Horwitz Attorneys Win Another Record Jury Verdict

A 50-year-old woman who suffers from chronic pain due to complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), which arose after being struck on the leg by a hand truck, received a $10,000,000 verdict from a Cook County jury this past September.

The amount is an Illinois record for a CRPS injury, according to the Jury Verdict Reporter.

In 2012, the woman was picking up a prescription at a Walgreens pharmacy in Lincolnwood, Illinois. While leaving the counter, she was struck in the right calf by a hand truck carrying roughly 350 lbs. of milk.

“Initially, it was an injury you thought would heal and go away, but it never stopped. Instead, it morphed into a disease process called CRPS,” stated Clifford W. Horwitz, a principal partner and lead trial attorney at Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, who represents the woman.

CRPS, formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), is a chronic pain condition characterized by severe pain, sensitivity, swelling, and skin changes.

The CRPS eventually spread into her left leg and feet through a process known as mirror image spreading.

“[She] endures a ‘chronic unstoppable burning sensation’ in both her feet and legs now, and has to take high-dosage morphine in conjunction with a spinal cord stimulator to help manage her pain,” Horwitz described.

Horwitz filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court, alleging that the Dean Transportation’s employee operating the hand truck failed to give warning to store customers while he pushed the hand truck and that the crates were stacked so high that the employee’s vision was obstructed.

After eight days of trial, twelve jurors unanimously agreed with the liability and medical arguments presented by Clifford Horwitz and Michael Carter, awarding the woman a record-setting $10,000,000 jury verdict.

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