Top 50 Verdicts in Illinois in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in Illinois in 2025. The list is composed of various types of cases that were tried to a verdict before a state or federal jury in Illinois. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| Visit: | Top 20 Verdicts in Illinois in 2025 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Lynch v. Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Burn Injury, Defective Product, Negligent Torts, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Sean P. Murray of Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman, LLC |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $8,719,024.00 |
| Case: | Glover v. City of Chicago, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Gunshot Wound, Police Misconduct, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Law Enforcement Misconduct, Police Negligence, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | James D. Montgomery, Jr. of Montgomery Law Firm LLC |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of C.F. v. Advocate Health & Hosp. Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Child Birth Injury, Delayed Childbirth, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Failure to Inform, Failure to Monitor, Ob-Gyn Malpractice, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability, Neurological Injury, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Injured Minor |
| Attorneys: | Robert L. Raymond of Raymond & Raymond Ltd. |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $6,841,000.00 |
| Case: | Gewarges v. Sarraj, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Treatment, Failure to Diagnose, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Premature Discharge, Failure to Test, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Sarah F. King, Charles R. Haskins, Devin J. Piper of Clifford Law Offices, P.C. |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Case: | Dawson v. Jilek, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Pedestrian Accidents, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death, Failure to Supervise, Negligent Entrustment, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Pedestrian Accidents, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Death |
| Attorneys: | Andrew Mazzuca of Morici, Longo & Associates |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $6,275,600.00 |
| Case: | Slaughter-Finley v. Auerbach, et al. |
| Type: | Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Eye Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Samantha N. LaFata of Cogan & Power, P.C. |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $6,050,000.00 |
| Case: | Guinn v. Farmdog Trucking, LLC |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Car Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Kyle Sherman of Brandt & Sherman; Zane T. Cagle of The Cagle Law Firm |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Hogu v. University of Chicago Med. Ctr. |
| Type: | Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Premature Discharge, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Emilio E. Machado, Stephanie B. Rubin of Rubin & Machado, Ltd. |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Estate of Patterson v. Little Co. of Mary Hosp. & Healthcare Ctrs. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability, Survival Action, Bodily Injury, Fatal Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Donald R. McGarrah of McNabola Law Group |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $5,591,413.00 |
| Case: | Martinez, et al. v. Humboldt Park Health, et al. |
| Type: | Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury, Loss of Services |
| Attorneys: | James C. Pullos, Patrick F. Bradley, Julia C. Brosnahan of Clifford Law Offices, P.C. |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $4,938,454.00 |
| Case: | Bucio v. Jr's Trucking n Constr., et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Non-Motorized Vehicle Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Bicycle Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Tear |
| Attorneys: | Matthew Yasuoka, Stephen M. Libman of Burnes Libman Law Group |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Johnson v. Schwind |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Red-Light Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Jack Cannon of Shannon Law Group, PC |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Case: | Webster v. Illinois State Police |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| Attorneys: | John A. Baker of Baker Baker & Krajewski LLC |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Case: | Alvarado-Avila v. Chicago Transit Auth. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accidents, Bus Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Vicarious Liability, Mass Transit Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Non-Motorized Vehicle Accidents, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Bus v. Bicycle Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | James E. Fabbrini of Fabbrini Law Group |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $2,307,500.00 |
| Case: | Tizamo v. Cook Cnty., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Failure to Supervise, Negligent Entrustment, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Pedestrian Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Belcher of Aleksy Belcher |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $2,240,000.00 |
| Case: | Almonds v. Wisconsin Control Ltd. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Railroad Accidents, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, FELA - Railroad Worker Injury, Failure to Train, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Work Premises Liability, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Scott C. Sands of Sands & Associates |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $2,025,000.00 |
| Case: | Glover, et al. v. Deumic, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Train, Vicarious Liability, Emergency Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Police Vehicle Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Terrence M. Quinn, Alec D. Mesrobian of Phillips Law Offices |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $1,972,289.00 |
| Case: | RMS Props. VII LLC v. Hanover Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Property Damage, Commercial Litigation |
| Attorneys: | Kathryn S. Robinson of Shoffet Law Group LLC |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $1,929,037.00 |
| Case: | Swearingen v. Estate of Pederson |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Single-Vehicle Accidents, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Stationary Object Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car v. Passenger Accidents, Parking Lot Accidents, Host Driver Negligence, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Dislocation, Disfigurement |
| Attorneys: | Brian LaCien, Allyson C. Cox of Smith LaCien LLP |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $1,483,000.00 |
| Case: | DT&C Global Mgmt. LLC v. Crown Cars & Limousines Inc. |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Unjust Enrichment, Commercial Litigation |
| Attorneys: | Craig D. Tobin, Matthew Lauderdale of Tobin & Munoz, LLC; Thomas C. Crooks of Thomas C. Crooks, Attorney At Law |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Case: | Wilson v. Bay Cargo Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Work Accidents, Fall Accidents, Forklift Accidents, Negligent Hiring, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Vehicular Accidents, Fall from Height, Industrial Vehicle Accidents, Bodily Injury, Truck v. Forklift Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Joseph P. Shannon of Shannon Law Group, PC |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $1,229,556.00 |
| Case: | Ciesielczyk v. Hart |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, T-Bone Collisions, Red-Light Accidents, Bodily Injury |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Adelman, |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $1,190,000.00 |
| Case: | Felix v. Jose Recendiz Painting Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Trip & Fall Accidents, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Fall Accidents, Negligent Torts, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Dislocation |
| Attorneys: | James N. Faklis, Michael C. Mead of Faklis, Tallis & Mead PC |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $1,050,000.00 |
| Case: | Tatum v. 10 Rds. Express LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workers' Compensation, Workplace Retaliation |
| Attorneys: | Timothy J. Coffey of The Coffey Law Office P.C.; Heidi Karr Sleper of Kurtz, Sleper & Exline, LLC |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Canania, et al. v. Dippold Trucking, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Truck v. Truck Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Highway Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Michelle M. Rich, Kristina D. Cooksey of Rich, Rich, Cooksey & Chappell P.C; Timothy M. Whiting of Whiting Law Group, Ltd. |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Case: | Punjabi v. Patel, et al. |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation, Debt Collection, Punitive Damages |
| Attorneys: | Stephen Donnelly of Parikh Law Group, LLC |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Case: | Haugh v. Mace Iron Works Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Torts, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury, Industrial Accidents |
| Attorneys: | Clifford W. Horwitz of Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $623,669.00 |
| Case: | Buman v. Frankian, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Personal Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Single-Track Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Motorcycle Accidents, Red-Light Accidents, Bodily Injury, Disfigurement |
| Attorneys: | Isabela Mazzanti of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Case: | Quintana-Ruiz v. Kings City Carrier Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Red-Light Accidents, Bodily Injury, Shoulder Injury |
| Attorneys: | Steve C. Armbruster of The Vrdolyak Law Group |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $442,049.00 |
| Case: | Niles v. Johnson |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Surgical Error, Ob-Gyn Malpractice, Failure to Refer, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Post-Surgical Negligence, Bodily Injury, Obstructed Bowel, Bowel Injury, Perforated Bowel, Gastroenterology Malpractice, Sepsis Injury |
| Attorneys: | Kevin W. O’Connor of O'Connor Law Firm |