Bartkowiak v. City of Aurora

¶ 1 Plaintiff, Hollace Bartkowiak, brought a negligence action against defendant, the City of Aurora, for injuries that she alleged were caused by a depression located in an asphalt parking lot of the Route 59 Metra train station. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff but answered yes to a special interrogatory that asked if the depression had "a vertical difference of 1.5 inches or less." The trial court entered judgment for defendant, finding that the special interrogatory was inconsistent with the general verdict. In its denial of plaintiff's motion to reconsider, the court…