Johnson v. Valspar Corp.

Petitioners, Marvin Johnson, individually and as special administrator for the estate of Violet Johnson, Fred Johnson, and Donald Johnson, appeal from a series of orders entered by the circuit court of Winnebago County which culminated in the denial of their petition to be reinstated as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against respondent, Valspar Corporation. Petitioners assert the trial court erred in denying their requests for a change of venue and a jury trial and that the court’s findings on their petition for reinstatement were against the manifest weight of the evidence. We affirm.

The parties…