CHICAGO, Ill. (March 31, 2026) – On Tuesday, March 31, the Chicago law firm of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. filed an insurance bad faith lawsuit seeking more than $2 billion in compensatory and punitive damages against Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, alleging Travelers violated its duty of good faith and abandoned its insured, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc., as Prairie Farms faced catastrophic exposure arising from a tragic wrongful death case in Madison County, Ill.
The bad faith action follows a $241 million jury verdict awarded in Madison County, Ill. for the family of Eric Johnson, a beloved 64-year-old courier and family man, who died on August 5, 2016 after being exposed to a high concentration of carbon dioxide while transporting dry ice as part of his job. The press conference was covered by several media outlets:
