Mark C. Murnane
Partner
Mark has obtained over $50 million in settlements and verdicts on behalf of his clients. In 2004, Mark was selected by the publisher of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer magazine as one of the Forty Illinois Attorneys to Watch, a designation accorded to less than 1% of the state’s practicing attorneys.
Mark’s areas of practice include construction negligence, premises liability, medical negligence, and automobile and trucking liability. Mark started his legal career at a large defense firm, during which time Mark gained an understanding of how insurance companies evaluate and defend personal injury cases. With the insurance companies now on the other side, this knowledge has helped Mark in his fight for the rights and interests of injured victims.
Mark graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts in 1989. In 1992, he received a law degree from Loyola University School of Law in Chicago, at which he was a member of the law review. Mark has given presentations at Illinois Trial Lawyers education seminars. Aside from his trial practice, Mark is active with the Chicago Bar Association, the Center for Disability and Elder Law, and the Illinois Spinal Cord Injury Association.
Here are some Mark’s results:
$7,173,500
Record jury verdict in Illinois for an ankle injury.
$4,065,000
Record settlement for an ironworker who developed RSD when a bar joist fell over onto his foot.
$3,350,000
Settlement for an ironworker who went through guardrails and fell 10 feet, injuring his back.
$2,270,000
Verdict for a female plaintiff who injured her back
$2,250,000
Settlement earning the maximum policy limit for a driver who lost vision in one eye from an auto collision.
$2,100,000
Settlement for an ironworker who fell 25 feet and severely fractured his wrist.
$1,650,000
Settlement for an ironworker who fell off a bridge and injured his knee and shoulder.
$1,500,000
Settlement for an ironworker who lost his middle finger.
$1,400,000
Verdict for an ironworker who injured her shoulder when struck by material being hoised with a crane.
$1,200,000
Settlement for an ironworker who slipped on a conduit.
$1,200,000
Settlement for an ironworker who injured his back lifting a pallet of materials from a truck.
$1,100,000
Settlement for a doctor who was injured when a Mayo stand collapsed on her wrist.
$1,050,000
Settlement for a sprinkler-fitter who injured his knee when he fell from a ladder.
$1,000,000
Settlement for a sprinkler-fitter who fell and injured his knee due to a defective step on a scissor lift.
$1,000,000
Settlement for a pipefitter who fell on wet stairs
$810,000
Record verdict in LaSalle County for an ironworker who was injured when a manlift ran over his ankle.
$800,000
Settlement for a Local 150 operator who injured his knee when hit with heavy materials
$750,000
Jury verdict against bar for 2 security guards injured by patrons.
Areas of Practice:
Construction Negligence
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Medical Negligence
Motor Vehicle Collisions
Transportation Negligence
Education:
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, J.D., 1992
College of the Holy Cross, BA, 1989
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Chicago Bar Association
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Society of Trial Lawyers