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CORTES v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC.

No. 1-89-1634.

581 N.E.2d 1 (1991)

220 Ill. App.3d 632

163 Ill.Dec. 50

Julio CORTES and Juanita Cortes, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC., a corporation, and A & H, Inc., Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Modified on Denial of Rehearing November 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook (R. Bruce Duffield, Hugh C. Griffin, Richard E. Mueller, Lyndon C. Molzahn, of counsel), McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, Chicago, Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Farauen, Milwaukee, Wis. (Brian D. Baird, of counsel), for Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.

Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., Chicago, (Philip H. Corboy, Michael K. Demetrio, David A. Novoselsky, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

Julio Cortes was severely injured in a collision between the car in which he was a passenger and a Ryder Truck, operated by an employee of A & H, Inc. In actions for negligence against Ryder and A & H, a directed verdict was entered against A & H and a jury awarded damages of $ 15,261,000. The jury found Ryder not liable, but the trial court imposed liability on it of $ 14,511,000 pursuant to the Wisconsin...

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