Scott C. Sands
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Personal Injury, Mediation
161 North Clark Street, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60601
About Scott C. Sands
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Mediation
Education
- The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1986J.D.
- Southern Methodist University, 1983B.A.
- Major: English
- Minor: Business Administration
Languages
- Spanish
Representative Cases
- $3.26 million settlement for a Local 1 construction laborer who was struck by a Vermeer-hopper machine while working in the CTA’s redline tunnel
- $3.0 million for a railroad freight conductor who sustained a traumatic arm amputation when struck by a moving train
- $3.0 million settlement reached during trial in Federal court in Jackson, Tennessee, for a laborer struck at a crossing by a freight train and permanently disabled
- $2.34 million verdict for an Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad engineer injured when his locomotive was struck by another locomotive
- $1.86 million verdict for a BNSF conductor who sustained injuries due to negligence by the railroad
- $1.6 million settlement for unemployed laborer struck by a commercial truck
- $1.28 million verdict for a Canadian Pacific railway engineer injured when a seat collapsed
- $1.4 million settlement reached during trial for a locomotive engineer struck by another train
- $1.26 million verdict for a worker due to a defective railroad track switch
- $1.58 million verdict for a worker due to grab-bar breaking off a railcar, causing a fall and disabling injuries
- $1.10 million verdict for a freight conductor injured when he fell off a freight car
- $3.26 million settlement for a Local 1 construction laborer who was struck by a Vermeer-hopper machine while working in the CTA’s redline tunnel
- $3.0 million for a railroad freight conductor who sustained a traumatic arm amputation when struck by a moving train
- $3.0 million settlement reached during trial in Federal court in Jackson, Tennessee, for a laborer struck at a crossing by a freight train and permanently disabled
- $2.34 million verdict for an Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad engineer injured when his locomotive was struck by another locomotive
- $1.86 million verdict for a BNSF conductor who sustained injuries due to negligence by the railroad
- $1.6 million settlement for unemployed laborer struck by a commercial truck
- $1.28 million verdict for a Canadian Pacific railway engineer injured when a seat collapsed
- $1.4 million settlement reached during trial for a locomotive engineer struck by another train
- $1.26 million verdict for a worker due to a defective railroad track switch
- $1.58 million verdict for a worker due to grab-bar breaking off a railcar, causing a fall and disabling injuries
- $1.10 million verdict for a freight conductor injured when he fell off a freight car
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1986
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee
Other Affiliations
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Worker's Compensation, Social Security
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