The Brief
- A Cook County jury awarded a Chicago family $12.2 million after finding a nursing home’s negligence led to a woman’s death.
- The verdict is the largest nursing home case award in Illinois history.
- The family’s lawsuit claimed poor care and staffing caused preventable wounds and infections.
CHICAGO – A Cook County jury has awarded $12.2 million to the family of a Chicago woman who died after what jurors found was negligent care at a North Side nursing home.
What we know:
Attorneys from the Chicago law firm Levin & Perconti represented the family of 79-year-old Shirley Adams, who died in February 2023 from complications related to pressure wounds that became infected.…