Friday, February 9, 2018
IL: Plaintiff Dies the Day Before Verdict, Which is Reduced by $15M
An Illinois appellate court has cut a med mal verdict from $22M to $7M because the plaintiff died the day before the verdict was handed down. Among the reasons cited was that the money for the plaintiff's suffering was no longer relevant. The Peoria Journal Star has details.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/2018/02/il-plaintiff-dies-the-day-before-verdict-which-is-reduced-by-15m.html