Featured Cases

Over the years that Mr. Morrissey and Mr. Broderick have been serving the needs of his clients, he has helped them through many notable cases. Some of the more prominent claims that have come through Morrissey Legal Group, LLC include:

$29 Million

$29M recovery on behalf of a baby who suffered hypoxia and a delayed delivery, which caused severe brain damage. (IL Cook-Law)

$25 Million

$25M verdict on behalf of a baby who sustained brain injuries resulting in cerebral palsy due to the failure of defendant to perform a timely c-section. (IL Cook County)

$11 Million

$11M recovery on behalf of a baby who sustained brain injuries resulting in cerebral palsy due to the failure of defendant to perform a timely c-section. (IL Cook-Law)

$10.9 Million

$10.9M recovery for a child born with cerebral palsy and other cognitive and developmental complications due to failure to adequately monitor heart rate and oxygen to his brain during water birth. (IL Cook-Law)

$10.2 Million

$10.2M recovery for patient for failure to diagnose a heart condition that resulted in the patient suffering a major embolic stroke. (IL Cook-Law)

$10 Million

$10M verdict for 35-year-old man who went to Rush-Copley’s Emergency Room and was misdiagnosed with a superficial skin infection when he had a limb-threatening, flesh-eating infection. Patient’s arm amputated below the shoulder because of the delay.

$9.4 Million

$9.4M verdict for a woman who suffered an oxygen-deprived brain injury following gastric bypass surgery. Kathryn Parker, disabled v Dr. Jeffrey Rosen, Dr. Allen Mikhail, Rosen Medical Group LLC, d/b/a Lifeweigh Bariatrics 11C-7676 (U.S. District Ct. for the N.D.Ill.)

$9.4 Million

$9.4M recovery for a child born with severe brain injuries and cerebral palsy due to failure of defendant to address fetal distress on the fetal heart tracings during delivery.

$7.5 Million

$7.5M recovery on behalf of a baby who sustained brain injuries resulting in cerebral palsy due to the failure of defendant to perform a timely c-section. (IL Cook-Law)

$7 Million

$7M recovery for an ironworker who suffered a severe foot and ankle injury on the jobsite. (IL Cook-Law)

$6 Million

$6M recovery for a girl who suffered paralysis in her legs after a severe asthma attack. (IL Cook-Law)

$5.5 Million

$5.5M recovery on behalf of a baby who sustained spastic quadriplegia and cerebral palsy due to the failure of defendant to perform a timely c-section. (IL Cook-Law)

$5 Million

$5M recovery for the plaintiff who fell off a faulty table and sustained head injuries and paralysis below the shoulders. (IL Cook-Law)

$5 Million

$5M recovery for brain injury from Gastric Bypass Surgery – woman with bleeding, clotting and digestive tract trauma following gastric bypass surgery. Suffered acute kidney dysfunction, hyperkalemia and cardiac arrest resulting in brain injury. (USDC IL NE)

$4.97 Million

$4.97M recovery for the family of a patient who underwent jaw surgery and developed an abscess that physicians failed to identify. The patient fatally suffered sepsis and septic shock. (IL-Cook Law)

$4.6 Million

$4.6M recovery for a man whose doctors mistakenly removed both of his kidneys when intending only to remove one because the man’s kidneys were fused together. (IL Cook-Law)

$4 Million

$4M recovery for the family of a 29-year-old woman who presented to a Chicagoland Hospital with possible blood clots, and she was discharged and died ten days later of a fatal pulmonary embolism. (IL Cook-Law)

$4 Million

$4M recovery on behalf of a baby who sustained brain injuries resulting in cerebral palsy due to the failure of defendant to perform a timely c-section.

$3.5 Million

$3.5M verdict for an 18-year-old boy when he suffered a cardiac arrest while he was admitted to the hospital for presumed pneumonia, which turned out to be an enlarged heart. Estate of Eric Bellows, deceased minor v Dr. Abed Elkader Dehnee, Cardiovascular Care Associates S.C., Dr. John Davis,Dr. Kathleen A. Behler, Optimus Hospitalists & Pediatric Subspecialists Ltd., Franciscan Alliance Inc., d/b/a St. JamesHospital & Health Care Centers 12L-1598. (IL Cook-Law)

$3.5 Million

$3.5M recovery for patient who was failed to be diagnosed with a tumor that resulted in Stage IV inoperable metastatic kidney cancer and the patient’s death. (IL Cook-Law)

