$51.8 Million

Garner v. Carter’s Excavating

A Carter Excavating tractor-trailer dump truck driven by Robert Walton was traveling northbound on the Dan Ryan Expressway (Chicago) when the bed began to rise.

$2.4 Billion

Cancer as a result of Ingesting Actos

$20 Million

Post-Surgery cardiac arrest leaves toddler with brain damage

$19.2 Million

Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death

$13 Million

Estates of Lindner et al v. Millis Transfer, Inc.

Allen N. Schwartz

Phone: 312-782-5228

aschwartz@kjs-law.com

Biography

Al began as an associate in the firm of William D. Maddux & Associates from 1984. William D. Maddux became a Circuit Court Judge in Cook County in 1990 and Al became an owner of Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz, the successor firm to William D. Maddux & Associates at that time.

Al’s personal highlights include successful jury verdicts in Marion County, Indiana, Cook County, DeKalb County, Will County, Winnebago County and McHenry County, Illinois. The verdicts in DeKalb County (1993) and McHenry County (2001) set records for the largest verdicts ever in those counties. The verdicts in Cook County, Will County (Joliet), Winnebago County (Rockford) and McHenry County (Woodstock) each exceeded one million dollars.

With respect to settlements, Al has numerous multi million dollar settlements in plaintiff personal injury cases in the fields of medical negligence, auto/truck litigation, worksite injury and general negligence.

Al lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with his wife of 35 years, Janet. Together they have three adult children: Charlie, Amanda and Olivia.

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Selected Verdicts

$12.5 Million
Estate of Michael Pleasance, deceased v. City of Chicago, Alvin Weems
$3.7 Million
Estate of Precious Matthews, deceased minor v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

Record verdict for stillbirth in the State of Illinois.
$1.5 Million
Deckert v. Pioneer

Record verdict in McHenry County
$1.5 Million
Estate of Delores Matsen, deceased v. Dr. Joseph Hindo
$1 Million
Krystyna and Dale Winemiller v. Donald E. McCanse, M.D. and Rockford Clinic, Ltd.
$827,058
Estate of Fred Berkes v. Manakavalan J. Prabhaker
$720,000
Estate of Jack Markbank, deceased v. Silver Cross Hospital, Dr. Bassam Kawadry, Fischer Mangold
$500,000
Estate of Heather Evans v. James Cromer, M.D.
$265,000
Elsie Slevnik v. Gary Marcotte, D.O.

Selected Settlements

$2.4 Billion
Patients diagnosed with bladder cancer

Member of lead counsel for group Actos mass tort settlement, patients diagnosed with bladder cancer