Jury Awards Three Women $6M Each In Negligence Case
From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
A Cook County jury has awarded three women a total of $18 million for a transitional home’s failure to keep tabs on a man who escaped the facility and raped them.
The verdict comes after an almost three-week trial in which the Jane Does sued St. Leonard’s Ministries for its negligence in monitoring Julius Anderson, a mentally-ill repeat sex offender who left the home and committed three sexual assaults in 24 days between August and September 2009.
Martin A. Dolan, owner of Dolan Law P.C. who represents the plaintiffs, said he will “pursue every angle” to collect the entire judgment against the facility.
“There is insurance, and that’s the first step,” he said, deferring questions about the home’s insurance coverage to the defense lawyers.
Richard W. Schumacher and David C. Flosi, partners at Stellato & Schwartz who represented the facility, could not be reached for comment.
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From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
A Cook County jury has awarded three women a total of $18 million for a transitional home’s failure to keep tabs on a man who escaped the facility and raped them.
The verdict comes after an almost three-week trial in which the Jane Does sued St. Leonard’s Ministries for its negligence in monitoring Julius Anderson, a mentally-ill repeat sex offender who left the home and committed three sexual assaults in 24 days between August and September 2009.
Martin A. Dolan, owner of Dolan Law P.C. who represents the plaintiffs, said he will “pursue every angle” to collect the entire judgment against the facility.
“There is insurance, and that’s the first step,” he said, deferring questions about the home’s insurance coverage to the defense lawyers.
Richard W. Schumacher and David C. Flosi, partners at Stellato & Schwartz who represented the facility, could not be reached for comment.
Read more in our daily News Update...