Illinois Appeals Panel Affirms Defense Verdict In Premises Liability Suit

(September 6, 2017, 1:02 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — In an unpublished opinion, an Illinois appellate panel on Sept. 5 affirmed a defense verdict in a premises liability suit after finding that a woman who injured herself on a pull-up bar in a friend’s home was not prejudiced by allowing the jury to hear certain deposition testimony from her physician and that the trial court did not err by using a premises liability instruction rather than a general negligence instruction (Amy Zehnder v. Jay M. Dutton, No. 1-16-2668, Ill. App., 1st Dist., 1st Div., 2017 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1788)....

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