Prairie Farms Hit With $241M Verdict Over Dry Ice Death

By Dorothy Atkins ( February 27, 2026, 9:29 PM EST) -- An Illinois state jury on Friday awarded $241 million, including $191.5 million in punitive damages, to the family of a man who died while transporting dry ice for a Prairie Farms subsidiary as part of his job as a courier, according to the family's counsel....

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