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Eric Terry

Proven Verdicts
Partner & Attorney at TorHoerman Law
Chicago, IL21 years experience

About Eric Terry

Eric Terry is a Partner at TorHoerman Law and leads the firm's single-event personal injury practice. Before practicing law, he served more than 10 years as a probation officer. He represents clients in motor vehicle accidents, drowning cases, daycare injuries, construction accidents, and wrongful death matters. His notable results include a $25 million jury verdict in an above-ground pool drowning case and serving as lead counsel in a $495 million NEC verdict against Abbott Laboratories.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$25 millionVerdict

A federal jury in St. Louis awarded $25 million to the parents of a two-year-old girl who drowned after climbing into a Bestway above-ground pool using an exterior nylon strap the manufacturer had built into the design.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri (Case No. 4:22-cv-00050) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Saint Louis University School of Law
B.A. in Psychology (Dean's List), 2003
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Undergraduate, 1993

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of U.S. Federal Court Southern District of Illinois
State Bar of U.S. Federal Court Northern District of Illinois
State Bar of U.S. Federal Court Eastern District of Missouri
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (2014-2021)
Super Lawyers Top 100 in Illinois (2020-2021)
Public Justice Top Trial Lawyers (2021)

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