$75 Million Global Settlement for Injured and Killed Victims in Hancock Scaffolding Collapse

On the eve of trial, 10 victims 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. Thomas A. Demetrio and Robert J. Bingle of Corboy & Demetrio represented several victims of this horrific event including the families of the two young women who were killed in the front seat of their car as their mothers witnessed their gruesome deaths from the back seat.