Boll v. Chicago Park District

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, it found in favor of plaintiff, Byron Boll, in the amount of $16.5 million and against defendant, the Chicago Park District. The case was a negligence action. Due to plaintiff’s 55% comparative negligence, the award was reduced to $7.4 million. A timely post-trial motion of defendant was denied upon the entry of a remittitur and judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff in the amount of approximately $6.6 million. This appeal followed the denial of defendant’s post-trial motion.

On appeal, defendant asks this court to consider three…