JEFFREY J. KROLL RECEIVES $1.3M VERDICT
A Cook County jury awarded a verdict for $1,310,624.40 to clients from the Law Offices of Jeffrey J. Kroll. The trial involved a bond trader who was walking through Ogilvie Train station in Chicago and slipped and fell on water. No warning signs were displayed to indicate that the water was present. The plaintiff shattered his knee cap when he fell, which required extensive surgeries and physical therapy to rehabilitate. The roof on the premises had a history of leaking water when there was precipitation outside for at least seventeen years.
The jury apportioned the majority of fault to the leasing agent, MB Real Estate Services LLC (MB), who had knowledge of the leaks. Testimony showed that MB did not want to use certain methods of protecting its invitees from the leaking water, such as not placing out garbage cans to collect the water.
Also found to be at fault was the company providing janitorial services to the building, ABM Lakeside, for their failure to clean up the leaking water.
There was no offer of settlement made by either defendant.
The trial was presided over by Judge Carol Pearce McCarthy.
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