Kaiser Law Celebrates the Third Anniversary of Their Largest Work Injury Verdict

BENSENVILLE, ILL. (PRWEB) MARCH 08, 2021

Kaiser Law is celebrating the third anniversary of its record-setting verdict on March 3, 2018. According to court documents, a $15.2 million construction negligence jury verdict involving a low back injury was awarded to the plaintiff.

In Kenneth M. Smith v. Retail Project Managers, Inc., Cook Co. Case # 15 L 1323, Cook County jurors awarded a man $15.2 million more than 10 years after he sustained a lower back injury while removing a desk from a truck on a construction worksite.

In official court documents, Plaintiff Kenneth M. Smith, 47, filed a negligence lawsuit in June 2008 against XSport Fitness Inc. and its subsidiaries; third-party contractors; and project manager Retail Project Managers Inc., alleging that RPM and its contractors did not provide “adequate equipment” or “proper staffing” to help in unloading a 300-pound desk.

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