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Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin
Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

We studied Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin injury settlements and jury award trends and found out that the highest jury award was in Cook in Illinois with $100,000,000. It is then followed by Lake in Illinois with $33,210,919 and so on.

In Illinois, we studied the settlement trends in the following counties and districts: Cook, Will, Kane, Dupage, Lake and Winnebago. In Indiana, we analyzed: Lake and Marion counties. Finally, in Wisconsin, we looked at data from Milwaukee, Dane, and Waukesha counties.

Note: We did take into account several other counties and districts and their data is complied under the "other" category.

Here is what we found:

Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Injury Awards
by County and/or District

County/District	Injury Awards
Cook, Illinois	1,210
Will, Illinois	327
Lake, Indiana	319
Kane, Illinois	291
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	266
Marion, Indiana	257
Dupage, Illinois	202
Dane, Wisconsin	162
Lake, Illinois	134
Winnebago, Illinois	132
Waukesha, Wisconsin	117
Other	928

Highest Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Highest Jury Awards

County/District	Highest Injury Awards
Cook, Illinois	$100,000,000
Lake, Illinois	$33,210,919
Lake, Indiana	$30,700,640
Will, Illinois	$23,775,000
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	$13,556,000
Dupage, Illinois	$11,500,000
Marion, Indiana	$10,200,000
Waukesha, Wisconsin	$10,000,000
Kane, Illinois	$6,500,000
Dane, Wisconsin	$3,800,000
Winnebago, Illinois	$3,000,000
Other	$157,000,000

Average Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

County/District	Average Awards
Lake, Illinois	$1,308,810
Cook, Illinois	$650,692
Lake, Indiana	$332,088
Waukesha, Wisconsin	$257,165
Dane, Wisconsin	$234,906
Winnebago, Illinois	$225,417
Marion, Indiana	$224,768
Will, Illinois	$213,741
Dupage, Illinois	$189,803
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	$184,628
Kane, Illinois	$156,111
Other	$742,001

Median Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

County/District	Median Awards
Dane, Wisconsin	$31,528
Winnebago, Illinois	$26,984
Waukesha, Wisconsin	$22,976
Lake, Indiana	$22,543
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	$19,241
Lake, Illinoisa	$17,999
Kane, Illinois	$17,500
Cook, Illinois	$15,336
Will, Illinois	$14,029
Marion, Indiana	$13,000
Dupage, Illinois	$9,756
Other	$35,500

List of Highest Illinois, Indiana, and
Wisconsin Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

Simonton v. L&L Enters. Indiana Superior Court. Award by Jury: $157,000,000.
Matter of Wheeler E. Chapman III. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Settlement: $100,000,000.
Reuter v. Yang. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $40,000,000.
George Baldwin IV v. William Klairmont and Lauralee Pfeifer. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $33,210,919.
Wolsieffer v. Lakes of the Four Seasons Prop. Owners Ass'n. Indiana Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $700,640.
Bank of America, N.A., and Gearldine Edmonds v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $29,560,081.
Hoffman v. Crane. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $27,672,152
Kindle v. SCI Propane. Indiana Superior Court. Award by Jury: $27,037,425.
Eichhorn v. Metal Mgmt. Midwest Inc. Illinois Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $25,613,426.