Melanie K. Fairman

Representative Cases

• $2,557,064 Verdict against two taverns based on wrongful death for two individuals killed by a drunk driver. Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois (2008)
• $875,000 Settlement for minor who tripped over cords and fell at neighbor’s house while running around with a friend and hit her head causing traumatic brain injury. Confidential (2009)
• $600,000 To woman for knee injuries requiring surgery, shoulder injuries and psychological injuries from train derailment. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2010)
• $550,000 Settlement for motorcyclist who sustained a fractured leg in automobile collision. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2001)
• $450,000 Settlement to minor who was sexually assaulted. Confidential (2001)
• $450,000 Settlement to minor who was sexually assaulted. Confidential (2001)
• $440,000 settlement to families for wrongful death and personal injuries sustained in an apartment fire. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2005)
• $350,000 Settlement for driver who sustained a C6-7 anterior cervical diskectomy with fusion when truck collided into him. United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (2006)
• $325,000 settlement to undocumented mover who fell in drain hole and sustained arm injuries requiring surgeries. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2010)
• $290,000 Settlement for wrongful death of elderly man killed in an automobile collision. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2010)
• $290,000 Settlement for wrongful death of elderly man killed in an automobile collision. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2005)
• $270,000 Settlement for a minor who sustained a leg fracture when he darted out in the middle of the street and was hit by a truck. Confidential (2008)
• $242,500 Settlement to woman driver struck by another vehicle who sustained herniated disks to back and neck requiring surgery. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2005)
• $190,000 For ankle injuries sustained by driver in automobile collision. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (2009)
• $127,000 settlement for wrongful death of 18 year-old passenger. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2006)
• $125,000 Settlement for arm and psychological injuries sustained from assault and battery. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2007)
• $125,000 Settlement for forehead scar sustained from falling light fixture. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2008)
• $115,000.00 Settlement for knee injuries sustained after tripping and falling in a pothole in a parking lot. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2009)
• $105,000 Settlement to pedestrian who darted out in traffic and was hit by a motorcyclist and sustained shoulder injuries. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (2005)
• $100,000 Settlement to elderly man injured in automobile collision. Not Filed (2008)