Bradley M. Cosgrove

Bradley M. Cosgrove is a partner at Clifford Law Offices who has been recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers. The National Law Journal has named Clifford Law Offices one of the Top 10 Litigation Boutiques in the country. Brad is an experienced trial attorney in the areas of medical malpractice, trucking accidents, automobile collisions, personal injury, and wrongful death who believes that results speak for themselves. As a young Chicago personal injury attorney, Brad undertook his first jury trial just one day after he received his law license on behalf of a woman that was permanently injured as a result of being hit by a car as she legally crossed the street within a crosswalk. Within five months after being sworn in as an attorney in Illinois, he gave the closing argument in a case that resulted in a $3 million gross verdict on behalf of a family who lost their father in a trucking accident. Brad was reported to be the youngest lawyer in Illinois to obtain a verdict in excess of a million dollars. This verdict was affirmed by the Illinois Appellate Court in U.S. Bank v. Lindsey, 397 Ill. App. 3d 437 (1st Dist. 2009), and the case solidified logo liability in trucking cases throughout Illinois.  Shortly thereafter Brad received his second million dollar verdict in a medical malpractice case.  From there Bob Clifford offered Brad a partnership at the firm and he has been at the forefront many record-setting multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements that include the following:

SOME OF BRAD COSGROVE’S NOTABLE VERDICTS

• $101 million record verdict on behalf of a baby who was brain damaged at birth at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. This is the largest medical malpractice verdict in the history of Illinois.
• $40 million record verdict on behalf of a 37-year-old man who suffered from a hypertensive stroke as a result of a Managed Care Organization’s physician’s failure to properly diagnose, manage, and treat high blood pressure. This is the largest medical malpractice verdict in the history of Illinois involving injuries from a stroke.
• $21.5 million record verdict for a 6-year-old boy who drowned while at a public pool during a summer day camp. This is the largest verdict for a drowning victim in the State of Illinois.
• $18.15 million verdict for a 17-year-old boy who sustained a brain injury after being struck by a negligent truck driver. The verdict also found that a large national shipping company was responsible for paying for the negligence due to the agency relationship between the Defendants.
• $14 million record verdict on behalf of a woman who suffered a debilitating stroke after taking Yasmin birth control for 13 days. This is the first and only Yasmin case tried in the United States. This was the largest medical malpractice verdict in Illinois in 2014.
• $8.5 million record verdict for a Williamson County man who died when a certified registered nurse anesthetist and hospital employees allowed the patient to become dangerously hypotensive. This is the largest medical malpractice verdict in the history of Williamson County.
• $8.25 million verdict against a Chicago hospital on behalf of a family who lost their father and husband due to medical malpractice following a total knee replacement surgery.
• $7.75 million verdict against a Chicago neurosurgeon on behalf of a widow, son, and daughter who lost their father and husband due to medical malpractice following a spine surgery.
• $5.2 million dollar verdict for a 40-year-old woman who was the victim of obstetrical medical malpractice. She lost her 16 6/7th week pregnancy when an obstetrician negligently performed an ultrasound and failed to properly interpret its imaging.
• $4.5 million record verdict for a woman injured by a door closer that fell and injured her neck. This was a DuPage County record for a non-medical malpractice case.
• $5.0 million verdict for a woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a truck driver’s negligence on I-65.
• $4.0 million verdict in a medical malpractice case for the estate of a 51-year-old man who died from hypoxia, obstruction of airway, and hematoma following a carotid endarterectomy.
• $3.35 million dollar verdict against a neurologist for her failure to properly read an MRI of the brain allowing a brain tumor to grow.
• $3.15 million record verdict in Winnebago County for the amputation of a man’s left leg due to a doctor’s negligence. This verdict is the largest verdict for a leg amputation in Winnebago County.
• $3.0 million verdict as a result of medical malpractice that caused a pulmonary embolus and wrongful death of a Cook County man.
• $3.0 million verdict for a family of 14 children who lost their father as the result of a trucking company’s negligence.
• $1.26 million verdict for a woman who sustained an aggravation of preexisting degenerative disease in her neck as a result of a truck crash.
• $1 million verdict for the family of a woman who died as the result of a medical resident’s malpractice.
• $941K record verdict for a dog bite injury to the thumb of a child. This is the largest verdict resulting from a dog bite in the history of Illinois.

