Court Opinion

ID: 9709433
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 03:47:35.737621+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:48.797331
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JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH, dissenting: I respectfully dissent. After review of the record and arguments of counsel, I conclude that plaintiff should have a new trial on the issue of damages. The award by the jury for medical expenses and pain and suffering while failing to award any sum for disability is inconsistent in this case. I agree with the majority’s position that we must not substitute our judgment for that of the trial court. This case, however, is a situation in which the jury ignored a proven element of the case and is inconsistent with the other parts of its verdict. (See Martin v. Cain (1991), 219 Ill. App. 3d 110, 578 N.E.2d 1161; Kumorek v. Moyers (1990), 203 Ill. App. 3d 908, 561 N.E.2d 212.) Accordingly, I would reverse and remand for a new trial on the issue of damages.