$5,100,000
Top Result
SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured a $5,100,000 settlement on behalf of the estate of our client in connection with an injury during an admission at a Chicagoland Hospital.
Verdicts & Settlements
Case
These are Zayed Law Offices' published verdicts and settlements from across the firm's whole practice — every kind of case it takes, in the firm's own words. They are firm-wide results, not a record in any single practice area. That belongs at the top of this page, not in a footnote.
Read This First
These are firm-wide results, not a practice-area record.
Every figure on this page comes from Zayed Law Offices' published record across all of its practice areas. The list is reproduced whole and in the firm's own wording — nothing has been selected, subtotalled, or re-described to suit this site.
It is published that way on purpose. Presenting results as results in a particular practice area is a specific claim about a firm's record in that area, and which matters carry that label is the firm's decision to make, not a website's. So this page does not make it. What you are looking at is the whole published record of a firm that prepares cases and is willing to try them.
Past results never guarantee a future outcome. Every claim turns on its own facts, its own evidence, and the law of the state where it is filed. No number below is a prediction, an estimate, or a promise about any other case.
Why publish the whole firm-wide list rather than a selection?
Because a selection is itself a claim. Choosing which past matters to put in front of you asserts something about this firm's record in this kind of case, and that assertion belongs to the firm rather than to the page. Publishing the record whole, in the firm's own words, lets you read it and draw your own conclusion — which is the more useful thing anyway.
Firm-Wide Totals
The firm’s numbers, across every kind of case it takes.
These totals cover Zayed Law Offices' whole practice. They are not a practice-area figure and they are not a projection for any claim. Each one is published with the wording that makes it accurate.
$150M+
Total recovered across all matters99%
Success rate on accepted cases15+
Years of trial practiceFirm-Wide Results
Verdicts and settlements across all practice areas
$3,000,000
Top Result
SETTLEMENT
Adam. J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured a $3,000,000 settlement on behalf of our client involved in a trucking-company negligence case just 2 days before trial was set to begin in Will County, Illinois.
$3,000,000
Top Result
SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell recovered a $3,000,000 settlement on behalf of a client who sustained a permanent injury during a surgical procedure.
Additional settlements & verdicts
$2,750,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured a $2,750,000 settlement on behalf of a client who sustained injuries in a collision with a 1-800-GOT-JUNK? truck.
$2,750,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed of Zayed Law Offices Personal Injury Attorneys negotiated a $2.75 million settlement on behalf of a 47-year old Chicago area woman just 2 days before trial was set to begin.
$2,500,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured a $2,500,000 settlement on behalf of a client in a medical malpractice case involving the failure to diagnose metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
$2,350,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed of Zayed Law Offices Personal Injury Attorneys secured a $2.35 million settlement on behalf of a man rear ended by commercial vehicle on I-294. Our client suffered neck and back injuries that required a lumbar fusion.
$2,250,000SETTLEMENT
Jeremy D. Lee and Adam J. Zayed secure $2.25 million settlement for a client who suffered back injuries requiring a lumbar fusion due to a commercial vehicle crash in Cook County.
$2,000,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Jeremy D. Lee recover $2,000,000 for client who suffered injuries in a commercial vehicle crash.
$1,770,000SETTLEMENT
Zayed Law Offices Personal Injury Attorneys secured a worthy settlement for a young client after a motor vehicle accident caused by a Cook County Sheriff.
$1,500,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured an award on behalf of a client who sustained severe injuries in a commercial vehicle collision.
$1,500,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured a $1,500,000 settlement on behalf of a client who sustained injuries in a commercial vehicle collision.
$1,500,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secure award for client who suffered non-surgical injuries in commercial vehicle crash.
No Guarantees
Why past results do not predict a future outcome
Every commercial vehicle claim turns on its own injury, its own operating company, its own layers of insurance, and the law of the state where it is filed. Change any one of those and the analysis changes with it — and whether the defendant is a public body changes it more than any of them.
No firm can tell you what a case is worth before the operator has been identified, the medical picture is established, and the governing law is settled. Any figure offered before that work is done is a marketing number, not an assessment.
How do commercial vehicle claims get resolved?
