Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, is more than just a law firm -- it is a litigation firm. Antonio Romanucci and Stephan Blandin are prepared to litigate all cases in order to ensure maximum compensation for clients and their families.

Our extensive experience, knowledge and dedication to helping the catastrophically injured have helped us recover millions of dollars for our clients. In fact, we've been successful in recovering at least $1 million for clients in nearly 40 cases, with our largest verdict in November 2009 of $22.3 million.

Listed below is a representation of the verdicts and settlements Antonio Romanucci and Stephan Blandin have obtained on behalf of their clients:

3/10
$7,500,000 settlement
"As a result of an industrial accident, a 45–year–old boiler maker suffered crush injuries when an object fell on Plaintiff. His injuries included: A right orbital blow–out, multiple facial bone fractures, a thoracic burst fracture and multiple rib fractures. Settlement was reached. The case has resulted in a $7,500,000.00 settlement. The Plaintiffs were represented by Stephan Blandin and Antonio Romanucci of Romanucci and Blandin LLC."

1/10
$1,000,000 settlement
Wrongful death case brought by the family of a deceased man, arising out of the physician’s failure to timely diagnose bladder cancer.

1/10
$650,000 settlement
Wrongful death occurred when plaintiff’s car was struck by an arrow board which was left too close to roadway by defendant contractor.

12/09
$22,000,000 verdict
Plaintiff experienced a series of delays and overall negligent medical treatment at a hospital located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn, which resulted in the loss of left leg.

10/09
$1,385,000 settlement
Wrongful death occurred when restaurant patron was killed when a car crashed through the establishment.

9/09
$3,500,000 settlement
Plaintiff was a factory worker who contracted "Popcorn Lung Disease."

8/09
$495,000 settlement
Wrongful death occurred when motorcyclist was struck and killed on a California freeway.

7/09
Appellate reverses trial court and reinstates wrongful death case against City of Peru, Illinois. A 14 year old boy was killed while riding a dirt bike when his neck struck a cable. City workers had strung the cable neck high along a path owned by a railroad. The trial court ruled that the City was immune from prosecution and dismissed the case. The Appellate court reversed the ruling because the cable was not on the City's property and they were not authorized to string the cable. The boy is survived by his parents and siblings.

3/09
$900,000 settlement
As the plaintiff and his wife were crossing the street under the "el" tracks in Chicago's Loop, a 16 foot long piece of fiberglass angle guard, weighing approximately 25 pounds, fell from the track, striking plaintiff in the occipital region of the head and the left shoulder, causing traumatic brain injury and partial rotator cuff tear.

1/09
$800,000 settlement
The plaintiff - a truck driver - was driving eastbound on Interstate 70 near Greenfield, Indiana, when his left outside tire on his fifth axel blew out, causing him to pull off the road and exit the cab to address the emergency. The defendant - an undisclosed truck driver - was also travelling eastbound on Interstate 70. As the defendant approached the disabled semi tractor trailer, his vehicle drifted to the right, across the white fog line, striking the plaintiff and killing him instantly.

1/09
$4,000,000 settlement
Wrongful death occurred while man was on premises of area retailer.

12/07
$1,450,000 settlement
Plaintiff sustained career ending shoulder injuries when he was side swiped by a light truck in a motor vehicle collision. The defendant's insurance policy covered $1 million of the settlement and the remainder was paid out of pocket by the defendant itself.

12/07
$4,000,000 settlement
In a wrongful death case, the family of a man who died received payment after developing a post-surgical complication related to a routine gastric bypass surgery.

3/07
$4,850,000 settlement
A male carpenter sustained traumatic brain and other injuries while working at the Shedd Aquarium when an improperly secured fish tank weighing thousands of pounds fell on him.

3/07
$1,500,000 settlement
A male laborer sustained a crushed leg when a stacker was improperly loaded onto a delivery truck.

2/07
$775,000 settlement
The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident and suffered foot and ankle injuries resulting in multiple surgeries.

2/07
$645,000 settlement
A pedestrian was struck by a taxi, suffered a skull fracture, facial fractures, left knee fracture and other injuries resulting in vertigo, dizziness, post-concussion syndrome, hearing loss in both ears, insomnia and a bone graft.

1/07
Confidential settlement
A locomotive engineer was exposed to diesel exhaust, suffered from cancer and ultimately died from the disease.

12/06
Confidential settlement
A female passenger on a jet ski watercraft suffered internal injuries from a jet propulsion system that was found to be defectively designed.

