Update: This story should have run with the headline, ‘$940K verdict in DuPage sets state record for thumb injuries’ and should have said a DuPage County jury awarded plaintiff Kristen Hayes $940,000 for injuries she suffered to her right thumb after a dog bit her in 1997 — not $846,000 as was originally reported.   The article indicated the DuPage jury’s verdict was reduced from that amount to account for contributory negligence. However, the jury finding was a 10 percent …