$100 million: Six people were killed and 16 others injured at the Cook County Administration Building in downtown Chicago when firefighters failed to save people stuck in a smoky high-rise stairwell; it was one of the highest personal injury settlements in Cook County history. (律师罗伯特。. 克利福德和Kevin P. Durkin)
1373万美元的和解:一名29岁的工人在印第安纳州一家发电厂的火灾中被烧死. (律师罗伯特。. 克利福德,Kevin P. Durkin)