Supreme Court of Illinois

In a products liability action that proceeded in negligence, reinstatement of the jury verdict for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the trial court found that the jury's verdict was inconsistent with its answer to a special interrogatory regarding the open and obvious nature of the risk of injury; and 2) the interrogatory was improper as it did not resolve an ultimate issue in the case and was not necessarily inconsistent.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/07/2005
• Published 04/07/2005

Judges

• Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John M. Coleman, of Coleman, O'Halloran & Wynn, L.L.C., Chicago (Philip J. McGuire, of counsel), for appellant., David B. Mueller, Andrew D. Cassidy, Peoria, for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel., Bruce R. Pfaff, of Pfaff & Gill, Ltd., Chicago (James P. Costello, of Costello, McMahon & Burke, Ltd., Chicago, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert F. Lisco, James A. Karamanis, Chicago, for appellee.