$780,000 Wrongful Adoption Case Settlement

Ed Walsh, Tom Knight & Brad Pollock recently settled a professional negligence case, DuPage County Circuit Court 99L 132, against the nationally renowned adoption agency, The Cradle Society, Evanston, IL . Representing the Plaintiffs, parents of an adopted daughter, these attorneys were successful in establishing that the social workers at the Cradle adoption agency negligently failed to investigate the mental health history of the birth mother of the adopted baby.

The Walsh firm attorneys amassed a team of expert witnesses including social workers, a life care planner and a pediatric neurologist to establish that the negligence of the Cradle Society adoption agency caused the Plaintiffs to adopt a child who needs special life time care.

After more than 30 pretrial discovery depositions of social workers, physicians and health care professionals, the Cradle Society deemed it to be in its best interests to reverse its arrogant steadfast defense attitude and settle this powerful case against it. This decision was made so that a jury verdict in excess of its insurance coverage would not be entered against it.

A detailed explanation of the facts and law of this professional negligence case of national interest can be reviewed from the summary judgment pleadings which the Plaintiffs successfully argued, during two separate hearings, before the Honorable Kenneth L. Popejoy, Circuit Judge. The firm is extremely pleased with the results achieved in this case since there have only been an extremely small number of cases of wrongful adoption prosecuted nationally.