11/06
$500,000 verdict
An elderly nursing home resident, undergoing rehab following a stroke, fell and fractured his hip. The nursing home and physician were found guilty of failing to properly care for the man.

8/06
$5,550,000 settlement
A female construction worker suffered incomplete paraplegia when a more than five foot trench collapsed on to her body.

7/06
Confidential settlement
In a wrongful death case, the family of a diseased woman received compensation for the failure to diagnose a life threatening condition while she was aboard a cruise ship.

3/05
$21,000,000 verdict
$21,000,000 recovery against the City of Chicago for negligent and willful wanton police chase causing spinal cord injury to innocent bystander

3/05
$2,000,000 settlement
In a wrongful death suit, a deliveryman's decedents received compensation for his death, resulting when he was hit by a street sweeper's vehicle as it improperly merged from a highway median.

6/04
$1,516,000 settlement
The plaintiff, a 10-year-old bicyclist, was struck by a school bus as she rode to school, causing her to fall and sustain fatal brain injuries.

4/04
$1,750,000 settlement
A pedestrian suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was hit by a side-view mirror of a left-turning bus.

4/04
$900,000 settlement
A 59-year-old woman died when her physician misdiagnosed the patient's paralysis as Bell's palsy when, in fact, she was suffering from a stroke.

2/03
$375,000 verdict
A retired police officer underwent surgery for a degenerative spinal condition during which he sustained intro-operative neuropathy to his left arm. While he regained normal control of his hand, he was left in constant pain, numbness and tingling.

2/03
$800,000 settlement
A worker for Nicor Gas Company suffered injuries and traumatic arthritis due to an injury caused by an explosion resulting from an improperly marked gas line.

5/03
$2,250,000 verdict
A 42-year-old man was stopped in his car when he was rear-ended by a commercial truck, aggravating a pre-existing back condition.

2/03
$1,000,000 settlement
The plaintiff suffered a stroke as a result of the doctors' failure to follow up with the Plaintiff's transitory ischemic attacks. The plaintiff is now permanently impaired.

7/03
$250,000 settlement
The plaintiff suffered amputation of the middle two fingers of her non-dominant hand while operating a 50-year-old Bliss press.

1/02
$3,500,000 verdict
A 39-year-old male, with a blood alcohol content of .26, was run over by a CTA bus as he stood outside the front passenger door. The plaintiff suffered multiple fractures of his right leg.

6/02
$1,125,000 settlement
In a wrongful death case, the family of a pregnant teenage woman received death benefits after she was killed in the middle of the street by a speeding car. All insurance limits were exhausted in the case.

4/02
$2,500,000 verdict
The plaintiff, a 50-year-old Bosnian immigrant working as an iron worker, fell while on the job at a construction site. He suffered bi-lateral pelvic fractures and underwent surgery for the insertion of plates and screws to stabilize the pelvic rim

9/01
$3,527,459 verdict
A truck driver fell and sustained brain injuries while exiting his semi-tractor cab. The trucking company owner had failed to replace a missing driver's side safety grab bar, which the plaintiff contended would have prevented or lessened the severity of the fall.

2001
$750,000 settlement
The plaintiff, a 73-year-old female, developed decubitus ulcers at a Highland Park rehab center while recovering from a stroke.

2/01
$3,689,733 verdict
In a record chiropractic malpractice verdict, the plaintiff suffered a sudden onset of paralysis from the chest down due to a growth in his thoracic spine which completely compromised his spinal cord. The chiropractor ignored x-rays of his lumbar spine which revealed this progressive, degenerative disease and performed chiropractic manipulations on that area of his back.

2/00
$3,850,000 settlement
An 85-year-old woman who survived the collapse of a supermarket roof received a record settlement for her injuries that included a traumatic brain injury, crushed right eye and fractures. This was the highest award on record for an accident involving a survivor over age 80.

2000
$1,300,000 settlement
In a wrongful death settlement, a family was compensated for the loss of the male head of household and breadwinner who was struck and killed by a moving vehicle.

6/99
$5,348,750 verdict
A self-employed roofing contractor, who was heading home on the Dan Ryan expressway, suffered multiple injuries when his vehicle was cut off by a CTA bus, and he struck another bus which was stalled in the middle lane.

1999
$425,000 verdict
A graphic artist sustained an un-operated lumbar disc herniation as a result of a motor vehicle collision.