur requiring open reduction and hardware, fractures of the left radius and ulna at the elbow requiring open reduction with hardware, multiple pelvis fractures, nasal bone fracture, multiple rib fractures, and a cerebral concussion…

Category: Arm Injuries, Severe Head Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injuries,

CTA Bus and Semi-Truck Collide

Posted On June-2-2013.


Verdict: $363,853 Date: January 2011 County: Cook PLTF Medical: Dr. Charles Slack (Orthopedist) and Dr. Harold T. Pye (Industrial/Occupational Medicine) DEF Experts: Dr. Terence Lichtor (Neurosurgeon) and Thomas A. Grzesik (Vocational Rehabilitation) Summary: Right front bumper of bus was clipped by a semi-tractor-trailer while the bus was turning left. The semi, coming from the other direction, was also turning left but from the center straight only lane. Plaintiff sustained herniated disc at L4-5 requiring a lumbar laminectomy and leaving her…

Category: Car Accidents, Low Back Injuries, Trucking Accident,

Motorcycle Van Collision –Traffic Light Disputed

Posted On June-2-2013.


Verdict: Not Guilty Date: January 2011 County: Cook Summary: Plaintiff motorcyclist was struck in the intersection while attempting to turn right by Defendant who claimed that he had a green light. Plaintiff suffered fractures to his skull, vertebrae and clavicle. Defendant maintained that he had a green left turn arrow and that Plaintiff was in the intersection on a red light. Category: Car Accidents, Fractures, Tears, and Dislocations, Low Back Injuries, Mid Back Injuries, Severe Head Injuries

Category: Dislocations, Fractures, Low Back Injuries, Severe Head Injuries, Tears,

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