Man injured on bike path gets $9M verdict against ComEd

A McHenry County jury returned a $9 million verdict in favor of a man who was thrown from his bicycle and injured when he hit a patch of asphalt that Commonwealth Edison had allegedly damaged.

Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before finding in favor of Andrew Farley of Lake in the Hills, Illinois, in his negligence complaint against ComEd.

The amount is the highest reported in McHenry County by the Jury Verdict Reporter.

Read more of Patricia Manson's reporting in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.