2024
in a Work Injury Case Outstanding Defense Verdict
AWARDS
Ankle Broken in Fall at Suburban House Construction Site Not Guilty
PLAINTIFF ASKED $3.6M DEFENSE OFFER $30K VERDICT For the Defense
P laintiff was a 26-year-old drywaller working at a residential home construction project in New Lenox when he tripped and fell on angle irons. He sustained a fracture of his left ankle, requiring
three surgeries. The defense argued the angle irons were stored in a staging area outside the house when the crew left the jobsite and that Plaintiff was contrib- utorily at fault for failing to see the angle irons.
38 JURY VERDICT REPORTER • 2024 ANNUAL TRIAL LAWYER EXCELLENCE AWARDS
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