CASE REPORT
(RRR 4/1) POLLUTION–TOXIC INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS CAUSED CANCER–RECORD VERDICT (16P)
Susan Kamuda v Sterigenics U.S. LLC, Sotera Health LLC, Griffith Foods Interna - tional Inc. 18L-10475 Tried Aug. 12-Sep. 19, 2022
VERDICT: $363,000,000: $38,000,000 compensatory damages ($12,000,000 past and future loss of normal life; $11,000,000 past and future emotional dis- tress; $8,000,000 disfigurement; $1,000,000 past and future pain & suffering; $2,000,000 increased risk of future harm; $4,000,000 shortened life expec- tancy); $220,000,000 punitive damages v Sterigenics U.S. LLC; $100,000,000 punitive damages v Sotera Health LLC; $5,000,000 punitive damages v Griffith Foods International Inc.
Patrick A. Salvi II Patrick A. Salvi II is the Managing Partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard’s Chicago office, where he concentrates his legal practice on cases concerning personal injury, medical malpractice, mass torts, and product liabil- ity. During his time with the firm, Mr. Salvi has obtained a number of record-breaking verdicts and settlements on behalf of his in- jured clients. Mr. Salvi served as the 2022-2023 Presi- dent of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, where he sits on the executive committee and is a co-author of the Medical Malprac- tice Trial Notebook chapter on Informed Consent. He is also a member of the Amer- ican Association for Justice, where he has been active on the Board of Governors and the AAJ PAC Board of Trustees Mr. Salvi is a board member of Legal Aid Chi- cago, an organization that provides free le- gal services to people living in poverty. Mr. Salvi has also been a speaker at Kellogg’s School of Management’s MBA business law class and at Notre Dame Law School’s “Per- sonal Injury Litigation” class.
JUDGE: Marguerite A. Quinn (IL Cook-Law)
PLTF ATTY(S): Patrick A. Salvi, II, Lance D. Northcutt, Jennifer M. Cascio of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard (Chicago, IL), Shawn M. Collins, Margaret E. Galka of Collins Law Firm (Naperville, IL), Scott A. Entin, Deanna N. Pihos, Roisin L. Duffy- Gideon of Miner, Barnhill & Galland (Chicago, IL) ASKED: $346,000,000 total DEFT ATTY(S): Eric G. Lasker, Ann Marie Duffy, Matthew J. Malinowski of Hollingsworth LLP (Washington, DC), Stephen A. Wood of Chuhak & Tecson (Chicago, IL) for Sterigenics U.S. LLC, Sotera Health LLC (Self-Insured) ; Chris- topher B. Wilson, Jonathan R. Buck, Kathleen A. Stetsko of Perkins Coie LLP (Chicago, IL), Michelle M. Kemp of Perkins Coie (Madison, WI) for Griffith Foods International Inc. PLTF EXPERT(S): Ranajit Sahu, Ph.D. , Alhambra, CA (702-683-5466) (Environmental Engineer); Martyn Smith, Ph.D. of University of California, School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA (510-642-8770) (Environmental Toxicol- ogy); Camille Sears , Beaverton, OR (805-640-5208) (Meteorologist); Dr. Dean Felsher, Ph.D. of Stanford University, Stanford, CA (650-498-6000) (Oncologist); Dr. Robert M. Conry of Clearview Cancer Institute, 900 Leighton Ave., #602, Anniston, AL (256-238-1101) (Oncologist) DEFT EXPERT(S): Herman Gibb, Ph.D. of Gibb & O’Leary Epidemiology Con- sulting, 3033 Wilson Blvd., #700, Arlington, VA (703-888-6059) (Epidemiolo- gist); Glenn Millner, Ph.D. of CTEH, 5120 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, AR (501-801-8500) (Environmental Toxicology); Dr. Shawna C. Willey of Inova Schar Cancer Institute, 8081 Innovation Park Drive, Fairfax, VA (571-472- 1602) (General Surgeon) for Sterigenics U.S. LLC, Sotera Health LLC Thomas McHugh, Ph.D. of GSI Environmental Inc., 2211 Norfolk St., #1000, Houston, TX (713-522-6300) (Environmental Toxicology); Guhan Subramanian of Harvard Law School/Harvard Business School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA (617-495-9784) (Attorney); Dr. Colleen A. Granger Hagen (General Surgeon) for Griffith Foods International Inc.
JURY VERDICT REPORTER • 2023 ANNUAL TRIAL LAWYER EXCELLENCE AWARDS 65
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