Household of Chicago lady who died in resort freezer awarded $10 million settlement

• The household of Kenneka Jenkins, who died after being locked in a resort freezer, has agreed to a $10 million authorized settlement.
• Jenkins was discovered useless in a walk-in freezer on the Crowne Plaza Resort in suburban Rosemont in Sept. 2017, a day after attending a celebration there.
• Her mom, Tereasa Martin, filed a lawsuit in Dec. 2018, alleging negligence by the resort for not securing the freezer or conducting a correct search.

The household of a Chicago woman who froze to demise after she turned locked in a resort freezer has agreed to a $10 million authorized settlement.

Kenneka Jenkins’ mom, Tereasa Martin, will obtain about $3.7 million, in keeping with court docket information made public Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reported. Different relations will obtain $1.2 million and $1.5 million. One other $3.5 million will cowl legal professional charges, with $6,000 masking the price of Jenkins’ funeral.

Jenkins was discovered useless within the walk-in freezer on the Crowne Plaza Resort in suburban Rosemont in September 2017, a day after she attended a celebration there. The Prepare dinner County medical expert’s workplace decided that she died of hypothermia and that her demise was unintended.

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Alcohol intoxication and the usage of a drug for treating epilepsy and migraines had been “significant contributing factors” in her demise, the workplace mentioned. Surveillance movies launched by police confirmed Jenkins wandering alone via a kitchen space close to the freezer at round 3:30 a.m. on the day she disappeared.

Protesters chant slogans as cops stand guard on the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Resort & Convention Middle on Sept. 13, 2017, in Rosemont, Sick. Individuals gathered to protest the dealing with of the demise investigation of Kenneka Jenkins, who was discovered useless inside a walk-in freezer within the resort. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Photographs)

Martin filed a lawsuit in December 2018 alleging that the resort, a safety firm and a restaurant on the resort that rented the freezer had been negligent as a result of they didn’t safe the freezer or conduct a correct search following Jenkins’ disappearance. The lawsuit initially sought greater than $50 million in damages.

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In response to the lawsuit, buddies that Jenkins had attended the social gathering with alerted Martin at round 4 a.m. that she was lacking. Martin contacted the resort and was advised it might evaluation surveillance footage, in keeping with the lawsuit.

However Jenkins’ physique wasn’t found for greater than 21 hours after she was believed to have entered the freezer. Surveillance footage wasn’t reviewed till police arrived on the resort, in keeping with the lawsuit. Had the resort correctly monitored the safety cameras, Jenkins would nonetheless be alive, the lawsuit argued.