$75 Million Global Settlement for Injured and Killed Victims in Hancock Scaffolding Collapse
On the eve of trial, 10 victims who were injured or killed by the scaffolding that collapsed and fell from the John Hancock building in Chicago, received $75 million in a global settlement for their personal injury and wrongful death claims. Among the victims were two young women who were killed in the front seat of their car as their mothers witnessed their gruesome deaths from the back seat.