SOME OF BRAD COSGROVE’S NOTABLE SETTLEMENTS

• $50 million dollar settlement for a child who suffered a traumatic birth injury.
• $39.75 million medical malpractice settlement for a primary care physician’s failure to treat high blood pressure leading to stroke.
• $30.2 million dollar settlement for a failure to diagnose and timely treat a woman suffering from Wernicke’s encephalopathy.  Simple supplementation with Vitamin B1 would have prevented permanent disability. (Settled during trial)
• $25 million dollar settlement for wrongful death of a young boy who was struck by a driver.
• $25 million medical malpractice on behalf of a 59-year-old woman who developed locked in syndrome after suffering a post-operative stroke.
• $20 million medical malpractice settlement for a 35-year-old man who suffered a ruptured PICA brain aneurysm due to a radiologist’s failure to properly read and report a CTA.
• $20 million trucking settlement on behalf of a husband and wife who suffered permanent injuries. (settled during trial)
• $19 million settlement for a young boy who drowned under the supervision of his camp counselors.
• $13.75 million for a high school kid who drowned during swim team tryouts.
• $11.5 million dollar settlement for a hospital’s failure to timely diagnose and treat a popliteal artery occlusion following a hyperextension of the knee for a 15 year old girl resulting in an above the knee amputation. (settled during trial)
• $11 million dollar settlement for the wrongful death of a woman shortly after delivering twins for a failure to timely diagnose and treat Ogilvie’s Syndrome. (settled during trial)
• $10.7 million for a dental student who suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm.
• $10 million dollar settlement for a woman who suffered a stroke due to a negligent decision to discontinue blood thinners for a podiatric surgery.
• $9.0 million for the wrongful death of a woman who died as a result of the negligent handling of a pap smear.  (settled during trial)
• $7 million dollar settlement for two farm workers who were injured when an antique jet De Havilland Venom crashed into a barn.
• $6.8 million for a man who died during a cardiac stress test from critical aortic stenosis.
• $6.5 million for the wrongful suicide death of a 29 year old against a residential mental health treatment facility.  (settled during trial)
• $6.5 million medical malpractice settlement for the failure to diagnose an aortic aneurysm that led to the death of a young man. (settled after jury selection)
• $6.5 million settlement for medical malpractice that caused a young woman to have permanent injury as a result of a failure to timely diagnose and treat cauda equina syndrome.  (settled during trial)
• $6.2 million for a construction worker who injured his leg while erecting a large steel tower.
• $6 million dollars for a 51 year old woman who died as a result of third degree burns that occurred when a patron of a sauna threw a bucket of water onto the furnace.
• $5.5 million settlement for a child who suffered a traumatic birth injury.
• $5.4 million settlement for a man who died of medical malpractice from an untreated perforated bowel that led to septic shock.
• $5 million settlement for the medical malpractice of a neonate that led to the amputation of a child’s leg.  (settled during trial)
• $4.85 million settlement for the wrongful death of a 30-year-old man who died as a result of medical malpractice due to mismanagement of an allergic response to medication.  (settled during trial)
• $4.75 million settlement for medical negligence that caused a man to lose his dominant arm as a result of a failure to timely diagnose and treat compartment syndrome.
• $4.65 million settlement for the death of a man at a South Side hospital’s negligence.
• $4.65 million settlement for a man who suffered a stroke due to medical negligence involving the medical mismanage of carotid disease.  (settled during trial)
• $4.5 million settlement for a woman who was prescribed excessive amounts of antiplatelet medications following an ischemic stroke which led to a brain bleed and death.
• $4.2 million dollar settlement for a 30 year old woman who died as a result of multiple medical providers failure to diagnose and treat a pulmonary embolism.   (settled during trial)
• $4 million dollar settlement for a negligent procedure to address a tracheoesophageal fistula from a tumor.
• $4 million dollar settlement for the wrongful death of a 32 year old man that was truck by a semi-truck at the intersection.  The driver was distracted by police lights from another vehicle that was pulled over at the intersection.
• $4 million settlement as a result of medical negligence by a cardiothoracic surgeon who improperly performed a mitral valve repair.
• $4 million settlement for medical negligence that caused a severed brachial plexus nerve complex during shoulder surgery.
• $4 million settlement for a failure to diagnose cancer by a medical professional.
• $4 million settlement for the death of a mother during childbirth due to medical malpractice. (settled during trial)
• $3.7 million for a man who died from medical malpractice concerning a failure to diagnose a heart attack.
• $3.6 million for a 60 year old man who died as a passenger in a small plane crash due to wing icing and loss of control.
• $3.58 million for a boy who was t-boned by a negligent semi-truck driver.
• $3.5 million settlement for the sudden cardiac death of a husband and a father as a result of medical negligence of an emergency room team.
• $2.9 million settlement for the wrongful death of a man following spinal surgery.
• $2.75 million settlement for medical malpractice that led to the death of a patient as a result of a pulmonary embolus. (settled during trial)
• $2.55 million settlement for a man who suffered severe and permanent injuries that resulted from the failure of an emergency room doctor to diagnose diverticulitis.
• $2.5 million settlement for a man who committed suicide at a hospital.
• $2.5 million settlement for a stroke victim who was seriously injured as a result of medical negligence.
• $2.4 million settlement for the wrongful death as a result of medical negligence related to a postoperative neck hematoma following spinal surgery.  (settled during trial)
• $2.2 million settlement on a wrongful death due to medical negligence pertaining to the failure to amputate a leg following a traumatic industrial accident.  (settled during trial)
• $2.125 million settlement on behalf of a young man who died as a result of a sickle cell crisis that was improperly managed following hip surgery.
• $2 million settlement for a woman injured by a negligent truck driver.
• $2 million settlement for the wrongful death of a child that occurred during hernia surgery.
• $2 million settlement against a hospital for the death of a man following neck surgery.
• $2 million settlement on behalf of a man who lost his leg as the consequence of a surgeon’s malpractice.
• $1.85 million settlement for the suicide death of a young mother as a result of medical negligence. (settled during trial)
• $1.625 million settlement on behalf of a family who lost a small child due to a drowning death at a private pool.
• $1.535 million settlement for the wrongful death of a woman due to medical malpractice for the failure to timely diagnose and treat abdominal sepsis.
• $1.5 million settlement for a woman who suffered lymphedema as a result of medical malpractice.  (settled during trial)
• $1.5 million settlement for a man who was electrocuted as a result of a power company’s negligence.
• $1.5 million settlement for a woman who suffered severe injuries following the improper medical management of sepsis. (settled during trial).
• $1.3 million settlement on behalf of a woman who was injured as a result of medical negligence following knee surgery.
• $1.25 million settlement for injuries that resulted from a trucking collision. (settled during trial).
• $1.25 million settlement for a products liability matter involving dangerous magnets.
• $1.25 million settlement for a woman injured in an automobile collision.
• $1.25 million settlement for a woman who received negligent nursing care following a knee replacement surgery.
• $1.2 million settlement for medical negligence during an aortic abdominal aneurism surgery.
• $1.1 million for a man who died in a helicopter crash.
• $1 million settlement with a Hospitalist group following the death of a patient who underwent knee surgery.
• $1 million settlement for a woman who suffered permanent injuries due to improper administration of a medication. (settled during trial).
• $1 million settlement for the wrongful death of a man due to medical negligence in the failure to screen for liver cancer.
• $1 million dollar settlement for a 58 year old man that was killed by the sideview mirror of a tractor trailer while standing in the median of a roadway.

