Spesia & Taylor Lawyers Secure Record $4.1M Award In Fatal Auto Collision
Mar 10, 2017OUTCOME: 4.1 Million
At the conclusion of a week-long jury trial handled by Spesia & Taylor attorneys John Spesia, Kent Slater, and Jacob Gancarczyk, a McDonough County jury awarded Spesia & Taylor’ clients, Amanda Dayton ... and the Estate of Jill Dayton, a record-breaking verdict of $4.1 million. Jill Dayton, a mother of three, was killed in an automobile collision when a police officer pursuing a DUI suspect in a high-speed chase collided with the passenger side of her minivan in September of 2004. Amanda Dayton, who was sixteen at the time and driving the van, was also injured. The jury’s verdict awarded more than $3.6 million to Jill’s estate for grief, sorrow, loss of society, funeral expenses, and lost earnings, as well as more than $400,000 to Amanda for her injuries.