09/11/2025
Faklis, Tallis & Mead is proud to announce that they obtained a $1,190,000.00 excess verdict in Kane County on September 10, 2025. Michael Mead and Jim Faklis represented our client, who was seriously injured when she tripped over a tangled extension cord left near the exit of the guest services doorway at a hotel in Saint Charles, Illinois. She was simply walking out of work after a long overnight shift, like any of us would, when this preventable hazard changed her life forever.
The defendants argued that they should not be held responsible at all, or that, at a minimum, the jury should find our client 50% at fault so that she would recover very little. They suggested she should have been watching where she was going. But the evidence showed what really happened: the painters created the hazard by leaving their own cord stretched near the doorway, admitted it was theirs, and admitted it was right where someone walking out of that door would naturally step when heading to the exit.
Our client suffered a traumatic shoulder dislocation, a completely torn supraspinatus muscle, a partially torn infraspinatus muscle, a failed surgical repair of her rotator cuff, months of therapy, and ultimately a reverse total shoulder replacement that left her with lifelong pain, weakness, and loss of independence.
The Kane County jury carefully weighed the facts, found that our client was completely free from negligence, and returned Verdict Form A for the plaintiff, holding the defendants fully accountable and stating Plaintiff was free from negligence.
We are deeply grateful to the court and jurors for taking the time to listen to the evidence and deliver justice for our client.
