Family Of Kenneka Jenkins To Receive $6M In Hotel Freezer Case: Report

ROSEMONT, IL — Two months after a trial was set to begin, the details of a settlement reached on behalf of the family of Kenneka Jenkins, who was found dead inside a walk-in-freezer at a Rosemont hotel, have been released. The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting the family will receive more than $6 million in a wrongful death settlement.

While a trail had been set to begin in October, it was announced that month that a settlement had been reached in August on behalf of Jenkins' mother, Tereasa Martin, who has requested terms of the agreement be sealed from the public.

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The body of Jenkins, who died of hypothermia, was found inside a freezer at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in September 2017. In December 2018, Martin filed a lawsuit seeking $50 million against the hotel, the Murray Bros. Caddyshack restaurant and Rosemont's security contractor, Capital Security and Investigations. The death was ruled accidental by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

According to the CCMEO, alcohol and the antiepilepsy medication topiramate also "played significant factors" in Jenkins' death.

The Sun-Times is reporting the total settlement is $10 million, with about $3.5 million going to attorney fees and costs for Martin's lawyers. It also includes more than $6,000 that went toward Jenkins' funeral. Martin reportedly will receive more than $3.5 million, with other family members receiving $1.2 million and 1.5 million, according to court records.