Marek v. Stepkowski

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCORMICK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Michal and Josef Stepkowski, appeal from judgment entered on a jury verdict finding defendants liable to plaintiff, ' Aleksander Marek, for $150,000 in damages because they beat plaintiff up outside a bar.

We find that the trial court did not commit reversible error by disallowing defense counsel’s questions concerning defendants’ attorney’s advice and restitution awarded in a related criminal case. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by allowing plaintiff’s counsel to argue that one defendant’s unexplained…