Success
Hundreds of Millions Recovered for Clients in Recent Years
$100 Million recovered for clients in 2024
Projecting $150 Million in recoveries in 2025
Catastrophic Injury and Wrongful Death cases require experience, subject matter expertise, resources, talent and dedication to protect your family and their future. Our results speak for themselves – McEldrew Purtell has a proven track record of maximizing recovery for our clients.
1. $15,600,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: Verdict for railroad electrician pinned by spool of wire.
2. $15,000,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: Court room settlement
3. $13,300,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Birth injury lawsuit because the ob/gyn failed to promptly deliver 26-week pre-term twin infants in the face of chorioamnionitis resulting in neurological damage.
4. $8,500,000.00
Case Type: Premises Liability & Negligent Security
Description: Wrongful Death negligent security settlement where a concert goer was killed by security personnel.
5. $7,500,000.00
Case Type: Civil rights
Description: Settlement in an Illinois police shooting case.
6. $7,000,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: 46-year-old man who suffered aortic artery damage during spinal surgery (L4-L5 laminectomy), resulting in nerve damage and necessitating extensive surgical repair.
7. $6,600,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Birth injury settlement.
8. $6,000,000.00
Case Type: Trucking & Commercial Vehicle Crashes
Description: Settlement under multiple legal theories on behalf of a police officer who suffered a below-the-knee amputation when he was hit by an uninsured motorist.
9. $4,700,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: Settlement for railroad conductor who suffered electrical shock.
10. $4,500,000.00
Case Type: Trucking & Commercial Vehicle Crashes
Description: Settlement when a truck driver, for a company who was not in compliance with safety regulations governing hours of service for drivers, ran a stop sign and crushed the mother of a 5-year-old child.
11. $4,250,000.00
Case Type: Catastrophic Injury
Description: Settlement for a college freshman after a 40-foot fall from a climbing wall during a student orientation activity.
12. $4,000,000.00
Case Type: Nursing & Funeral Home Negligence
Description: Secured for Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Case
13. $3,600,000.00
Case Type: Trucking & Commercial Vehicle Crashes
Description: Settlement for a New Jersey truck accident.
14. $3,500,000.00
Case Type: Catastrophic Injury
Description: Settlement against an insurer who exposed a dentist to an excess verdict of $4 million dollars in a dental malpractice lawsuit over trigeminal nerve damage.
15. $3,500,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Settlement for failure to diagnose sepsis.
16. $3,500,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Settlement for failure to diagnose a perforated intestine.
17. $3,500,000.00
Case Type: Catastrophic Injury
Description: $3.5 million on behalf of a toddler suffering permanent cognitive impairment after a three story fall at a hotel in Florida.
18. $3,250,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: 16-year-old patient with Down’s syndrome who suffered cardiopulmonary arrest while in treatment for leukemia.
19. $3,200,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Settlement in case with IV infiltrate leading to amputation of fingers.
20. $2,900,000.00
Case Type: Trucking & Commercial Vehicle Crashes
Description: Settlement for the survivors of a woman killed by a wheel that struck her vehicle after the truck driver failed to properly perform a pre-trip certification and inspection of the wheels.
21. $2,750,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: NJ Wrongful Death settlement in a cervical cancer pap smear case.
22. $2,500,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: $2.5 million for a track worker struck by an oncoming train and immediately killed.
23. $2,500,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Settlement on behalf of a 28-year-old woman who required emergency surgery and had permanent medical issues after a doctor failed to diagnose a huge disc herniation which evolved into cauda equina syndrome.
24. $2,200,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: For a railroad worker case involving cervical fusion.
25. $2,000,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Medical Malpractice settlement
26. $2,000,000.00
Case Type: Civil rights
Description: Civil Rights Wrongful Death settlement.
27. $2,000,000.00
Case Type: Civil rights
Description: Settlement for a Wrongful Death in Prison.
28. $2,000,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Fetal Death settlement
29. $2,000,000.00
Case Type: Civil rights
Description: Settlement in a police shooting case.
30. $2,000,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: FELA settlement
31. $2,000,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: Settlement on behalf of a coach cleaner who sustained electrical burns when the safety catch failed to properly secure the pantograph on top of an MU (Multiple Unit – a type of self-propelled train carriage).
32. $2,000,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Settlement on behalf of the family of a 55-year-old man who was misdiagnosed with gastritis at the emergency room and died overnight at home.
33. $1,850,000.00
Case Type: Ride Share & Vehicle Crashes
Description: NJ Wrongful Death settlement
34. $1,836,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: Jury verdict for a SEPTA employee who fell on black ice because a SEPTA sub-contractor failed to properly remove the snow and ice.
35. $1,825,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: Settlement for a SEPTA conductor that suffered permanent injuries from an electric shock while assisting a passenger.
36. $1,800,000.00
Case Type: Trucking & Commercial Vehicle Crashes
Description: Settlement on behalf of a 43-year-old woman that suffered traumatic injury and disability when her vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer that crossed the center line.
37. $1,800,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Jury verdict when a hospital delivered a child with mild cerebral palsy after they failed to transfer the mother to another facility.
38. $1,800,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: Verdict for railroader who suffered a broken ankle.
39. $1,680,000.00
Case Type: Trucking & Commercial Vehicle Crashes
Description: Confidential trucking settlement
40. $1,650,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Jury verdict against an operating physician, rehab center internist and physiatrist for a 66-year-old patient who developed an infection from knee replacement surgery and subsequently developed compartment syndrome in rehabilitation.
41. $1,600,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: Verdict on behalf of SEPTA conductor who sustained life-changing injuries from electric shock on the job.
42. $1,600,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: FELA verdict
43. $1,600,000.00
Case Type: Civil rights
Description: Civil Rights settlement
44. $1,500,000.00
Case Type: Medical Malpractice
Description: Settlement on behalf of the family of a patient who died after the urologist failed to diagnose bladder cancer.
45. $1,500,000.00
Case Type: Civil rights
Description: Civil Rights settlement
46. $1,250,000.00
Case Type: Civil rights
Description: Civil Rights settlement
47. $1,250,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: For an injured track worker who fell into an excavation ditch.
48. $1,200,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: Jury verdict on behalf of an employee who developed kidney disease as a result of long-term exposure to solvent products.
49. $1,100,000.00
Case Type: FELA
Description: Settlement for a SEPTA mechanic struck by a falling airport ladder.