Some Noteworthy Successes - Illinois Personal Injury Attorney, Joseph Klest

Since 1982, Chicago personal injury attorney Joseph Klest has tried or settled a number of landmark cases nationally and throughout Illinois while obtaining millions of dollars for numerous clients.

Below is a sample of some of the more noteworthy successes he has enjoyed. Please contact Joseph Klest for a free confidential consultation if you have any questions or would like to discuss the merits of any possible claim you may have.

Recent Injury Cases

Police Officer making a DUI arrest suffered fractures to his ankle as a result of victim falling on him; $95,000.00.

Roselle, IL woman whose kidneys failed because her doctor who prescribed lithium and failed to monitor kidney functions; $3,215,000.00.

Wheeling, IL girl fell at a Mount Prospect, IL fast food restaurant and sustained an epidural hematoma; $105,000.00.

Roselle, IL woman's auto accident resulted in right-sided cervical radiculopathy affecting the right C6 and possibly the right C7 nerve root, due to herniated disk at C5-C6 on the right side; $201,000.00.

Streamwood, IL plaintiff w/slip and fall at a Hoffman Estates, IL Dominick's on wet floor - 8/6/97 resulting in minor drop foot; $165,000.00.

Police officer injured in motorcycle accident resulting in left shoulder and left elbow injuries; right Achilles tendon tear; left rotator cuff injury; greenstick fracture of jaw and low back pain; partial tear of subscapularis; subacromial decompression distal clavicle resection; (ii) left elbow - release of extensor carpi radialis brevis; $435,000.00.

Huntley, IL woman fell on slippery substance at a fuel island when she stopped to refuel truck. X-ray cervical spine showed bulging discs at L3-4 and L4-5 and small disc herniation at L5-S1 on left; Evaluation of cervical spine MRI reveals degenerative disc disease at C4-5, 5-6 & 6-7; MRI of lumbosacral spine reveals degenerative disc disease at L3-4, 4-5 & 5-1; EMG reveals mild to moderate right C5 & C6 radiculopathy; $250,000.00.

Schaumburg, IL girl suffered dog bite to face in Palatine, IL, requiring plastic surgery; minor scarring; $150,000.00.

Addison, IL woman w/disk injury from car accident in Bloomingdale, IL; $100,000.