After five days of testimony and two hours of deliberation, a jury awarded $4.5 million to a restaurant employee who sued an acclaimed chef in Chicago. Cody Nason, a former service captain at the closed Acadia restaurant in the South Loop neighborhood, won a unanimous verdict Sept. 20 against Ryan McCaskey, chef and owner of the fallen Michelin-starred establishment. Nason sued McCaskey for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and tortious interference with a contract.