City’s Insurer To Cover $115M Settlement To O’Hare Shelter Collapse Victim

A young dancer left partially paralyzed when a shelter at O’Hare International Airport collapsed on her has received a record $115 million settlement from Chicago and its insurer, her attorney announced Tuesday. The settlement comes after a Cook County jury in August deliberated just four hours before awarding Tierney Darden, now 26, a record $148 million in damages. The city had admitted it was liable five months before trial. Jurors lined up to hug Darden, who lives with her father in Vernon Hills, before leaving the Daley Center courtroom.