$225,000 Jury Verdict: Nursing Home Neglect, Tazewell County, IL (2019)
Handling attorney: Robert Parker ยท All case results
- Amount: $225,000 jury verdict, plus court-ordered attorney fees and costs paid by the facility on top of the verdict
- Case type: Nursing home neglect
- Mechanism: Neglect of a resident in a Tazewell County nursing facility
- Venue: Tazewell County Circuit Court (Tenth Judicial Circuit)
- Year resolved: 2019
- Outcome: Jury verdict under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act
- Primary injury: Neglect-related injuries; the jury awarded $50,000 for loss of a normal life and $175,000 for pain and suffering
Why this verdict matters
Most nursing home cases settle. This one went to trial, and a Tazewell County jury returned a $225,000 verdict for the resident’s estate under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act: $50,000 for loss of a normal life and $175,000 for pain and suffering.
The number tells only half the story. The Nursing Home Care Act (210 ILCS 45/3-602) contains a fee-shifting provision: when a resident wins, the facility pays the resident’s attorney fees and costs on top of the verdict. That is exactly what happened here, and it is what makes the Act one of the strongest resident-protection statutes in Illinois. The facility paid the verdict to the family and paid the fees and costs separately, so the fee-shifting protected the family’s recovery.
A verdict also does something a settlement cannot: it shows every facility and every defense firm in the circuit that this office will try these cases to a jury. Our nursing home practice page explains how we evaluate neglect cases, and why the trial-ready posture changes settlement negotiations even in the cases that never see a courtroom.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is fact-specific.
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