Sokolowski v. All Points Distribution Service, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Stanley Sokolowski, filed a personal injury action against defendants All Points Distribution Service, Inc., and Continental Can Co., Inc., after sustaining an injury to his back and hip. Following a jury trial, judgment was entered against Continental in the amount of $2 million for damages sustained as a proximate result of the occurrence; however, plaintiff’s award was reduced by 75% for negligence attributable to him. (After the jury found that plaintiff was a loaned employee of All Points at the time of the accident,…