BROOKE INNS, INC. v. S & R HI-FI AND TV

No. 1-90-2374.

618 N.E.2d 734 (1993)

249 Ill. App.3d 1064

188 Ill.Dec. 164

BROOKE INNS, INC., an Illinois corporation; John A. Brooke, Georgia E. Brooke and Pioneer Bank & Trust Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. S & R HI-FI AND TV, d/b/a Columbia Audio Video, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago (Mark P. Miller, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Office of Clausen Miller Gorman Caffrey & Witous, P.C., Chicago (James T. Ferrini, Thomas A. McDonald and George C. Ellison, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.


Presiding Justice MANNING delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment entered after a jury trial in favor of plaintiffs and against defendant for $1,000,000. Plaintiffs filed a negligence action to recover for property damage to their home which resulted from a fire allegedly caused by defendant's employee while he was installing a television antenna cable in plaintiffs' residence. Defendant argues on appeal that: (1) the judgment...

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