John C. Ambrose

John C. Ambrose (1935-2013)

BIOGRAPHY:

John C. Ambrose founded a law firm, that later became Ambrose Butzen Law Group, in 1959. He later added a partner, John Cushing, and changed the name of the firm to Ambrose & Cushing, P.C. In 2007, Mr. Ambrose and Mr. Cushing parted ways at which time John continued under the firm name Ambrose & Associates, P.C. until his untimely death in 2013.

During his distinguished career, Mr. Ambrose and the attorneys he employed represented injured clients and families of those who died in a wide range of accidents resulting from someone’s negligence or irresponsible behavior. His firms had a long track record of successful and often record-setting verdicts and settlements, serving clients in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Kendall and Will Counties and across the country. The following
are examples of some of the notable settlements and verdicts he obtained over his professional career:

$5,200,000 – Partial Verdict & Settlement – A truck driver lost control of his tractor trailer and crashed into a van causing devastating injuries to the passenger. The trial took place in Wyoming, where the truck accident occurred. This truck accident recovery was one of the largest verdicts in that jurisdiction’s history.

$5,100,000 Verdict – A verdict was awarded to a jogger who was struck by a security guard within an international crosswalk in front of University of Illinois-Chicago. This Chicago car accident caused substantial brain damage and permanent short-term memory problems for the jogger.

$4,700,001 Verdict – This jury verdict was rendered on behalf of a company that was harmed by an Illinois Bank. The jury held that the bank had breached a lending agreement and determined that this breach caused over $4.7 million dollars in damage.

$3,000,000 Verdict – An unlicensed truck driver crushed a man to death between the truck and a milk trailer. The driver argued this truck accident was the man’s fault because at the time of death his toxicological blood screen revealed ten times the therapeutic dose of morphine in his body. This Chicago wrongful death verdict was awarded to the unmarried man’s 14 surviving children from two separate mothers.

$2,450,000 Verdict – A pregnant woman and her unborn child were killed when a South African worker mistakenly drove on the wrong side of the road and collided head on with her vehicle. The Will County car accident also seriously injured the woman’s husband. A federal court wrongful death verdict was awarded to the woman’s husband and two minor children.

$2,300,000 Verdict – A man was paralyzed due to a doctor’s failure to remove a disc fragment in his cervical spine during a back operation. Prior to the medical malpractice trial, a settlement was reached with the hospital for an additional $500,000.00. The case went up to the Illinois Appellate Court on three separate occasions. One of those landmark decisions solidified the doctrine of apparent agency in medical malpractice cases against hospitals.

$1,500,000 Verdict – A Chicago wrongful death lawsuit was tried before a jury against two officers who shot and killed a man based on a mistaken identification. The officers contended the man tried to run them over with his car when they approached him for questioning about a robbery. The verdict was upheld on appeal in the Illinois Appellate Court.

$1,200,000 – Settlement Just Before Picking a Jury – A Salvation Army truck driven by a two time convicted felon took a turn too sharp and hit a 35 year old City of Chicago Streets and Sanatation Worker in the back. As a result the man sustained two herniated discs in his mid back requiring back surgery.

$2,200,00 Verdict – A man was rendered quadriplegic after two men driving and drinking hit his motorcycle. A keg of beer was in the back seat of their car. The drunk driver crossed the centerline of a rural Wisconsin road and crashed into the 22-year old motorcyclist. This federal court car accident trial was one of the largest verdicts in that jurisdiction’s history. After years of collection work, the man finally recovered a large
majority of the verdict.

$1,500,000 Verdict – A Chicago wrongful death verdict was entered against a local transit authority stemming from the brutal rape and stabbing murder of a local medical student at a train station. This landmark case was affirmed on appeal in the Illinois Appellate Court, which held that the transit authority was liable for the criminal acts of an unknown assailant because it knew of the unsafe condition of the station.

$1,500,000 Partial Verdict and Partial Settlement – Justice was served for 26 computer programmers who were not paid overtime benefits as required by law under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This landmark case prompted the legislature to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to include computer programmers as exempt from receiving overtime compensation.

$1,250,000 Settlement – A Cook County wrongful death lawsuit brought against police officers who fired tear gas into a basement window of a man who ran into his house during a traffic stop. The tear gas caused burns to over 90 percent of his body, which eventually killed the man. A settlement was reached on behalf of his wife and minor child.

$1,200,000 Verdict – A Cook County wrongful death verdict was entered in favor of a motorcyclist who was hit by an SUV turning into a restaurant. The driver admitted he did not see the motorcyclist before the car accident, which caused the young man’s death.

$1,200,000 Verdict – A federal court jury verdict was entered against a truck driver for the serious and debilitating personal injuries sustained by a firefighter when the tractor trailer lost control on the expressway. This Chicago highway truck accident was tried and the money was paid in just over a year after the collision.

CONFIDENTIAL Settlement – A woman’s infection was improperly treated by physicians and nurses at a Hospital. Due to this medical malpractice, the woman lost the vast majority of her fingers and toes to gangrene.

$3,900,000 Settlement – A DuPage County settlement was reached on behalf of two minor children for the wrongful death of their mother. Their mother was killed in a car accident, when a drunk driver lost control of his car and crashed into a tree.

$1,800,000 Settlement – A Cook County wrongful death settlement was obtained for an elderly passenger who was killed in a car accident when the driver steered off the side of the road.

$1,500,000 Settlement – A wrongful death medical malpractice settlement resulted from a doctor’s failure to timely diagnose cancer.

$1,300,000 Settlement – A woman sustained serious injuries to her face as a result of a defective windshield in the car she was driving. This products liability lawsuit was one of the first involving defective glass in cars and led to safer designs for all cars today.

$1,200,000 Settlement – A settlement was obtained on behalf of a man who broke both legs after a drunk driver made a left-hand turn in front of his car.

$1,200,000 Settlement after juror cried during opening statements – A medical malpractice case was settled against an ophthalmologist who over prescribed a steroid medication that lead to avascular necrosis. The disease caused several joint replacement surgeries including both hips and shoulders

$1,000,000.00 Verdict – A woman at Northwestern Memorial Hospital had her chest x-ray improperly read by a resident physician. Due to the resident physician’s medical malpractice, a timely surgical consultation was not performed, resulting in a terrible infection spreading and causing major organ failure and death.

$1,000,000 Settlement after opening statements – A Chicago wrongful death action brought on behalf of a woman who was killed by a truck when her car was T-boned at an intersection during a funeral procession. After opening statements the entire insurance policy for the truck driver was offered to settle the case.

$1,000,000 Settlement – A man’s arm was severely injured in a machine in Northern Indiana as a result of an unreasonably dangerous product. This products liability lawsuit was resolved after several other local attorneys refused to take the case.

If you have been injured as a result of another’s wrongful conduct and seek compensation for your injuries, the Ambrose Butzen Law Group would be happy to meet with you and discuss your case at no cost to you and put our legal team to work for you. Just contact us at (312) 726-1470, or toll free at (866) 696-1381. You can also E-mail us or complete our web form.