Lawrence Kream

Mr. Kream has extensive experience in the prosecution and defense of complex medical, hospital and nursing home negligence cases, as well as other types of professional negligence cases. Mr. Kream has also successfully litigated other catastrophic injury cases involving construction accidents, electrocution, injuries caused by dangerous or defective machinery or other products and motor vehicle accidents. Mr. Kream recently received an appointment as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the School of Law of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Successful cases include: · $5.9 million verdict for a 71 year old woman who was rendered a paraplegic by a spinal injection . $3.5 million verdict for a 56 year old electrician on renal dialysis as a result of the failure to timely refer him to a nephrologist · $3.4 million settlement for the family of a 34 year old asthmatic who suffered brain damage and later died from an esophageal intubation · $2.67 million verdict for a 51 year old woman who was not properly treated for breast cancer . $2.5 million settlement for a 78 year old man who developed cauda equina syndrome . $2.45 million settlement for the family of a man rendered quadriplegic by negligently performed cervical spinal surgery, who later died from complications of that injury . $2.4 million settlement for the family of a man who died from an esophageal intubation · $2.3 million settlement for a 73 year old woman paralyzed from a wrong level spinal surgery. · $2.15 million settlement for the family of a window washer who was electrocuted · $2 million settlement for the family of a 66 year old woman who died after receiving morphine following surgery · $1.75 million settlement for the family of a 45year old woman who bled to death from a negligently performed kidney biopsy . $1.6 million settlement for the family of a 48 year old man who was improperly discharged from a hospital in renal failure -$1.495 million settlement for a 63 year old woman who develped infected bed sores - $1.1 million settlement for the family of a 63 year old woman who died as a result of the failure to timely diagnose an esophageal injury after surgery · $1 million verdict for a patient who was found on fire, after being placed in restraints. - $950,000 settlement for a roofer who fell through a roof opening