SIMMONS v. GARCES

No. 91093.

763 N.E.2d 720 (2002)

198 Ill.2d 541

261 Ill.Dec. 471

Jennifer SIMMONS et al., Appellants, v. Rolando M. GARCES, M.D., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Pfaff & Associates, Ltd., Chicago (Michael T. Gill, Bruce R. Pfaff, of counsel) for appellants.

Michael A. Pollard, Mark L. Karasik, of Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, for appellee.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether the jury's answer to a special interrogatory is incompatible with the jury's general verdict, and, if so, whether the special interrogatory controls. A jury returned a general verdict in the amount of $675,000 against defendant Dr. Rolando M. Garces and in favor of plaintiffs Jennifer Simmons (Jennifer) and Harold King...

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