United States Seventh Circuit

In fraud action, the court did not abuse its discretion by denying a setoff to reduce the jury's damage award against sole, non-settling defendant, where jury could have easily inferred that defendant's own actions injured plaintiffs, separate from the conspiracy in which he was involved with the settling defendants.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2000
• Decided 02/05/2002
• Published 02/05/2002

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David C. Bohan,Brian D. Roche (argued), Sachnoff & Weaver, Cjicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Kimball R. Anderson (argued), E. King Poor, Raymond W. Mitchell, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Howard A. Davis, Shefsky & Froelich, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.