Palmer v. FREIGHTLINER, LLC

Plaintiff, Wayne Palmer, filed a lawsuit in the circuit court of Cook County against Zelda Moreno, individually, and as an agent of Freight-liner, LLC, for damages sustained in a fall at Freightliner’s facility in Wood Dale, Illinois. Freightliner and Zelda Moreno appeal the trial court’s granting of third-party defendant ADT Security Services, Inc.’s motion for a good-faith finding and the court’s application of Ohio law. On appeal, Moreno and Freightliner argue that the trial court erred by holding that Ohio law applies, thereby granting ADT immunity from this lawsuit. For the following…