2024 JVR SETTLEMENTS REPORT
Work Injury Settlements Reach All Time High
98 TOTAL CASES
Work Injury Cases 2024
Source: Jury Verdict Reporter
SETTLEMENTS 87
TOTAL AWARDS
MEDIAN
AVERAGE
9% OF CASES WERE SETTLED
89 % SETTLEMENTS
$1,350,000
$2,819,506
$245,296,996
2024
58
$1,412,861
$3,009,452
$174,548,191
2023
54
$136,171,000 $1,400,000 $2,521,685
2022
$18,750,000 Groves Powers (St. Louis, MO) Work Injury
$13,000,000 The Law O ces of Parente &
$12,245,000 Regina P. Etherton & Associates Work Injury
$11,000,000 Romanucci & Blandin LLC Work Injury
$10,150,000 Smith LaCien LLP Work Injury
TOP CASES
Norem PC Work Injury
NOTABLE DEFENSE VERDICT Steven McGillivray v Skender Construction LLC CASE NUMBER 20-L-0093 DEFENSE ATTORNEYS Philip C. Buntin of Morse, Bolduc, Nardulli & Buntin FACTS Painter falls from sca old during construction project
11 % TRIALS
$3.91M ASK
DEFENSE VERDICTS
PLAINTIFF VERDICTS
6
5
55 % DEFENSE
$800K $300K DEMAND OFFER
The total settlements for work injuries in the 2024 JVR Settle- ments Report was the highest number in the history of the re- port with more than $245 million in total amounts and 87 cases. This was a 40% increase of cases over 2023, which had the pre- vious high. Work injury settlements represented 9% of the cases and 10% of the overall settlement amounts in the 2024 report. Both the number of work injury cases and total settlement amounts increased from last year’s report with amounts in- creasing 41% and cases growing by 50%.
However, the average and median settlement amounts de- creased. The average amount decreased 6% to $2.8 million. The median also decreased 4% to $1.35 million. Cook County work injury settlements made up 88% of the to- tal amounts with $217 million compared to the non-Cook total amounts of $28.5 million. The non-Cook County average settlement amounts exceeded Cook amounts by 12%. The non-Cook average was $3.17 million in 2024 and the average for Cook cases of $2.78 million. juryverdictreporter@lawbulletinmedia.com
JURY VERDICT REPORTER • 2024 ANNUAL TRIAL LAWYER EXCELLENCE AWARDS 55
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