Pietka v. Chelco Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Cheleo Corporation (Cheleo) appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff in his action to recover a real estate broker’s commission allegedly for obtaining a tenant for Chelco’s property. The issues presented are that (1) the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence; (2) the jury was improperly instructed as to (a) plaintiff’s burden of proof in establishing his authority and (b) the definition of procuring cause; and (3) the trial court erred in permitting plaintiff to impeach his own witness…