BRUNTJEN v. BETHALTO PIZZA, LLC

No. 5-12-0245.

18 N.E.3d 215 (2014)

2014 IL App (5th) 120245

385 Ill. Dec. 215

Matthew BRUNTJEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BETHALTO PIZZA, LLC, d/b/a Imo's Pizza; and Imo's Franchising, Inc., Defendants-Appellants (Kenneth Lyerla; Lisa Lyerla; Jeremiah Greene; Jason Yelton; Metro East Distributing, Inc.; Leonard Cummings, Jr.; and Tresorella's, Inc., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

September 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon R. Broom , Theodore J. MacDonald, Jr. , Michael L. Young , HeplerBroom, LLC, Edwardsville, Roderick T. Dunne , Linda J. Carwile , Karbal, Cohen, Economou, Silk & Dunne, LLC, Chicago,

Russell K. Scott , Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., Belleville, for Imo's Franchising, Inc.

Roy C. Dripps , Charles W. Armbruster III , Michael T. Blotevogel , Armbruster, Dripps, for Winterscheidt & Blotevogel, Alton, for Appellee.

Justice CHAPMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.


OPINION

¶ 1 The defendants, Bethalto Pizza, LLC, doing business as Imo's Pizza (Bethalto), and Imo's Franchising, Inc. (Imo's), appeal the December 13, 2011, judgment entered by the circuit court of Madison County after a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Matthew Bruntjen, in the amount of $2,284,500.68, for damages he sustained in an automobile accident. The defendants' posttrial motions were denied on May 18, 2012. The defendants raise a number of issues...

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