Chicago, IL
Aviation Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Aviation, Commercial ... +6 more
OUTCOME: $22,750,000.00
A $22.75 million wrongful death verdict in 2016 for a young woman who lost her 61-year-old husband in a vehicular crash on I-294. This is the largest wrongful death verdict in Cook County in the last t ... en years.
OUTCOME: $112,000,000.00
In May 2012, Kevin Durkin was part of the trial team that obtained a $112 million verdict for two men who were injured in a grain bin explosion at ConAgra mill in southern Illinois.
OUTCOME: $16,000,000.00
In February 2013, Kevin Durkin obtained a $16 million jury verdict in Carroll County on behalf of families of a fourteen-year-old and nineteen-year-old who were killed when entrapped in a grain bin, a ... record wrongful death verdict for a minor in Illinois outside of Cook County.
OUTCOME: $35,000,000.00
Mr. Durkin served as co-counsel in the highly publicized case of the internationally acclaimed violinist, Rachel Barton, who was severely injured when a Chicago commuter train dragged her for more than ... 300 feet.
OUTCOME: $10,000,000.00
Mr. Durkin obtained a $10 million settlement on behalf of a suburban police officer who was struck by a speeding hearse that ran a red light while the officer was on route patrol.
OUTCOME: $100,000,000.00
Mr. Durkin led the plaintiffs in the litigation involving the tragic high-rise fire in the Cook County Administration Building that killed six people and injured sixteen others.