After Brad’s record-setting start, he continued to obtain numerous million-dollar settlements in Illinois as well as in other states. Brad has received numerous accolades recognizing his superior trial skills. The National Trial Lawyers named him one of the Top 100 Lawyers in the country. The Law Bulletin Publishing Company named him one of the Top 40 Under 40 attorneys in Chicago in 2014. He was named as an Illinois Rising Star for every eligible year from 2006. He also gives back to the profession and to the community through his work as a leader of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association as an elected Assembly member, and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association serving on its Board of Managers, as well as through the Wounded Warrior projects that helps veterans and their families.

Prior to joining Clifford Law Offices in 2013, Brad was the lead trial lawyer in record breaking cases and came to Clifford Law in 2013. In his first week at Clifford Law Offices, he immediately appeared before a jury trial at the Daley Center on behalf of a brain-injured child. Brad is extremely intense and focused, two characteristics that influence his performance as a nationally recognized personal injury attorney. He is a man who knows how to prepare for trial with a sense of purpose and organization while keeping the client’s best interest at the forefront of his thoughts. He has handled cases throughout Illinois including Cook, Champaign, DuPage, Will, Lake, Kankakee, Winnebago, Williamson, Ford, and Kendall Counties. Brad has also handled cases outside of Illinois including Indiana, Kentucky, Arizona, and Minnesota. He has argued several cases on appeal before the various Illinois appellate districts on catastrophic injury and death, and he has argued before the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Brad has lectured at the John Marshall Law School on expert witnesses and trial practice, topics of which he has experienced numerous times as a Chicago medical malpractice attorney. He also has been invited to speak many times before the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association on a variety of trial preparation topics.

Brad was raised on Chicago’s South Side in the Beverly-Mt. Greenwood area, the son of a Chicago firefighter. In fact, helping people is in his blood – his brother and great-grandfather also are proud Chicago firefighters. He graduated from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was a member of the men’s swim team. He went on to John Marshall Law School in Chicago on an academic scholarship. It was there that his love for the area of personal injury law began and where he honed his skills as a member of the trial attorney team. The trial team won the Chicago regional trial competition where Brad finished as a semi-finalist in the American Trial Lawyers Association Trial Competition in Miami, Florida. He is married and lives with his family on the South Side of the Chicago land area.

Brad Cosgrove’s reputation as a fair, tough, and successful advocate for those in need has made him a proud addition to the Clifford Law Offices’ legal team as a partner at the firm.