Man Awarded $5 Million in Brain Injury Lawsuit
Illinois’ DuPage County will pay $5.1 million to a worker who suffered a traumatic brain injury in an accident at a Chicago construction site and who based his lawsuit on a cutting-edge medical study conducted on National Football League (NFL) players. In March 2005, the 56-year- old worker, Willie Wakefield, met with an accident when a pile of lumber fell onto his head from a forklift and injured his brain, reported the Daily