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Verdicts & Settlements

No corporation, no matter how wealthy or powerful, should be allowed to turn its back on someone it has harmed. O'Reilly Collins has successfully fought the biggest manufacturers, utilities, and airlines around the world. Our track record of success at trial — and our 40-year experience at getting results for our clients — forces insurers to pay the best settlements.

Results

$23,998,043Jury verdict for 85-year-old motorist broadsided by speeding ambulance
$165,000,000Settlement for families of those killed when a Boeing 737 crashed in the Philippines 
Eight figuresConfidential settlement for those lost in the crash of Adam Air’s Boeing 737 in the Sulawesi Straits off Indonesia.
Nine figuresConfidential settlement for families of passengers killed in the crash of a Garuda Boeing 737 in Yogykarta, Indonesia.
$14,967,413Jury verdict for 47-year-old passenger injured in single-engine airplane accident
$9,500,000Helicopter accident involving emergency services.
Eight figuresPartial settlement in crash of Kenya Airways 507 at Mbanga Pongo, the Cameroons; action continues in Illinois.

Other results representing a range of cases

$32,125,000Settlement for student pilot burned in the crash of a Piper Malibu Single Engine Aircraft, still the largest injury settlement ever in aviation cases
$16,994,033Jury verdict against manufacturer of defective candy for wrongful death of a 9-year-old child
$20,000,000Settlement for burns suffered in a gas line fire
$14,000,000Settlement for head injuries to a child that were caused by an SUV rollover
$13,000,000Settlement for families of those killed in EMS helicopter crash resulting from main rotor blade separation
$9,140,000Verdict for the families of two pilots killed when their logging helicopter crashed in Alaska
$9,730,000Jury verdict for woman injured in skiing accident on defectively designed jump
$6,668,000Verdict in favor of an injured child in a medical malpractice action
$6,172,000Verdict for passenger in an air show helicopter crash
$4,517,000Jury verdict for man who injured foot when unsafe load fell from big rig
$4,350,000Verdict for truck driver whose leg was crushed by a pipe
$2,413,000Verdict for commuter rammed in an intersection that was found to be dangerous
ConfidentialSettlement for passenger killed when their helicopter crashed after striking electrical wires

$2,870,000Jury verdict for the family of a 2 ½-year-old killed in a gas explosion
$1,150,000Verdict for construction worker who suffered injuries when he fell through an unmarked hole
$2,500,000Jury verdict in legal malpractice action arising from botched lawsuit arising from helicopter crash
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