“I was still wearing the brace when they told me to sign their check for eleven thousand dollars. Marcus told me to put the pen down. Eight months later I understood exactly why.”
Darnell W.
Chicago, IL · Cervical spine injury, L4–L5
Marcus R. Calloway
Lead Trial Attorney, 22 yrs.
The insurance company’s first offer is not their real offer.
We have recovered over $340 million for people who were told their case wasn’t worth pursuing. Scroll through three cases that looked exactly like yours.
$340M+
Recovered for clients
97%
Case success rate
22 yrs
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The Incident
A distracted driver ran a red light at 47 mph and struck Priya Nair's sedan on the driver's side. She was transported by ambulance with a fractured clavicle and herniated discs at C5–C6.
The at-fault driver's insurer deployed an adjuster within 36 hours — before Priya had been discharged from the hospital. Their representative called her room directly and suggested the accident was partially her fault for being in the intersection.
$28,500
The insurer's initial offer covered roughly four weeks of medical bills and a modest pain and suffering figure. It did not account for the two surgeries Priya would need over the following year, lost wages from her position as a physical therapist, or the permanent range-of-motion restriction documented by her orthopedic surgeon.
Priya N.
Chicago, IL · Fractured clavicle, C5–C6 herniation
Final Settlement
Their Offer
$28,500
We Recovered
$1,850,000
65× more than the initial offer
If your situation looks anything like this, you deserve the same conversation.
Get Your Free Case ReviewThe Incident
James Okonkwo was working on the 14th floor of a Chicago high-rise when an unsecured scaffold platform gave way beneath him. He fell 22 feet onto a lower platform, sustaining a shattered heel, fractured pelvis, and traumatic brain injury.
The general contractor had received two OSHA citations for fall protection violations at the same site in the prior 18 months. The scaffold's weight certification had expired. James's employer — a subcontractor — had no workers' comp carrier at the time of the accident.
$75,000
The general contractor's insurer offered $75,000 as a "nuisance settlement" and cited James's lack of a safety harness as contributory negligence. What they didn't know: the harness he was issued had a recall notice attached to it that the site foreman had never distributed.
James O.
Chicago, IL · Fractured pelvis, TBI, permanent disability
Final Settlement
Their Offer
$75,000
We Recovered
$3,200,000
43× more than the initial offer
If your situation looks anything like this, you deserve the same conversation.
Get Your Free Case ReviewThe Incident
Sandra Kowalski went into a routine laparoscopic gallbladder removal and came out with a severed bile duct. The error wasn't disclosed to her for 72 hours. By then, she had developed sepsis.
Three additional surgeries were required to repair the damage. Sandra spent 31 days in the ICU, lost her position as a high school principal due to extended medical leave, and was left with chronic digestive complications that her gastroenterologist describes as permanent.
$150,000
The hospital's risk management team offered $150,000 and a confidentiality agreement within two weeks of Sandra retaining counsel. The offer was framed as generous given "the known risks of surgical procedures." Their own surgical notes documented the bile duct injury as occurring during a standard dissection step — not a known complication.
Sandra K.
Evanston, IL · Bile duct injury, sepsis, permanent complications
Final Settlement
Their Offer
$150,000
We Recovered
$4,750,000
32× more than the initial offer
If your situation looks anything like this, you deserve the same conversation.
Get Your Free Case ReviewWhat We Handle
Every case type we take, we take to trial if necessary.
Car Accident
Rear-end collisions. T-bone intersections. Highway pile-ups. Insurance companies move fast because they know the evidence fades. We move faster.
Workplace Injury
Your employer cut a corner. OSHA has a record. We know how to read it.
Medical Malpractice
The standard of care exists for a reason. When a provider departs from it, the documentation trail is there — if you know where to look.
Wrongful Death
No amount of money corrects what happened. But accountability matters, and your family deserves it. We handle everything from here.
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What Your Injury Claim
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