Jury Orders Electric Provider ComEd to Pay Record $9 Million to Illinois Man Injured in a Bicycle Accident

A jury awarded a record $9 million verdict to a Lake in the Hills man who was injured in a bicycle accident that his attorneys say was caused by ComEd damaging a bike path.

The jury reached the verdict Wednesday in McHenry County Circuit Court, ordering Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) to pay $9.05 million to Andrew Farley.

Chicago-based law firm Romanucci and Blandin said the verdict is a record-high for McHenry County.

Farley, a Lake in the Hills resident, claimed in a lawsuit that ComEd had damaged a bike path that he was riding his bicycle on in November 2016.

Read the source article at Lake & McHenry County Scanner