A jury’s combined $35 million verdict for separate plaintiffs in a consolidated trial was reduced to $20 million last week after a Cook County judge found its awards were influenced by inadmissible evidence.Circuit Judge Thomas J. Lipscomb ruled Thursday that the jury’s April verdict — which awarded $22.7 million to the estate of Aaron Swenson, who died after being rear-ended and triggering a five-car crash, and $12.4 million in damages to separate plaintiff Joseph LaSanche, whose vehicle was directly in …