High-Stakes Public Entity and Insurance Defense
IFMK Law's Catastrophic Injury and Mass Torts Practice Group defends local governmental entities and performs general insurance defense in lawsuits involving catastrophic injury and death. We work with counties, villages, municipalities, road districts, school districts and law enforcement groups to achieve goals that include both garnering large financial settlements and mitigating against significant liability risk. Our multi-disciplinary approach includes:
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Early triage and exposure analysis
Team design
Strategic use of experts
Discovery management
Aggressive, measured litigation
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Cases with successful results
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Multiple deaths allegedly caused by defective design when a drunk driver accessed a pedestrian walkway on an interstate highway bridge spanning the Mississippi River
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Deaths allegedly caused by EMS malpractice in transporting patients
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Death allegedly caused by improper maintenance of municipally owned electric powerlines
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Mass tort lawsuits arising out of alleged injuries caused by carbon monoxide exposure at a school
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Mass tort and class action lawsuits arising out of alleged toxic exposure resulting from chemical leak from a train derailment
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Deaths arising from alleged improper maintenance of road at railroad crossing allegedly causing train/vehicle collision
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Death arising out of an automobile collision at intersection caused by failure of 911 dispatch’s failure to report missing stop sign
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Death and catastrophic injury allegedly caused by foliage obscuring stop sign resulting automobile collision
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Catastrophic injury ultimately resulting in death allegedly caused by police officer’s refusal to allow bystander to perform CPR on child who had suffered cardiac arrest
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Death resulting from the alleged failure of school personnel to timely administer an AED to a student athlete who had collapsed from heart failure
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Husband/wife murder/suicide allegedly resulting from law enforcement’s failure to timely respond to 911 hang-up call
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Catastrophic injury allegedly caused by improper road maintenance resulting in rollover accident
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Product liability defense of exploding asphalt application machine, causing catastrophic injury
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Product liability defense of allegedly defective rail car coupler causing runaway train inside coal mine resulting in catastrophic injury
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Product liability defense of inadequate warnings on chemical solvent which ignited, allegedly from static electricity, causing severe burns
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RELATED NEWS: Illinois Court Addresses Liability Exposure for Employers Under ‘No-Accident’ Exception (March, 2026)
