Huber v. Seaton

Plaintiffs, John and Joan Huber, filed a negligence action against defendants, Frank B. Seaton and Richard Janowitz, for damages sustained as the result of a fire on May 6, 1984. The jury returned a verdict for both plaintiffs and assessed damages at $40,000. Defendant Seaton’s post-trial motion was denied, and this appeal followed. Codefendant Janowitz is not a party to this appeal. We reverse.

The majority of alleged facts in this case were set out in a previous opinion issued by this court. (Huber v. Seaton (1988), 165 Ill. App. 3d 445.) We will only set out additional facts pertinent to…