Mikolajczyk v. Ford Motor Co.

$27,000,000 jury verdict for the estate of a 46-year-old man who died because the driver’s seat of his 1996 Ford Escort vehicle failed in a rear impact, causing him to suffer fatal head injuries. The jury’s award included $25,000,000 for loss of society suffered by his wife and two children, an Illinois record. This verdict was named one of the Top 100 Verdicts in America in 2005 by Verdict Search, a national publication.