A Cook County jury has awarded a $935,600 verdict to a woman who lost one of her big toes after surgery.
The amount is an Illinois record, surpassing the previous mark of $398,000, awarded by a Cook County jury in a 1999 medical-malpractice case, according to the Jury Verdict Reporter.
On Sept. 2, 2008, Judith Niederkorn visited Lowell Scott Weil Sr., a podiatrist. She told the doctor about pain she had experienced for the past year in her two big toes while walking barefoot.
During her initial visit, Niederkorn …