$3.5 Million

$3.5M recovery for family of a patient who underwent a planned c-section and then suffered a fatal cardiopulmonary arrest due to a massive bilateral pulmonary embolus a few days later. (IL Cook-Law)

$3.5 Million

$3.5M recovery for wife of a patient that had a history of thyroid cancer. Hospital diagnosed patient with sepsis, then determined he was coagulopathic. During procedure, artery was severed, causing a fatal hemorrhagic shock. (IL Cook-Law)

$3 Million

$3M recovery for a patient who had spinal cord surgery that resulted in paralysis and cardiac arrest. (IL Cook-Law)

$2.95 Million

$2.95M recovery for patient who had hernia repair surgery and experienced complications that resulted in multiple system organ failures and death. (IL Cook-Law)

$2.83 Million

$2.83M recovery for a rehabilitation facility patient that suffered an unstageable pressure ulcer that led to sepsis. (IL Cook-Law)

$2.5 Million

$2.5M recovery on behalf of a 25-year-old woman who presented to a Chicagoland Hospital with arm and back pain, was sent home and then suffered an aortic dissection the following day. (IL Cook-Law)

$2.5 Million

$2.5M recovery for patient who had laparoscopic total colectomy surgery resulting in post-op complications and hospitalization. (IL Cook-Law)

$2.45 Million

$2.45 recovery for patient who entered an Emergency Room and was misdiagnosed and improperly treated resulting in sepsis, multi-organ failure and death. (IL Cook-Law)

$2.25 Million

$2.25M recovery for patient who had surgery for a brain aneurysm and experienced post-op seizures resulting in paralysis and death. (IL Cook-Law)

$2 Million

$2M verdict for work injury for a boilermaker who herniated his disc when he fell on a casino construction site. Cook County Brian Budrik v R. C. Wegman Construction Co., Interstate Scaffolding Inc. v Standard-Hayes Boiler & Tank LLC 03L-2942 Tried Sep. 20-Oct. 3, 2007

$2 Million

$2M recovery for a patient who was misdiagnosed as having liver cancer when it was cirrhosis of the liver. Chemotherapy resulted in expedited kidney failure. (IL Cook-Law)

$2 Million

$2M recovery for a patient with an enlarged heart receives a misdiagnosis and then suffers multiple heart attacks. (IL Cook-Law)

$2 Million

$2M recovery for a patient with severe chest pains was failed to be diagnosed with having an aortic dissection that went untreated with a fatal result. (IL Cook-Law)

$1.9 Million

$1.9M recovery for a female patient that had gallbladder removal surgery and died from severe internal bleeding. (IL Cook-Law)

$1.9 Million

$1.9M recovery for a hospital patient that was in a motor vehicle accident. Patient failed to receive a CTA scan that may have prevented permanent disability. (IL Cook-Law)

$1.89 Million

$1.89M recovery for a patient with an undiagnosed perforated colon that caused patient to suffer from peritonitis and septic shock. (IL Cook-Law)

$1.85 Million

$1.85M recovery for family of a woman who died because of the failure to properly act on early-stage myeloma. (IL Cook-Law)

$1.75 Million

$1.75M recovery for family of newborn who failed to receive intubation or esophageal intubation during delivery. (IL Cook-Law)

$1.7 Million

$1.7M recovery for patient who enters hospital and is hit in the head and experiences traumatic brain injury requiring ongoing assisted living. Hospital failed to provide safe environment. (IL, Sangamon 7^th^ Jud Cir)

$1.69 Million

$1.69M recovery for a patient that underwent hernia surgery and then experienced a gastro-pulmonary fistula and further injuries and complications. (IL-Cook Law)

$1.62 Million

$1.62M recovery for a newborn who experienced injury during labor and delivery that caused damage to the shoulder and arm. ((USDC IL NE)

$1.532 Million

$1.532M record verdict for an autistic teen who suffered side effects from prescribed medication called tardive dyskinesia (A. v. Segal, M.D.) (IL Cook-Law)

$1.4 Million

$1.4M recovery for the family of a patient who visited the Emergency Room several times with chest pain. Hospital failed to diagnose an acute myocardial infarction that was fatal. (IL Cook-Law)

$1.25 Million

$1.25 recovery for the family of a nursing home resident that sustained a fatal anoxic brain injury. (IL Cook-Law)