Reid v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance

This is a personal injury action brought by plaintiff against his employer’s workmen’s compensation insurance carrier for alleged negligence on the part of the insurance company in performing safety inspections of the printing press on which he was injured during the course of his employment. A jury in the circuit court of Cook County returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $100,000, and defendant’s post-trial motion for judgment n.o.v. or in the alternative for a new trial was denied. The appellate court reversed and remanded with directions to enter judgment in favor of…