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- $425,000 for 86-year-old woman injured when the bus stopped suddenly.

- $100,000 for a 17-year-old who was standing on the running boards of a truck and fell off sustaining severe head trauma. Driver of the vehicle admitted partial liability for failure to have the minor secured in his vehicle.

- $950,000 for truck driver who had shifting load fall on him

- $100,000 for an 83-year-old who was hit at an intersection and sustained a head injury but did not have symptoms surface for several weeks after the accident.

- $250,000 for a nurse injured at work.

- $70,000 for an 89-year old woman who was standing at a designated stop along a private driveway at a nursing home who was struck by a garbage dumpster door and fractured her hip.

- $110,000 for 44-year-old machinist who was T-boned while going 55 mph and sustained a serious leg infection and shoulder tendonitis.

- Not guilty on a multi-day felony driving under the influence jury trial.

- $175,000 workers compensation settlement on behalf of a tool & die maker who suffered serious back injuries.

- Won an Illinois Workers' Compensation permanent total disability award, which grants clients a certain sum of money for the duration of their life, on behalf of a man who suffered serious back and leg injuries while performing his duties as a carpenter.

- Won a judgment on a $300,000 construction loan dispute

- A $4.5 million dollar claim against a client's estate

- $56 million multi-property radio station transaction

- $10 million farm sale transaction and 1031 exchange acquisitions

- Settled uninsured motorist claim for $225,000

- $1.5 million products liability claim on behalf of a man injured when a fire extinguisher exploded and he lost his eye

- $1.6 million settlement achieved after lengthy mediation on behalf of a 24 year old man who fell to his death because of rotting scaffolding, leaving behind a 4 year old son

- Won weekly Illinois Workers Compensation benefits for a child born after the death of her father in a job related accident. The child's mother and father were both undocumented aliens.

- $67,000 judgment in collections on behalf of a building supplier

- $10 million real estate closing

- $1.6 million personal injury settlement achieved one day before trial on behalf of a man working on a wall of a building that collapsed, seriously injuring him

- $210,000 workers compensation settlement on behalf of a forklift truck driver who injured his arm on the job and was unable to return to that same job 

- $450,000 personal injury settlement during pre-trial negotiations on behalf of a NW railroad passenger injured when the train collided with a vehicle

- Won custody for 8 fathers in the past two years.

- Several multi-million dollar hotel property transactions

- Lowest 18 hole score ever: 72 at Marengo Ridge by FGM Partner Terrence McKenna

- $2.1 million award in wrongful death case where a man died in an ambulance from a lack of proper equipment

- Obtained both a $400,000 personal injury award and a $350,000 workers compensation award for a client injured in an on-the-job related accident

- $76,000 workers compensation award for a schoolteacher

- $50,000 personal injury award for a bulging disc injury that occurred when a snowplow reversed and slammed into the client's car.

- $95,000 award when a client's pre-existing back injury was aggravated in a car accident resulting in a second surgery.

- Successfully closed land acquisition transaction, construction and end loan financing for $13 million

- Successfully closed $10.5 million multi-tier loan transaction for manufacturing facility

- $225,000 settlement for three young girls injured in one car rollover accident.

- A $1 million dollar settlement after a protracted mediation in a wrongful death action on behalf of a deceased man with no dependents.

- $55 million multi-property commercial transaction

- Over 200 residential real estate closings in 2006

- Three $1 million dollar plus real estate closings

- $10 million real estate closing

Franks, Gerkin & McKenna P.C.

19333 E. Grant Hwy.
Marengo, Illinois 60152
Phone: (815) 572-4256
Toll Free: (866) 491-2671
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Herb Franks, Peggy Gerkin, and Terrence McKenna are all on the Top Lawyers list of the Leading Lawyers Network.