Laport v. Lake Michigan Management Co., Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE RAKOWSKI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The subject of this appeal is a personal injury action resulting from a fall in a restaurant bathroom. The case was tried before a jury which returned a verdict in defendant’s favor. The issues on appeal are: (1) whether the trial court erred in denying plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the issues of defendant’s negligence and plaintiff’s contributory negligence; (2) whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, Civil, No.…