Carrell v. Francona

The defendant, Dr. Anthony Francona, appeals from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County following a jury trial awarding the plaintiff damages in the sum of $35,000.

The issues presented on appeal are: (1) whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict; (2) whether the verdict is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence; (3) whether the trial court erred in refusing to submit the issue of assumption of risk to the jury; (4) whether the trial court erred in overruling the defendant’s objection to a hypothetical question propounded…