Kennedy Watkins LLC, a Chicago personal injury law firm, is pleased to announce that it recovered $1,100,000.00 on behalf of an injured Chicago building engineer who fell into a hole on a construction site. The defense claimed that the engineer was responsible for his own injuries for disregarding construction zone warning signs, cones, and barriers. The defense also claimed that the worker’s injuries had resolved and that he was malingering. Kennedy Watkins obtained this recovery during the suspension of jury trials due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.