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Illinois Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

We studied Illinois injury settlements trends. The data below showed the number of awards, highest jury awards, average and median jury awards. We found out that the county which has the highest jury award is Cook county, with an award of $100,000,000.

In Illinois, we studied the settlement trends in the following counties and districts: Cook, Will, Kane, Dupage, Lake, Winnebago, Madison, Mchenry, Sangamon, and St. Clair.

Here is what we found:

Illinois Injury Settlements by County and/or District

 

List of Highest Illinois Injury Settlements

1. Matter of Wheeler E. Chapman III. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Settlement: $100,000,000.
2. Reuter v. Yang. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $40,000,000.
3. George Baldwin IV v. William Klairmont and Lauralee Pfeifer. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $33,210,919.
4. Bank of America, N.A., and Gearldine Edmonds v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $29,560,081.
5. Hoffman v. Crane. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $27,672,152.
6. Eichhorn v. Metal Mgmt. Midwest. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $25,613,426.
7. Sperl v. C.H. Robinson. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $23,775,000.
8. Lingafelter v. Overnite Transportation Co. Illinois Unknown State Court (III), Cook County. Award by Jury: $22,520,000.
9. Bentivenga v. Saleh. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $22,000,000.

10.    John DiCosolo v. Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. and ALZA Corp. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $18,000,000.

11.    Powell v. Dean Illinois Dairies. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $16,000,000

12.    Lisa A. Waugh v. Morgan Stanley Co., Incorporated and Estate of Mark Turek. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Settlement: $15,000,000.

13.    Lisa A. Waugh v. Morgan Stanley Co., Incorporated and Estate of Mark Turek. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Settlement: $15,000,000.

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