ST. GEORGE CHICAGO, INC. v. GEORGE J. MURGES & ASSOCIATES, LTD.

No. 1-96-3417.

695 N.E.2d 503 (1998)

296 Ill. App.3d 285

230 Ill.Dec. 1013

ST. GEORGE CHICAGO, INC. and St. George International, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GEORGE J. MURGES & ASSOCIATES, LTD., George J. Murges, Lane A. Corday, and John T. Bowman, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic R. Klein, David J. Chizewer, Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd., Chicago, for St. George Chicago, Inc. and St. George International, Inc.

Michael P. Siavelis, Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago, for George J. Murges & Associates, Ltd. and George J. Murges.

Kevin S. Besetzny, David A. Novoselsky & Associates, Chicago, for Lane A. Corday and John T. Bowman.


Justice HOURIHANE delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, St. George International, Inc., leased office space to the law firm of Murges, Bowman & Corday, Ltd. (MBC). Following the firm's abandonment of the premises, plaintiff sued MBC for damages under the lease. The matter was tried to a jury, which entered a general verdict in favor of plaintiff and awarded damages of $171,553. The trial court found that the verdict was inconsistent with the jury's answers...

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