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Sean C. Burke focuses his practice on medical malpractice and personal injury claims. Sean has obtained numerous injury and medical malpractice settlements and verdicts on behalf of his clients. Recent results include damage awards for:
- Six-figure verdict in favor of teenage boy who suffered permenent drop wrist during surgery to remove elbow chips
- Six-figure settlements with a national trucking company on behalf of two passengers who suffered shoulder injuries in collision with a tractor trailer
- Six-figure settlement against a suburban hospital that induced a stroke in woman undergoing a heart exam
- Six-figure settlement for a woman with permanent facial paralysis because of her doctor's delay in diagnosing a brain tumor
- Six-figure settlement on behalf of a young girl whose mother was killed in an automobile collision
- Six-figure settlement for a woman who suffered multiple leg fractures in an automobile collision
- Six-figure settlement for a woman who suffered multiple leg fractures at a suburban dress shop
Prior to his practice as a personal injury trial attorney, Sean successfully tried hundreds of criminal cases to verdict as a former felony prosecutor.
Born Chicago, Illinois, 1964;
Admitted to Bar, 1989, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1986 – Dean’s List); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., 1989 – Dean’s List);
Member of Lake County Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association (Tort Law Section Council, 2000 – Present), Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
"When Do The Decisions Of Public School Districts Deserve Tort Immunity," Tort Trends, Illinois State Bar Association, June 2002; Amicus Curiae Brief to the Illinois Supreme Court on behalf of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Weiland v. Telectronics Pacing Systems, Inc., 1999.
Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Negligence.
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