Most resolve by negotiated settlement rather than by trial, and frequently in stages — different defendants and different insurance layers resolving at different times. Where a claim is against a public body, resolution runs through a statutory process instead: pre-suit notice, a period in which the agency may respond, and a ceiling on what can be recovered without an act of the legislature. Where an offer does not reflect the losses, the case is tried.
What Drives Value
These are the factors that actually move the analysis in a commercial vehicle matter. None of them can be assessed from a phone call alone.
The injury and its costs
What was injured, what treatment it has required, and what care it will require — proved through medical records and a projection of future costs rather than estimated. Lost income and lost earning capacity are established the same way, from employment and earnings history.
Who was actually operating
Which company was running the vehicle, and whether the driver was its employee or a contracted business's. An employee links the negligence straight to the employer. A contracted operation puts a separate business, and a separate policy, between the driver and the brand — and reaching past it has to be proved.
The insurance behind it
How many policies apply, in what order, and whether the operator is large enough to be self-insured at the levels the claim occupies. A serious injury against a thinly insured contractor and the same injury against a national carrier are not the same claim.
Public body or private company
If a municipality, county, or other public entity is the defendant, a statutory ceiling can apply regardless of how severe the injury is, a pre-suit notice step may be a precondition to filing, and the limitation period is shorter. A private contractor doing identical work carries none of that protection.
How Resolution Works
From investigation to resolution
The sequence a claim moves through — and where the recovery actually comes from.
01
Identification
The operating company is identified from its federal motor carrier registration rather than the name on the vehicle, and the driver’s employment relationship established. This determines who the claim can be brought against and how much insurance stands behind it.
02
Preservation and Investigation
Preservation demands go out before telematics, dispatch records, driver qualification files and hours-of-service logs age out. The police report, any available footage, and the medical record are gathered alongside them.
03
Notice and Filing
Where a public body is a defendant, any statutory pre-suit notice is served and the shorter limitation period is calendared. The civil claim is then filed in the appropriate venue.
04
Settlement or Trial
Most matters resolve by settlement, often with different defendants resolving at different times. Where an offer does not reflect the losses, the case is tried.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What these results are, what they are not, and what actually drives the value of a commercial vehicle claim.
Zayed Law Offices’ published verdicts and settlements from across the firm’s whole practice, in the firm’s own words. They are presented as firm-wide results — a record of what this firm has done across every kind of case it takes — and not as a record in any single practice area. The descriptions are the firm’s own and are reproduced without editing, selection, or re-description.
Because presenting a result as a practice-area result is a specific claim about a firm’s record in that practice area, and it is the most closely regulated statement on a law firm’s website — particularly in Florida, which has the strictest lawyer-advertising rules in the country. A list like that gets designated by the firm, not assembled by whoever builds the page. Until it is designated, this page publishes the whole published record, labelled for what it is.
The injury and the treatment it requires, both now and in future; lost income and lost earning capacity; how clearly the operating company can be identified and connected to the collision; how much insurance sits behind that operator, and in how many layers; whether the operator’s own conduct — hiring, training, scheduling, maintenance — contributed; and whether a statutory ceiling applies because the defendant is a public body. No two claims share the same combination.
A verdict is the decision reached at the end of a trial by a judge or a jury. A settlement is a negotiated agreement that resolves the claim without that decision. Most commercial vehicle matters resolve by settlement, frequently with different defendants resolving at different times and on different terms.
No. Any figure describing a recovery is the gross amount recovered. Case costs — expert fees, records retrieval, depositions, filing fees — and the contingency fee are paid out of that amount under the engagement agreement. The net figure is discussed with the client before any settlement is accepted.
No. Every claim turns on its own facts, its own evidence, its own defendants, and the law of the state where it is filed. Past results are not a guarantee, a prediction, or an estimate of what any new matter would produce. Be skeptical of any firm that presents them as one.
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A trial firm handling truck and commercial vehicle injury claims in Illinois and Florida.
- Chicago OfficeZayed Law Offices1132 S Wabash Ave, Suite 303Chicago, IL 60605-2305
- Joliet OfficeZayed Law Offices195 Springfield Ave, Suite 202Joliet, IL 60435
- Miami OfficeZayed Law Offices804 NW 21 Terrace, Suite 205Miami, FL 33127
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