Pease v. ACE HARDWARE HOME CENTER OF ROUND LAKE NO. 252c

Plaintiffs Carl Pease (Dick) and Mark Tomasetti (Mark) appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Lake County entered on jury verdicts in their favor on their negligence action against defendant Ace Hardware Home Center of Round Lake No. 252c (Ace). In their complaint, Dick and Mark asserted that Ace failed to exercise ordinary care in stacking paneling on a display rack and that as a result of Ace’s careless acts, plaintiffs sustained serious injuries. On appeal, Dick and Mark challenge the jury’s finding that they were both 50% comparatively negligent. Mark and Dick also assert that…