Randall Wolff | Arlington Heights Personal Injury Lawyer

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An elderly man was in a car accident. He did not have an attorney and thought initially he was not seriously injured. He indicated to Geico he was willing to accept a minimal amount for a settlement. About a month later he started having headaches, forgetting where he was, forgetting basic directions, and falling asleep at odd places. He ended up in the hospital with a subdural hematoma. He required brain surgery. Geico initially was attempting to enforce the settlement. After I got involved I persuaded Geico to withdraw its claim the settlement was binding and ended up getting the Plaintiff the $250,000 policy limit.

I built my practice by being a great lawyer and listener for my clients over the past 35 years; I built relationships with them and they knew they could always trust that I would do a great job for them and then their family and friends. I later also advertised, became more involved with social media, and began getting referrals from other lawyers. I expanded and hired associates to help handle the increased workflow.

Clients should look for a lawyer that has real, successful experience in the area of the law they need help with; the lawyer must be responsive to their questions, and the lawyer must listen to them and not talk down to them or be dismissive of their concerns. The lawyer must be a decent and honest human being.

Local knowledge is relevant as far as knowing for example what County has the higher jury verdicts. It is also helpful to know what you can about the Judge hearing the case. Finally, it is relevant to know what the law is in the District where the case is heard.

I can assess what type of case it is in a free phone consultation, get a good idea if a person has a potential case, answer basic questions, and determine whether we should then set up an appointment in my office to further discuss the case.

• Member | Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Northwest Suburban Bar Association

• Over 34 years of experience practice law.

• $1,000,000 – Medical malpractice settlement as co counsel for a woman who had a botched gall bladder surgery, needed multiple additional surgeries, and had sepsis as a result of bile leaking into her abdomen.

  $799,000 – Nursing home malpractice settlement- co counseled on woman whose leg was severely broken requiring multiple procedures after she was run over by resident in a wheelchair.

  $500,000 – Car accident policy limit settlement – husband and wife T-boned on a highway by defendant who died in crash; wife had intracranial bleed and fractures; husband had multiple fractures; both required several surgeries.

  $450,000 – Slip and fall on ice settlement for a teacher who slipped on ice from a plower’s snow mound while she was walking in a parking lot; case filed in Third District Rolling Meadows and mediated and settled with retired Judge Michael Panter in Chicago May 2016.

  $450,000 – Car accident settlement combining defendant’s liability carrier settlement with injured party’s under insured motorist settlement where a woman suffered three broken bones in her legs, permanent, severe post concussive vertigo, and carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists.

  $300,000 – Nursing home settlement co counsel fall and fractured hip in nursing home bathroom at night when patient was a known fall risk.

  $261,400 – Car accident settlement 11/16 (policy limits) for 77 year old man in head on collision who initially offered to accept a settlement for $1200 dollars but did not sign a Release. Two months later he went to the hospital for headaches and confusion. He had a brain bleed needing immediate brain surgery. Mr. Wolff got the initial claimed settlement from the insurance company reversed.

  $250,000 – Car accident settlement (policy limits) for man in his twenties who was a back seat passenger of car and was thrown from car on impact causing head injuries and post concussion syndrome.

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