Lagoni v. Holiday Inn Midway

Plaintiff brought suit against defendants seeking damages for injuries he suffered when the car he was driving collided with a van owned by defendant Holiday Inn Midway and driven by defendant Mushtaq Siddiqui. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants. Plaintiff filed a post-trial motion seeking a new trial which the trial court granted. Defendants filed a petition for leave to appeal from the order granting a new trial pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 306(g). (134 Ill. 2d R. 306(g).) For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the trial court’s order granting plaintiff a new…