Legal Opinion
St. George Chicago, Inc. v. George J. Murges & Associates, Ltd.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 8, 1998No. 1-96-3417PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hourihane
Plaintiff, St. George International, Inc., leased office space to the law firm of Murges, Bowman & Corday, Ltd. (MBC). Following the firm’s abandonment of the premises, plaintiff sued MBC for damages under the lease. The matter was tried to a jury, which entered a general verdict in favor of plaintiff and awarded damages of $171,553. The trial court found that the verdict was inconsistent with the jury’s answers to three special interrogatories, which indicated that plaintiff had failed to mitigate damages, and entered judgment on the special interrogatories in favor of defendants. Plaintiff…
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