Court Opinion

ID: 9735058
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:59:16.993079+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:54.844666
License: Public Domain

Mr. JUSTICE ALLOY specially concurring: I concur in the affirmance of the above case. I believe, however, that the determination with respect to the tendered instruction adding a modification of IPI 160.02 referred to in the majority opinion, should be based on the premise that the evidence in the cause did not support the submission of a “sole cause” modification of the instruction. I cannot agree with the commentary in the majority opinion which declares that in no case is it possible to justify the addition of the “sole proximate cause” clause to the instruction. While it is true that the clause contains a summary of the statutory basis for liability, there could be a circumstance where a determination by a jury could find that the negligence of the claimant was the sole proximate cause of the injury. While such modification would not be appropriate unless the record clearly justified its use, I do not believe it is consistent to state that IPI 160.02 should not in any circustances be modified by a reference to non-liability of defendant if the plaintiff’s negligence was the sole proximate cause of his injury.