Recent Trial and Settlement Results

JURY AWARDS $700,000 FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. Attorneys John Spesia and Jeffrey Taylor secured a jury verdict in the amount of $700,000 against a Joliet, Illinois obstetrician. The case involved a patient who delivered a premature baby in a breach position. When the baby delivered, its head became stuck and the baby suffocated to death. No doctor was present to attend to the patient, who was then left to sit with her deceased baby protruding out of her for over an hour until the doctor arrived to deliver the baby.

TRUCKING ACCIDENT KILLS 41 YEAR OLD MAN -- SPESIA, AYERS & ARDAUGH WINS JUDGMENT FOR $3,178,412 FOR FAMILY. Lawyers for Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh were awarded a judgment in the amount of $3,178,412 for the family of a man killed in a collision between a semi-tractor and trailer and a Lincoln Towncar on interstate 80.

TRUCKING ACCIDENT KILLS 26 YEAR OLD MAN - SPESIA, AYERS & ARDAUGH COLLECTS $800,000. A 26 year old man was killed when a truck crossed the centerline on Interstate 80 and hit his car head-on. Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh exhausted the trucker's insurance policy, collecting $800,000 for the family of the deceased.

MOTORCYCLE PASSENGER COLLECTS $1,075,000. Attorneys John Spesia and Kent Ayers recently collected $1,075,000 for the passenger on a motorcycle who suffered a fractured tibia and fibula and degloving injury. The settlement was paid by the driver of a pick-up truck who failed to stop at a stop sign and the driver of the motorcycle.

TRUCK ACCIDENT KILLS 18 YEAR OLD. Attorneys for Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh collected $675,000 from a Lumber Company when its driver failed to yield to a car, causing a collision that killed the 18 year old driver of the car.

NURSING HOME RESIDENTS SUFFER BED SORES-- SPESIA, AYERS & ARDAUGH SETTLES TWO DECUBITUS ULCER CASES FOR $220,000 EACH. Two nursing home residents came to Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh after suffering from bed sores (also known as "decubitus ulcers") that resulted from the negligent care they received. Lawyers from Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh argued that nursing home employees had violated the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act by neglecting to properly care for the patients. Each of the cases was settled for $220,000.

SLIP AND FALL VICTIM COMPENSATED $590,000- Attorney Dinah Lennon Achambeault collected $590,000 for a man who fractured his ankle after falling on ice created by improperly plowed snow at a bar/restaurant.

The Law Offices of Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh in Joliet, Illinois, represents clients facing personal injury issues in Will County, Cook County, Grundy County, Kankakee County, Kane County, Kendall County, and Du Page County, including the communities of Joliet, Morris, Plainfield, New Lenox, Naperville, Aurora, Oswego, Bolingbrook, Mokena, and Frankfort.